This phase I trial is to find out the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of nilotinib given together with trametinib and dabrafenib in treating patients with BRAF V600 mutant melanoma that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) or cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Nilotinib, trametinib, and dabrafenib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving nilotinib together with trametinib and dabrafenib may lower the chance of cancer growing or spreading.
The investigational drug to be studied in this protocol, BCA101, is a first-in-class compound
that targets both EGFR with TGF. Based on preclinical data, this bifunctional antibody may
exert synergistic activity in patients with EGFR-driven tumors.
