NCT04222972

Brief Summary

This is an international, randomized, open-label, Phase 3 study designed to evaluate whether the potent and selective RET inhibitor, pralsetinib, improves outcomes when compared to a platinum chemotherapy-based regimen chosen by the Investigator from a list of standard of care treatments, as measured primarily by progression free survival (PFS), for participants with RET fusion-positive metastatic NSCLC who have not previously received systemic anticancer therapy for metastatic disease.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
223

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Jul 2020

Typical duration for phase_3

Geographic Reach
22 countries

74 active sites

Status
terminated

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 3, 2020

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 10, 2020

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 24, 2020

Completed
4.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

January 27, 2025

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

January 27, 2025

Completed
1.1 years until next milestone

Results Posted

Study results publicly available

March 5, 2026

Completed
Last Updated

March 5, 2026

Status Verified

February 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

4.5 years

First QC Date

January 3, 2020

Results QC Date

January 5, 2026

Last Update Submit

February 12, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung CancerRET LungRET MutationRET AlterationRET PositiveRET InhibitorRET AlteredRET RearrangementRET NSCLCRET-Rearranged NSCLCRET FusionRET Fusion Lung CancerM918TTRIM33-RETLung Cancer MutationBLU 667PralsetinibRET Tyrosine KinaseRET Gene MutationRET KinaseAdvanced Lung CancerMetastatic Lung CancerKIF5B-RETCCDC6-RET

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Arm A vs Arm B: Treatment Period: Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of first documented PD as determined by the investigator with the use of Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) or death from any cause, whichever occurred first. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest SOD at prior timepoints, including baseline. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the SOD must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 millimeters (mm). Kaplan-Meier (K-M) method was used to estimate median PFS. 95% CI for median was computed using the method of Brookmeyer and Crowley.

    Up to approximately 50 months

Secondary Outcomes (7)

  • Arm A vs Arm B: Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    Up to approximately 50 months

  • Arm A vs Arm B: Overall Survival (OS)

    From randomization to death (up to approximately 50 months)

  • Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Up to approximately 50 months

  • Number of Participants With Change From Baseline in Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) Score

    Baseline up to 50 months

  • Arm A vs Arm B: Duration of Response (DOR)

    Up to approximately 50 months

  • +2 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Pralsetinib

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants randomized to the Experimental Arm will receive Pralsetinib

Drug: Pralsetinib

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants randomized to the Active Comparator Arm will receive 1 of 6 platinum-based chemotherapy treatment regimens (with or without pembrolizumab) at the study center as chosen by the treating Investigator (based on histology) Nonsquamous histology * Carboplatin or cisplatin / pemetrexed (with vitamin supplementation); with optional pemetrexed (with vitamin supplementation) maintenance. * Pembrolizumab / carboplatin or cisplatin / pemetrexed (with vitamin supplementation); followed by pembrolizumab and optional pemetrexed (with vitamin supplementation) maintenance. Squamous histology * Carboplatin or cisplatin / gemcitabine * Carboplatin with paclitaxel/nab-paclitaxel and pembrolizumab

Drug: CarboplatinDrug: CisplatinDrug: PemetrexedDrug: PembrolizumabDrug: GemcitabineDrug: PaclitaxelDrug: Nab-Paclitaxel

Interventions

Administered orally

Also known as: BLU-667
Pralsetinib

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Administered IV

Platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Participant has pathologically confirmed, definitively diagnosed, locally advanced (not able to be treated with surgery or radiotherapy) or metastatic NSCLC and has not been treated with systemic anticancer therapy for metastatic disease.
  • Participant must have a documented RET-fusion
  • Participant has measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1 as determined by the local site Investigator/radiology assessment.
  • Participant has an ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1.
  • Participant should not have received any prior anticancer therapy for metastatic disease.
  • Participants can have received previous anticancer therapy (except a selective RET inhibitor) in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting but must have experienced an interval of at least ≥ 6 months from completion of therapy to recurrence.
  • Participants that received previous immune checkpoint inhibitors in the adjuvant or consolidation following chemoradiation are not allowed to receive pembrolizumab if randomized in Arm B
  • Participant is an appropriate candidate for and agrees to receive 1 of the Investigator choice platinum-based chemotherapy regimens if randomized to Arm B.
  • For women of childbearing potential: participants who agree to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraception.
  • For men: participants who agree to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use a condom and agree to refrain from donating sperm.

