Tepotinib Plus Paclitaxel in MET Amplified or MET Exon 14 Alterated Gastric and GEJ Carcinoma
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...Phase 2b: Subjects with histologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal carcinoma that have progressed after treatment with first-line fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy, with MET amplified (copy number gain ≥3) or MET exon 14 skipping mutation in the archival or fresh tumor tissue specimen identified in study customized targeted DNA deep sequencing (NGS by gastric cancer panel)....
Responses to the MET inhibitor tepotinib in gastric cancers with MET amplification or both high PD-L1 expression and an MET exon 14 skipping mutation.
Published date:
05/26/2022
Excerpt:
We assessed the antitumor activity of tepotinib in GC cell lines….Tepotinib treatment showed dose-dependent growth inhibition of c-MET-amplified SNU620, MKN45, Hs746T, SNU638 and KATO III cells with concomitant induction of apoptosis.