NCT03052608Active, not recruitingPhase 3
A Study Of Lorlatinib Versus Crizotinib In First Line Treatment Of Patients With ALK-Positive NSCLC
A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL STUDY OF LORLATINIB (PF-06463922) MONOTHERAPY VERSUS CRIZOTINIB MONOTHERAPY IN THE FIRST-LINE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED ALK-POSITIVE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Nov 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A phase 3 study to demonstrate whether lorlatinib given as monotherapy is superior to crizotinib alone in prolonging the progression-free survival in advanced ALK-positive NSCLC patients who are treatment naïve and to compare lorlatinib to crizotinib with respect to overall survival in the same population
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 296 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 Jan 2017
- Start date
- 27 Apr 2017
- Primary completion date
- 20 Mar 2020
- Lead sponsor
- Pfizer
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT03052608
- EU CT number
- 2023-509169-19-00
- EudraCT number
- 2016-003315-35
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 296
- From 27 Apr 2017 to the primary completion date, 20 Mar 2020
- 133 sites in 23 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to randomization.
- Radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization, including stereotactic or partial brain irradiation. Whole brain irradiation within 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Predisposing characteristics for acute pancreatitis in the last month prior to randomization.
- Active malignancy (other than NSCLC, non melanoma skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, LCIS/DCIS of the breast, or localized prostate cancer) within the last 3 years prior to randomization.
- Concurrent use of any of the following food or drugs within 12 days prior to the first dose of lorlatinib or crizotinib.
- known strong CYP3A inhibitors .
- known strong CYP3A inducers
- known P gp substrates with a narrow therapeutic index
- Concurrent use of CYP3A substrates with narrow therapeutic indices within 12 days prior to the first dose of lorlatinib or crizotinib.
- Participation in other studies involving investigational drug(s) within 2 weeks prior to study entry and/or during study participation.
Other illness
- Active bacterial, fungal, or viral infection
- History of extensive, disseminated, bilateral or presence of Grade 3 or 4 interstitial fibrosis or interstitial lung disease
Lab values
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, active or within 3 months prior to enrollment. Ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, bradycardia or congenital long QT syndrome
- Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition, including recent or active suicidal ideation or behavior, or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or interfere with the interpretation of study results
Other
- Spinal cord compression unless good pain control attained
- Investigational site staff members directly involved in the conduct of the study and their family members, or Pfizer employees, including their family members, directly involved in the conduct of the study.
Who the study is looking for
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC; at least 1 extracranial measurable target lesion not previously irradiated. CNS metastases allowed if asymptomatic and not currently requiring corticosteroid treatment.
- Availability of an archival FFPE tissue specimen.
- No prior systemic NSCLC treatment.
- ECOG PS 0, 1, or 2.
- Age ≥18 years .
- Adequate Bone Marrow, Liver, Renal, Pancreatic Function
- Negative pregnancy test for females of childbearing potential
Age in the registry: 18 years to 64 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (133)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centro Medico Austral Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigación Pergamino SA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pergamino | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Bendigo Medical Imaging, Bendigo Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bendigo | Australia | Unknown status |
| Melbourne Pathology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bendigo | Australia | Unknown status |
| Bendigo Day Surgery Collection Centre and Laboratory Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bendigo | Australia | Unknown status |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Melbourne | Australia | Unknown status |
| Grand Hopital de Charleroi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleroi | Belgium | Active, not recruiting |
| McGill University Health Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| The Affiliated Hospital of Military Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Beijing Cancer Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Jilin Provincial Cancer Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changchun | China | Unknown status |
| Guangdong General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Department of Respiratory,the First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Zhejiang Cancer Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Shanghai Chest Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice V Praze Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague 2 | Czechia | Active, not recruiting |
| Technische Universitaet Dresden Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dresden | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heidelberg | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Regensburg | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Teresa Herrera (C.H.U.A.C) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | A Coruña | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Institut Català d'Oncologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Girona | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Institut Paoli-Calmettes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris Cedex 18 | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pessac | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Institut Gustave Roussy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Villejuif | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ipswich | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Manchester | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Tuen Mun Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
| The University of Hong Kong, Department of Clinical Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
| The University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
| Manipal Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangalore | India | Unknown status |
| Srinivasam Cancer Care Multispeciality Hospitals India Pvt Ltd Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangalore | India | Unknown status |
| Artemis Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gurugram | India | Unknown status |
| Sahyadri Specialty Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pune | India | Unknown status |
| Sahyadri Clinical Research and Development Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pune | India | Unknown status |
| Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aviano | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monza | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Dei Colli Ospedale Monaldi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Napoli | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| University Hospital Of Perugia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Perugia | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ravenna | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| San Camillo Forlanini Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Humanitas Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rozzano | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| National Cancer Center Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chuo Ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kanazawa University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kanazawa | Japan | Unknown status |
| The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kōtoku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kurume University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kurume | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Matsuyama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Nagoya University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nagoya | Japan | Unknown status |
| Aichi cancer center central hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nagoya | Japan | Unknown status |
| Niigata Cancer Center Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Niigata | Japan | Unknown status |
| Okayama University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Okayama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Osaka International Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Osaka City General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osaka | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sapporo | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kindai University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sayama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Sendai Kousei Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sendai | Japan | Unknown status |
| Shizuoka Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sunto-gun | Japan | Unknown status |
| Tokushima University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tokushima | Japan | Unknown status |
| National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi Ube Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ube | Japan | Unknown status |
| Wakayama Medical University Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wakayama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kanagawa Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Yokohama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Asan Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Division of Medical Oncology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Seoul National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| The Catholic University of Korea St Vincents Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suwon | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Ulsan University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ulsan | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Médicos Especialistas en Cancer S.C. / San Peregrino. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aguascalientes | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Distrito Federal | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Distrito Federal | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Groningen | Netherlands | Active, not recruiting |
| Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Med Polonia Sp z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Centrum Medyczne Damiana Holding Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szczecin | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| RBHI Kursk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kislino | Russia | Unknown status |
| RBHI Kursk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kursk | Russia | Unknown status |
| FSBI "N.N.Blokhin Medical Research Center of Oncology" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Moscow | Russia | Unknown status |
| Budgetary Healthcare Institution Omsk Region "Clinical Oncological Dispensary" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| LEC at SBIH "Saint-Petersburg Clinical Research Practical Center of specialized types of Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pesochniy Poselok | Russia | Unknown status |
| Private Medical Institution "Euromedservice" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pushkin | Russia | Unknown status |
| Raffles Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Singapore | Singapore | Unknown status |
| National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Singapore | Singapore | Unknown status |
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Kaohsiung Branch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taichung | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Taichung Veterans General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taichung | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Taipei Veterans General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| National Taiwan University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Altamonte Springs | United States | Unknown status |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| The William P. Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brandon | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clearwater | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dickson | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Franklin | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gainesville | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gallatin | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hermitage | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Largo | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lebanon | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lecanto | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murfreesboro | United States | Unknown status |
| The Sarah Cannon Research Institute. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange City | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Rochester Cancer Center Pharmacy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Rochester Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Washington Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shelbyville | United States | Unknown status |
| Tennessee Oncology, PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Smyrna | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Spring Hill | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St. Petersburg | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tavares | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Villages | United States | Unknown status |
| Florida Cancer Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winter Park | United States | Unknown status |
| Cukurova University Medical Faculty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Adana | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Istanbul University Oncology Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Marmara Univ Pendik Training and Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Ege University Medical Faculty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Izmir | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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