ArticleTranslational oncology2021
Will the clinical development of 4th-generation "double mutant active" ALK TKIs (TPX-0131 and NVL-655) change the future treatment paradigm of ALK+ NSCLC?
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- First Things First: Navigating ALK-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Options-A Podcast.Targeted oncology · 2026Article
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- Long-term efficacy and improved overall survival of lorlatinib in anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged lung cancer: is cure a dream or a reality?Translational lung cancer research · 2025Article
- ALK in cancer: from function to therapeutic targeting.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2025Review
- Recent advances in therapeutic strategies for non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2025Review
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- Mechanisms of Resistance to ALK Inhibitors and Corresponding Treatment Strategies in Lung Cancer.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- New advances in understanding the mechanisms and treatment challenges of ALK-targeted therapy resistance in lung cancer.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2025Review
- Targeting C797S mutations and beyond in non-small cell lung cancer-a mini-review.Translational cancer research · 2024Review
- Promoting reactive oxygen species accumulation to overcome tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in cancer.Cancer cell international · 2024Review
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- Overcoming Central β-Sheet #6 (Cβ6)Lung Cancer (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Diverse Resistant Mechanisms Identified Using Serial Next-Generation Sequencing in a Patient With ALK-Rearranged Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report.JTO clinical and research reports · 2023Article
- [Research Progress in the Efficacy and Safety of ALK Inhibitors in the Treatment of NSCLC Brain Metastasis].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2023Review
- Sustained Improvement in the Management of Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Harboring ALK Translocation: Where Are We Running?Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Our current treatment paradigm of advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) classifies the six currently approved ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) into three generations. The 2nd-generation (2G) and 3rd-generation (3G) ALK TKIs are all "single mutant active" with varying potencies across a wide spectrum of acquired single ALK resistance mutations. There is a vigorous debate among clinicians which is the best upfront ALK TKI is for the first-line (1L) treatment of ALK+ NSCLC and the subsequent sequencing strategies whether it should be based on the presence of specific on-target ALK resistance mutations or not. Regardless, sequential use of "single mutant active" ALK TKIs will eventually lead to double ALK resistance mutations in cis. This has led to the creation of fourth generation (4G) "double mutant active" ALK TKIs such as TPX-0131 and NVL-655. We discuss the critical properties 4G ALK TKIs must possess to be clinically successful. We proposed conceptual first-line, second-line, and molecularly-based third-line registrational randomized clinical trials designed for these 4G ALK TKIs. How these 4G ALK TKIs would be used in the future will depend on which line of treatment the clinical trial design(s) is adopted provided the trial is positive. If approved, 4G ALK TKIs may usher in a new treatment paradigm for advanced ALK+ NSCLC that is based on classifying ALK TKIs based on the intrinsic functional capabilities ("singe mutant active" versus "double mutant active") rather than the loosely-defined "generational" (first-, second-,third-,fourth-) classification and avoid the current clinical approaches of seemingly random sequential use of 2G and 3G ALK TKIs.
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