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A Study to Test the Effect of the Drug Larotrectinib in Adults and Children With NTRK-fusion Positive Solid Tumors

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The trial

ClinicalTrials.gov
Official title
A Study to Learn How Well the Drug Larotrectinib Works in Adults With Different Solid Cancers With a Change in the Genes Called NTRK Fusion
Phase
Phase 2
Status
Completed
Conditions
Solid Tumors Harboring NTRK Fusion
Interventions
BAY2757556 (Larotrectinib, Vitrakvi)
Arms
  • Arm 1_NSCLC · Experimental
  • Arm 2_Thyroid · Experimental
  • Arm 3_Sarcoma · Experimental
  • Arm 4_Colorectal · Experimental
  • Arm 5_Salivary · Experimental
  • Arm 6_Biliary · Experimental
  • Arm 7_Primary CNS · Experimental
  • Arm 8_Other tumors · Experimental
  • Arm 9_Solid tumors without confirmed NTRK fusion · Experimental
  • Arm 10_Prospective cohort · Experimental
  • Arm 11_Bone health cohort · Experimental
Enrollment
215
Primary outcomes
  • Best overall response of confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as determined by an independent radiology review committee using RECIST v1.1 or RANO criteria, as appropriate to tumor type.
Sponsor
Bayer
Start
Sep 30, 2015
Primary completion
Sep 29, 2025
Results posted
No
Registry record
NCT02576431 · updated Jul 1, 2026

Publications

linked from the registry
  • Waguespack SG, Drilon A, Lin JJ, Brose MS, McDermott R, Almubarak M, Bauman J, Casanova M, Krishnamurthy A, Kummar S, Leyvraz S, Oh DY, Park K, Sohal D, Sherman E, Norenberg R, Silvertown JD, Brega N, Hong DS, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion-positive thyroid carcinoma. Eur J Endocrinol. 2022 Apr 29;186(6):631-643. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-1259. PubMed 35333737
  • Mascarenhas L, Ollis C, Singh Y, Menachery L, Burcoveanu DI, De La Cuesta E, van Tilburg CM, Laetsch TW. Cancer control after pausing treatment with larotrectinib in responding children with sarcoma and a TRK fusion: a plain language summary. Future Oncol. 2026 Aug 19:1-10. doi: 10.1080/14796694.2026.2711519. Online ahead of print. PubMed 42614029
  • Ajani JA, D'Amico TA, Bentrem DJ, Corvera CU, Das P, Enzinger PC, Enzler T, Gerdes H, Gibson MK, Grierson P, Gupta G, Hofstetter WL, Ilson DH, Jalal S, Kim S, Kleinberg LR, Klempner S, Lacy J, Lee B, Licciardi F, Lloyd S, Ly QP, Matsukuma K, McNamara M, Merkow RP, Miller AM, Mukherjee S, Mulcahy MF, Perry KA, Pimiento JM, Reddi DM, Reznik S, Roses RE, Strong VE, Su S, Uboha N, Wainberg ZA, Willett CG, Woo Y, Yoon HH, McMillian NR, Stein M. Gastric Cancer, Version 2.2025, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2025 May;23(5):169-191. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2025.0022. PubMed 40341199
  • Brose MS, Westphalen CB, Pan X, Bernard-Gauthier V, Kurtinecz M, Guo H, Aris V, Brett NR, Majdi A, Subbiah V, Pennell NA, Kehl KL, Drilon A. Larotrectinib Compared With Real-World Non-Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase Inhibitor Therapies in Patients With Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase Fusion Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol. 2025 Apr;9:e2400500. doi: 10.1200/PO-24-00500. Epub 2025 Apr 23. PubMed 40267388
