Drugs / Vemurafenib
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Vemurafenib

Small molecule targets BRAF via inhibition

Developed for
melanoma · metastatic melanoma · cancer · colorectal cancer · metastatic malignant neoplasm · plasma cell myeloma · neoplasm · non-small cell lung carcinoma
+58 more · hairy cell leukemia · Langerhans cell histiocytosis · non-Hodgkin lymphoma · refractory malignant neoplasm · thyroid gland papillary carcinoma · colorectal carcinoma · cutaneous melanoma · ependymoma · Ewing sarcoma · female breast carcinoma · glioma · hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm · hepatoblastoma · malignant germ cell tumor · malignant glioma · metastatic malignant neoplasm in the brain · neuroblastoma · peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor · primary organ-specific lymphoma · rhabdoid tumor · rhabdomyosarcoma · thyroid cancer · thyroid gland follicular carcinoma · thyroid gland undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinoma · urinary bladder cancer · Wilms tumor · biliary tract cancer · breast cancer · cancer of unknown primary site · childhood acute myeloid leukemia · colorectal neoplasm · conventional osteosarcoma · digestive system cancer · Erdheim-Chester disease · hematopoietic and lymphoid system neoplasm · high grade malignant neoplasm · histiocytic sarcoma · histiocytosis · juvenile xanthogranuloma · laryngeal neoplasm · lymphoma · malignant pancreatic neoplasm · medulloblastoma · melanoma of soft tissue · osteosarcoma · ovarian carcinoma · ovarian neoplasm · pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma · pancreatic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma · papillary craniopharyngioma · pediatric lymphoma · poorly differentiated thyroid gland carcinoma · prostate carcinoma · salivary gland cancer · soft tissue sarcoma · thyroid gland carcinoma · urothelial carcinoma · hormone-resistant prostate carcinoma
Investigated by
Hoffmann-La Roche · Genentech, Inc. · National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Bristol-Myers Squibb
+136 more · Shanghai Kechow Pharma, Inc. · Pfizer · Roche Pharma AG · AstraZeneca · Bayer · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Eli Lilly and Company · Fondazione Melanoma Onlus · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Novartis · The Netherlands Cancer Institute · Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc · Boehringer Ingelheim · Cancer Research UK · GlaxoSmithKline · H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute · Massachusetts General Hospital · Melanoma Research Foundation Breakthrough Consortium · OHSU Knight Cancer Institute · Oregon Health and Science University · Oslo University Hospital · Plexxikon · Roche-Genentech · Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Shanghai Changzheng Hospital · Sun Yat-sen University · University Hospital Tuebingen · University of Birmingham · University of California, San Francisco · University of Manchester · Yale University · Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology · American Society of Clinical Oncology · Amgen · Anna Raciborska · Baodong Qin · Canadian Cancer Trials Group · Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences · Cascadian Therapeutics Inc. · Celldex Therapeutics · Center Eugene Marquis · City of Hope Medical Center · Clinical Research Technology S.r.l. · Clinigen, Inc. · Clovis Oncology - Pharma and · CytomX Therapeutics · Daiichi Sankyo · Duke University · Dutch Cancer Society · Eisai Inc. · Exelixis · Federal Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology · Fondation ARC · Fondazione per la Medicina Personalizzata · Foundation Medicine · Fudan University · Georgetown University · German Cancer Research Center · Haukeland University Hospital · Helse Fonna · Helse Forde · Helse Møre og Romsdal HF · Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF · Helse Stavanger HF · Helsinki University Central Hospital · HonorHealth Research Institute · Hospital of Southern Norway Trust · Incyte Corporation · Inge Marie Svane · Innlandet Hospital Trust · Inova Health Care Services · Institut Curie · Ipsen · all 142 on the full record

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 6 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Label expansions (4) US (FDA) ZELBORAF 2014-03-19 – 2017-11-06 fda.gov
Approved EU (EMA) Zelboraf 2012-02-17 europa.eu
Approved US (FDA) ZELBORAF 2011-08-17 fda.gov

