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How are you approaching patients with Stage IV EGFR NSCLC who progress on first line TKI and are found to have retained EGFR mutation as well as MET amplification?

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Medical Oncology · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
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The nuance here is how the MET amplification was detected and defined. Was it through an NGS platform (such as Guardant) or through FISH-based testing? If the latter, what was the MET gene copy number, and what was the ratio of MET/CEP7?

Nonetheless, assuming MET amplification is an accurate bypass signal, my preference is to treat the resistance with a combination of a MET TKI and continue osimertinib. The ongoing SAVANNAH (NCT03778229) and ORCHARD (NCT0394472) trials will hopefully shed light o...

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Medical Oncology · Georgetown University Hospital
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I think it is challenging to give a single answer here as there is a lot of heterogeneity here.

When MET amplification is driving EGFR TKI resistance, that can be overcome by the addition of a MET inhibitor. The INSIGHT 2 study (Tan et al., Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023) included patients with EGFR mutant NSCLC with MET amplification (defined as GCN ≥ 5 or MET/CEP7 ≥ 2 by tissue or MET GCN ≥ 2.3 by liquid) and patients continued osimertinib and added tepotinib. There was activity: RR 43%, mD...

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