  • Mascarenhas L, DuBois SG, Albert CM, Bielack S, Orbach D, Federman N, Geoerger B, Nagasubramanian R, Zhang Y, Chisholm J, Gallego Melcon S, Goto H, Morgenstern DA, Owens C, Pappo AS, Perreault S, Schulte JH, Shukla N, Zwaan CM, Neu N, Bernard-Gauthier V, De La Cuesta E, van Tilburg CM, Laetsch TW. Elective Discontinuation of Larotrectinib in Pediatric Patients With TRK Fusion Sarcomas and Related Mesenchymal Tumors. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Apr;43(10):1180-1187. doi: 10.1200/JCO.24.00848. Epub 2025 Jan 27. PubMed 39869835
  • Hsieh CY, Hsu FL, Tsai TF. Comparison of Drug-Free Remission after the End of Phase III Trials of Three Different Anti-IL-23 Inhibitors in Psoriasis. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2024 Sep;14(9):2607-2620. doi: 10.1007/s13555-024-01229-6. Epub 2024 Jul 29. PubMed 39073712
  • Subbiah V, Burris HA 3rd, Kurzrock R. Revolutionizing cancer drug development: Harnessing the potential of basket trials. Cancer. 2024 Jan;130(2):186-200. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35085. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PubMed 37934000
  • Kummar S, Shen L, Hong DS, McDermott R, Keedy VL, Casanova M, Demetri GD, Dowlati A, Melcon SG, Lassen UN, Leyvraz S, Liu T, Moreno V, Patel J, Patil T, Mallick AB, Sousa N, Tahara M, Ziegler DS, Norenberg R, Arvis P, Brega N, Drilon A, Tan DSW. Larotrectinib efficacy and safety in adult patients with tropomyosin receptor kinase fusion sarcomas. Cancer. 2023 Dec 1;129(23):3772-3782. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35036. Epub 2023 Sep 28. PubMed 37769113
  • Bokemeyer C, Paracha N, Lassen U, Italiano A, Sullivan SD, Marian M, Brega N, Garcia-Foncillas J. Survival Outcomes of Patients With Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase Fusion-Positive Cancer Receiving Larotrectinib Versus Standard of Care: A Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison Using Real-World Data. JCO Precis Oncol. 2023 Jan;7:e2200436. doi: 10.1200/PO.22.00436. PubMed 36689698
  • Rudzinski ER, Drilon A, Moore A, Spinosa S, Willi M, Laetsch TW. Testing methods to diagnose TRK fusion cancer - a plain language summary and patient perspective. Future Oncol. 2022 Dec;18(38):4141-4151. doi: 10.2217/fon-2022-0863. Epub 2023 Jan 6. PubMed 36606522
  • Le X, Baik C, Bauman J, Gilbert J, Brose MS, Grilley-Olson JE, Patil T, McDermott R, Raez LE, Johnson JM, Shen L, Tahara M, Ho AL, Norenberg R, Dima L, Brega N, Drilon A, Hong DS. Larotrectinib Treatment for Patients With TRK Fusion-Positive Salivary Gland Cancers. Oncologist. 2022 May 10;29(6):e779-88. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac080. Online ahead of print. PubMed 35536733
  • Drilon A, Tan DSW, Lassen UN, Leyvraz S, Liu Y, Patel JD, Rosen L, Solomon B, Norenberg R, Dima L, Brega N, Shen L, Moreno V, Kummar S, Lin JJ. Efficacy and Safety of Larotrectinib in Patients With Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase Fusion-Positive Lung Cancers. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 Jan;6:e2100418. doi: 10.1200/PO.21.00418. PubMed 35085007
  • Doz F, van Tilburg CM, Geoerger B, Hojgaard M, Ora I, Boni V, Capra M, Chisholm J, Chung HC, DuBois SG, Gallego-Melcon S, Gerber NU, Goto H, Grilley-Olson JE, Hansford JR, Hong DS, Italiano A, Kang HJ, Nysom K, Thorwarth A, Stefanowicz J, Tahara M, Ziegler DS, Gavrilovic IT, Norenberg R, Dima L, De La Cuesta E, Laetsch TW, Drilon A, Perreault S. Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in TRK fusion-positive primary central nervous system tumors. Neuro Oncol. 2022 Jun 1;24(6):997-1007. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab274. PubMed 34850167
