RecruitingPhase 3

Phase 3 Study of Taletrectinib vs Placebo as an Adjuvant Therapy in ROS1 Positive NSCLC (TRUST-IV)

A Phase 3 Multicenter Double-blind Randomized Study of Taletrectinib Versus Placebo in Patients With ROS1-Fusion Positive Stage IB-IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Undergone Complete Tumor Resection

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Pills

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "The study compares taletrectinib (study drug) versus placebo (sugar pill) in patients with ROS1-fusion positive stage IB, II, IIIA NSCLC."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether taletrectinib can help keep lung cancer from coming back after surgery. It is for adults with stage IB, II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer that has a ROS1 gene change. The study compares taletrectinib with a placebo, a pill with no active drug.

The purpose of this phase 3 multicenter double-blind randomized study is to assess the use of taletrectinib in the early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study compares taletrectinib (study drug) versus placebo (sugar pill) in patients with ROS1-fusion positive stage IB, II, IIIA NSCLC. The study will evaluate if taletrectinib is better than placebo at preventing the participant's disease from coming back after the participant's lung tumor was removed.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be at least 18 years old, or at least 20 where local rules require it.
  • Have stage IB, II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer confirmed by testing tumor tissue.
  • Have a ROS1 gene change confirmed by an approved lab test.
  • Provide enough tumor tissue for study testing. The study lab must confirm the ROS1 result unless a qualifying matching test was already done.
  • Be fully active or able to walk and do light work, with limits only on hard physical activity.
  • Have had surgery aimed at curing the lung cancer, with no cancer found at the edges of the removed tissue.
  • Be fully healed from surgery. Surgery must have been 4–16 weeks before study group assignment, or 4–30 weeks before if chemotherapy was given after surgery.
  • If chemotherapy was given after surgery, finish it at least 7 days before study group assignment. Side effects must be mild or back to their earlier level.

Who can't join

  • Have had or plan radiation after surgery for this lung cancer. Radiation before surgery is allowed if finished at least 4 weeks before study group assignment.
  • Have had cancer treatment after surgery other than allowed chemotherapy or immune therapy. Each is limited to 4 cycles. Immune therapy before or after surgery must end at least 12 weeks before group assignment, and all immune-related side effects must be gone.
  • Have had major surgery within 4 weeks of group assignment, except placement of a medicine access port. Surgery removing only a small part of the lung is not allowed, except for certain stage IB tumors larger than 3 cm and no larger than 4 cm that have not spread or grown into the lung lining or central area.
  • Have used an experimental treatment for a condition other than this lung cancer within 6 months, or have an EGFR gene change or ALK gene fusion along with ROS1.
  • Have a history of another cancer, with exceptions for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, cured cancer that stayed where it started, or other cured cancers with no disease for over 3 years and a low risk of return.
  • Have significant heart or blood vessel disease within 3 months, uncontrolled high blood pressure, certain heart rhythm problems, or use medicines linked to a dangerous heart rhythm.
  • Have an active, significant infection, including hepatitis B or C, or a known HIV- or AIDS-related illness. Certain current or past lung scarring or inflammation also rules out joining.
  • Have used foods or medicines that strongly change how a liver enzyme called CYP3A works within 14 days before study group assignment.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed stage IB, II, or IIIA NSCLC (AJCC 9th edition) based on pathological staging. 2. Documented ROS1 rearrangement in primary tumor by a validated local assay performed in CLIA-certified or locally equivalent diagnostic laboratories. 3. Adequate tissue is available for prospective central laboratory confirmatory testing. Confirmation of central test positivity is required prior to Randomization. Note: In the event that the local testing assay is the same as the central testing assay, and the local test was conducted in a CLIA-certified laboratory or local equivalent, prospective central confirmation is not needed, but tumor tissue must still be provided for other biomarker studies. 4. Age ≥18 years (or ≥20 years as required by local regulations). 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. 6. Received definitive locoregional curative surgery for stage IB, II, or IIIA NSCLC. All surgical margins of resection must be negative for tumor. 7. Complete recovery from surgery (including complete wound healing) that was performed ≥4 weeks but no more than 16 weeks before Randomization if no adjuvant chemotherapy was given. Surgery must have occurred ≥4 weeks but no more than 30 weeks prior to Randomization if adjuvant chemotherapy was given. For participants who received post-resection adjuvant chemotherapy, the final dose of chemotherapy must also have occurred at least 7 days before Randomization. All chemotherapy related toxicities must have resolved to baseline or ≤Grade 1 (per CTCAE v5.0) prior to Randomization. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Has previously received 1 or more of the following cancer treatments: 1. Postoperative or planned radiation therapy for the current lung cancer. Note: radiotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting is allowed and must be completed at least 4 weeks prior to Randomization. 2. Any adjuvant anticancer therapy (including investigational therapy) for treatment of NSCLC other than standard postoperative platinum-based doublet chemotherapy. Participants should have received no more than 4 cycles of the platinum doublet regimen. Notes: Adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment is allowed, but participants should have received no more than 4 cycles of the ICI, and at the time of Randomization, have at least 12 weeks of washout from the last dose of the ICI. Any prior immune-related toxicity, such as immune-related hepatitis, colitis, or pneumonitis, must be completely resolved prior to Randomization. 3. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without ICIs is allowed. Those treated with prior ICIs are eligible if ≥12 weeks have elapsed after completion of the ICI at the time of Randomization. Any prior immune-related toxicity (if an ICI was given), such as immune-related hepatitis, colitis, or pneumonitis, must be completely resolved prior to Randomization. 4. Major surgery (including surgical resection of the primary tumor but excluding placement of vascular access port) within 4 weeks of Randomization. 5. Segmentectomies or wedge resections, instead of complete resections, of the primary tumor. Note: These limited resections are allowed for patients with stage IB disease with T2aN0M0, with tumor size \>3 to ≤4 cm, and without visceral pleura or central invasion. 2. Any investigational therapy for any condition other than NSCLC within 6 months of Randomization. 3. Co-mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion. 4. History of other malignancies except adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ cancer, or other tumors curatively treated with no evidence of disease for \>3 years after the end of treatment and which, in the opinion of the treating physician, do not have a substantial risk of recurrence of the prior malignancy. 5. Have clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 3 months prior to Randomization. 6. Have a known history of uncontrolled hypertension. 7. Experiencing ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of ≥Grade 2 (CTCAE v5.0), uncontrolled atrial fibrillation of any CTCAE grade, a QT interval corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) of \>470 milliseconds, symptomatic bradycardia \<45 bpm; undergoing treatment with medication(s) known to be associated with the development of Torsades de Pointes (TdP). 8. Have active and clinically significant bacterial, fungal, or viral infection, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV); or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related illness. 9. Currently have or have a history of interstitial lung disease (ILD), drug-related pneumonitis, or radiation pneumonitis that required steroid treatment. 10. Use of food or drugs that are known as strong cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A inducers or inhibitors within 14 days prior to Randomization.

Study sites (12)

CA

DC

FL

ID

LA

MA

MN

NY

TX

VA