– Results of phase 2 trial show CABOMETYX significantly improved progression-free survival versus current guideline-preferred therapy –
– Data to be presented during the 2021. | February 16, 2021
® (cabozantinib) compared with sunitinib, the current preferred therapy according to U.S. cancer treatment guidelines,
1 in patients with metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC), a form of kidney cancer. The data from the S1500 trial (also called “PAPMET”), which was designed and managed by SWOG Cancer Research Network, will be presented on Saturday, February 13
th during the Oral Abstract Session: Renal Cell Cancer at 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. PT at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU), which is being held virtually, February 11-13, 2021. The findings will be simultaneously published in
The Lancet.
“This is the first randomized trial specific to metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma to show a clinically and statistically significant benefit with a targeted therapy, CABOMETYX, over an existing standard of care,” said Dr. Sumanta Pal, Clinical Professor and Co-Director of the Kidney Cancer Program, City of H