LDK378 in Crizotinib naïve Adult Patients With ALK-activated Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01685138 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 14, 2012
Results First Posted : February 12, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 26, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Drug: LDK378 | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 124 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II, Multicenter, Single-arm Study of Oral LDK378 in Crizotinib naïve Adult Patients With ALK-activated Non-small Cell Lung Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 20, 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 22, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 22, 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: LDK378 (Ceritinib)
Participants on this arm took oral LDK378 750 mg once daily.
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Drug: LDK378
LDK378/Ceritinib was supplied as 150 mg hard gelatin capsules and administered orally
Other Name: Ceritinib |
- Overall Response Rate (ORR) by Investigator Assessment [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]ORR per RECIST 1.1 calculated as the percentage of participants with a best overall response (OR) defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as assessed by the investigator. CR:Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.
- ORR by Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]ORR per RECIST 1.1 calculated as the percentage of participants with a best overall response (OR) defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as assessed by BIRC. CR: Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.
- Duration of Response (DOR) as Per Investigator [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]DOR, calculated as the time from the date of the first documented CR or PR to the first documented progression or death due to any cause, by investigator assessment per RECIST 1.1. CR: Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.
- Duration of Response (DOR) as Per BIRC [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]DOR, calculated as the time from the date of the first documented CR or PR to the first documented progression or death due to any cause, by BIRC assessment per RECIST 1.1. CR: Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.
- Disease Control Rate (DCR) as Per Investigator and BIRC [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]DCR per RECIST 1.1 is the percentage of participants with best overall response of CR, PR, stable disease (SD) or Non-CR/Non-PD. CR: Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. Also, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters. SD: Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR or CR nor an increase in lesions that would qualify for PD. PD: At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameter of all measured target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum of diameter of all target lesions recorded at or after baseline. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5mm.
- Time to Response (TTR) as Per Investigator [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug ]TTR, calculated as the time from first dose of LDK378 to first documented response (CR+PR), by investigator. This was only on participants with confirmed CR or PR. CR: Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.
- Time to Response (TTR) as Per BIRC [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]TTR, calculated as the time from first dose of LDK378 to first documented response (CR+PR), by BIRC assessment. This was only on participants with confirmed CR or PR. CR: Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR: At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.
- Overall Intracranial Response Rate (OIRR) as Per Investigator [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]OIRR calculated as the ORR (CR+PR) of lesions in the brain for patients who have measureable disease in the brain at baseline by investigator.
- Overall Intracranial Response Rate (OIRR) as Per BIRC [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]OIRR calculated as the ORR (CR+PR) of lesions in the brain for patients who have measureable disease in the brain at baseline by BIRC.
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) Per Investigator and BIRC [ Time Frame: every 8 weeks (i.e. every 2 cycles; cycle = 28 days), starting from the first day of treatment with LDK378 until permanent discontinuation of study drug up to 5 years ]PFS, defined as time from first dose of LDK378 to progression or death due to any cause, as assessed by investigator and BIRC assessments.
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Time from the date of first dose of LDK378 to the date of death due to any cause up to 5 years ]OS, defined as time from first dose of LDK378 to death due to any cause

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of stage IIIB or IV NSCLC that carried an ALK rearrangement, as per the FDA-approved Vysis ALK break-apart FISH assay (Abbott Molecular Inc.)
- Age 18 years or older at the time of informed consent.
- Patients must have NSCLC that had progressed during or after the last chemotherapy regimen received prior to the first dose of LDK378, if chemotherapy was received
- Patients must have been chemotherapy-naive or had received 1-3 lines of cytotoxic chemotherapy to treat their locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC
- Patients must have had a tumor tissue sample available, collected either at the time of diagnosis of NSCLC or any time since.
- Patients must have recovered from all toxicities related to prior anticancer therapies to grade ≤ 2, except for patients with grade 2 nausea/vomiting and/or grade 2 diarrhea despite optimal supportive therapy who were not allowed to participate in the study.
Key Exclusion criteria:
- Prior treatment with crizotinib, or any other ALK inhibitor investigational agent, for NSCLC
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of LDK378.
- Patients with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases who were neurologically unstable or had required increasing doses of steroids within the 2 weeks prior to study entry to manage CNS symptoms.
- History of carcinomatous meningitis.
- Presence or history of a malignant disease other than NSCLC that has been diagnosed and/or required therapy within the past 3 years.
- Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease.

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Study Director: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
Documents provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01685138 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CLDK378A2203 2012-003474-36 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | September 14, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 12, 2019 |
Last Update Posted: | March 26, 2019 |
Last Verified: | March 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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