Trials 146 · started per year

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 03 trials
Phase 0 NCT05238831 Jan 2023 → May 2026 female breast carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma +2 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 0 NCT02145143 May 2014 → Nov 2024 thyroid gland carcinoma Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 0 NCT01748149 Apr 2014 → Dec 2018 glioma University of California, San Francisco Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 145 trials
Phase 1 NCT05019534 Aug 2021 → Aug 2022 West China Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04462471 Jun 2020 → Sep 2023 thyroid gland follicular carcinoma, thyroid gland papillary carcinoma Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03878524 Apr → Dec 2020 acute myeloid leukemia, atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL1 negative, blast phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive, castration-resistant prostate carcinoma +14 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03781219 Jul 2018 → Dec 2023 neoplasm Shanghai Kechow Pharma, Inc. Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01843738 Jun 2017 → Aug 2022 melanoma University of Utah Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02721459 Sep 2016 → Oct 2019 overdue melanoma, skin cancer H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02818023 Jul 2016 → Jun 2019 melanoma Yana Najjar Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02608034 May 2016 → Sep 2018 metastatic melanoma Genentech, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02441465 Aug 2015 → Aug 2016 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02456701 Jun 2015 → Oct 2016 thyroid cancer Celldex Therapeutics Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/29 trials
Phase 1/2 NCT04790448 Jul 2020 → Dec 2021 colorectal cancer Sun Yat-sen University Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT03101254 Jun 2017 → Oct 2020 melanoma Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT03013491 Jan 2017 → Oct 2020 cancer, lymphoma CytomX Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT02354690 Nov 2014 → Dec 2018 metastatic melanoma Inge Marie Svane Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT02115035 Jul 2014 → Jul 2017 plasma cell myeloma University of Arkansas Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT01959633 Apr 2014 → Mar 2018 melanoma Fondazione Melanoma Onlus Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT01616199 Aug 2012 → Dec 2014 Cascadian Therapeutics Inc. Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT01638676 Jul 2012 → Jun 2025 overdue melanoma University of Louisville Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT01512251 Jun 2012 → Dec 2013 melanoma University of California, San Francisco Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 274 trials
Phase 2 NCT07714447 Nov 2026 → Feb 2029 expected colorectal cancer Sun Yat-sen University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06692491 Jan 2025 → Dec 2027 expected Peking University Shenzhen Hospital Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06561360 Sep 2024 → Sep 2027 expected hairy cell leukemia Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06603376 Sep 2024 → Aug 2026 overdue colorectal carcinoma Shanghai Changzheng Hospital Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06440850 Jul 2024 → Nov 2026 expected thyroid gland follicular carcinoma, thyroid gland papillary carcinoma City of Hope Medical Center Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05900219 Sep 2023 → Sep 2025 non-small cell lung carcinoma Shanghai Kechow Pharma, Inc. Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05388123 Mar 2022 → Apr 2026 hairy cell leukemia Scripps Health Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05233332 Feb 2022 → Jan 2024 Shanghai Kechow Pharma, Inc. Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05159245 Dec 2021 → Nov 2026 expected cancer, hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm Helsinki University Central Hospital Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05068752 Oct 2021 → Nov 2024 malignant pancreatic neoplasm HonorHealth Research Institute Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2/32 trials
Phase 2/3 NCT05722886 Mar 2023 → Oct 2029 expected cancer, hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm Cancer Research UK Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT05768178 Mar 2023 → Oct 2029 expected Erdheim-Chester disease, colorectal neoplasm, glioma, laryngeal neoplasm +6 Cancer Research UK Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 38 trials
Phase 3 NCT06008119 Oct 2023 → Dec 2026 expected colorectal cancer Shanghai Kechow Pharma, Inc. Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03768063 Feb 2019 → Jul 2028 expected cancer Hoffmann-La Roche Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT05540951 Jun 2018 → Aug 2022 colorectal cancer Fudan University Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02908672 Jan 2017 → Oct 2019 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01689519 Jan 2013 → May 2014 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01667419 Sep 2012 → Jun 2017 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01307397 Mar 2011 → Feb 2016 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01006980 Jan → Dec 2010 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 43 trials
Phase 4 NCT01898585 Oct 2013 → May 2019 melanoma Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01739764 Feb 2013 → Feb 2020 neoplasm Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01683188 Aug 2012 → Nov 2014 metastatic melanoma Clinigen, Inc. Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable2 trials
NCT04801966 Sep 2021 → Dec 2022 cancer Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Terminated No outcome recorded
NCT01636908 Aug 2011 → Jan 2018 cancer Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc Completed No outcome recorded
Also used as a comparator or background therapy in 6 trials
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 11 trial
Phase 1 NCT01657591 Background Jul 2012 → Sep 2016 melanoma H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 33 trials
Phase 3 NCT02427893 Comparator Aug 2015 → Nov 2016 melanoma Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01909453 Comparator Sep 2013 → Nov 2016 melanoma Pfizer Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01597908 Comparator Jun 2012 → Apr 2014 melanoma Novartis Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 41 trial
Phase 4 NCT04356118 Background Jun 2020 → Jun 2023 malignant leptomeningeal tumor Hui Bu Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable1 trial
NCT02208583 Comparator Jun 2014 → Dec 2016 hormone-resistant prostate carcinoma Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded

