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Trial reportCancer science2024

Long-term experience with tepotinib in Japanese patients with MET exon 14 skipping NSCLC from the Phase II VISION study.

Masahiro Morise, Terufumi Kato, Shingo Matsumoto, Takako Inoue, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Takaaki Tokito, Shinji Atagi, Toshiyuki Kozuki, Hiroaki Takeoka, Kenichi Chikamori and 8 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Cancer science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Successful Tepotinib Treatment inRespirology case reports · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 15 institutions in 3 countries.

Masahiro MoriseDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6576-3349
Terufumi KatoDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5853-1424
Shingo MatsumotoDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Takako InoueDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.
Tomohiro SakamotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago City, Japan.
Takaaki TokitoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume City, Japan.
Shinji AtagiHealth Management Center, JCHO Yamatokoriyama Hospital, Yamatokoriyama, Japan.
Toshiyuki KozukiDepartment of Thoracic Oncology and Medicine, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama City, Japan.
Hiroaki TakeokaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NHO Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka City, Japan.
Kenichi ChikamoriDepartment of Oncology, NHO Yamaguchi - Ube Medical Center, Ube City, Japan.
Naofumi ShinagawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hiroshi TanakaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata City, Japan.
Eisuke HoriiMedical Department, Merck Biopharma Co., Ltd. (an affiliate of Merck KGaA), Tokyo, Japan.
Svenja AdrianGlobal Clinical Development, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Rolf BrunsDepartment of Biostatistics, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Andreas JohneGlobal Clinical Development, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Paul K PaikDepartment of Medicine, Thoracic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Hiroshi SakaiDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Kitaadachi-gun, Japan.
Merck (Germany) · DEHokkaido University · JPKanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization · JPKurume University · JPMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USNagoya University · JPNational Cancer Center Hospital East · JPNational Institute of Technology, Nara College · JPNational Institute of Technology, Ube College · JPNational Kyushu Medical Center · JPNiigata Cancer Center Hospital · JPOsaka International Cancer Institute · JPSaitama Cancer Center · JPShikoku Cancer Center · JPTottori University Hospital · JP

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, GermanyNCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tepotinib is a highly selective MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that has demonstrated robust and durable clinical activity in patients with MET exon 14 (METex14) skipping non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the Phase II VISION study, patients received oral tepotinib 500 mg once daily. The primary endpoint was an objective response by an independent review committee (IRC) according to RECIST v1.1 criteria. The secondary endpoints included duration of response (DOR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety. Here we report the analysis of the efficacy and safety of tepotinib in all Japanese patients with advanced METex14 skipping NSCLC from VISION (n = 38) with >18 months' follow-up. The median age of the Japanese patients was 73 years (range 63-88), 39.5% of patients were ≥75 years old, 68.4% were male, 55.3% had a history of smoking, 76.3% had adenocarcinoma, and 10.5% of patients had known brain metastases at baseline. Overall, the objective response rate (ORR) was 60.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 43.4, 76.0) with a median DOR of 18.5 months (95% CI: 8.3, not estimable). ORR in treatment-naïve patients (n = 18) was 77.8% (95% CI: 52.4, 93.6), and in patients aged ≥75 years (n = 15), ORR was 73.3% (95% CI: 44.9, 92.2). The most common treatment-related adverse event (AE) with any grade was blood creatinine increase (65.8%), which resolved following tepotinib discontinuation. Other common treatment-related AEs were peripheral edema (60.5%), hypoalbuminemia (34.2%), diarrhea (28.9%), and nausea (15.8%). In summary, tepotinib demonstrated robust and durable clinical activity irrespective of age or therapy line, with a manageable safety profile in Japanese patients with METex14 skipping NSCLC enrolled in VISION.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsPiperidinesPyridazinesPyrimidinesAgedAged, 80 and overExonsFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedMutationProtein Kinase InhibitorsPiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyridazinesPyrimidinestepotinibMETex14 skippingMET receptor tyrosine kinasemolecular targeting therapynon–small‐cell lung cancertepotinib

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PMID38402853
PMCPMC11006997
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