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Status unknownNCT03612154Updated Apr 6, 2022

Study of Lorlatinib in ROS1 Rearranged NSCLC

A Phase 2 interventional study of Lorlatinib in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by National Cancer Center, Korea. Status unknown at 1 site in South Korea. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-06.

Sponsored by National Cancer Center, Korea · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a phase II, multi-center, single arm study of lorlarinib as a single agent in patients with ROS1-rearranged advanced NSCLC.

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ROS1 rearrangement characterizes a small subset (1-2%) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is associated with light or never smoking patients and adenocarcinoma histology. Recently, ROS1 inhibitors such as crizotinib and ceritinib demonstrated significant efficacy in ROS1 rearranged NSCLC. Thus, identification of ROS1 rearrangement in NSCLC is mandatory to permit ROS1 targeted therapy. However, current guidelines either do not refer to ROS1 testing or mention it briefly without making any strong recommendation. The detection of ROS1rearrangement is based on in situ (immunohistochemistry [IHC], fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH]) and extractive non-in situ assays. While FISH still represents the gold standard in clinical trials, this technique may fail to recognize rearrangements of ROS1 with some gene fusion partner. On the other hand, IHC is the most cost-effective screening technique, but it seems to be characterized by low specificity. Extractive molecular assays are expensive and laborious methods, but they specifically recognize almost all ROS1 fusions using a limited amount of mRNA even from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissues. Recently, Korean Heath Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) approved next generation sequencing (NGS)-based target sequencing for NSCLC patients, which may facilitate the detection of ROS1 rearrangement in Korean patients with advanced NSCLC.

Lorlatinib is a new, potent, brain-penetrant, ATP-competitive small molecule inhibiter of ALK/ROS1. However, the objective response rate (ORR) was 17/47 (36.2%; 95% CI 22.7, 51.5) in ROS1 arm of B7461001 study, but this result may not represent the ORR of lorlatinib as a 1st line treatment since 53% had central nervous system involvement at baseline and 72% of patients had received prior crizotinib. Therefore, given the activity of lorlatinib in ROS1 rearranged lung cancer, The investigator will investigate the efficacy of lorlatinib in ROS1 inhibitor-naïve patients with ROS1- rearranged NSCLC. The investigator will also investigate the efficacy according to fusion partners and resistance mechanisms. Finally, The investigator will compare the concordance among diagnostic tests including FISH, IHC and NGS-based target sequencing and provide the clinical guidance for diagnosis of ROS1 rearrangement in NSCLC.

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Conditions studied

  • Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

6,641 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,665 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 35 is below the median of 62 across 5,327 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

National Cancer Center, Korea is the lead sponsor of 203 studies on the registry; 36 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Metastatic or recurrent NSCLC with ROS1 rearrangement identified by NGS-based target sequencing
  2. Treatment naïve or one prior systemic treatment with platinum doublet chemotherapy
  3. At least one measurable disease lesion according to RECIST 1.1
  4. ECOG performance status 0-2
  5. Age ≥ 18 years
  6. Adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal function
  7. Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

4.2. Exclusion criteria

  1. Life expectancy of less than 12 weeks
  2. Prior treatment with a ROS1 inhibitor
  3. Symptomatic uncontrolled brain metastasis
  4. Other malignancy within 5 years, except for adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localized prostate cancer treated surgically with curative intent, and ductal carcinoma in situ treated surgically with curative intent
  5. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
  6. Pregnancy or unwillingness to use effective birth control
  7. Known hypersensitivity to lorlatinib and/or its excipients
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
35 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lorlatinib

    Subjects will be treated with lorlatinib 100mg PO daily. A cycle will be defined as 28-days for the convenience of analysis.

    Drug: Lorlatinib

Interventions

  • Subjects will be treated with lorlatinib 100mg PO daily. A cycle will be defined as 28-days for the convenience of analysis.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. ORR

    To assess the clinical efficacy of lorlatinib as measured by ORR using RECIST criteria v 1.1

    Time frame: from Cycle1 Day 1 until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 months").

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • National Cancer Center
    Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10408, South Korea
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Ahn BC, Kim YJ, Lee Y, Suh KJ, Kim SH, Kim DW, Kim TM, Lee KH, Han JY. Lorlatinib in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Naive Advanced ROS1-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 2 Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2026 Jan 1;12(1):84-89. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.5097. PubMed 41296331 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started May 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2022, 43 months after the start.

Of 678 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, half reached primary completion within 56 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 36 and three quarters within 81. This study's planned 43 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 970 studies reached it within 48 months; a quarter within 30 and three quarters within 75.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jun 14, 2018
First posted
Aug 2, 2018
StartActual
May 2, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2022
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2023
Last update
Apr 6, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 6, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03612154
Responsible party
Ji-youn Han (MD. PhD., National Cancer Center, Korea) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 2, 2018
Start date
May 2, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 6, 2022

Study contacts

Ji-Youn Han, MD.Ph.D.
Contact
jymama@ncc.re.kr
82-31-920-1154
Sung Jin Yoon, SC
Contact
sjyoon@ncc.re.kr
82-31-920-0399
Ji-Youn Han, MD.Ph.D.
principal investigator · National Cancer Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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