  • Lee YA, Lee H, Im SW, Song YS, Oh DY, Kang HJ, Won JK, Jung KC, Kwon D, Chung EJ, Hah JH, Paeng JC, Kim JH, Choi J, Kim OH, Oh JM, Ahn BC, Wirth LJ, Shin CH, Kim JI, Park YJ. NTRK and RET fusion-directed therapy in pediatric thyroid cancer yields a tumor response and radioiodine uptake. J Clin Invest. 2021 Sep 15;131(18):e144847. doi: 10.1172/JCI144847. PubMed 34237031
  • Bebb DG, Banerji S, Blais N, Desmeules P, Gill S, Grin A, Feilotter H, Hansen AR, Hyrcza M, Krzyzanowska M, Melosky B, Noujaim J, Purgina B, Ruether D, Simmons CE, Soulieres D, Torlakovic EE, Tsao MS. Canadian Consensus for Biomarker Testing and Treatment of TRK Fusion Cancer in Adults. Curr Oncol. 2021 Jan 15;28(1):523-548. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28010053. PubMed 33467570
  • Perreault S, Chami R, Deyell RJ, El Demellawy D, Ellezam B, Jabado N, Morgenstern DA, Narendran A, Sorensen PHB, Wasserman JD, Yip S. Canadian Consensus for Biomarker Testing and Treatment of TRK Fusion Cancer in Pediatric Patients. Curr Oncol. 2021 Jan 9;28(1):346-366. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28010038. PubMed 33435412
  • Hong DS, DuBois SG, Kummar S, Farago AF, Albert CM, Rohrberg KS, van Tilburg CM, Nagasubramanian R, Berlin JD, Federman N, Mascarenhas L, Geoerger B, Dowlati A, Pappo AS, Bielack S, Doz F, McDermott R, Patel JD, Schilder RJ, Tahara M, Pfister SM, Witt O, Ladanyi M, Rudzinski ER, Nanda S, Childs BH, Laetsch TW, Hyman DM, Drilon A. Larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion-positive solid tumours: a pooled analysis of three phase 1/2 clinical trials. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Apr;21(4):531-540. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30856-3. Epub 2020 Feb 24. PubMed 32105622
  • O'Reilly EM, Hechtman JF. Tumour response to TRK inhibition in a patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma harbouring an NTRK gene fusion. Ann Oncol. 2019 Nov 1;30(Suppl_8):viii36-viii40. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz385. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PubMed 31605106
  • Drilon A, Laetsch TW, Kummar S, DuBois SG, Lassen UN, Demetri GD, Nathenson M, Doebele RC, Farago AF, Pappo AS, Turpin B, Dowlati A, Brose MS, Mascarenhas L, Federman N, Berlin J, El-Deiry WS, Baik C, Deeken J, Boni V, Nagasubramanian R, Taylor M, Rudzinski ER, Meric-Bernstam F, Sohal DPS, Ma PC, Raez LE, Hechtman JF, Benayed R, Ladanyi M, Tuch BB, Ebata K, Cruickshank S, Ku NC, Cox MC, Hawkins DS, Hong DS, Hyman DM. Efficacy of Larotrectinib in TRK Fusion-Positive Cancers in Adults and Children. N Engl J Med. 2018 Feb 22;378(8):731-739. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1714448. PubMed 29466156
  • Shi E, Chmielecki J, Tang CM, Wang K, Heinrich MC, Kang G, Corless CL, Hong D, Fero KE, Murphy JD, Fanta PT, Ali SM, De Siena M, Burgoyne AM, Movva S, Madlensky L, Heestand GM, Trent JC, Kurzrock R, Morosini D, Ross JS, Harismendy O, Sicklick JK. FGFR1 and NTRK3 actionable alterations in "Wild-Type" gastrointestinal stromal tumors. J Transl Med. 2016 Dec 14;14(1):339. doi: 10.1186/s12967-016-1075-6. PubMed 27974047