Tepotinib (Tepmetko)
General information
Class/mechanism: C-Met inhibitor. Inappropriate or constitutive activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Met and its signalling pathway is implicated in many cancers, playing a role in abnormal proliferation, survival, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis.
Route: PO
Extravasation: n/a
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Patient drug information
No information available.
Diseases for which it is used
- Non-small cell lung cancer, MET-mutated
- VISION: Paik PK, Felip E, Veillon R, Sakai H, Cortot AB, Garassino MC, Mazieres J, Viteri S, Senellart H, Van Meerbeeck J, Raskin J, Reinmuth N, Conte P, Kowalski D, Cho BC, Patel JD, Horn L, Griesinger F, Han JY, Kim YC, Chang GC, Tsai CL, Yang JC, Chen YM, Smit EF, van der Wekken AJ, Kato T, Juraeva D, Stroh C, Bruns R, Straub J, Johne A, Scheele J, Heymach JV, Le X. Tepotinib in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer with MET Exon 14 Skipping Mutations. N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 3;383(10):931-943. Epub 2020 May 29. link to original article PubMed NCT02864992
History of changes in FDA indication
- 2/3/2021: Granted accelerated approval for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) exon 14 skipping alterations.
Also known as
- Code names: EMD-1214063, MSC-2156119, MSC-2156119J
- Brand name: Tepmetko