BRAF V600E

Reports 4 in LM · GLA · KLA · CCLA

Bars show the reported allele-fraction range on a 0 to 50 percent axis.

Position in BRAF 1 catalogued variant in this gene

Pathway and targeted therapy

Variant in the RAS-MAPK pathway. Repurposed drugs already used in the clinic for this pathway: trametinib and other MEK inhibitors.

Open and recent trials (3 in vascular / lymphatic anomalies for trametinib)

• 24VA021; VATCH Trametinib for Ras/MAPK Pathway VAs ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NCT07549646 · PHASE2 · WHO ICTRP
• Trametinib Treatment for Complicated Vascular Anomalies ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NCT07072403 · PHASE1, PHASE2 · WHO ICTRP
• A Study of Clinical Practice and Real-world Care of Patients Treated With mTOR, PI3K, and MEK Inhibitors for Extracranial Vascular Anomalies NOT YET RECRUITING NCT07767877 · WHO ICTRP

Primary sources 3

1. Expansion of the Phenotype of Lymphatic Anomalies Caused by Somatic Activating BRAF Variant.

   Fox MD, Kumar S, Britt AD, Srinivasan AS, Surrey LF, Vatsky SE, Borst AJ, Hakonarson H, Li D, Sheppard SE, Snyder KM, Adams DM. · Pediatr Blood Cancer · 2025
2. Genomic profiling informs diagnoses and treatment in vascular anomalies.

   Li D, Sheppard SE, March ME, Battig MR, Surrey LF, Srinivasan AS, Matsuoka LS, Tian L, Wang F, Seiler C, Dayneka J, Borst AJ, Matos MC, Paulissen SM, Krishnamurthy G, Nriagu B, Sikder T, Casey M, Williams L, Rangu S, O'Connor N, Thomas A, Pinto E, Hou C, Nguyen K, Pellegrino da Silva R, Chehimi SN, Kao C, Biroc L, Britt AD, Queenan M, Reid JR, Napoli JA, Low DM, Vatsky S, Treat J, Smith CL, Cahill AM, Snyder KM, Adams DM, Dori Y, Hakonarson H. · Nat Med · 2023
3. Somatic activating BRAF variants cause isolated lymphatic malformations.

   Zenner K, Jensen DM, Dmyterko V, Shivaram GM, Myers CT, Paschal CR, Rudzinski ER, Pham MM, Cheng VC, Manning SC, Bly RA, Ganti S, Perkins JA, Bennett JT. · HGG Adv · 2022

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