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A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of FORE8394 in Participants With Cancer Harboring BRAF Alterations

A Phase 2 interventional study of Plixorafenib in Cancer Harboring BRAF Alterations, HGG and LGG, sponsored by Fore Biotherapeutics. Recruiting at 70 sites in 12 countries. Open to participants aged 8 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-27.

Sponsored by Fore Biotherapeutics · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2023; still recruiting 3 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
254
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
8 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this Master Protocol is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of plixorafenib in participants with BRAF altered (BRAF V600E or BRAF fusions) locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors, or recurrent or progressive primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors, including rare BRAF V600E-mutated solid tumors, including anaplastic thyroid, ovarian, cholangiocarcinoma or other rare cancers.

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Conditions studied

  • Cancer Harboring BRAF Alterations
  • HGG
  • LGG
  • Solid Tumors

Keywords

  • BRAF alterations
  • BRAF Fusions
  • BRAF V600E
  • BRAF Class 1
  • BRAF Class 2
  • High grade glioma
  • low grade glioma
  • HGG
  • LGG
  • Solid tumors
  • Biliary tract cancer
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Fallopian tube cancer
  • Primary peritoneal cancer
  • Anaplastic thyroid cancer
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Bladder cancer
  • Uterine cancer
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
  • Breast cancer
  • Children
  • Pediatric
  • Adolescent
  • Young adult
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In context

Glioma

1,452 studies on the registry are indexed under Glioma; 349 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 254 is above the median of 32 across 1,075 interventional studies indexed under Glioma.

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Lead sponsor

Fore Biotherapeutics is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

Subprotocol A:

  1. Male and female, ≥8 years of age, and weighing ≥25 kg.
  2. Histologic diagnosis of a solid tumor or primary CNS tumor.
  3. Documentation of BRAF gene fusion in tumor and/or blood detected by an analytically validated test by DNA sequencing or RNA (transcriptome) sequencing.
  4. Have an sample available meeting protocol requirements.
  5. Consent to provide scan(s) prior to baseline to assess change in tumor trajectory.
  6. Received all available standard therapy, is intolerant to available therapies, or the investigator has determined that treatment with standard therapy is not appropriate.
  7. All adverse events related to prior therapies (chemotherapy; radiotherapy; surgery) must have resolved to Grade 1 or baseline.

Subprotocol B:

  1. Male and female, ≥8 years of age, and weighing ≥25 kg.
  2. Histological diagnosis of a primary CNS tumor, including but not limited to the following:

    1. Adults (≥18 years) with Grade 1-4 glioma or glioneuronal tumor (including glioblastoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, high grade astrocytoma with piloid features, pilocytic astrocytoma, gliosarcoma, anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, not otherwise specified [NOS], ganglioglioma, or recurrent LGG). OR
    2. Pediatric patients (8-17 years of age) with a Grade 3 or 4 glioma or glioneuronal tumor, including those with a prior, confirmed, diagnosis of a low-grade glioma or glioneuronal tumor and now have radiographic or histopathological findings consistent with WHO [2021] Grade 3 or 4 primary CNS tumor.
    3. Participants must have unresectable, locally advanced or disease that:

    i. Had prior treatment with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy or concurrent chemoradiation therapy OR

    • Note: Participants who have a WHO Grade 3 or 4 glioma for whom chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy is not considered standard of care may remain eligible for the study.

    ii. Is intolerant to available therapies OR iii. The investigator has determined that treatment with standard therapy is not appropriate.

  3. Documented BRAF V600E mutation in tumor and/or liquid biopsy detected by an analytically validated test at CLIA or CLIA-equivalent laboratory approved by sponsor or sponsor-designated central test.
  4. An archival tissue sample available meeting protocol requirements, or fresh biopsy is required if the archival sample is not available for retrospective confirmation test.
  5. Consent to provide scan(s) prior to baseline to assess change in tumor trajectory.
  6. based upon specified response criteria, as determined by the radiographic BICR.
  7. All adverse events related to prior therapies (eg, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery) must have resolved to Grade 1 or baseline.
  8. Participants who are receiving treatment must be on a stable or decreasing dose of ≤8 mg/day of dexamethasone or equivalent corticosteroid treatment for 7 days prior to first dose of study treatments.

