NCT02967692TerminatedPhase 3
A Study of the Anti-PD1 Antibody PDR001, in Combination With Dabrafenib and Trametinib in Advanced Melanoma
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase III Study Comparing the Combination of PDR001, Dabrafenib and Trametinib Versus Placebo, Dabrafenib and Trametinib in Previously Untreated Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic BRAF V600 Mutant Melanoma
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Sept 2025
Reason given: Sponsor decision
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate safety and efficacy of the combination of an anti-PD-1 antibody (PDR001), a BRAF inhibitor (dabrafenib) and a MEK inhibitor (trametinib) in patients with BRAF V600 mutant, unresectable and metastatic melanoma.
- Status (registry)
- Terminated
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 568 (actual)
- First submitted
- 16 Nov 2016
- Start date
- 17 Feb 2017
- Primary completion date
- 11 Aug 2020
- Lead sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Diseases
- Melanoma
- NCT number
- NCT02967692
- EudraCT number
- 2016-002794-35
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Prior systemic anti-cancer treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma
- Neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant therapy for melanoma completed less than 6 months prior to enrollmen
- Radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment
- Prior systemic anti-cancer treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma
- Neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant therapy for melanoma completed less than 6 months prior to enrollment
- Radiation therapy within 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment
Other illness
- Any history of CNS metastases
- Active autoimmune disease, and/or history of autoimmune disease(s) that required treatment
- Parts 2 \& 3: Biomarker cohort \& double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled part
- Active autoimmune disease, and/or history of autoimmune disease(s) that required treatment
- Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion may apply.
Other
- Part 1: Safety run-in
- Subjects with uveal or mucosal melanoma
- Subjects with uveal or mucosal melanoma
- Clinically active cerebral melanoma metastasis.
Who the study is looking for
- Histologically confirmed, unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600 mutation
- Aspartate transaminase (AST) < 2.5× ULN and Alanine transaminase (ALT) < 2.5× ULN
- Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1
- ECOG performance status ≤ 1
- Part 2: Biomarker cohort
- Histologically confirmed, unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600 mutation
- At least two cutaneous or subcutaneous or nodal lesions for tumor sample collection
- Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1
- ECOG performance status ≤ 2
- Part 3: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled part
- Histologically confirmed, unresectable or metastatic melanoma with BRAF V600 mutation
- ECOG performance status ≤ 2
- Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1
Age in the registry: 18 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (165)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| - | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| - | Graz | Austria | Unknown status |
| - | Innsbruck | Austria | Unknown status |
| - | Linz | Austria | Unknown status |
| - | Salzburg | Austria | Unknown status |
| - | Sankt Pölten | Austria | Unknown status |
| - | Gateshead | Australia | Unknown status |
| - | Greenslopes | Australia | Unknown status |
| - | Melbourne | Australia | Unknown status |
| - | Nedlands | Australia | Unknown status |
| - | North Sydney | Australia | Unknown status |
| - | Brussels | Belgium | Unknown status |
| - | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| - | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| - | Curitiba | Brazil | Unknown status |
| - | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| - | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Unknown status |
| - | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| - | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| - | Sherbrooke | Canada | Unknown status |
| - | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| - | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
| - | Aarau | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| - | Zurich | Switzerland | Unknown status |
| - | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| - | Temuco | Chile | Unknown status |
| - | Brno | Czechia | Unknown status |
| - | Hradec Králové | Czechia | Unknown status |
| - | Olomouc | Czechia | Unknown status |
| - | Ostrava | Czechia | Unknown status |
| - | Prague | Czechia | Unknown status |
| - | Zlín | Czechia | Unknown status |
| - | Berlin | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Bonn | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Chemnitz | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Dresden | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Düsseldorf | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Erfurt | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Essen | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Gera | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Halle | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Hamburg | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Hanover | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Heidelberg | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Homburg | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Kiel | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Leipzig | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Mainz | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Mannheim | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Marburg | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Minden | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | München | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Münster | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Regensburg | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Stade | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Tübingen | Germany | Unknown status |
