Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)

This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that BRAF p.V600K status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Trametinib in patients with Melanoma.

This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Canada:

MEKINIST (trametinib) is indicated, as a monotherapy or in combination with dabrafenib, for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600 mutation.

Citation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. Mekinist (trametinib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00077955.PDF. Revised December 2024. Accessed June 2025.