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A Phase 1/2 Study of the Selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitor NVL-655 in Patients With Advanced NSCLC and Other Solid Tumors (ALKOVE-1)

NCT ID: NCT05384626Sponsor: Nuvalent Inc.Last updated: 2026-05-27

Summary

Phase 1/2, dose escalation and expansion study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of neladalkib (NVL-655), determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), and evaluate the antitumor activity in patients with advanced ALK- positive (ALK+) NSCLC and other solid tumors. Phase 1 will evaluate the overall safety and tolerability of neladalkib and will determine the RP2D and, if applicable, the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of neladalkib in patients with advanced ALK+ solid tumors. Phase 2 will determine the objective response rate (ORR) as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) of neladalkib at the RP2D. Secondary objectives will include the duration of response (DOR), time to response (TTR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and clinical benefit rate (CBR) of neladalkib in patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC and other solid tumors. A drug-drug interaction (DDI) sub-study will determine the effect of neladalkib on the pharmacokinetics of midazolam and repaglinide, as well as the effect of itraconazole on the pharmacokinetics of neladalkib, in patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC

Detailed description

In Phase 2, study patients will be enrolled into 6 distinct cohorts: * Cohort 2a: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement who have received 1 prior 2nd-generation ALK TKI (ceritinib, alectinib, or brigatinib). Up to 2 prior lines of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are allowed. * Cohort 2b: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, who have received 2-3 prior ALK TKIs (crizotinib, ceritinib, alectinib, brigatinib, or lorlatinib). Up to 2 prior lines of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are allowed. * Cohort 2c: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, who have received lorlatinib as the only prior ALK TKI therapy. Up to one prior line of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy received prior to lorlatinib is allowed. * Cohort 2d: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, who are naïve to ALK TKI therapy. Up to one prior line of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy is allowed. * Cohort 2e: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, not eligible for other Phase 2 cohorts. * Cohort 2f: Patients with other solid tumors harboring an ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation, who have received ≥1 prior systemic anticancer therapy, or for whom no satisfactory standard therapy exists. In the DDI sub-study, study patients will be enrolled into 2 distinct cohorts: * Cohort G (DDI sub-study with midazolam and repaglinide): Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement who have received ≥1 prior ALK TKI. * Cohort H (DDI sub-study with itraconazole): Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement who have received ≥1 prior ALK TKI.

Arms & interventions

  • DrugNeladalkib (NVL-655)

    Oral Tablet of Neladalkib (NVL-655)

  • DrugMidazolam

    Oral Solution of Midazolam

  • DrugRepaglinide

    Oral Tablet of Repaglinide

  • DrugItraconazole

    Oral Solution of Itraconazole

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) (Phase 1)

    Define the dose limiting toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: Within the first 21 days of the first neladalkib (NVL-655) dose

  • Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) (Phase 1)

    To determine the RP2D

    Time frame: Within 21 days of last patient dosed during escalation

  • Objective Response Rate (ORR) (Phase 2)

    To determine ORR as assessed by BICR

    Time frame: 2-3 years after first patient dosed.

  • Number of participants with treatment-emergent adverse events, as assessed by CTCAE, V5.0 (Phase 1)

    Incidence and severity of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Approximately 3 years

  • Area under the curve of repaglinide (Phase 2 DDI sub-study)

    To determine the effect of multiple oral doses of neladalkib (NVL-655) on the PK of a single oral dose of repaglinide

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Area under the curve of midazolam (Phase 2 DDI sub-study)

    To determine the effect of multiple oral doses of neladalkib (NVL-655) on the PK of a single oral dose of midazolam

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Area under the curve of neladalkib (NVL-655) (Phase 2 DDI sub-study)

    To determine the effect of itraconazole on the single oral dose PK of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

Secondary

  • Maximum plasma concentration, (Cmax) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Plasma concentration at the end of the dosing interval (Ctau) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Average plasma concentration (Cavg) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Time of maximum concentration (Tmax) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Area under the curve at the end of the dosing interval (AUCtau) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Area under the curve from time 0 to 24 (AUC0-24) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Area under the curve from time 0 to infinity (AUCinf) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Oral clearance (CL/F) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Volume of distribution (Vz/F) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Half-life (t1/2) of neladalkib (NVL-655)

    Time frame: Pre-dose and up to 24 hours post-dose

  • Objective response rate (ORR) (Phase 1)

