A Study of Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns in Real-world Melanoma Patients Treated With Dabrafenib and Trametinib or Encorafenib and Binimetinib in Japan

Inclusion criteria: All patients who met all of the following criteria were included: * Had a confirmed diagnosis of melanoma recorded during the identification period, and * Had at least 6 months of enrollment before the index date A, where index date A was defined as the first date of a confirmed diagnosis of melanoma recorded during the identification period, and * Were at least 18 years old at the time of initiation of the first line of treatment (LoT). The Adjuvant Dab+Tram Cohort included all patients who met all of the following criteria: * Satisfied all of the general inclusion criteria, and * Had a dabrafenib prescription claim and a trametinib prescription claim recorded after or at the index date A, and * Had at least 6 months of follow-up after the index date B, where index B was defined as the first date of a prescription recorded at or after index date A, and * Had the first dabrafenib or trametinib prescription claim recorded within 12 weeks of an excision surgery, and * Did not have a confirmed metastasis diagnosis recorded within 1 month before, at, or within 12 weeks after the index date A. The Non-adjuvant Dab+Tram Cohort included all patients that met all of the following criteria: * Satisfied all of the general inclusion criteria, and * Had a dabrafenib prescription claim and a trametinib prescription claim recorded after or at the index date A, and * Had at least 6 months of follow-up after the index date B, and * Not included in the Adjuvant Dab+T…