NCIt definition : The hydrochloride salt form of capmatinib, an orally bioavailable inhibitor of the
proto-oncogene c-Met (also known as hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR)) with
potential antineoplastic activity. Capmatinib selectively binds to c-Met, thereby
inhibiting c-Met phosphorylation and disrupting c-Met signal transduction pathways.
This may induce cell death in tumor cells overexpressing c-Met protein or expressing
constitutively activated c-Met protein. c-Met, a receptor tyrosine kinase overexpressed
or mutated in many tumor cell types, plays key roles in tumor cell proliferation,
survival, invasion, metastasis, and tumor angiogenesis.;