    Time frame: 2-3 years after first patient dosed

  • Duration of response (DOR)

    Time frame: 2-3 years after first patient dosed

  • Clinical benefit rate (CBR)

    Time frame: 2-3 years after first patient dosed

  • Time to response

    Time frame: Approximately 3 years

  • Progression-free survival (PFS)

    Time frame: 2-3 years after first patient dosed

  • Overall survival (OS) (Phase 2)

    Time frame: Approximately 3 years

  • Number of participants with treatment-emergent adverse events, as assessed by CTCAE, V5.0 (Phase 2)

    Time frame: Approximately 3 years

  • Quality of life assessment

    Time frame: 2-3 years after first patient dosed

  • Incidence and severity of AEs and incidence of abnormalities across laboratory values, ECGs, vital signs, and physical examinations (Phase 2 DDI-sub-study)

    Time frame: Up to 3 months after last dose

  • Incidence and severity of AEs and incidence of abnormalities across laboratory values, ECGs, vital signs, and physical examinations (Phase 2 DDI-sub-study)

    Time frame: Up to 3 months after last dose

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 12 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥18 years, Phase 2 Cohort 2f only: Age ≥12 years and weighing \>40 kg. DDI sub-study Cohorts G and H only: age 18-60 years, inclusive 2. Phase 1: Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor with a documented ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation. 3. Phase 2 1. Phase 2 Cohorts except 2f: Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with a documented ALK rearrangement 2. Phase 2 Cohort 2f: Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor with a documented ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation detected by certified assay. 4. DDI sub-study cohorts: Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with a documented ALK rearrangement 5. DDI sub-study cohorts: Must have previously received ≥1 ALK TKI; no prior investigational agents targeting ALK; any number of prior chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy 6. Phase 1: Must have evaluable disease (target or nontarget) according to RECIST 1.1 Phase 2: Must have measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 7. Adequate organ function and bone marrow reserve Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient's cancer has a known oncogenic driver alteration other than ALK. 2. Known allergy/hypersensitivity to excipients of NVL-655. 3. Major surgery within 4 weeks of the study entry 4. Ongoing or anticancer therapy 5. Actively receiving systemic treatment or direct medical intervention on another therapeutic clinical study.

Study locations (21)

University of California Irvine Medical Center

Orange, California, 92868

Recruiting
Misako Nagasaka, MD · Principal Investigator

University of California, Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sacramento, California, 95817

Recruiting
Jonathan Riess, MD · Principal Investigator

Stanford Cancer Institute

Stanford, California, 94305

Recruiting
Joel Neal, MD, PhD · Principal Investigator

University of Colorado Cancer Center

Aurora, Colorado, 80045

Recruiting
Ross Camidge, MD, PhD · Principal Investigator

Georgetown University Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007

Recruiting
Joshua Reuss, MD · Principal Investigator

University of Miami; Sylvester Cancer Center

Miami, Florida, 33136

Recruiting
Gilberto de Lima Lopes, MD · Principal Investigator

Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

Recruiting
Ticiana Leal, MD · Principal Investigator

University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60637

Recruiting
Marina Garassino, MD · Principal Investigator

John Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, 21224

Recruiting
Vincent Lam, MD · Principal Investigator

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

Recruiting
Jessica Lin, MD · Principal Investigator

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

Recruiting
Alice Shaw, MD · Principal Investigator

Henry Ford Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, 48202

Recruiting
Bindu Potugari, MD · Principal Investigator

Washington University School of Medicine Siteman Cancer Center

St Louis, Missouri, 63310

Recruiting
Saiama Waqar, MD · Principal Investigator

Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, 10016

Recruiting
Elaine Shum, MD · Principal Investigator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10065

Recruiting
Alexander Drilon, MD · Principal Investigator

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27705

Recruiting
Thomas Stinchcombe, MD · Principal Investigator

OSU Brain & Spine Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, 43210

Recruiting
Logan Roof, MD, MSCR · Principal Investigator

University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

Recruiting
Charu Aggarwal, MD · Principal Investigator

Sarah Cannon

Nashville, Tennessee, 37203

Recruiting
Melissa Johnson, MD · Principal Investigator

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Active Not Recruiting

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Seattle, Washington, 98109

Recruiting
Christina Baik, MD, MPH · Principal Investigator