CANTATA: CB-839 With Cabozantinib vs. Cabozantinib With Placebo in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (CANTATA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03428217 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 9, 2018
Last Update Posted : August 23, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma | Drug: CB-839 Drug: Cabozantinib Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 445 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | This is a double blinded placebo-controlled study where patients will be randomized 1:1 to either CB-839 (telaglenastat) plus cabozantinib or placebo plus cabozantinib |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Masking Description: | Participants, care providers, investigators and outcomes assessors are blinded to treatment. Progression free survival (PFS) will be assessed by a blinded Independent Radiology Committee for the primary endpoint of the study. |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Clinical Trial Comparing CB-839 in Combination With Cabozantinib (CB-Cabo) vs. Placebo With Cabozantinib (Pbo-Cabo) in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 14, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 31, 2020 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 16, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: CB-Cabo
CB-839 orally twice daily + cabozantinib orally once daily
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Drug: CB-839
Oral glutaminase inhibitor
Other Name: telaglenastat Drug: Cabozantinib Oral receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Pbo-Cabo
Placebo orally twice daily + cabozantinib orally once daily
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Drug: Cabozantinib
Oral receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Other Names:
Drug: Placebo Placebo tablets |
- Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]An independent adjudication of radiological assessments will be conducted by Independent Radiology Committee (IRC) reviewing PFS per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1
- Overall Survival (OS) of study patients treated with CB-Cabo vs Pbo-Cabo [ Time Frame: 36 months ]Assessed by time from randomization to death by any cause
- PFS of patients treated with CB-Cabo vs Pbo-Cabo [ Time Frame: 18 months ]Assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented histological or cytological diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma with a clear-cell component
- Adult patients
- Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) ≥ 70%
- Measurable Disease per RECIST 1.1
- 1-2 lines of prior therapy for advanced or metastatic RCC including one anti-angiogenic therapy (any VEGF pathway-targeted agent used either as monotherapy or as a component of a combination regimen) OR the combination regimen of nivolumab + ipilimumab
- Adequate hepatic, renal, cardiac and hematologic function
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment with cabozantinib (or other MET inhibitor) or CB-839
- Receipt of other anticancer therapy within 2-6 weeks, depending on the treatment
- Untreated or active brain metastases or central nervous system cancer, as defined per protocol
- Prior gastric surgery, small bowel resection, or other conditions that may impede adequate absorption of oral study drug
- Known active infection with HIV, Hepatitis B or C virus
- Inability to discontinue proton-pump-inhibitor use before randomization
- Patients who are pregnant or lactating

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03428217

Study Director: | Sam Whiting, M.D., Ph.D. | Calithera Biosciences, Inc |
Responsible Party: | Calithera Biosciences, Inc |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03428217 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CX-839-008 |
First Posted: | February 9, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 23, 2021 |
Last Verified: | August 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Tumor Metabolism RCC Glutaminase Inhibitor CB-839 CANTATA TKI Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor cabozantinib Cabometyx Cometriq |
glutaminase glutamine renal cell clear cell kidney cancer cMET MET HGFR telaglenastat |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Renal Cell Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma |
Kidney Neoplasms Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases |