Evaluation of Cabozantinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) With Brain Metastases (CABRAMET)

CABRAMET: A Phase 2 Study of Cabozantinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) With Brain Metastases

This is a multicenter, open-label, exploratory, single-arm, prospective phase II study to assess the efficacy and safety profile of cabozantinib in patients with brain metastases from metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Cabozantinib

Detailed Description

Cabozantinib is a small molecule inhibitor of tyrosine kinases which include MET (hepatocyte growth factor receptor protein), VEGFR (vascular endothelial growth factor receptors), AXL, RET (Rearranged during transfection), FLT3 (Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3), KIT (mast/stem cell factor receptor), ROS1, MER, TYRO3, TRKB (Tropomyosin receptor kinase B) and TIE-2 (angiopoietins receptor). Similar to other TKIs, cabozantinib is a reversible, ATP-competitive inhibitor. Cabozantinib has thus demonstrated significant activity in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma after failure of one or 2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors and is now approved in the second line setting in Europe. Some efficacy was also demonstrated in patients in first line treatment when compared to sunitinib.

Brain metastasis in renal cancer are difficult to treat and cytotoxic systemic therapies are still not used, given by the more or less impermeable blood-brain barrier. The interest of cabozantinib in brain renal cell carcinoma metastases is encouraged by 3 recent cases reports of significant responses of brain metastases including a complete response of brain metastases in one case. Moreover MET receptor surexpression appear more frequent in brain metastases than in other renal cell carcinoma tumor sites. Cabozantinib as multitarget inhibitor including VEGF and MET receptors suggest that it could be a good option. Its efficacy in brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma requires further evaluation.

On this basis, the investigators propose to conduct an open-label exploratory single arm, multicenter prospective phase II trial to assess the efficacy of cabozantinib on brain metastases in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients.

Ancillary studies:

The relationship between serum markers and efficacy data will be investigated. Serum and plasma sample will be collected at Baseline. MET expression and MET sequencing will be also performed on available tumor tissues.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 26
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Angers, France, 49005
    • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest-Site Paul Papin
  • Besançon, France, 25030
    • CHU Besançon
  • Bordeaux, France, 33075
    • CHU Bordeaux
  • Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63011
    • Centre Jean Perrin
  • Lyon, France, 69373
    • Centre Leon Berard
  • Nancy, France, 54519
    • Institut de Cancérologie de la Lorraine
  • Paris, France, 75015
    • Hôpital Europeen Georges Pompidou
  • Saint-Herblain, France, 44805
    • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest-site René Gauducheau
  • Strasbourg, France, 67000
    • ICANS
  • Suresnes, France, 92150
    • Hôpital Foch
  • Toulouse, France, 31059
    • IUCT-Institut Claudius Regaud
  • Villejuif, France, 94805
    • Institut Gustave Roussy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

I1. Age ≥ 18 years. I2. Histologically proven metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. I3. Brain metastases not requiring corticosteroids at dose > 40 mg/day. I4.At least 1 locally untreated brain lesion ≥8mm in longest diameter or >5mm if > 1 lesion.

I5.Not previously treated by cabozantinib. I6.Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) ≤ 1. I7.Life expectancy ≥ 3 months

I8.Adequate organ function as defined by the following criteria:

• Total serum bilirubin ≤ 2 x ULN (Gilbert's disease exempted)
• Serum transaminases and alkaline phosphatases ≤ 2.5 x ULN, or in case of liver or bone metastasis ≤ 5.0 x ULN
• Serum creatinine ≤ 2 x ULN OR creatinine clearance ≥ 50 ml/min
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1 500/mm3
• Platelets ≥ 100 000/mm3 (100 G/l)
• Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl. I9. Covered by a medical/health insurance. I10. Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.

I11. Signed and dated IRB/ICE approved informed consent form. I12. Accepting to use effective contraception (barrier contraceptives) during study treatment and within at least 4 months after final dose of study therapy. Oral contraceptives are not acceptable.

Exclusion Criteria:

E1. Any local previous treatment of current brain metastases. E2. Any anti-coagulation therapy (except preventive treatment at low dose). E3. Contra-indication of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (i.e. : pace-maker). E4. Uncontrolled seizures. E5. Any symptoms of intracranial hypertension. E6. Any of the following within 12 months prior to treatment initiation: severe/unstable angina, myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, symptomatic congestive heart failure, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke including transient ischemic attack.

E7. Uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg or diastolic pressure >90 mmHg, despite optimal medical treatment.

E8. Ongoing cardiac dysrhythmia of grade ≥ 2, atrial fibrillation of any grade, QTc interval > 0.43.

E9. Pregnant or breast feeding woman (mandatory negative serum or urinary pregnancy test at study entry for all women of childbearing potential).

E10. Any acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that would make the patient unsuited to study participation.

E11. Any second malignancy within the last 3 years with the exception of basal cell carcinoma, in situ cervical cancer and pT1/a bladder cancer with no evidence of recurrent disease for 12 months.

E12. Patients receiving strong inhibitor or inducer of CYP3A4 especially some anti-epileptic drugs.

E13. Psychological, familial, sociological, geographical conditions that would limit compliance with study protocol requirements.

E14. Participation to another clinical trial that might interfere with the evaluation of the main criterion.

E15. Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of cabozantinib.

E16. Patient requiring tutorship or curatorship.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Cabozantinib treatment; All participants will be treated by 60 mg of cabozantinib once daily.	Drug: Cabozantinib; All participants will be treated by 60 mg of cabozantinib once daily. Temporary or permanent discontinuation and/or dose reduction of cabozantinib therapy may be required for the management of some adverse reactions. When dose reduction is necessary, it is recommended to reduce to 40 mg daily, and then to 20 mg daily.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The non progression rate in brain metastases at 6 months	Tumor assessment in brain will be performed by cerebral MRI at baseline, 1.5 months, 3 months and 6 months. These cerebral MRI will be reviewed by central review according to the RANO-BM criteria.	At 6 months for each patient

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of adverse events	Assessed using the National Cancer Institute - Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (NCI-CTCAE) v5 grading scale, specific registration of neurological event during study duration.	Up to 54 months
Best response in brain metastases	Evaluated according to RANDO-BM criteria.	Up to follow-up visit month 18 for each patient
Duration of response in brain	From the date of inclusion to the date of first documented disease progression.	Up to 18 months for each patient
Progression-free survival	Measured from the date of inclusion to the date of first documented disease progression or death from any cause.	Up to 18 months for each patient
Overall survival	Measured from the date of inclusion to the date of death from any cause.	Up to 54 months
Response rate on the extracranial disease at 3 and 6 months	Defined as the poportion of patients with a complete or a partial response at 3 and 6 months, evaluated according to RECIST v1.1 criteria.	From baseline to 3 months and 6 months for each patients

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Leon Berard
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sylvie NEGRIER, MD,PhD, Centre Leon Berard

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 29, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 22, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 27, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 29, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): May 30, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 8, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 7, 2025
• Last Verified: August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: mRCC; cabozantinib; brain metastases
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Male Urogenital Diseases; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Adenocarcinoma; Neoplastic Processes; Urologic Neoplasms; Nervous System Neoplasms; Kidney Neoplasms; Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Neoplasm Metastasis; Carcinoma, Renal Cell; Brain Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: CABRAMET (ET19-006)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No