Clinical trial Recruiting at 73 sites Phase1; Phase2 Interventional Ages 12 and up

Evaluating NVL-655 for Advanced ALK-Positive Solid Tumors

Official title: 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)

Run by Nuvalent Inc. · NCT05384626 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing a new drug called NVL-655 to see if it can safely help people with advanced ALK-positive solid tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer.

Quick facts

PhasePhase1; Phase2
Study typeInterventional
Ages12 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment840 (estimated)
SponsorNuvalent Inc.
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionschemotherapy, immunotherapy, ceritinib, alectinib, brigatinib, crizotinib, lorlatinib
Locations74 sites (Orange, California and 73 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJune 9, 2022
Main results expectedDecember 2027
Study endsJanuary 2028
Registry record updatedNovember 6, 2026
Trial IDNCT05384626 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates include adults with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC or other solid tumors who have previously received specific ALK-targeted therapies.

Probably not a fit

Patients whose tumors have oncogenic driver alterations other than ALK or those with known allergies to NVL-655 may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This clinical trial is a Phase 1/2 study designed to assess the safety and tolerability of NVL-655 in patients with advanced solid tumors that have an ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation. The trial will involve a dose escalation phase to determine the recommended dose for further testing, followed by an expansion phase to evaluate the drug's effectiveness in various cohorts of patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors. Key outcomes include the objective response rate, duration of response, and overall survival among participants.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could provide a new therapeutic option for patients with advanced ALK-positive solid tumors who have limited treatment alternatives.

How similar studies have gone: Other studies targeting ALK rearrangements have shown promising results, indicating that this approach is built on a foundation of prior successes in the field.

Who can join: the full rules

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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.

Where it's running

  • University of California Irvine Medical Center
    Orange, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California, Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Sacramento, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Stanford Cancer Institute
    Stanford, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Colorado Cancer Center
    Aurora, Colorado, United States
    Recruiting
  • Georgetown University Medical Center
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Miami; Sylvester Cancer Center
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
Show 44 more locations
  • Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Chicago Medical Center
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • John Hopkins University
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Recruiting
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Henry Ford Cancer Institute
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Washington University School of Medicine Siteman Cancer Center
    St Louis, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Duke University Medical Center
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • OSU Brain & Spine Hospital
    Columbus, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Sarah Cannon
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    Recruiting
  • Royal North Shore Hospital
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Princess Alexandra Hospital
    Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen (UZA)
    Antwerp, Belgium
    Recruiting
  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven Campus Gastthuisberg
    Leuven, Belgium
    Recruiting
  • Cross Cancer Institute
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Recruiting
  • BC Cancer Center
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Recruiting
  • The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Centre Leon Berard
    Lyon, France
    Recruiting
  • Chu De Nantes
    Nantes, France
    Recruiting
  • Institut Claudius Regaud
    Toulouse, France
    Recruiting
  • Institute Gustave Roussy
    Villejuif, France
    Recruiting
  • Universitatsklinikum Koln - University Hospital Cologne
    Cologne, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
    Frankfurt, Germany
    Recruiting
  • LungenClinic Grosshansdorf GmbH
    Großhansdorf, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universkitatsklinikum Heidelberg - University Hospital Heidelberg
    Heidelberg, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Umberto
    Ancona, Italy
    Recruiting
  • IRCCS Istituto Tumori "G. Paolo II"
    Bari, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
    Milan, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Instituto Europeo di Oncologia
    Milan, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Instituto Oncologico Veneto
    Padova, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci
    Ravenna, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Regina Elena Institute for Cancer Research
    Rome, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Kanagawa Cancer Center
    Kanagawa, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Okayama University Hospital
    Okayama, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Kindai University Hospital
    Osaka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Shizuoka Cancer Center
    Shizuoka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • National Cancer Center Hospital
    Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR
    Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting

+24 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

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How to take part

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