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Exelixis Announces Results from Subgroup Analysis of CABINET Phase 3 Pivotal Trial Evaluating CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) in Advanced Lung and Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors at ESMO 2025
– CABOMETYX reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 81% versus placebo in patients with advanced lung or thymic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) – –
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n– CABOMETYX reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 81% versus placebo in patients with advanced lung or thymic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) –\n\n\n– The lungs are the second most common NET site of origin, yet limited treatment options are available1 –\n\n\n ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced results from a subgroup analysis of the CABINET phase 3 pivotal trial evaluating CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) versus placebo in patients with previously treated advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NET) originating in the lungs or thymus. These data will be presented at the 2025 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) during the Monday Poster Session: Neuroendocrine Tumours on October 20, 2025, from 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. CEST.\n\n\n“The regulatory approvals of cabozantinib in the United States and European Union earlier this year provide a much-needed targeted treatment option for patients with previously treated advanced NET,” said Jennifer Chan, M.D., M.P.H., study chair for the CABINET trial, Clinical Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center and Director of the Program in Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “These subgroup results showing that cabozantinib achieved a meaningful progression-free survival benefit in patients with lung or thymic NET are encouraging, as these subtypes of the disease can be particularly challenging to treat.”\n\n\nIn the phase 3 CABINET study, patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic NET (pNET) or extra-pancreatic NET (epNET) were randomized 2:1 in separate cohorts to receive CABOMETYX 60 mg daily versus placebo. Patients with epNET had tumors arising in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, lung, rare sites including the thymus and unknown primary sites. Of the 203 patients in the epNET cohort, 49 had lung or thymic NET. With a median follow-up for progression-free survival (PFS) of 5.5 months, CABOMETYX reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 81% versus placebo (stratified hazard ratio: 0.19; 95% confidence interval: 0.06-0.54; one-sided stratified log-rank P=0.0003). Median PFS was 8.2 months with CABOMETYX compared to 2.7 months with placebo. Confirmed objective response rates were 6% versus 0%, respectively.\n\n\n“These subgroup data build upon the strong overall findings from the ...