Comparative Pharmacology
Head-to-head clinical analysis: CABOZANTINIB versus INLYTA.
Peer-Reviewed Evidence
Head-to-head clinical analysis: CABOZANTINIB versus INLYTA.
CABOZANTINIB vs INLYTA
Comparing the clinical profiles, pharmacokinetic behaviors, and safety indices of these two therapeutic agents.
Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets MET, VEGFR2, RET, AXL, KIT, TIE2, FLT3, and TRKB. Inhibits tumor growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis.
Axitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that selectively inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, and VEGFR-3), which are involved in pathologic angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastatic progression of cancer.
60 mg orally once daily, taken without food (at least 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating).
5 mg orally twice daily, approximately 12 hours apart, with or without food.
None Documented
None Documented
Terminal elimination half-life is approximately 99 hours (range 68–136 hours) in patients with advanced solid tumors, supporting once-daily dosing.
Clinical Note
moderateCabozantinib + Digoxin
"Cabozantinib may decrease the cardiotoxic activities of Digoxin."
Clinical Note
moderateCabozantinib + Digitoxin
"Cabozantinib may decrease the cardiotoxic activities of Digitoxin."
Clinical Note
moderateCabozantinib + Deslanoside
"Cabozantinib may decrease the cardiotoxic activities of Deslanoside."
Clinical Note
moderateCabozantinib + Acetyldigitoxin
"Cabozantinib may decrease the cardiotoxic activities of Acetyldigitoxin."
Terminal elimination half-life is approximately 13–17 hours in patients, supporting twice-daily dosing.
Primarily fecal (approximately 54% of administered dose as unchanged drug and metabolites), with renal excretion accounting for approximately 27% (largely as metabolites). Mean total recovery in feces and urine is about 81%.
Primarily hepatic metabolism via CYP3A4 and subsequent biliary-fecal elimination (approximately 61% of dose recovered in feces, 23% in urine as metabolites; <10% excreted unchanged in urine or feces).
Category C
Category C
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor