Crizotinib in c-MET Mutation Metastatic/Recurrent/Persistent Endometrial Cancer

The majority of endometrial cancer patients with disease spread beyond the uterus will progress within 1 year. Platinum-based chemotherapy was used as the first-line treatment in metastatic or advanced endometrial cancer. There is no standard protocol for the second-line option when tumors persist or recur. In vitro and in vivo studies showed Crizotinib, an approved drug for the treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer, demonstrated activities in endometrial cancer with c-MET kinase and Sema domain mutations. As a consequence, a phase 2 clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of Crizotinib in endometrial cancer patients with MET mutation is initiated.