Press releases naming this drug 9 releases

DateIssuerRelease
2020-07-31 Roche Global Development FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq plus Cotellic and Zelboraf for people with advanced melanoma roche.com
2019-12-13 Roche Global Development Roche announces positive Phase III study results for Tecentriq plus Cotellic and Zelboraf in people with previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced melanoma roche.com
2017-11-07 Roche Global Development FDA approves Zelboraf (vemurafenib) for Erdheim-Chester disease with BRAF V600 mutation roche.com
2017-09-11 Roche Global Development Roche announces phase III study results of Zelboraf for adjuvant treatment of BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma roche.com
2015-04-28 Daiichi Sankyo Daiichi Sankyo Announces Write-off Loss on Trade Rights Related to Consolidated Subsidiary Plexxikon Inc.’s Anticancer Agent Zelboraf daiichisankyo.com
2012-02-20 Daiichi Sankyo Plexxikon Announces European Approval of Zelboraf(R) for the Treatment of Patients with BRAF Mutation-Positive Metastatic Melanoma daiichisankyo.com
2011-08-17 Daiichi Sankyo FDA Approval of Zelboraf(TM) (vemurafenib) Establishes Oncology Foothold in US for Daiichi Sankyo daiichisankyo.com
2011-06-06 Daiichi Sankyo Plexxikon Reports Positive Data from Phase 3 and Phase 2 Trials of Vemurafenib (PLX4032) daiichisankyo.com
2011-05-11 Daiichi Sankyo Vemurafenib New Drug Application Submitted to FDA for Melanoma daiichisankyo.com

Evidence & citations 18 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 156 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as Vemurafenib “Participants with B-type Raf kinase (BRAF) gene mutations will receive a drug called Vemurafenib, which inhibits a protein called mitogen-activated or extracellular...” NCT02208583
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“BRAF inhibitors (encorafenib, vemurafenib, dabrafenib, etc.) are selected by researchers from the available drugs based on their accessibility” NCT07714447

Vemurafenib (960 mg twice a day) will be taken on Days 1 - 28 of each 28-day treatment cycle.” NCT02230306

“VIC Regimen (Vemurafenib/Irinotecan/Cetuximab)” NCT05540951

“Vandetanib, Vemurafenib, Vinblastine” NCT02788201

“BARF Mutation:VemurafenibNCT04356118

VemurafenibNCT02142036

NCT04943198

NCT01909453

NCT02145143

NCT01474551

NCT01524978

NCT01974258

NCT01400451

NCT02583516

NCT02068079

NCT06561360

NCT01286753

NCT06440850

NCT03727763

NCT05238831

NCT03239015

NCT05388123

NCT03101254

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NCT01656642

NCT03625141

NCT02608034

NCT01826448

NCT02693535

NCT03585686

NCT01657591

NCT03878524

NCT01659151

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NCT01638676

NCT03181100

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NCT06008119

NCT01876641

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NCT01636908

NCT05900219

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NCT05159245

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NCT02768207

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NCT02818023

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NCT02427893

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NCT02537600

NCT01781026

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NCT01849666

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NCT02902029

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NCT02925234

NCT01711632

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NCT06692491

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NCT02638428

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NCT05722886

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NCT03224767

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NCT02314481

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NCT01597908

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NCT05233332

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NCT02441465

NCT01673854

NCT03781219

NCT01844674

NCT02291289

NCT01709292

NCT05068752

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NCT04790448

NCT01596140

NCT03155620

NCT04302025

NCT01843738

NCT01767623

NCT01791309

NCT01006980

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NCT01307397

NCT01983124

NCT02354690

NCT01841463

NCT02908672

NCT01683188

NCT03220035

NCT01611675

NCT00949702

NCT05263453

NCT04462471

NCT02721459

Known as PLX4032 “This open-label, non-randomized study will assess the mass balance, metabolism, routes and rates of elimination as well as efficacy and safety of RO5185426 (RG7204; PLEXXIKON;...” NCT01164891
5

