Interim analysis of CaboMain: A prospective, single-arm phase 2 clinical trial of cabozantinib as maintenance therapy for patients with “ultra-high-risk” pediatric solid tumors.

10014 Background: There are patients with pediatric solid tumors, including those with relapsed/refractory disease, with “ultra-high” risk (UHR) disease (1-year progression free survival (1-yr PFS) <25%) even when achieving disease control. Most pediatric solid tumors do not have a therapeutically-targetable oncogenic driver, limiting treatment options for maintenance therapy. Cabozantinib is a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with demonstrated activity against many solid tumors, with a defined safety profile and dosing in pediatric and young adult patients. We hypothesize that use of cabozantinib for 1 year, after achieving disease control, can improve 1-yr PFS to ≥ 45%. Methods: We are performing a multisite, open-label, single-arm Phase 2 clinical trial for patients with pediatric solid tumors with 4 strata; Stratum A, primary stratum for analysis, enrolls patients with UHR disease. Patients must have completed prior therapy at least 4 weeks and no longer than 12 weeks before enrollment with stable disease or better at time of enrollment. Enrolled patients receive cabozantinib as per dosing nomogram at 40 mg/m 2 /day, taken for up to 365 days from start of therapy. Primary outcome is 1-yr PFS, with Bayesian time-to-event optimal phase 2 design for analysis. Interim analysis follows the rules: assuming a Beta (0.25,0.75) prior distribution for efficacy and 88% statistical power, at interim at least 5/18 evaluable patients must have achieved 1-yr PFS to justify ongoing enrollment. Interim analysis reporting has been recommended by the Data Safety and Monitoring Committee. Results: We report the interim results as of 11/1/2025, which includes all enrolled patients on Stratum A who have reached 1 year after start of therapy (n=13). Eight of thirteen patients reached 1-yr PFS; by diagnosis, neuroblastoma (NBL) = 2, Ewing sarcoma (EWS)= 3, osteosarcoma (OST)= 3. Of those not reaching the one-year time point, 2 patients progressed after voluntarily discontinuing cabozantinib (1 NBL, 1 month after discontinuation; 1 OST, 5 months after discontinuation), 1 NBL elected radiation therapy and was removed from study, and 2 OST progressed on study treatment. Having reached the interim analysis benchmark, enrollment continues. Three additional strata (metastatic EWS, metastatic OST, and fusion-positive metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma, each at end of 1 st line therapy) also continue to enroll, as secondary endpoints. Longer-term PFS and overall survival, patient reported outcomes, and exploratory biological measures continue to be tabulated for later analysis. Conclusions: Use of cabozantinib as maintenance therapy, after prior treatment and achievement of stable disease or better response, has been determined to be feasible to demonstrate improvement of 1-yr PFS by at least 20%, and ongoing enrollment is justified. Clinical trial information: NCT05135975 .

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Journal of Clinical Oncology
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2026-05-27
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Interim analysis of CaboMain: A prospective, single-arm phase 2 clinical trial of cabozantinib as maintenance therapy for patients with “ultra-high-risk” pediatric solid tumors.

Emily Blauel-Bocko, Alice Lee, Elizabeth Alva, AeRang Kim et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
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Interim analysis of CaboMain: A prospective, single-arm phase 2 clinical trial of cabozantinib as maintenance therapy for patients with “ultra-high-risk” pediatric solid tumors.

Emily Blauel-Bocko, Alice Lee, Elizabeth Alva, AeRang Kim, Matthew Dietz, Nilay Shah, Micah Skeens
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10014 Background: There are patients with pediatric solid tumors, including those with relapsed/refractory disease, with “ultra-high” risk (UHR) disease (1-year progression free survival (1-yr PFS) <25%) even when achieving disease control. Most pediatric solid tumors do not have a therapeutically-targetable oncogenic driver, limiting treatment options for maintenance therapy. Cabozantinib is a multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with demonstrated activity against many solid tumors, with a defined safety profile and dosing in pediatric and young adult patients. We hypothesize that use of cabozantinib for 1 year, after achieving disease control, can improve 1-yr PFS to ≥ 45%. Methods: We are performing a multisite, open-label, single-arm Phase 2 clinical trial for patients with pediatric solid tumors with 4 strata; Stratum A, primary stratum for analysis, enrolls patients with UHR disease. Patients must have completed prior therapy at least 4 weeks and no longer than 12 weeks before enrollment with stable disease or better at time of enrollment. Enrolled patients receive cabozantinib as per dosing nomogram at 40 mg/m 2 /day, taken for up to 365 days from start of therapy. Primary outcome is 1-yr PFS, with Bayesian time-to-event optimal phase 2 design for analysis. Interim analysis follows the rules: assuming a Beta (0.25,0.75) prior distribution for efficacy and 88% statistical power, at interim at least 5/18 evaluable patients must have achieved 1-yr PFS to justify ongoing enrollment. Interim analysis reporting has been recommended by the Data Safety and Monitoring Committee. Results: We report the interim results as of 11/1/2025, which includes all enrolled patients on Stratum A who have reached 1 year after start of therapy (n=13). Eight of thirteen patients reached 1-yr PFS; by diagnosis, neuroblastoma (NBL) = 2, Ewing sarcoma (EWS)= 3, osteosarcoma (OST)= 3. Of those not reaching the one-year time point, 2 patients progressed after voluntarily discontinuing cabozantinib (1 NBL, 1 month after discontinuation; 1 OST, 5 months after discontinuation), 1 NBL elected radiation therapy and was removed from study, and 2 OST progressed on study treatment. Having reached the interim analysis benchmark, enrollment continues. Three additional strata (metastatic EWS, metastatic OST, and fusion-positive metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma, each at end of 1 st line therapy) also continue to enroll, as secondary endpoints. Longer-term PFS and overall survival, patient reported outcomes, and exploratory biological measures continue to be tabulated for later analysis. Conclusions: Use of cabozantinib as maintenance therapy, after prior treatment and achievement of stable disease or better response, has been determined to be feasible to demonstrate improvement of 1-yr PFS by at least 20%, and ongoing enrollment is justified. Clinical trial information: NCT05135975 .

Journal of Clinical OncologyVol. 44(16_suppl)
Nationwide Children's Hospital (US), Primary Children's Hospital (US), Children's National (US), University of Alabama at Birmingham (US), Children's Hospital Colorado (US), Children's Hospital at Montefiore (US), University of Colorado Denver (US)
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