Lorlatinib With Sacituzumab Tirumotecan, Guided by Blood Tests, for ALK-Positive Lung Cancer
Tests lorlatinib plus sacituzumab tirumotecan in adults with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Guangdong Association of Clinical Trials
- Where
- Guangzhou, ChinaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Lorlatinib Plus Sacituzumab Tirumotecan With Peripheral ctDNA Guidance as First-Line Therapy for ALK Fusion-Positive NSCLC
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 153 people, planned
- Started
- Sept 2026
- Expected to end
- Mar 2030
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Lorlatinib
- sacituzumab tirumotecan plus lorlatinib
- Record updated
- 6 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with advanced or spread non-small cell lung cancer that has an ALK fusion and who have not yet had treatment for it.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Non-small cell lung cancer, stage III (locally advanced) or stage IV (metastatic), where surgery or radiotherapy meant to remove all of the disease is not possible. At least one measurable lesion that was not previously irradiated; skin-only or bone-only disease cannot join. ECOG performance status 0 or 1. Expected survival of 12 weeks or more.
- Earlier treatment
- No earlier systemic treatment for advanced or spread disease. Earlier chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for non-spread disease is allowed if the cancer grew 12 months or more after the last treatment.
- Biomarker or test result
- ALK fusion confirmed by tumor tissue, cell testing or blood testing.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Earlier TROP2-targeted therapy, topoisomerase I therapy (including antibody-drug conjugates) or lorlatinib
- Small cell, neuroendocrine, carcinosarcoma or squamous cell components in the tumor
- Active spread to the brain or spinal cord compression (stable symptom-free brain spread can join)
- History of interstitial lung disease or non-infectious pneumonitis
- Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patients aged ≥ 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent, regardless of gender
- Histologically/cytologically confirmed NSCLC, Stage III (locally advanced) or IV (metastatic), unsuitable for curative surgery and/or curative radiotherapy, with or without prior concurrent/sequential chemotherapy
- No prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC, patients previously treated with curative-intent adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemo or concurrent/sequential chemoradiotherapy for non-metastatic disease are eligible if progression occurred ≥ 12 months after the last treatment
- Confirmation of ALK fusion by tumor histology, cytology, or blood-based testing
- Patients must have at least one measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1. Lesions that have been previously irradiated should not be selected as target lesions. Subjects with only skin lesions or bone lesions are not eligible for inclusion
- ECOG performance status score of 0 or 1 within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug
- Estimated survival of ≥ 12 weeks
- Adequate organ and bone marrow function, without having received blood transfusion, recombinant human thrombopoietin, or colony-stimulating factors within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug
Who cannot take part
- Prior receipt of any of the following therapies (including in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting): a) TROP2-targeted therapy; b) Any therapy containing topoisomerase I, including antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapy; c) Lorlatinib targeted therapy
- Presence of factors affecting oral drug administration
- Presence of spinal cord compression. Subjects who have received adequate local treatment (surgery or radiotherapy) and have clinical evidence of symptom relief for ≥ 1 week prior to the first dose may be enrolled
- Presence of other malignancy within 3 years prior to the first dose (except for tumors cured by local therapy or in situ carcinomas that do not require immediate treatment)
- Prior antitumor therapy-related toxicities have not recovered to ≤ grade 1 (based on NCI CTCAE v5.0) or to the levels specified in the eligibility criteria (excluding toxicities deemed by the investigator to be of low safety risk, such as alopecia, fatigue, or peripheral neuropathy)
- Histological or cytological confirmation of mixed small cell lung cancer, neuroendocrine carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, or squamous cell carcinoma components
- Documented severe dry eye syndrome, severe meibomian gland disease and/or blepharitis, or history of corneal disease that precludes or delays corneal healing
- Presence of severe cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors
- History of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD) or non-infectious pneumonitis requiring steroid therapy, current ILD or non-infectious pneumonitis, or suspected ILD or non-infectious pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening
- Active hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] positive, requiring HBV-DNA testing; HBV-DNA ≥ 2000 IU/mL or above the lower limit of detection, whichever is higher) or hepatitis C (positive for hepatitis C antibody with HCV-RNA above the lower limit of detection)
- Presence of active central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Subjects with stable asymptomatic CNS metastases may be enrolled
Where in China
- Guangdong Provincial Perople's HospitalGuangzhou, ChinaContact: Bingfei Xu, MDNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This investigator-initiated, open-label, prospective Phase II clinical trial, planned to take place across multiple centers in China. We design this trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lorlatinib plus sacituzumab tirumotecan based on peripheral blood ctDNA as first-line treatment for ALK fusion NSCLC.
The 3 groups in the trial
- baseline ctDNA negativeExisting treatment, for comparison
Treatment: Lorlatinib
- baseline ctDNA positive-lorlatinibTreatment being tested
Treatment: Lorlatinib
- baseline ctDNA positive-lorlatinib+sacituzumab tirumotecanTreatment being tested
Treatment: sacituzumab tirumotecan plus lorlatinib
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Lorlatinib Combined With Sacituzumab Tirumotecan Based on Peripheral Blood ctDNA as First-Line Treatment for Patients With ALK Fusion-Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Open-Label, Multicenter Study
- Plain-language title
- Lorlatinib With Sacituzumab Tirumotecan, Guided by Blood Tests, for ALK-Positive Lung CancerGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 6 August 2026