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. 2021 Mar;10(3):1536–1556. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-20-1113

Table 3. MET Inhibitors Activity in NSCLC: published trials with Selective TKIs.

Drug Trial Phase Treatment Met-alteration No. of pts Efficacy outcome
Capmatinib NCT01610336 II Gefitinib 250 mg daily + Capmatinib 400 mg bid MET-amplified 100 ORR: 29%; DOR: 5.6 months; PFS: 5.5 months (in pts with GCN ≥5 and IHC 3+)
NCT01324479 I Capmatinib MET-amplified and MET exon 14 skipping (4 pts) 55 ORR: 22% (for pts with MET GCN ≥6 ORR: 47%; for pts with MET exon 14 skipping ORR: 75%)
NCT02414139 (GEOMETRY mono-1) II Capmatinib 400 mg bid MET exon 14 skipping (in pts EGFR wt and ALK-neg) 28 (1st line) ORR: 68%; PFS: 9.7 months; DOR: 16.6 months
69 (2nd/3rd line) ORR: 41%; PFS: 5.4 months; DOR: 9.7 months
Tepotinib NCT02864992 (VISION Cohort A) II Tepotinib 500 mg once daily MET exon 14 skipping 99 ORR: 46%; PFS: 8.5 months; DOR: 11.1 months; OS: 17.1 months
NCT01982955 (INSIGHT) Ib/II Tepotinib 300 mg or 500 mg + gefitinib 250 mg once daily MET overexpression/amplification having acquired resistance to EGFR inhibition 18 (Ib); 31 (II) Phase II: ORR: 45.2%; PFS 16.6 months
Tivantinib (ARQ 197) NCT01395758 II Erlotinib 150 mg daily + tivantinib 360 mg bid (ET) vs. pemetrexed or gemcitabine or docetaxel (C) None 51 (ET) vs. 45 (C) ORR: 0% (ET) vs. 8.9% (C); PFS: 1.7 months (ET) vs. 4.3 months (C)
NCT01244191 (MARQUEE study) III Erlotinib 150 mg daily plus oral tivantinib 360 mg twice daily (E T) or erlotinib plus placebo (E P) MET-amplified 526 vs. 522 ORR: 10.3% vs. 6.5%; OS: 8.5 vs. 7.8 months; PFS: 3.6 vs. 1.9 months. MET+: OS: 9.3 vs. 5.9 months; PFS: 3.7 vs. 1.9 months (longer OS in patients with GCN >4)
NCT01580735 II Tivantinib 360 OR 240 mg twice daily/erlotinib 150 mg four times a day MET-amplified 45 ORR 6.7%; PFS 2.7 months; OS 18.0 months (c-Met high vs. low: mPFS 4.1 vs. 1.4 months; mOS 20.7 vs. 13.9 months)
NCT00777309 II Erlotinib 150 mg daily + tivantinib 360 mg daily vs. erlotinib + placebo MET-amplified 84 vs. 83 ORR 10% vs. 7%; PFS: 3.8 vs. 2.3 months; OS 8.5 vs. 6.9 months
NCT01377376 (ATTENTION) III Tivantinib 360 OR 240 mg twice daily/erlotinib 150 mg MET-amplified 154 vs. 153 ITT: ORR 5.8% vs. 4.4%; PFS 2.9 vs. 2.0; OS 12.6 vs. 3.8 vs. 12.7 months
Savolitinib NCT02897479 II Savolitinib 600 mg for ≥50 kg or 400 mg <50 kg MET exon 14 skipping 61 ORR was 49.2%; DCR 93.4%; PSF 6.9 months
NCT02143466 Ib Osimertinib 80 mg plus savolitinib 600 mg or 300 mg MET-amplified + EGFR mutation 138 ORR 48%; PFS 7.6 months; DOR 9.5 months
Osimertinib 80 mg plus savolitinib 300 mg; no previous third-generation EGFR TKI, T790M negative 36 ORR 64%; PFS 9.1 month; DOR 8.0 months

ORR, overall response rate; bid, twice daily; PFS, progression free survival; OS, overall survival; TKIs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors; DOR, duration of response; GCN, gene copy number.