About this trial
The goal of this Phase II, multicenter, open-label, single-arm clinical trial is to evaluate the intracranial efficacy and safety of lorlatinib in adults with TKI-naïve, advanced ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and untreated brain metastases. The main questions it aims to answer are:
What is the intracranial efficacy (eg., objective response rate/PFS) assessed by revised RECIST v1.1?
How do exploratory biomarkers (e.g., ctDNA dynamics in plasma/CSF) correlate with lorlatinib resistance?
Participants will:
Receive lorlatinib 100 mg orally once daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Undergo brain MRI/CT scans every 8 weeks (first 12 cycles) and every 16 weeks thereafter.
Provide blood samples for safety/biomarker analysis and optional CSF samples via lumbar puncture during scheduled visits.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age≥18 years old.
Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of ROS1+ NSCLC with brain metastases before the use of lorlatinib.
ROS1 rearrangement positive confirmed by IHC FISH, PCR, or next generation sequencing (NGS). Patients with other treatable gene mutations besides ROS1 need to submit for discussion with the study experts to determine eligibility.
Treatment naïve or one prior systemic treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy.
Disqualifiers
Have received treatment with the investigational drug or known allergy to the ingredients or excipients of the investigational drug.
Concurrent participation in another clinical study, except for observational (non-interventional) clinical studies or subsequent stages of interventional studies.
Brain metastasis combined with leptomeningeal metastases.
Brain metastasis with bleeding, or the presence of central nervous system complications requiring urgent local intervention (such as surgery, radiotherapy, etc.).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Lorlatinib 100 mg