Clinical trial Recruiting at 3 sites Phase 2 Interventional Ages 18 and up

Optimizing local ablative therapy with brigatinib for advanced ALK-positive lung cancer

Official title: Optimization of Treatment With Brigatinib in Patients With Advanced NSCLC Harboring an ALK Rearrangement by LAT at the Time of Best Response: A Multicenter Open Phase Two Trial (OPTALK)

Run by Groupe Francais De Pneumo-Cancerologie · NCT06620835 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study will test whether adding targeted local treatments to ongoing brigatinib helps people with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer who have a limited number of remaining tumors.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 2
Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment45 (estimated)
SponsorGroupe Francais De Pneumo-Cancerologie
Academic / other
Drugs / interventionsbrigatinib, radiation
Locations27 sites (Brest and 26 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJune 19, 2025
Main results expectedOctober 1, 2030
Study endsOctober 1, 2030
Registry record updatedApril 29, 2026
Trial IDNCT06620835 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Adults with advanced ALK-rearranged NSCLC who are TKI-naïve, have been on first-line brigatinib for 3–9 months with response or stable disease, and have oligometastatic disease with at least one lesion suitable for local ablation.

Probably not a fit

Patients with widespread metastatic disease (more than five lesions), a complete response with no residual lesions, prior ALK TKI exposure, or medical contraindications to local ablation are unlikely to benefit from this approach.

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

What this trial studies

Approximately 45 adults in France with advanced ALK-rearranged NSCLC who have been on first-line brigatinib for 3–9 months and show response or stable disease will be enrolled. Eligible participants must have oligometastatic disease (five lesions or fewer, maximum two per organ) and at least one residual lesion accessible to local ablation. Selected patients will receive local ablative options such as surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) while continuing brigatinib, with imaging assessments by RECIST 1.1 and blood testing. The trial seeks to define the optimal timing and feasibility of adding LAT to ongoing brigatinib in this population.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this approach could extend the period of disease control and delay the need to change systemic therapy for patients with limited progression.

How similar studies have gone: Combining local ablative therapy with targeted TKIs has shown encouraging results in small series and retrospective studies for oligoprogressive disease, but randomized evidence specifically optimizing timing with brigatinib in first-line ALK-positive NSCLC is limited.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 years or older at diagnosis.
* Stage 3 non eligible for chemoradiotherapy or stage 4 NSCLC, histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC.
* Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) treatment naïve.
* ALK rearrangements identified by a validated technique (either Immunohistochimy (IHC), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) or Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)seq, in tissue or liquid biopsy)
* Stable disease or response after initiation brigatinib treatment (at least 3 to 9 months) according to RECIST 1.1
* At least one site of residual site for LAT (ie. participant should not have a complete response)
* Oligometastatic disease (five metastatic lesions or less and a maximum of two lesions per organ) de novo or induced
* Eligible for local ablative treatment possible (either alone or combined): surgery, minimally invasive form of surgical radiosurgery (Stereotactic Radio Surgery (SRS)) (18 to 20 Gy in single fraction) or radiotherapy (SBRT) (27 to 54 Gy in 3 fractions or 45 to 50 Gy in 5 fractions), radiofrequency or cryotherapy (=thermoablation)
* An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) ≤2.
* Life expectancy above 12 weeks as assessed by treating investigator.
* Brain metastases at inclusion are allowed if asymptomatic
* No history of other malignant tumor during the previous 5 years, except for adequately treated carcinomas (in situ cervical carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell skin carcinoma) and low-grade localized prostate cancer (Gleason \<6).
* Adequate organ function, as demonstrated by laboratory results prior to the first administration of study treatment: normal hepatic function (bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), alanine aminotransferase (ALA T) and aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) ≤2.5 x ULN or ≤5 x ULN in case of liver metastases), renal function (calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl, using local formula) above 45 ml/mn), normal hematological function (absolute neutrophil count

  ≥1.5 x 109/L and/or platelets ≥100 x 109/L, hemoglobin ≥8 g/dL), normal coagulation function (International Normalized Ratio (INR) or prothrombin time ≤1.5 x ULN and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤1.5 x ULN unless the patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy)
* For patients of childbearing potential: Women of childbearing potential should use effective non-hormonal contraception during treatment with brigatinib and for at least 4 months following the final dose. Men with female partners of childbearing potential should use effective contraception during treatment and for at least 3 months after the last dose of brigatinib.
* Signed informed consent to participate in the study
* Affiliation with or benefit from French social security

Exclusion Criteria:

* NSCLC without known ALK rearrangements
* Neuroendocrine tumor (even in case of mixed tumors).
* Uncontrolled and untreated superior cava syndrome.
* Unstable symptomatic brain metastases despite corticosteroid
* Leptomeningeal, pericardial, pleural and mesenteric lesions, lymphangitic spread (any tumoral lesions not amenable to definitive local therapy). Peri tumoral lymphangitic spread around a tumor, but limited to a lobe, may be treated by surgery).
* Serious concurrent conditions during the previous 6 months (severe or unstable angina pectoris, coronary or peripheral artery bypass graft of \<6 months, class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure, ischemic stroke, grade ≥2 peripheral neuropathy, psychiatric or neurological disorders that may interfere with the patient's understanding of the study or with his/her informed consent.
* Severe or non-controlled systemic diseases deemed incompatible with the protocol.
* Severe infections within 4 weeks prior to inclusion, including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia.
* Psychological, family, social, or geographical factors that may interfere with the monitoring of the patient as defined by the protocol.
* Any protected person (legal person protected by legal protection \[guardianship, tutorship\], person deprived of liberty, pregnant woman, breastfeeding woman, and minor).
* Patients who participated in other concomitant studies unless observational and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment
* Known allergies or adverse reactions to the study drugs
* Lung function not compatible with surgery or radiation

Where it's running

  • CHRU de Nancy
    Nancy, France
    Recruiting
  • CLCC Antoine Lacassagne
    Nice, France
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital Tenon
    Paris, France
    Recruiting
  • CHU de Brest
    Brest, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre François Baclesse
    Caen, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CH Métropole-Savoie
    Chambéry, France
    Not yet recruiting
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  • Hôpital Louis Pasteur
    Colmar, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Pneumologie Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil
    Créteil, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre Georges-François Leclerc
    Dijon, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CH Annecy
    Épagny, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Polyclinique de Blois
    La Chaussée-Saint-Victor, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHD les Oudaries
    La Roche-sur-Yon, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU Dupuytren
    Limoges, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre Leon Bérard
    Lyon, France
    Withdrawn
  • Hôpital Nord
    Marseille, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU de Nîmes
    Nîmes, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU Orléans
    Orléans, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU de Bordeaux Haut Lévêque
    Pessac, France
    Withdrawn
  • CHU Rennes, Hôpital Pontchaillou
    Rennes, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU Ponchailloux
    Rennes, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Hôpital Charles Nicolle
    Rouen, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Pneumologie CHU St Etienne
    Saint-Etienne, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU de la Réunion
    Saint-Pierre, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre Paul Strauss
    Strasbourg, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • HIA St Anne
    Toulon, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • CH Bretagne Atlantique
    Vannes, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre Hospitalier de Villefranche sur Saone
    Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
    Not yet recruiting

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