BRAF V600E is the genetic lesion underlying hairy-cell leukemia. We assessed the safety and activity of the oral BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib in patients with hairy-cell leukemia that had relapsed after treatment with a purine analogue or who had disease that was refractory to purine analogues.

Targeting Mutant BRAF in Relapsed or Refractory Hairy-Cell Leukemia

AMBROSETTI, Achille;
2015-01-01

Abstract

BRAF V600E is the genetic lesion underlying hairy-cell leukemia. We assessed the safety and activity of the oral BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib in patients with hairy-cell leukemia that had relapsed after treatment with a purine analogue or who had disease that was refractory to purine analogues.
2015
Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Arthralgia; Biomarkers; Bone Marrow; Disease-Free Survival; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; Exanthema; Female; Humans; Indoles; Leukemia, Hairy Cell; Male; Middle Aged; Mutation; Proto-Oncogene Proteins; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf; Recurrence; Remission Induction; Sulfonamides; ras Proteins
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