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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2026

COMBI-I: Long-Term Overall Survival With Spartalizumab Plus Dabrafenib and Trametinib in

Antoni Ribas, Caroline Robert, Dirk Schadendorf, Georgina V Long, Hussein Tawbi, Keith Flaherty, Paolo A Ascierto, Paul Nathan, Piotr Rutkowski, Oleg V Leonov and 15 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02967692 (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), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02967692 phase3terminatednot on this map

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

TypeinterventionalSponsorNovartis PharmaceuticalsRan2017 to 2024Enrolled568ConditionsMelanomaArmsSpartalizumab, Placebo, Dabrafenib, Trametinib
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Antoni RibasUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.ORCID 0000-0003-3669-8458
Caroline RobertDépartement de Médecine Oncologique, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9493-0238
Dirk SchadendorfUniversity Hospital Essen, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT-West), German Cancer Consortium, Both Campus Essen, and University Alliance Ruhr, Research Center One Health, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3524-7858
Georgina V LongThe Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8894-3545
Hussein TawbiUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0003-1942-851X
Keith FlahertyMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-3402-0478
Paolo A AsciertoUniversità degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8322-475X
Paul NathanMount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2327-3250
Piotr RutkowskiMaria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warszawa, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8920-5429
Oleg V LeonovOmsk Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Omsk, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-6667-7135
Paul LoriganThe University of Manchester and Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8875-2164
Sorilla PreyHôspital Saint-André, Bordeaux, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0272-2640
Maristella SaponaraIstituto Europeo di Oncologia-IRCCS, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0715-171X
Ana AranceHospital Clinic Barcelona and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
Caroline Gaudy-MarquesteDermatology and Skin Cancer Department, Aix-Marseille Univ, APHM-Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
Daniil StroyakovskiyMoscow City Oncology Hospital # 62, Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-1973-1092
Celeste LebbeUniversité Paris Cite, AP-HP Dermato-oncology and CIC, Cancer Institute APHP. nord Paris cité, INSERM U1342-Equipe 1-CNRS EMR8000, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5854-7290
Michele MaioUniversity of Siena and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0323-6321
Michele Del VecchioFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
Pamela Salman BoghikianFundación Arturo López Pérez, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-4389-8124
Ralf GutzmerDepartment of Dermatology, Johannes Wesling Medical Center, Ruhr University, Minden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7921-2820
Roberta DepenniAOU Policlinico di Modena Università Studi Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Marina MiskicNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Mark RussoNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ.ORCID 0000-0002-5403-3989
Reinhard DummerUniversity Hospital Zürich Skin Cancer Center, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2279-6906

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COMBI-I trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02967692) evaluating spartalizumab plus dabrafenib and trametinib (sparta-DabTram, n = 267) versus placebo plus dabrafenib and trametinib (placebo-DabTram, n = 265) for

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsMelanomaProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSkin NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansImidazolesMaleMiddle AgedMutationOximesProgression-Free SurvivalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBRAF protein, humandabrafenibImidazolesOximesProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafPyridonesPyrimidinonesspartalizumabtrametinib

Identifiers

PMID42585631
PMCPMC13557475

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