following a full submission assessed under the end of life and orphan medicine process:
encorafenib (Braftovi®) is not recommended for use within NHSScotland.
Indication under review: In combination with binimetinib for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600 mutation.
Progression-free survival was significantly longer in the encorafenib plus binimetinib group compared with BRAF inhibitor monotherapy in a phase III study of patients with unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600 melanoma.
The submitting company did not present a sufficiently robust economic analysis to gain acceptance by SMC.
This advice takes account of views from a Patient and Clinician Engagement (PACE) meeting.
Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- encorafenib (Braftovi)
- SMC ID:
- SMC2145
- Indication:
encorafenib in combination with binimetinib is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600 mutation
- Pharmaceutical company
- Pierre Fabre Ltd
- BNF chapter
- Malignant disease and immunosuppression
- Submission type
- Full
- Status
- Not recommended
- Date advice published:
- 08 July 2019