A PHASE I, OPEN-LABEL, MULTICENTER, 3- PERIOD, FIXED-SEQUENCE STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF VEMURAFENIB ON THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF SINGLE DOSE OF TIZANIDINE (A CYP1A2 SUBSTRATE) IN PATIENTS WITH BRAFV600 MUTATION-POSITIVE METASTATIC MALIGNANCY
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients, 18 to 70 years of age, inclusive
- Patients with either unresectable Stage IIIc or IV metastatic melanoma positive for
the BRAFV600 mutation or other malignant tumor type which harbors a V600 activating
mutation of BRAF, as determined by Cobas 4800 BRAFV600 Mutation Test or a DNA
sequencing method
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2
- Life expectancy >/= 12 weeks
- Patient has not consumed tobacco or nicotine-containing products for 6 weeks prior to
first dose of study drug, and must agree to refrain from such products while on study
- Adequate hematologic, renal and liver function
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment with vemurafenib or other BRAF inhibitor within 42 days of Day 1,
period A
- History of or current clinically significant cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction,
including current uncontrolled Grade >/= 2 hypertension or unstable angina
- Current dyspnea at rest due to complications of advanced malignancy or any
requirement for supplemental oxygen
- Active central nervous system lesions (i.e. patients with radiographically unstable,
symptomatic lesions)
- Patients with CYP2A2 gene mutation (-3113G->A)
- Allergy or hypersensitivity to vemurafenib or tizanidine formulations
- Current severe uncontrolled systemic disease
- Inability or unwillingness to swallow pills
- History of malabsorption or other condition that would interfere with enteral
absorption of study treatment
- History of clinically significant liver disease including cirrhosis), current alcohol
abuse, or HIV infection requiring antiretroviral treatment, AIDS-related illness, or
active hepatitis B or C
- Active autoimmune disease
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women