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A Study of Cabozantinib (XL184) vs Everolimus in Subjects With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Phase
PHASE3
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2021-04-27

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Cabozantinib (XL184) compared with Everolimus (Afinitor) on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in subjects with advanced renal cell cancer that has progressed after prior VEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.

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What did the study report?

Outcomes, safety and baseline populations are separate source sections. Quality-of-life measures appear under their original outcome titles.

Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Select Inclusion Criteria: 1. Documented histological or cytological diagnosis of renal cell cancer with a clear-cell component. 2. Measurable disease as determined by the investigator. 3. Must have received at least one VEGFR-targeting TKI (eg, sorafenib, sunitinib, axitinib, pazopanib or tivozanib). 4. Recovery from toxicities related to any prior treatments, unless AE(s) are clinically nonsignificant and/or stable on supportive therapy. 5. Adequate organ and marrow function. 6. Sexually active fertile subjects(male and female)must agree to use medically accepted methods of contraception during the course of the study and for 4 months after the last dose of study treatment. 7. Female subjects of childbearing potential must not be pregnant at screening. Select Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior treatment with everolimus, or any other specific or selective TORC1/PI3K/AKT inhibitor (eg, temsirolimus), or cabozantinib. 2. Receipt of any type of small molecule kinase inhibitor (including investigational kinase inhibitor) within 2 weeks before randomization. 3. Receipt of any type of anticancer antibody (including investigational antibody) within 4 weeks before randomization. 4. Radiation therapy for bone metastasis within 2 weeks, any other external radiation therapy within 4 weeks before randomization. Systemic treatment with radionuclides within 6 weeks before randomization. Subjects with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior radiation therapy are not eligible. 5. Known brain metastases or cranial epidural disease unless adequately treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery and stable for at least 3 months before randomization. 6. Concomitant anticoagulation at therapeutic doses with oral anticoagulants or platelet inhibitors. 7. Chronic treatment with corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents. 8. Serious illness other than cancer. 9. Major surgery within 3 months before randomization. Complete wound healing from major surgery must have occurred 1 month before randomization and from minor surgery at least 10 days before randomization. 10. Pregnant or lactating females. 11. Diagnosis of another malignancy within 2 years before randomization, except for superficial skin cancers, or localized, low grade tumors.
healthy Volunteers
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minimum Age
18 Years
sex
ALL
std Ages
  1. ADULT
  2. OLDER_ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Cabozantinib (XL184) 60 mg tablet once daily.
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: Cabozantinib tablets
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    Cabozantinib (XL184)
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  2. description
    Everolimus (Afinitor) 10 mg tablet once daily.
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: Everolimus (Afinitor) tablets
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interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. Cabozantinib (XL184)
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    other Names
    1. XL184
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  2. arm Group Labels
    1. Everolimus (Afinitor)
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Study design
allocation
RANDOMIZED
intervention Model
PARALLEL
masking Info
masking
NONE
primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
658
type
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Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    The primary analysis of PFS is the time from randomization to date of first documented tumor progression as determined by investigator (per RECIST 1.1 criteria) or death due to any cause, whichever occurred first. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to estimate the median duration.
    measure
    Progression-free Survival (PFS)
    time Frame
    PFS is measured from the date of randomization until the date of first documented disease progression or date of death from any cause as determined by the Independent Radiology Committee (IRC) per RECIST 1.1, assessed for up to 17 months.
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    Overall Survival (OS) is defined as the time from randomization to the date of death. Participants that had not died were censored at last known date alive. Median OS was calculated using Kaplan-Meier estimates. Interim analyses for OS occurred after 320 deaths (78% of the total OS events needed for final analysis).
