Tepotinib in a Patient With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring MET Exon 14 Skipping Undergoing Concomitant Hemodialysis for Renal Failure: A Case Report

Abstract

Clinical Practice Points Tepotinib, a potent, highly selective, once-daily, oral MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is approved in multiple countries for the treatment of advanced/metastatic METex14 skipping NSCLC and can be used in patients with mild-moderate renal impairment without dose adjustment.However, data in severe renal impairment are lacking. We report the feasibility of using the standard dose of tepotinib (500 mg; 450 mg active moiety) in a patient with advanced METex14 skipping NSCLC with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis, who attained disease control, with only mild adverse events that did not necessitate dose adjustment. Use of the standard dose was supported by tepotinib plasma concentration measurements, which fell within the expected range for a typical patient with NSCLC predicted using a population pharmacokinetic model and indicated no clinically relevant drug loss during dialysis.