Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at Orange, California and other locations
Dates
study started
study ends around
Principal Investigator
by Misako Nagasaka, M.D., Ph.D.

Description

Summary

Multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label, Phase 3 study designed to demonstrate that neladalkib (NVL-655) is superior to alectinib in prolonging progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with treatment-naïve, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) positive, advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).

Official Title

A Phase 3 Study of the Selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitor NVL-655 Compared to Alectinib in First-Line Treatment of Patients With ALK-Positive Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ALKAZAR)

Details

Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio (approximately 225 in each arm) to receive either neladalkib (NVL-655) or alectinib.

Keywords

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-positive, NSCLC, Lung cancer, Lung neoplasms, Lung diseases, ALK positive NSCLC, TKI naive, ALK TKI naive, Treatment naive, Lymphoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma, Alectinib, Neladalkib (NVL-655)

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

  1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced (not amenable for multimodality treatment) or metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
  2. Documented Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) rearrangement via testing of tissue or blood
  3. No prior systemic anticancer treatment for NSCLC (adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy allowed if 12 months prior to randomization; prior ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor [TKI] such as alectinib is not allowed in any setting)
  4. Measurable disease (1 or more target lesions per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1)
  5. Pretreatment tumor tissue

You CAN'T join if...

  1. Patient's cancer has a known oncogenic driver alteration other than ALK.
  2. Known allergy/hypersensitivity to excipients of neladalkib or alectinib.
  3. Ongoing or recent radiotherapy as per protocol-specified timeframes prior to randomization
  4. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to randomization
  5. Uncontrolled clinically relevant infection requiring systemic therapy
  6. Known active tuberculosis, or active Hepatitis B or C
  7. QT corrected for heart rate by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) > 470 msec on repeated assessments
  8. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease
  9. Brain metastases associated with progressive neurological symptoms or requiring increasing doses of corticosteroids to control CNS disease
  10. Active malignancy requiring therapy within 2 years prior to randomization

Locations

  • University of California, Irvine Health accepting new patients
    Orange California 92868 United States
  • Palo Verde Hematology Oncology accepting new patients
    Glendale Arizona 85304 United States

Lead Scientist at UC Irvine

  • Misako Nagasaka, M.D., Ph.D.
    Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine. Authored (or co-authored) 192 research publications

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
Nuvalent Inc.
ID
NCT06765109
Phase
Phase 3 research study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 450 study participants
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