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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2017;37:607–618. doi: 10.1200/EDBK_176251

TABLE 3.

Select ALK TKIs Currently in Clinical Use and/or Under Investigation for Patients With ALK- Rearranged NSCLC

ALK TKIs Status in Lung Cancer Select Trial Details
Trial/Name Phase No. of Patients* ORR (%) Median PFS (Months)

First Generation

 Crizotinib FDA approved PROFILE 1014 III 343 74 10.9

PROFILE 1007 III 347 65 7.7

Second Generation

Ceritinib FDA approved ASCEND-1 I 163 56 6.9

ASCEND-2 II 140 38.6 5.7

ASCEND-4** III 376 72.5 16.6

Alectinib FDA approved NP28673 II 138 50 8.9

NP28761 II 87 48 8.1

J-ALEX** III 207 85.4 NR (95% CI, 20.3 to NR)

Brigatinib Breakthrough therapy designation NCT01449461 I/II 79 62 13.2

ALTA II 222 45–55 8.8–15.6

Ensartinib (X-396) Investigational NCT01625234 I/II 27 70 N/A

Third Generation

Lorlatinib Investigational NCT01970865 I/II 41§ 46 11.4
*

Number of participants in the overall study population.

**

Enrolled ALK inhibitor-naive patients.

Participants were randomly assigned to either 90 or 180 mg of brigatinib.

Includes eight crizotinib-naive patients.

§

Includes 26 patients previously treated with two or more ALK TKIs.

Abbreviations: ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; NR, not reached; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; ORR, objective response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor.