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A Study of PLX3397 in Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic KIT-mutated Melanoma

An interventional study of PLX3397 in Melanoma, sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.. Completed at 5 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-13.

Sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this Phase I/II study is to evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of the investigational drug PLX3397 in subjects with unresectable or metastatic KIT-mutated melanoma.

02

Conditions studied

  • Melanoma

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Keywords

  • PLX3397
  • Kit-mutant Melanoma
  • Unresectable or Metastatic KIT-mutated Melanoma
  • Developmental Phase I/II
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In context

Melanoma

3,370 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 578 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 6 is below the median of 40 across 2,649 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 73 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 10 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 8 (80%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma which is confirmed at the treating institution with KIT mutation(s) not known to be resistant to PLX3397
  • Presence of by
  • (ECOG) performance Status (PS) 0-2
  • ≥ 3 months
  • Adequate organ and bone marrow function
  • Women of must have a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and must agree to use an effective form of from the time of the negative pregnancy test up to 3 months after the last dose of study drug. Women of non-child-bearing potential must have been for ≥ 1 year or surgically sterile.
  • Fertile men must agree to use an effective method of birth control during the study and for up to 3 months after the last dose of study drug.
  • Willingness and ability to provide written prior to any study-related procedures and to comply with all study requirements

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior treatment with a KIT inhibitor for melanoma
  • Presence of NRAS or BRAF mutation
  • Exposure to any drug within 28 days or unresolved adverse effects from previous therapy
  • Symptomatic .
  • Active secondary unless the malignancy is not expected to interfere with the evaluation of safety and is approved by the Sponsor
  • Concomitant treatment with other anti-neoplastic agents (hormonal therapy acceptable)
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent or infectious illness
  • Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury within 14 days of initiating study drug or anticipation of the need for major surgery during the study
  • Previous radiotherapy to 25% or more of the bone marrow and/or radiation therapy within 28 days prior to study entry
  • Inability to swallow capsules, or nausea and vomiting, malabsorption, an external biliary shunt, or significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption
  • Congestive heart failure (CHF) New York (NY) Heart Association class III or IV; unstable coronary artery disease [myocardial infarction (MI) more than 6 months prior to study entry is permitted] or serious cardiac arrhythmia
  • Baseline corrected using Fridericia equation (QTcF) ≥ 450 msec (for males) or ≥ 470 msec (for females) at Screening
  • Active or chronic infection with (HIV), virus (HCV), or virus (HBV)
  • Known chronic liver disease
  • Women who are breast-feeding or pregnant
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(17)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Brain metastases

Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).

Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PLX3397

    Part 1: Open label, multicenter study includes a dose evaluation portion in which the safety profile of PLX3397 as a single oral agent will be evaluated Part 2: An expansion cohort in which the efficacy and safety of PLX3397 administered at the recommended Phase 2 dose will be evaluated in patients with unresectable stage III or stage IV KIT-mutated melanoma.

    Drug: PLX3397

Interventions

  • 1000 mg/day (400 mg in the morning and 600 mg in the evening)

    Also known as: Pexidartinib

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Summary of Best Overall Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    For the assessment of best overall response, participants were classified by RECIST v1.1: complete response (CR), disappearance of all target lesions and normalization of tumor marker level; partial response (PR), at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters; stable disease (SD); neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study; progressive disease (PD), at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study and the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm; or not evaluable (NE) for analysis.

    Time frame: within 18 months postdose

  2. Objective Response Rate (ORR) Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Objective response rate was defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).

    Time frame: within 18 months postdose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Duration of Response (DoR) was defined as the time from the first documentation of objective tumor response (complete response \[CR\] or partial response \[PR\]) to the first documentation of disease progression or to death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. DoR was to only be calculated for the subgroup of participants with an objective tumor response.

    Time frame: within 18 months postdose

  2. Progression-free Survival Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Progression-free survival (PFS) was to be calculated for each participant as the number of days from study enrollment to the date of the first documented disease progression or date of death from any cause, whichever occurred first.

    Time frame: within 18 months postdose

  3. Overall Survival Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Overall survival (OS) was defined as the time from study enrollment to death from any cause, censoring at the date of last contact or the end of the study.

    Time frame: within 18 months postdose

  4. Disease Control Rate Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Disease control rate (DCR) was defined as the percentage of participants who had achieved complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD).

    Time frame: within 18 months postdose

  5. Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose

  6. Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Area Under the Curve From Zero to 6 Hours (AUC0-6) of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose

  7. Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Time to Maximum Concentration and Last Measurable Time of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose

  8. Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for AUC0-6h (Robs) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose

  9. Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for Cmax (Rcmax) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose

  10. Summary of Most Common (≥50% of Participants) Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose

  11. Summary of Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Grade ≥ 3 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Grade ≥ 3 was used to indicate moderate-to-severe treatment-emergent adverse events in which moderate was defined as discomfort enough to cause interference with normal daily activities and severe defined as the inability to perform normal daily activities.