“Patients will receive oral Vemurafenib \[RG7204; PLEXXIKON: PLX4032\] at a dose of 960 mg b.i.d. continuously until disease progression or withdrawal from study and will be...” NCT00949702

“Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of the BRAF kinase inhibitor vemurafenib (PLX4032) have shown response rates of more than 50% in patients with metastatic melanoma with the BRAF...” PMID 21639808 Jun 2011

“This open-label single-arm study will evaluate the effect of RO5185426 \[RG7204; PLEXXIKON: PLX4032\] on the pharmacokinetics of five CYP450 substrates” NCT01001299

“BKM120 Combined with Vemurafenib (PLX4032)” NCT01512251

NCT00405587

Known as RG7204 “This open-label, non-randomized study will assess the mass balance, metabolism, routes and rates of elimination as well as efficacy and safety of RO5185426 (RG7204; PLEXXIKON;...” NCT01164891
4

“Patients will receive oral Vemurafenib \[RG7204; PLEXXIKON: PLX4032\] at a dose of 960 mg b.i.d. continuously until disease progression or withdrawal from study and will be...” NCT00949702

“This open-label single-arm study will evaluate the effect of RO5185426 \[RG7204; PLEXXIKON: PLX4032\] on the pharmacokinetics of five CYP450 substrates” NCT01001299

“Patients will be randomized to receive one of four dose-levels of RO5185426 \[RG7204NCT01107418

“PLX4032 (also known as RG7204), an orally available inhibitor of mutated BRAF” PMID 20818844 Aug 2010

Known as RO5185426 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT01264380
5

NCT01107418

NCT01253564

NCT01001299

NCT01248936

NCT01164891

Known as RO5185426, Zelboraf RO5185426, ZelborafNCT01765543
Known as VEM “Participants will receive atezolizumab (Ate) 1200 milligrams (mg) every 3 weeks (q3w) along with vemurafenib (Vem) 720 mg twice daily (BID) for 21 days in each cycle followed...” NCT01656642
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“Ipilimumab (IPI), an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, and vemurafenib (VEM), a BRAF inhibitor, have distinct mechanisms of action and shared toxicities” PMID 27532019 Aug 2016

Vemurafenib (VEM)” NCT01897116

Known as Vemurafenib = Zelboraf (commercial name) Vemurafenib = Zelboraf (commercial name)NCT02537600
Known as Vemurafenib branded as Zelboraf Vemurafenib branded as ZelborafNCT01638676
Known as Vermurafenib ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT02115035
Known as Zelboraf “The combination being studied is vemurafenib (also known as Zelboraf®) and High Dose Interleukin-2” NCT01683188
4

“combination with Yervoy (Ipilimumab) or With Zelboraf (Vemurafenib)” NCT03013491

Zelboraf + Cotellic used outside of indication, based on biomarker” NCT04817956

“oral BRAF Inhibitor Vemurafenib (Zelboraf®)” NCT01841463

NCT01898585

Known as ZELBORAF (Vemurafenib) ZELBORAF (Vemurafenib)NCT01876641
Known as Zelboraf / RO5185426 Zelboraf / RO5185426NCT01781026
Known as Zelboraf for vemurafenib Zelboraf for vemurafenibNCT03005639
Known as ZelborafTM “The purpose of this study is to test a new drug combination consisting of two drugs, vemurafenib (also known as ZelborafTM) and panitumumab (also known as VectibixTM).” NCT01791309
Action Inhibit “PLX4032 is a compound that selectively inhibits oncogenic B-Raf kinase.” NCT00405587
Modality Small molecule “Vemurafenib is a low molecular weight, orally available, inhibitor of BRAF serine-threonine kinase.” NCT02304809
Route Oral Oral capsules administered BID” NCT00405587
Target BRAF “The oral BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib (PLX4032)” PMID 22356324 Feb 2012