PMID- 26536165 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160622 LR - 20151127 IS - 1751-2441 (Electronic) IS - 1751-2433 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2016 TI - Cabozantinib for the treatment of progressive metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. PG - 69-79 LID - 10.1586/17512433.2016.1102052 [doi] AB - Cabozantinib (XL-184) is a potent inhibitor of MET, VEGFR 2/KDR, RET and other receptor tyrosine kinases, such as KIT, AXL and FLT3. Its efficacy against MTC has been demonstrated in a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study (EXAM). Cabozantinib comparing to placebo significantly prolonged progression free survival both in hereditary and sporadic MTC, 11.2 vs 4.0 months, respectively. Final analysis showed no global differences in overall survival (OS) between cabozantinib and placebo. However, in a subgroup with RET M918T mutation the difference in OS was significant: 44.3 vs 18.9 months, respectively. Among the most frequent cabozantinib-related adverse events (AEs), observed in >30% of patients were diarrhea, palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia, decreased weight, decreased appetite, nausea, fatigue, dysgeusia, hair color changes and hypertension. Expert Commentary: Cabozantinib constitutes an effective treatment option with acceptable toxicity in MTC patients showing either germinal or sporadic tumor RET M918T mutation as the drug prolonged OS in these subjects. FAU - Krajewska, Jolanta AU - Krajewska J AD - a Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology Department , M.Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology , Gliwice , Poland. FAU - Olczyk, Tomasz AU - Olczyk T AD - a Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology Department , M.Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology , Gliwice , Poland. FAU - Jarzab, Barbara AU - Jarzab B AD - a Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology Department , M.Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology , Gliwice , Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20151104 PL - England TA - Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol JT - Expert review of clinical pharmacology JID - 101278296 RN - 0 (Anilides) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 1C39JW444G (cabozantinib) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (RET protein, human) RN - Thyroid cancer, medullary SB - IM MH - Anilides/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/*drug therapy/genetics/pathology MH - Disease Progression MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Humans MH - Mutation MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret/genetics MH - Pyridines/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Survival Rate MH - Thyroid Neoplasms/*drug therapy/genetics/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - RET M918T mutation OT - TKI OT - VEGFR inhibitor OT - cabozantinib OT - medullary thyroid cancer EDAT- 2015/11/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/23 06:00 CRDT- 2015/11/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1586/17512433.2016.1102052 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2016;9(1):69-79. doi: 10.1586/17512433.2016.1102052. Epub 2015 Nov 4.