    Time frame: within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose

  12. Summary of Most Common (≥50%) Drug-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Time frame: within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose

  13. Summary of Drug-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Grade ≥ 3 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

    Grade ≥ 3 was used to indicate moderate-to-severe treatment-emergent adverse events in which moderate was defined as discomfort enough to cause interference with normal daily activities and severe defined as the inability to perform normal daily activities.

    Time frame: within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose

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Results

Posted Apr 9, 2020

Participant flow

A total of 8 participants entered the pilot portion of the study; no participants entered the phase 2 portion. Of the 8 participants, 2 failed screening criteria and did not receive treatment.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestonePLX3397
Started6
Completed0
Not completed6
Withdrew: Adverse event1
Withdrew: Progressive disease3
Withdrew: Failed screening criteria2

Outcome measures

PrimarySummary of Best Overall Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

For the assessment of best overall response, participants were classified by RECIST v1.1: complete response (CR), disappearance of all target lesions and normalization of tumor marker level; partial response (PR), at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum diameters; stable disease (SD); neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for progressive disease, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study; progressive disease (PD), at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study and the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm; or not evaluable (NE) for analysis.

Time frame:
within 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Summary of Best Overall Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Complete response (CR)0
Partial response (PR)1
Stable disease (SD)2
Progressive disease (PD)1
Not evaluable (NE)2
PrimaryObjective Response Rate (ORR) Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Objective response rate was defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).

Time frame:
within 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Objective Response Rate (ORR) Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma1
SecondaryDuration of Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Duration of Response (DoR) was defined as the time from the first documentation of objective tumor response (complete response \[CR\] or partial response \[PR\]) to the first documentation of disease progression or to death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. DoR was to only be calculated for the subgroup of participants with an objective tumor response.

Time frame:
within 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Median · months
Duration of Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
monthsPLX3397
Duration of Response Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated MelanomaNA (8.15 to 8.15)
SecondaryProgression-free Survival Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Progression-free survival (PFS) was to be calculated for each participant as the number of days from study enrollment to the date of the first documented disease progression or date of death from any cause, whichever occurred first.

Time frame:
within 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Median · months
Progression-free Survival Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
monthsPLX3397
Progression-free Survival Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma10.32 (1.58 to NA)
SecondaryOverall Survival Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Overall survival (OS) was defined as the time from study enrollment to death from any cause, censoring at the date of last contact or the end of the study.

Time frame:
within 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Median · months
Overall Survival Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
monthsPLX3397
Overall Survival Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated MelanomaNA (4.11 to NA)
SecondaryDisease Control Rate Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Disease control rate (DCR) was defined as the percentage of participants who had achieved complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD).

Time frame:
within 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Disease Control Rate Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Disease Control Rate Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma3
SecondarySummary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose
Reported as:
Mean · ng/mL
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Maximum Concentration (Cmax) of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ng/mLPLX3397
Day 14660 ± 1830
Day 159570 ± 2940
SecondarySummary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Area Under the Curve From Zero to 6 Hours (AUC0-6) of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose
Reported as:
Mean · h*ng/mL
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Area Under the Curve From Zero to 6 Hours (AUC0-6) of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
h*ng/mLPLX3397
Day 114500 ± 4660
Day 1543800 ± 7010
SecondarySummary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Time to Maximum Concentration and Last Measurable Time of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose
Reported as:
Mean · hours
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Time to Maximum Concentration and Last Measurable Time of PL3397 at Days 1 and 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
hoursPLX3397
Time to maximum concentration; Day 12.72 ± 1.62
Time to maximum concentration; Day 152.77 ± 2.31
Last measurable time; Day 15.99 ± 0.05
Last measurable time; Day 156.03 ± 0.06
SecondarySummary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for AUC0-6h (Robs) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose
Reported as:
Mean · Ratio
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for AUC0-6h (Robs) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
RatioPLX3397
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for AUC0-6h (Robs) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma3.39 ± 0.85
SecondarySummary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for Cmax (Rcmax) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
Cycle 1, Day 1 and Day 15 at predose, 0.5 h, 1h, 2h, 4h, and 6h postdose
Reported as:
Mean · Ratio
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for Cmax (Rcmax) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
RatioPLX3397
Summary of Pharmacokinetic Parameter of Accumulation Ratio of Day 15 to Day 1 for Cmax (Rcmax) of PL3397 at Day 15 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day in Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma2.34 ± 0.69
SecondarySummary of Most Common (≥50% of Participants) Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Summary of Most Common (≥50% of Participants) Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Aspartate aminotransferase increased6
White blood cell count decreased6
Anaemia5
Face oedema5
Alanine aminotransferase increased4
Blood bilirubin increased4
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased4
Hair colour changes4
Neutrophil count decreased4
Bilirubin conjugated increased3
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased3
Blood lactate dehydrogenase increased3
Interstitial lung disease3
Pyrexia3
Total bile acids increased3
SecondarySummary of Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Grade ≥ 3 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Grade ≥ 3 was used to indicate moderate-to-severe treatment-emergent adverse events in which moderate was defined as discomfort enough to cause interference with normal daily activities and severe defined as the inability to perform normal daily activities.

