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• Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) is indicated for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, adjuvant treatment post-resection in melanoma, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), locally advanced or metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), and pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG) with BRAF V600E mutations.
• A total of 11 systematic reviews and meta-analyses were reviewed to gather information on dabrafenib's efficacy and safety across various indications.
• In treating low-grade gliomas (LGG), dabrafenib combined with trametinib showed a 50% overall response rate and high six-month progression-free survival rates but had significant toxicity reported in all LGG patients studied.
• For ameloblastoma, both dabrafenib and vemurafenib demonstrated tumor size reductions; some cases achieved complete remission. The age range was broad from 10 to 86 years old, showing mixed results based on initial diagnoses versus recurrent/metastatic cases.
• In metastatic melanoma settings, combination therapy of dabrafenib/trametinib outperformed other therapies like vemurafenib/cobimetinib regarding overall response rates and lower adverse event risks while providing superior progression-free survival compared to monotherapies or immunotherapies such as ipilimumab/nivolumab.
• Patients treated for melanoma brain metastases who had prior brain treatments experienced better intracranial disease control when using BRAF inhibitors combined with MEK inhibitors. Adverse events were similar between different patient cohorts within this group.
• Comparison studies revealed that targeted therapy combinations like dabrafenib/trametinib often provided more effective outcomes than monotherapy or immunotherapy options. However, encorafenib/binimetinib sometimes showed superior efficacy over the former combination in certain comparisons involving advanced/metastatic melanomas with BRAF mutations.