| - | Aarhus N | Denmark | Unknown status |
| - | A Coruña | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Badalona | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Jerez de la Frontera | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Málaga | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Oviedo | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Seville | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Valencia | Spain | Unknown status |
| - | Amiens | France | Unknown status |
| - | Besançon | France | Unknown status |
| - | Bobigny | France | Unknown status |
| - | Bordeaux | France | Unknown status |
| - | Boulogne-Billancourt | France | Unknown status |
| - | Caen | France | Unknown status |
| - | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Unknown status |
| - | Dijon | France | Unknown status |
| - | Grenoble | France | Unknown status |
| - | Le Mans | France | Unknown status |
| - | Lille | France | Unknown status |
| - | Limoges | France | Unknown status |
| - | Lorient | France | Unknown status |
| - | Lyon | France | Unknown status |
| - | Marseille | France | Unknown status |
| - | Mulhouse | France | Unknown status |
| - | Nice | France | Unknown status |
| - | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| - | Pierre-Bénite | France | Unknown status |
| - | Poitiers | France | Unknown status |
| - | Reims | France | Unknown status |
| - | Rouen | France | Unknown status |
| - | Strasbourg | France | Unknown status |
| - | Toulouse | France | Unknown status |
| - | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy | France | Unknown status |
| - | Villejuif | France | Unknown status |
| - | Guildford | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Leicester | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Manchester | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Preston | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Rickmansworth Road | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Sutton | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Truro | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| - | Athens | Greece | Unknown status |
| - | Budapest | Hungary | Unknown status |
| - | Debrecen | Hungary | Unknown status |
| - | Szeged | Hungary | Unknown status |
| - | Haifa | Israel | Unknown status |
| - | Jerusalem | Israel | Unknown status |
| - | Ramat Gan | Israel | Unknown status |
| - | Bari | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Bergamo | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Bologna | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Brescia | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Candiolo | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Genova | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Meldola | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Modena | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Monza | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Naples | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Padova | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Roma | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Siena | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Torino | Italy | Unknown status |
| - | Verona | Italy | Unknown status |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital | Bunkyo Ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Cancer Hospital | Chuo Ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kyushu University Hospital | Fukuoka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Osaka International Cancer Institute | Osaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kyoto University Hospital | Sakyo-ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| - | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| - | León | Mexico | Unknown status |
| - | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| - | Amersfroort | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| - | Leiden | Netherlands | Unknown status |
| - | Oslo | Norway | Unknown status |
| - | Gdansk | Poland | Unknown status |
| - | Warsaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| - | Lisbon | Portugal | Unknown status |
| - | Porto | Portugal | Unknown status |
| - | Chelyabinsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| - | Moscow | Russia | Unknown status |
| - | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Unknown status |
| - | Omsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| - | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Unknown status |
| - | Samara | Russia | Unknown status |
| - | Gothenburg | Sweden | Unknown status |
| - | Lund | Sweden | Unknown status |
| - | Stockholm | Sweden | Unknown status |
| - | Bangkok | Thailand | Unknown status |
| - | Songkhla | Thailand | Unknown status |
| California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence | Encinitas | United States | Unknown status |
| Univ of TX MD Anderson Cancer Cntr | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Tennessee Medical Ctr | Knoxville | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins U | Lutherville | United States | Unknown status |
| NYU Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Nebraska Cancer Specialists | Omaha | United States | Unknown status |
| UC Irvine Medical Center | Orange | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Pittsburgh Med Center | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| Utah Cancer Specialists | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
| California Pacific Medical Center | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford Cancer Center | Stanford | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kansas Cancer Center | Westwood | United States | Unknown status |
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In 29 countries, 165 sites
France 26, Germany 25, Italy 16, United States 12, Spain 10, United Kingdom 9, Czechia 6, Russia 6, Australia 5, Austria 5, Japan 5, Brazil 4, Canada 4, Hungary 3, Israel 3, Mexico 3, Sweden 3, Argentina 2, Bulgaria 2, Chile 2, Netherlands 2, Poland 2, Portugal 2, Switzerland 2, Thailand 2, Belgium 1, Denmark 1, Greece 1, Norway 1
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