Phase 3 CABINET Clinical Trial – Cabozantinib (Cabometyx) for Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumours
BREAKING NEWS - 6th August 2024 Exelixis Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Accepted the Supplemental New Drug Application for Cabozantinib for Patients with Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors.Exelixis Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Accepted the Supplemental New Drug Application for Cabozantinib for Patients with Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors– The FDA assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act target action date of April 3, 2025 –– Application is based on results from the phase 3 CABINET pivotal trial, in which cabozantinib provided a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival versus placebo –Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced that its…
Clinical Trials: Lenvatinib Efficacy in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumours
Lenvatinib (LENVIMA) in Neuroendocrine Cancer — Updated January 2026 What is Lenvatinib? Lenvatinib is a targeted therapy known as a multikinase inhibitor. The brand name is LENVIMA. These drugs work by inhibiting multiple intracellular and cell‑surface kinases involved in tumour growth, angiogenesis, and metastatic progression. Targets include: VEGFR PDGFR FGFR c‑KIT Flt3 Because tumour progression typically involves multiple signalling pathways rather than a single driver, multikinase inhibition is a logical therapeutic strategy. How does it compare with other targeted therapies used in NETs? Sunitinib (Sutent) – a multikinase inhibitor targeting VEGF pathways; approved for pancreatic NETs. Everolimus (Afinitor) – an…
Round up of NANETS 2017 – Let’s talk about NETs #NANETS2017
NANETS (North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society) is one of the biggest NET conferences, bringing together NET Specialists from around the world to discuss state-of-the-art treatment modalities, new therapies, and ongoing controversies in the field of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (Tumors and Carcinomas). This is fairly complex stuff but much of it will be familiar to many. I’ve filtered out several outputs from the conference which I think are both relevant and topical to patients. The list is below allowing you to easily peruse and read further via linkages if you need to read more. Remember, some of these are extracts so do not…