Current issues of increasing the availability of innovative therapy for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer within the Russian healthcare system

The advisory board was held to discuss he current situation with diagnosis and treatment of advanced non — small cell lung cancer with a mutation in the MET gene (aNSCLC with METex14). Lung cancer takes a leading place in the structure of oncological diseases in Russia. The frequency of molecular abnormalities in the MET gene patients with advanced lung cancer is 3%, the NGS method is the most effective in identifying this alteration.

The effectiveness of capmatinib, a MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor was confirmed in the GEOMETRY mono-1 registry trial: the objective response rate in the patients with aNSCLC with METex14 who had previously received 1–2 lines of therapy was 41%, among those who had not previously received treatment — 68%. Median duration of response was 9.7 month in previously treated patients with aNSCLC with METex14 and 12.6 months in the treatment — naïve patients with aNSCLC with METex14. Intracranial response was observed in 54% of cases among patients with aNSCLC with METex14. In addition, the efficacy of capmatinib was confirmed when it is administered to the patients with aNSCLC with METex14 in real-world clinical practice. Other therapeutic options (immune-oncology therapy, chemotherapy) are less effective in case of this disease variant.

Based on the data on effectiveness and tolerability of capmatinib, the expert group made a decision to recommend inclusion of capmatinib in the Russian Clinical Guidelines for the treatment of lung cancer and into the Essential Drug list.

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