The share price of Exelixis ($EXEL) is starting a run-up (after months in the doldrums) in advance of anticipated results from the COMET-1 phase 3 trial in metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) for cabozantinib (Cometriq, formerly XL184).

Cabozantinib is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor of c-Met and VEGFR2. It has been shown to significantly improve bone scans and decrease pain, but the $64,000 questions are will patients taking it live longer and feel better?

The answers will come from the COMET-1 trial that has a primary end point of overall survival (OS). It’s a placebo-controlled trial of 960 men with advanced prostate cancer randomly assigned to cabozantinib 60mg (n=640) or prednisone (5mg twice daily) (NCT01605227) who have disease progression after treatment with docetaxel chemotherapy and abiraterone (Zytiga) or enzalutamide (Xtandi).

We previously predicted this trial would be a miss, but did it turn out that way and why?

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