Prevention of Phototoxicities in Patients Undergoing Vemurafenib Treatment

Vemurafenib is an anti-cancer treatment indicated as monotherapy in the treatment of adult patients with non-resectable or metastatic melanoma carrying a BRAF V600 mutation.

Cobimetinib is indicated in combination with Vemurafenib in the treatment of adult patients with non-resectable or metastatic melanoma carrying a BRAF V600 mutation.

These treatments are associated with a lot of adverse reactions, which may lead to dose reduction, temporary interruption or discontinuation of treatment, which often leads to treatment failure or a decrease in treatment compliance.

The most commonly reported adverse reactions (> 30%) with Vemurafenib are arthralgia, rash, photosensitivity reaction, nausea, alopecia and pruritus. The most commonly reported adverse events (> 20%) associated with Cobimetinib / Vemurafenib are diarrhea, rash, nausea, pyrexia, photosensitivity reaction, increase of alanine aminotransferase, elevation of aspartate aminotransferase, blood creatine phosphokinase elevation and vomiting.

The risk of presenting a phototoxicity adverse event with Vemurafenib in monotherapy or in combination with Cobimetinib is very common (≥ 1/10) according to MedDRA.

Two studies on Vemurafenib as monotherapy have demonstrated these results. One study concerns 468 patients from a randomized, open-label Phase III study in adult patients with non-resectable melanoma or stage IV with a BRAF V600 mutation, the other is a study Phase II study in a single group of patients with stage IV melanoma carrying a BRAF V600 mutation after failure of at least one prior systemic treatment. The study on the combination of Vemurafenib and Cobimetinib is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study (GO28141), which evaluated Cobimetinib in combination with vemurafenib compared to vemurafenib alone Of patients with non-resectable (stage III) or metastatic (stage IV) melanoma carrying a BRAF V600 mutation naive from any treatment.

The use of optimal photoprotection including the repeated daily use of external photoprotection products is currently recommended for all patients receiving treatment with vemurafenib or with the combination of vemurafenib and cobimetinib.

The objective of the study is to demonstrate that the application of Photoderm Max SPF50 + Milk (UVA / UVB broad spectrum sunscreen) associated with the application of the Photoderm Max SPF50 + stick (SPF ≥ 50) on the first day of treatment with Vemurafenib or its combination with cobimetinib reduces the occurrence of this adverse event from a frequency (≥ 1/10) to a frequency (≤ 1/10) with regular application to all exposed areas.

Inclusion criteria

• Subject naive of i-BRAF treatment, receiving a Vemurafenib treatment in association or not with Cobimetinib in 1st or 2nd line of treatment in non resecable metastatic melonoma with BRAF V600 mutation;
• Subject aged 18 or older ;
• Subject who can be follow regularly by the investigator ;
• Informed and consent subjects who read and signed the ICF ;
• Subject who does not participate in another study, exepted therapeutic clinical trial with Vemurafenib in association or not with Cobimetinib ;
• Compliant subject, left to the discretion of the investigator.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women
• Women of reproductive age without contraception deemed effective for at least 1 month
• For women of reproductive age receiving Cobimetinib treatment, lack of use of two effective methods of contraception, such as a condom or other barrier method (with spermicide if available).
• Subject having a history of allergy to an ingredient of the tested products
• Subject with skin sensitivity to sunscreens or any of the components of the products under investigation
• Subjects taking another photosensitising treatment (left to the discretion of the investigator)
• Subject presenting a concomitant pathology which may interfere with the course of the study (left to the discretion of the investigator)
• Subjects with cutaneous photosensitivity or systemic disease including: lupus, dermatomyositis, porphyria, lucite ... (non-exhaustive list left to the discretion of the investigator).