You may not qualify if:

  • Participant's tumor has any additional known primary driver alterations other than RET, such as targetable mutations of EGFR, ALK, ROS1, MET, and BRAF. Investigators should discuss enrollment with Sponsor designee regarding co-mutations.
  • Participant previously received treatment with a selective RET inhibitor.
  • Participant received radiotherapy or radiosurgery to any site within 14 days before randomization or more than 30 Gy of radiotherapy to the lung in the 6 months before randomization.
  • Participant with a history of pneumonitis within the last 12 months.
  • Participant has CNS metastases or a primary CNS tumor that is associated with progressive neurological symptoms or requires increasing doses of corticosteroids to control the CNS disease. If a participant requires corticosteroids for management of CNS disease, the dose must have been stable for the 2 weeks before Cycle 1 Day 1.
  • Participant has had a history of another primary malignancy that has been diagnosed or required therapy within the past 3 years prior to randomization.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (74)

Hospital Britanico

Buenos Aires, C1280AEB, Argentina

Location

Centro Oncologico Riojano Integral (CORI)

La Rioja, F5300COE, Argentina

Location

Royal North Shore Hospital

St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

Location

UZ Antwerpen

Edegem, 2650, Belgium

Location

Hospital Sao Lucas - PUCRS

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90610-000, Brazil

Location

Hospital A. C. Camargo

São Paulo, São Paulo, 01509-010, Brazil

Location

Clinica CIMCA

San José, 10103, Costa Rica

Location

Institut Bergonie CLCC Bordeaux

Bordeaux, 33000, France

Location

Hôpital Ambroise Paré - Boulogne-Billancourt

Boulogne-Billancourt, 92100, France

Location

Hôpital Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon

Bron, 69677, France

Location

CHRU Lille Service de Pneumologie et Oncologie Thoracique

Lille, 59000, France

Location

Institut Paoli Calmettes

Marseille, 13273, France

Location

Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard

Paris, 75018, France

Location

Hopital Tenon

Paris, 75970, France

Location

Hopital de Pontchaillou

Rennes, 35033, France

Location

Ico Rene Gauducheau

Saint-Herblain, 44805, France

Location

CHU Strasbourg - Nouvel Hopital Civil

Strasbourg, 67091, France

Location

CHU de Toulouse - Hôpital Larrey

Toulouse, 31100, France

Location

Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, 94805, France

Location

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Medizinische Klinik I, Pneumologie MK1-A13

Dresden, 01307, Germany

Location

Asklepios-Fachkliniken Muenchen-Gauting

Gauting, 82131, Germany

Location

Pius-Hospital

Oldenburg, 26121, Germany

Location

Leopoldina-Krankenhaus Medizinische Klinik II

Schweinfurt, 97422, Germany

Location

Klinik Schillerhöhe

Stuttgart, 70376, Germany

Location

St. James Hospital

Dublin, D08 HNY1, Ireland

Location

Ospedale Clinicizzato SS Annunziata

Chieti, Abruzzo, 66100, Italy

Location

IRCCS Giovanni Paolo II Istituto Oncologico

Bari, Apulia, 70124, Italy

Location

Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale

Naples, Campania, 80131, Italy

Location

Ospedale Provinciale Santa Maria Delle Croci

Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, 48100, Italy

Location

Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena

Rome, Lazio, 00144, Italy

Location

AZ. Ospedaliera San Giovanni - Addolorata

Rome, Lazio, 00184, Italy

Location

Irccs Ospedale San Raffaele

Milan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy

Location

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Milan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy

