PMID- 26149244 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161018 LR - 20181113 IS - 1179-1926 (Electronic) IS - 0312-5963 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jan TI - Population Pharmacokinetic Model of Cabozantinib in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Application to an Exposure-Response Analysis. PG - 93-105 LID - 10.1007/s40262-015-0295-x [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cabozantinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved in the USA and EU for the treatment of patients with progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The indicated cabozantinib dose is 140 mg/day, with dose modifications allowed for patients who develop adverse events (AEs). The analysis objective was to develop a population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) model in MTC patients and to use the model for exposure-response (ER) analysis of dose modifications. METHODS: A PopPK model for cabozantinib was developed using data from three clinical trials (2079 evaluations from 289 patients), including a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study of patients with progressive, metastatic MTC. The PopPK model predictions [model-predicted steady-state area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUCss,pred)] were used for an ER analysis of the time to first dose modification. RESULTS: The final PopPK model was a one-compartment model with first-order absorption and first-order elimination. Estimated cabozantinib apparent oral clearance (CL/F) and apparent volume of distribution (V c/F) were 106 L/day [+/-2.98 % relative standard error (RSE)] (males) and 349 L (+/-2.73 % RSE), respectively. CL/F was reduced by 22 % (to 83 L/day) in females. Sex and body mass index (BMI) were significant covariates that combined contributed 15 % to the variability in cabozantinib CL/F, but did not warrant dose adjustment. Higher cabozantinib AUCss,pred was correlated to an increased risk of early dose modification and a lower average dose through to Day 85. Early cabozantinib dose modification was not associated with a reduction in progression-free survival (PFS). CONCLUSION: A PopPK model was developed for cabozantinib pharmacokinetics in MTC patients. Higher cabozantinib exposure was associated with earlier first dose modification and a lower average administered dose through to Day 85. Early first dose modification did not appear to impact PFS. FAU - Miles, Dale AU - Miles D AD - Genentech (A member of the Roche Group), South San Francisco, CA, USA. AD - Exelixis Inc., 210 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, 94080-0511, USA. FAU - Jumbe, Nelson L AU - Jumbe NL AD - Pharmactuarials LLC, Mountain View, CA, USA. FAU - Lacy, Steven AU - Lacy S AD - Exelixis Inc., 210 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, 94080-0511, USA. slacy@exelixis.com. FAU - Nguyen, Linh AU - Nguyen L AD - Exelixis Inc., 210 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, 94080-0511, USA. AD - Medivation Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Switzerland TA - Clin Pharmacokinet JT - Clinical pharmacokinetics JID - 7606849 RN - 0 (Anilides) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 1C39JW444G (cabozantinib) RN - Thyroid cancer, medullary SB - IM MH - Administration, Oral MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Anilides/*administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics MH - Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/*drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Models, Biological MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics MH - Pyridines/*administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic MH - Thyroid Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2015/07/08 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/19 06:00 CRDT- 2015/07/08 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/19 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s40262-015-0295-x [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40262-015-0295-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 Jan;55(1):93-105. doi: 10.1007/s40262-015-0295-x.