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Abstract #0220

Tumour Response to Cabozantinib in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Neuroblastoma Assessed by Multiparametric MRI

Gilberto S. Almeida 1 , Philippa King 2 , Yann Jamin 1 , Albert Hallsworth 2 , Hannah Webber 2 , Sergey Popov 3 , Louis Chesler 2 , and Simon P. Robinson 1

1 Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2 Clinical Studies, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, 3 Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

Both Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and the Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF)/c-MET signalling pathway are implicated in the progression of human neuroblastoma. In this study we demonstrate the efficacy of cabozantinib, a small-molecule kinase inhibitor active against both VEGFR2 and MET and currently in clinical trials against neuroblastoma, in the Th-MYCN genetically engineered mouse model of neuroblastoma and established both native spin lattice relaxation time T1 and transverse relaxation rate R2* as early non-invasive biomarkers of response, which were associated with significant increase in necrosis, and significant decrease in microvessel density.

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