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 …

Combination of pan-RAF and MEK inhibitors in NRAS mutant melanoma

M Atefi, B Titz, E Avramis, C Ng, DJL Wong, A Lassen… - Molecular cancer, 2015 - Springer
… more effective inhibitory effects, the strategy of combination therapy … idea of combining a
BRAF inhibitor with a MEK inhibitor has … Interestingly, this regimen resulted in superior inhibitory

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapies to inhibit the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway in melanoma: we are not done yet

GA McArthur - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
… the mechanisms of resistance to combined BRAF and MEK inhibition. Because the combination
of BRAF and MEK inhibition may more effectively inhibit RAF/MEK/ERK signaling one …

Combination therapy with BRAF and MEK inhibitors for melanoma: latest evidence and place in therapy

Z Eroglu, A Ribas - Therapeutic advances in medical …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
… Dabrafenib and trametinib were in the first BRAF and MEK inhibitor combination in clinical
trials, and currently the FDA approved combination in patients with advanced BRAFV600 …

Combined Pan-RAF and MEK inhibition overcomes multiple resistance mechanisms to selective RAF inhibitors

SR Whittaker, GS Cowley, S Wagner, F Luo… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
… Given that the combination of a pan-RAF inhibitor and a MEK inhibitor could drive a profound
response, we sought to establish what factors were responsible for this. Accordingly, we …

Combined MEK and ERK inhibition overcomes therapy-mediated pathway reactivation in RAS mutant tumors

M Merchant, J Moffat, G Schaefer, J Chan, X Wang… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
MEK inhibition in the NRAS and KRAS mutant setting [27–29]. Together these findings indicate
that in the context of MEK inhibition… the combination of MEK inhibitors with ERK inhibitors

Efficacy of intermittent combined RAF and MEK inhibition in a patient with concurrent BRAF-and NRAS-mutant malignancies

O Abdel-Wahab, VM Klimek, AA Gaskell, A Viale… - Cancer discovery, 2014 - AACR
… (MEK) inhibition. We hypothesized that treating this patient with combined therapy with RAF
and MEK inhibitors … that combined therapy with vemurafenib and the MEK inhibitor GDC-…

PI3K and MEK inhibitor combinations: examining the evidence in selected tumor types

CD Britten - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2013 - Springer
… are currently evaluating the combination of PI3K and MEK inhibitors in a … /RAF/MEK/ERK
pathways, the cross-talk between them, and the current generation of PI3K and MEK inhibitors

[PDF][PDF] RAF suppression synergizes with MEK inhibition in KRAS mutant cancer cells

S Lamba, M Russo, C Sun, L Lazzari, C Cancelliere… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
… only by RAF/MEK combinatorial blockade. Combined RAF-MEK Inhibition Shows Synergy
in … Mutations We tested whether combined RAF and MEK inhibition could be effective also in …

[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 …