Subprotocol C:

  1. Male and female, ≥8 years of age, and weighing ≥25 kg.
  2. Histologic diagnosis of a rare BRAF V600E-mutated solid tumor that is unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic.
  3. Measurable disease on CT, MRI, or physical exam
  4. Documented BRAF V600E mutation in tumor and/or liquid biopsy detected by an analytically validated test.
  5. Have an archival tissue sample available meeting protocol requirements.
  6. Consent to provide scan(s) prior to baseline to assess change in tumor trajectory
  7. Received all available standard therapy, is intolerant to available therapies, or the investigator has determined that treatment with standard therapy is not appropriate.

Subprotocol D:

  1. Male and female, ≥8 years of age, and weighing ≥25 kg.
  2. Histologic diagnosis of a solid tumor harboring a BRAF V600E mutation and not eligible for other subprotocols.
  3. Measurable disease on CT, MRI, or physical exam.
  4. Evidence of BRAF V600E mutation in tumor and/or blood detected by genomic tests.
  5. Consent to provide a tumor biopsy.
  6. Willingness to comply with the substudy procedures.
  7. All adverse events related to prior therapies (chemotherapy; radiotherapy; surgery) must have resolved to Grade 1 or baseline.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Subprotocol A:

  1. Prior treatment with RAF/BRAF inhibitors active for Class 2 BRAF alterations for advanced unresectable or disease.
  2. Prior treatment with a MEK inhibitor.
  3. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor(s) and/or targeted therapies are allowed (other than BRAF/MAPK pathway inhibitors per Exclusion Criteria 3 and 4) and will be restricted to no more than the number of that are consistent with standard treatment guidelines.
  4. with co-occurring activating RAS mutation(s) at any time.
  5. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  6. infection with exceptions; discuss with treating physician.
  7. Have impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of oral plixorafenib or cobicistat (such as ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, and small bowel resection).
  8. Grade ≥2 changes in , ALT, GGT, or attributed to prior treatment are exclusionary, even if resolved.

Subprotocol B:

  1. Prior treatment with BRAF, ERK, and/or MEK inhibitor(s).
  2. Known or suspected neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1) and/or RAS related gene alterations.
  3. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  4. Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  5. HIV infection with exceptions; discuss with treating physician.
  6. Have impairment of GI function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of oral plixorafenib (such as ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, small bowel resection).
  7. Grade ≥ 2 changes in AST, ALT, gamma-glutamyl transaminase (GGT), or bilirubin attributed to prior immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment are exclusionary, even if resolved.

Subprotocol C:

  1. Diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma or pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (neuroendocrine or acinar tumors are eligible).
  2. Diagnosis of BRAF V600E-mutated cutaneous melanoma, papillary thyroid cancer, or NSCLC.
  3. Participant has .
  4. Prior treatment with BRAF, ERK, and/or MEK inhibitor(s), unless otherwise specified for specific tumor types (i.e. low grade serous or borderline ovarian cancer).
  5. Known or suspected neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1) and/or RAS related gene alterations.
  6. Participants with prostate, breast, or gynecologic cancers with known activating mutations that lead to constitutive hormone receptor activation (AR-V7, ESR1).
  7. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  8. Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  9. HIV infection with exceptions; discuss with treating physician.

Subprotocol D:

  1. Known or suspected neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1) and/or RAS related gene alterations or other co-occurring driver mutations.
  2. Participant has a non-CNS solid tumor with CNS metastases.
  3. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  4. Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  5. HIV infection with exceptions; discuss with treating physician.
  6. Use or anticipate the need for medications with known risk for -prolonging potential and Torsades de Pointes.
  7. History of acute or chronic cardiovascular disease or surgery, hypertension, with systolic blood pressure >160mm HG, history of QTc abnormalities, or clinical significantly abnormalities (for participants in the ECG substudy).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(14)

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Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

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.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

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.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

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.

