MEK inhibitor resistance mechanisms and recent developments in combination trials

E Kun, YTM Tsang, CW Ng, DM Gershenson… - Cancer treatment …, 2021 - Elsevier
… In this study of KRAS-mutant lung cancer models, combining MEK inhibition with
immunotherapies such as anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies showed a synergistic effect and …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical development of BRAF plus MEK inhibitor combinations

V Subbiah, C Baik, JM Kirkwood - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
… resistance, combination therapy targeting BRAF and MEK, a … BRAF and MEK inhibitor
combinations have been approved … for various BRAF plus MEK combination regimens in three …

Combined RAF and MEK inhibition to treat activated non-V600 BRAF-altered advanced cancers

N Rustgi, A Maria, N Toumbacaris, HY Zhao… - The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
… Here, we provide preclinical rationale and clinical trial data for combined RAF and MEK
inhibition against tumors with activated non-V600 BRAF mutants. While the combination had a …

BRAF mutations and the utility of RAF and MEK inhibitors in primary brain tumors

KC Schreck, SA Grossman, CA Pratilas - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
… with RAF and MEK inhibitors in patients with primary brain tumors and describe ongoing
clinical trials of RAF inhibitors in … this, RAF inhibitors have been combined with MEK inhibitors in …

CRAF mutations in lung cancer can be oncogenic and predict sensitivity to combined type II RAF and MEK inhibition

A Noeparast, P Giron, A Noor, R Bahadur Shahi… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
… type II RAF inhibitors and a MEK inhibitor led to a stronger ERK pathway inhibition and growth
… with CRAF oncogene dependency to the combination of type II RAF and MEK inhibition. …

RAF dimer inhibition enhances the antitumor activity of MEK inhibitors in K‐RAS mutant tumors

X Yuan, Z Tang, R Du, Z Yao, SH Cheung… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… We observed enhanced antitumor efficacy for RAF dimer and MEK inhibitor combination, …
reports suggesting RAF dimer or pan-RAF inhibitor in combination with MEK inhibitor may be a …

Exploiting allosteric properties of RAF and MEK inhibitors to target therapy-resistant tumors driven by oncogenic BRAF signaling

C Adamopoulos, TA Ahmed, MR Tucker, PMU Ung… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
… A rationally designed combination of RAF and MEK inhibitors based on their conformation
selectivity achieved increased efficacy and a high therapeutic index when used to target …

Combined BRAF and MEK inhibition with PD-1 blockade immunotherapy in BRAF-mutant melanoma

A Ribas, D Lawrence, V Atkinson, S Agarwal… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
… of a concomitant triple-therapy combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors with anti-PD-1 in …
1 trial, a combination of approved doses of the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib, the MEK inhibitor

Durable suppression of acquired MEK inhibitor resistance in cancer by sequestering MEK from ERK and promoting antitumor T-cell immunity

A Hong, M Piva, S Liu, W Hugo, SH Lomeli, V Zoete… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
MEK inhibitor (MEKi) monotherapy provides limited clinical benefits but may serve as a
foundation for combination therapies. Here, we showed that combining a type II RAF inhibitor (…

… of combination therapy with MEK inhibitor binimetinib and phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase inhibitor buparlisib in patients with advanced solid tumors with RAS/RAF …

A Bardia, M Gounder, J Rodon, F Janku… - The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… to single‐agent tyrosine kinase inhibitors or to treat cancers with … combination binimetinib
(MEK inhibitor) and buparlisib (PI3K inhibitor) in patients harboring alterations in the RAS/RAF