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RecruitingLast updated: 16 February 2026

ALKOVE-1: Evaluating how safe, tolerable and effective a new cancer drug (NVL-655) is in people with advanced ALK-positive (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer, and other solid cancersA Phase 1/2 Study of the Selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitor NVL-655 in Patients With Advanced NSCLC and Other Solid Tumors

Trial purpose

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Tumor type

Multi-Cancer Multi-Cancer

Age

People12+

Trial acronym

ALKOVE-1

Clinical summary

Summary

This study has two phases.

Phase 1 (dose escalation) will determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) and, if applicable, maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of NVL-655 in people with ALK+ solid cancers. NVL-655 will be given daily via oral tablet.

Phase 2 (dose expansion) will determine further assess the safety and effectiveness of NVL-655. In Phase 2, participants will be enrolled into 6 distinct cohorts:

  • Cohort 2a: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement who have received 1 prior 2nd-generation ALK TKI (ceritinib, alectinib, or brigatinib). Up to 2 prior lines of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are allowed.
  • Cohort 2b: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, who have received 2-3 prior ALK TKIs (crizotinib, ceritinib, alectinib, brigatinib, or lorlatinib). Up to 2 prior lines of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are allowed.
  • Cohort 2c: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, who have received lorlatinib as the only prior ALK TKI therapy. Up to one prior line of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy received prior to lorlatinib is allowed.
  • Cohort 2d: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, who are naïve to ALK TKI therapy. Up to one prior line of chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy is allowed.
  • Cohort 2e: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC harboring an ALK rearrangement, not eligible for other Phase 2 cohorts.
  • Cohort 2f: Patients with other solid tumors harboring an ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation, who have received ≥1 prior systemic anticancer therapy, or for whom no satisfactory standard therapy exists.

Conditions

This trial is treating people with ALK-positive (ALK+) advanced solid cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer

Eligibility

Inclusion

  1. Age ≥18 years Phase 2 Cohort 2d only: Age ≥12 years and weighing >40 kg.
  2. Phase 1: Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor with a documented ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation.
  3. Phase 2

    1. Cohorts 2a, 2b, and 2c: Histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with a documented ALK rearrangement
    2. Cohort 2d: histologically or cytologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor with a documented ALK rearrangement or activating ALK mutation
  4. Phase 1: Must have evaluable disease (target or nontarget) according to RECIST 1.1 Phase 2: Must have measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1
  5. Adequate organ function and bone marrow reserve

Exclusion

  1. Patient's cancer has a known oncogenic driver alteration other than ALK.
  2. Known allergy/hypersensitivity to excipients of NVL-655.
  3. Major surgery within 4 weeks of the study entry
  4. Ongoing or anticancer therapy
  5. Actively receiving systemic treatment or direct medical intervention on another therapeutic clinical study.

Inclusion

  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).
  • You are able to swallow medication by mouth.

Exclusion

  • You are currently being treated on a clinical trial.
  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Message

Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.

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Trial sponsor

Nuvalent Inc.

Scientific Title

A Phase 1/2 Study of the Selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitor NVL-655 in Patients With Advanced NSCLC and Other Solid Tumors

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