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.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
254 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Subprotocol A

    Participants with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors or primary CNS tumors harboring BRAF fusions will receive plixorafenib which will be increased as tolerated, continuously in 3-week cycles until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or other reason for withdrawal.

    Drug: Plixorafenib

  • Experimental
    Subprotocol B

    Participants with recurrent primary CNS tumors harboring BRAF V600E mutations will receive plixorafenib, continuously in 3-week cycles until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or other reason for withdrawal.

    Drug: Plixorafenib

  • Experimental
    Subprotocol C

    Participants with advanced, rare, non-CNS solid tumors harboring BRAF V600E mutations will receive plixorafenib, continuously in 3-week cycles until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or other reason for withdrawal.

    Drug: Plixorafenib

  • Experimental
    Subprotocol D

    Participants with BRAF V600E-mutated advanced solid tumors will receive plixorafenib until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or other reason for withdrawal.

    Drug: Plixorafenib

Interventions

  • Oral tablets

    Also known as: FORE8394, PLX8394, PLX-8394

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate (ORR) (Subprotocols A, B and C)

    ORR will be determined by standard tumor response criteria by blinded independent central review (BICR).

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  2. Pharmacokinetics (Subprotocol D)

    Systemic exposure of plixorafenib measured by Cmax and AUC

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of Response (DOR) by BICR (Subprotocols A, B and C)

    DOR will be determined by standard tumor response criteria per BICR (subprotocols A-C)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  2. ORR per Investigator Assessment

    ORR will be determined by standard tumor response criteria by Investigator Assessment.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  3. DOR per Investigator Assessment

    DOR will be determined by standard tumor response criteria.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  4. Percentage of Participants with DOR at 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months

    Time frame: 6 months, 12 months and 18 months

  5. Time to Response by BICR (Subprotocols A, B and C)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  6. Progression Free Survival (PFS) by BICR (Subprotocols A, B and C)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  7. PFS per Investigator's Assessment

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  8. Overall Survival

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  9. Percentage of Participants with PFS at 6 months, 12 months and 24 months

    BICR (Subprotocols A, B and C) and by Investigator Assessment (Subprotocols A, B, C and D)

    Time frame: 6 months, 12 months and 24 months

  10. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  11. Number of Participants who Experience Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  12. Plasma Concentrations of Plixorafenib

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

  13. Plasma Concentrations of Plixorafenib Metabolites

    Time frame: Up to approximately 4 years

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Study locations

67 of 70 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Fore is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers access to deidentified patient-level data and related study documents (eg. study protocol) from eligible studies following publication of the study results.

Supporting information: Study protocol

Time frame: Starting 6 months after publication of summary data and ending 36 months following article publication.

Access criteria: Qualified external researchers may submit a request to access deidentified patient-level data and related study documents (eg. study protocol). These requests will be reviewed and approved by an independent committee on the basis of scientific merit and may be subject to certain criteria, conditions, and exceptions. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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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

Started Feb 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2027, 58 months after the start.

Of 131 phase 2 interventional studies under Glioma, half reached primary completion within 54 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 40 and three quarters within 88. This study's planned 58 months is close to that.

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

Registered
Aug 15, 2022
First posted
Aug 17, 2022
StartActual
Feb 21, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
CompletionEst.
Dec 28, 2028
Last update
Jul 27, 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 Jul 27, 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
NCT05503797
Lead sponsor
Fore Biotherapeutics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 17, 2022
Start date
Feb 21, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 28, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 27, 2026

Study contacts

Jessica Rine
Contact
jessica.rine@fore.bio
610-442-4517
Geri Bardelli
Contact
geraldine.bardelli@fore.bio
978-835-2310

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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