Time frame:
within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Summary of Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Grade ≥ 3 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Any TEAEs CTCAE Grade ≥ 34
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased4
Alanine aminotransferase increased2
Total bile acids increased2
Anaemia1
Aspartate aminotransferase increased1
Bilirubin conjugated increased1
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased1
Blood bilirubin increased1
Drug-induced liver injury1
Herpes zoster1
Hypertension1
Neutrophil count decreased1
White blood cell count decreased1
SecondarySummary of Most Common (≥50%) Drug-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
Time frame:
within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Summary of Most Common (≥50%) Drug-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Aspartate aminotransferase increased6
White blood cell count decreased6
Anaemia5
Face oedema5
Alanine aminotransferase increased4
Blood bilirubin increased4
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased4
Hair colour changes4
Neutrophil count decreased4
Bilirubin conjugated increased3
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased3
Blood lactate dehydrogenase increased3
Interstitial lung disease3
Total bile acids increased3
SecondarySummary of Drug-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Grade ≥ 3 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma

Grade ≥ 3 was used to indicate moderate-to-severe treatment-emergent adverse events in which moderate was defined as discomfort enough to cause interference with normal daily activities and severe defined as the inability to perform normal daily activities.

Time frame:
within 28 days after administration of the last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Summary of Drug-related Treatment-emergent Adverse Events Grade ≥ 3 Following Twice Daily Administration of PL3397 at 1000 mg/Day In Participants With Unresectable or Advanced KIT-mutated Melanoma
ParticipantsPLX3397
Any Drug-related TEAEs CTCAE Grade ≥ 34
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased4
Alanine aminotransferase increased2
Total bile acids increased2
Aspartate aminotransferase increased1
Bilirubin conjugated increased1
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased1
Blood bilirubin increased1
Drug-induced liver injury1
Neutrophil count decreased1
White blood cell count decreased1

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were collected from after initiation of study drug up to 28 days after administration of last dose of study drug, up to 18 months postdose.. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
PLX33971/6 (16.7%)2/6 (33.3%)6/6 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventPLX3397
Drug-induced liver injuryHepatobiliary disorders2/6
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventPLX3397
Aspartate aminotransferase increasedInvestigations6/6
White blood cell count decreasedInvestigations6/6
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders6/6
Face oedemaGeneral disorders5/6
Alanine aminotransferase increasedInvestigations4/6
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increasedInvestigations4/6
Neutrophil count decreasedInvestigations4/6
Red blood cell count decreasedInvestigations4/6
Hair colour changesSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders4/6
PyrexiaGeneral disorders3/6

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)PLX3397
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years4
>=65 years2
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)PLX3397
Mean56.5 ± 14.5
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)PLX3397
Female4
Male2
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)PLX3397
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White0
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)PLX3397
China6
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Study locations

5 sites
  • Beijing Cancer Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100142, China
  • Sun Yat-sen Hospital
    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Samsung Medical Center
    Seoul, Gangnam-Gu 06351, South Korea
  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
    Seoul, Seodaemun-gu 03722, South Korea
  • Seoul National University Hospital
    Seoul, South Korea
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2017 to primary completion in Aug 2018, 19 months.

Results were first posted in Apr 2020, 1 year 7 months after primary completion.

Of 227 interventional studies with no phase under Melanoma, half reached primary completion within 38 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 20 and three quarters within 62. This study's 19 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 21, 2016
First posted
Nov 29, 2016
StartActual
Jan 31, 2017
Primary completionActual
Aug 31, 2018
CompletionActual
Oct 11, 2024
Results first posted
Apr 9, 2020
Last update
Jan 13, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 13, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02975700
Collaborators
Daiichi Sankyo
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 29, 2016
Start date
Jan 31, 2017
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2018
Completion
Oct 11, 2024
Results posted
Apr 9, 2020
Last update
Jan 13, 2026

Study contacts

Global Clinical Leader
study director · Daiichi Sankyo

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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