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ALEX

A Study Comparing Alectinib With Crizotinib in Treatment-Naive Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Participants

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Commentary in our index that names this trial so far

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ChannelFound
X threads27
Podcasts23
YouTube15

The trial

ClinicalTrials.gov
Official title
Randomized, Multicenter, Phase III, Open-Label Study of Alectinib Versus Crizotinib in Treatment-Naive Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Conditions
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Interventions
Alectinib; Crizotinib
Arms
  • Alectinib · Experimental
  • Crizotinib · Active comparator
Enrollment
303
Primary outcomes
  • Progression-Free Survival (PFS) by Investigator Assessment
  • Percentage of Participants With PFS Event by Investigator Assessment
Sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Start
Aug 19, 2014
Primary completion
Feb 9, 2017
Results posted
Yes
Registry record
NCT02075840 · updated May 29, 2026

Publications

linked from the registry
  • Sikkema BJ, Baart SJ, Paats MS, Smit EF, Schols AMWJ, Mathijssen RHJ, van Rossum EFC, Dingemans AC. Body Weight Gain Associated With Alectinib in Patients With ALK+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data From Four Prospective Clinical Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Feb 20;43(6):641-650. doi: 10.1200/JCO-24-01579. Epub 2024 Dec 11. PubMed 39661917
  • Dziadziuszko R, Peters S, Mok T, Camidge DR, Gadgeel SM, Ou SI, Konopa K, Noe J, Nowicka M, Bordogna W, Morcos PN, Smoljanovic V, Shaw AT. Circulating Cell-free DNA as a Prognostic Biomarker in Patients with Advanced ALK+ Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in the Global Phase III ALEX Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 May 2;28(9):1800-1808. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-2840. PubMed 35275991
  • Mok T, Camidge DR, Gadgeel SM, Rosell R, Dziadziuszko R, Kim DW, Perol M, Ou SI, Ahn JS, Shaw AT, Bordogna W, Smoljanovic V, Hilton M, Ruf T, Noe J, Peters S. Updated overall survival and final progression-free survival data for patients with treatment-naive advanced ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer in the ALEX study. Ann Oncol. 2020 Aug;31(8):1056-1064. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.04.478. Epub 2020 May 11. PubMed 32418886
  • Gadgeel S, Peters S, Mok T, Shaw AT, Kim DW, Ou SI, Perol M, Wrona A, Novello S, Rosell R, Zeaiter A, Liu T, Nuesch E, Balas B, Camidge DR. Alectinib versus crizotinib in treatment-naive anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) non-small-cell lung cancer: CNS efficacy results from the ALEX study. Ann Oncol. 2018 Nov 1;29(11):2214-2222. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy405. PubMed 30215676
  • Burudpakdee C, Wong W, Seetasith A, Corvino FA, Yeh W, Gubens M. Economic impact of preventing brain metastases with alectinib in ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2018 May;119:103-111. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.03.008. Epub 2018 Mar 9. PubMed 29656744
  • Peters S, Camidge DR, Shaw AT, Gadgeel S, Ahn JS, Kim DW, Ou SI, Perol M, Dziadziuszko R, Rosell R, Zeaiter A, Mitry E, Golding S, Balas B, Noe J, Morcos PN, Mok T; ALEX Trial Investigators. Alectinib versus Crizotinib in Untreated ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 31;377(9):829-838. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1704795. Epub 2017 Jun 6. PubMed 28586279
  • Gainor JF, Shaw AT. J-ALEX: alectinib versus crizotinib in ALK-positive lung cancer. Lancet. 2017 Jul 1;390(10089):3-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31074-7. Epub 2017 May 10. No abstract available. PubMed 28501139