Location

Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia

Milan, Lombardy, 20141, Italy

Location

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana - Ospedale Cisanello

Pisa, Tuscany, 56124, Italy

Location

IOV - Istituto Oncologico Veneto - IRCCS

Padua, Veneto, 35128, Italy

Location

A.O.U. INTEGRATA DI VERONA-Ospedale Civile Maggiore Borgo Trento

Verona, Veneto, 37126, Italy

Location

Kyushu University Hospital

Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

Location

National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center

Hyōgo, 670-8520, Japan

Location

Osaka International Cancer Institute

Osaka, 541-8567, Japan

Location

Kansai Medical University Hospital

Osaka, 573-1191, Japan

Location

Juntendo University Hospital

Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan

Location

The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR

Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan

Location

National Hospital Organization Yamaguchi - Ube Medical Center

Yamaguchi, 755-0241, Japan

Location

Health Pharma Professional Research

Mexico City, Mexico CITY (federal District), 03100, Mexico

Location

NKI/AvL

Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Netherlands

Location

Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, 6229 HX, Netherlands

Location

Oslo universitetssykehus HF, Ullevål, Kreftsenteret

Oslo, 0450, Norway

Location

Hemato Oncología de Panamá Especializada

Panama City, 0801, Panama

Location

Narod.Inst.Onkol. im. M.Sklodowskiej - Curie-Panst.Inst.Bad

Warsaw, 02-781, Poland

Location

IPO do Porto

Porto, 4200-072, Portugal

Location

National Cancer Center

Goyang-si, 10408, South Korea

Location

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, 03080, South Korea

Location

Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

Seoul, 03722, South Korea

Location

Asan Medical Center

Seoul, 05505, South Korea

Location

Insititut Catala D'Oncologia

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08908, Spain

Location

Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain

Location

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

A Coruña, LA Coruna, 15006, Spain

Location

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, 08035, Spain

Location

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

Madrid, 28007, Spain

Location

Hospital Ramon y Cajal

Madrid, 28034, Spain

Location

Hospital de Madrid Norte Sanchinarro- Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal

Madrid, 28050, Spain

Location

Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga

Málaga, 29010, Spain

Location

Hosp Clinico Univ Lozano Blesa

Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

Location

Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Solna

Stockholm, 171 76, Sweden

Location

UniversitätsSpital Zürich

Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

Location

Adana City Hospital, Medical Oncology

Adana, 01060, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital

Ankara, 06490, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

?zmir Medical Point

Kar?iyaka, 35575, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Velindre Cancer Centre

Cardiff, CF14 2TL, United Kingdom

Location

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom

Location

Guys & St Thomas Hospital

London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

Location

Royal Marsden Hospital

London, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom

Location

Christie Hospital Nhs Trust

Manchester, M2O 4BX, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Lung NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesCarcinoma, BronchogenicBronchial DiseasesHead and Neck NeoplasmsAdenocarcinomaCarcinomaNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasms, Nerve Tissue

Interventions

pralsetinibCarboplatinCisplatinPemetrexedpembrolizumabGemcitabinePaclitaxel130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxel

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bronchial NeoplasmsNeoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Coordination ComplexesOrganic ChemicalsChlorine CompoundsInorganic ChemicalsNitrogen CompoundsPlatinum CompoundsGuanineHypoxanthinesPurinonesPurinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 2-RingHeterocyclic Compounds, Fused-RingHeterocyclic CompoundsGlutamatesAmino Acids, AcidicAmino AcidsAmino Acids, Peptides, and ProteinsAmino Acids, DicarboxylicDeoxycytidineCytidinePyrimidine NucleosidesPyrimidinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingTaxoidsCyclodecanesCycloparaffinsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicHydrocarbons, CyclicHydrocarbonsDiterpenesTerpenes

Results Point of Contact

Title
Medical Communications
Organization
Hoffmann-La Roche

Study Officials

  • Clinical Trials

    Hoffmann-La Roche

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee
No
Restriction Type
OTHER
Restrictive Agreement
Yes

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR
Expanded Access
Yes

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 3, 2020

First Posted

January 10, 2020

Study Start

July 24, 2020

Primary Completion

January 27, 2025

Study Completion

January 27, 2025

Last Updated

March 5, 2026

Results First Posted

March 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

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