Cabozantinib

Cabozantinib
Clinical data
Trade namesCometriq, Cabometyx, others
Other namesXL184, BMS907351, cabozantinib s-malate
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa613015
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
By mouth
ATC code
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Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding≥99.7%
MetabolismLiver (CYP3A4-mediated)
Elimination half-life110 hours
ExcretionFeces (54%), urine (27%)
Identifiers
  • N-(4-((6,7-Dimethoxyquinolin-4-yl)oxy)phenyl)-N'-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.221.147
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC28H24FN3O5
Molar mass501.514 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • COc1cc2nccc(Oc3ccc(NC(=O)C4(C(=O)Nc5ccc(F)cc5)CC4)cc3)c2cc1OC
  • InChI=1S/C28H24FN3O5/c1-35-24-15-21-22(16-25(24)36-2)30-14-11-23(21)37-20-9-7-19(8-10-20)32-27(34)28(12-13-28)26(33)31-18-5-3-17(29)4-6-18/h3-11,14-16H,12-13H2,1-2H3,(H,31,33)(H,32,34)
  • Key:ONIQOQHATWINJY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Cabozantinib, sold under the brand names Cometriq and Cabometyx among others, is an anti-cancer medication used to treat medullary thyroid cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It is a small-molecule tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) of c-Met (HGFR) and VEGFR2, and also inhibits AXL, RET, and FLT3. It was discovered and developed by Exelixis Inc.

In November 2012, cabozantinib in its capsule formulation was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the name Cometriq for treating people with medullary thyroid cancer. The capsule form was approved in the European Union for the same purpose in 2014. In April 2016, the FDA granted approval for marketing the tablet formulation (Cabometyx) as a second line treatment for kidney cancer and the same was approved in the European Union in September of that year. The brands Cometriq and Cabometyx have different formulations and are not interchangeable.