    measure
    Overall Survival (OS)
    time Frame
    OS was measured from the time of randomization until 320 deaths, approximately 28 months
  2. description
    Objective Response Rate (ORR) is the number of participants with a best response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) divided by number of randomized participants. ORR was assessed by the Independent Radiology Committee (IRC) per RECIST 1.1 which was confirmed by a subsequent visit \>= 28 days later, and was analyzed in the Intent to Treat (ITT) population at the time of the primary analysis of Progression Free Survival (PFS). The data cutoff date was 22 May 2015.
    measure
    Objective Response Rate (ORR)
    time Frame
    ORR was assessed at 8 weeks post-randomization, every 8 weeks for 12 months, and every 12 weeks until date of disease progression or death, up to May 2015 (approximately 21 months)
Full study description
brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Cabozantinib (XL184) compared with Everolimus (Afinitor) on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in subjects with advanced renal cell cancer that has progressed after prior VEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.
Source references
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  1. citation
    Gong AJ, Ruchalski K, Kim HJ, Douek M, Gutierrez A, Patel M, Sai V, Coy H, Villegas B, Raman S, Goldin J. RECIST 1.1 Target Lesion Categorical Response in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Comparison of Conventional versus Volumetric Assessment. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2023 Sep;5(5):e220166. doi: 10.1148/rycan.220166.
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    Donskov F, Motzer RJ, Voog E, Hovey E, Grullich C, Nott LM, Cuff K, Gil T, Jensen NV, Chevreau C, Negrier S, Depenbusch R, Bergmann L, Cornelio I, Champsaur A, Escudier B, Pal S, Powles T, Choueiri TK. Outcomes based on age in the phase III METEOR trial of cabozantinib versus everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. Eur J Cancer. 2020 Feb;126:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.10.032. Epub 2019 Dec 27.
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  5. citation
    Flaifel A, Xie W, Braun DA, Ficial M, Bakouny Z, Nassar AH, Jennings RB, Escudier B, George DJ, Motzer RJ, Morris MJ, Powles T, Wang E, Huang Y, Freeman GJ, Choueiri TK, Signoretti S. PD-L1 Expression and Clinical Outcomes to Cabozantinib, Everolimus, and Sunitinib in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of the Randomized Clinical Trials METEOR and CABOSUN. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Oct 15;25(20):6080-6088. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-1135. Epub 2019 Aug 1.
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    Cella D, Escudier B, Tannir NM, Powles T, Donskov F, Peltola K, Schmidinger M, Heng DYC, Mainwaring PN, Hammers HJ, Lee JL, Roth BJ, Marteau F, Williams P, Baer J, Mangeshkar M, Scheffold C, Hutson TE, Pal S, Motzer RJ, Choueiri TK. Quality of Life Outcomes for Cabozantinib Versus Everolimus in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: METEOR Phase III Randomized Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Mar 10;36(8):757-764. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.75.2170. Epub 2018 Jan 29.
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    Escudier B, Powles T, Motzer RJ, Olencki T, Aren Frontera O, Oudard S, Rolland F, Tomczak P, Castellano D, Appleman LJ, Drabkin H, Vaena D, Milwee S, Youkstetter J, Lougheed JC, Bracarda S, Choueiri TK. Cabozantinib, a New Standard of Care for Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma and Bone Metastases? Subgroup Analysis of the METEOR Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Mar 10;36(8):765-772. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.74.7352. Epub 2018 Jan 8.
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  8. citation
    Choueiri TK, Escudier B, Powles T, Tannir NM, Mainwaring PN, Rini BI, Hammers HJ, Donskov F, Roth BJ, Peltola K, Lee JL, Heng DYC, Schmidinger M, Agarwal N, Sternberg CN, McDermott DF, Aftab DT, Hessel C, Scheffold C, Schwab G, Hutson TE, Pal S, Motzer RJ; METEOR investigators. Cabozantinib versus everolimus in advanced renal cell carcinoma (METEOR): final results from a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jul;17(7):917-927. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30107-3. Epub 2016 Jun 5.
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    Choueiri TK, Escudier B, Powles T, Mainwaring PN, Rini BI, Donskov F, Hammers H, Hutson TE, Lee JL, Peltola K, Roth BJ, Bjarnason GA, Geczi L, Keam B, Maroto P, Heng DY, Schmidinger M, Kantoff PW, Borgman-Hagey A, Hessel C, Scheffold C, Schwab GM, Tannir NM, Motzer RJ; METEOR Investigators. Cabozantinib versus Everolimus in Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 5;373(19):1814-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1510016. Epub 2015 Sep 25.
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