Bone CancerPhase 1/2NCT07560410
Treatment of Truncated ALK-positive Bone Cancer Using Crizotinib (Xalkori) or Alectinib (Alecensa)
A Phase 1/2 study testing Alectinib in people with Bone Cancer, run by China Medical University Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
Trial summary
This is an investigator-initiated, single-center clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of ALK inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Bone Cancer
- What is being tested?
- Alectinib
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 10 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTaiwan
- Study dates
- 15 May 2026to 14 Apr 2029
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Age ≥ 20 years.
- Patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring deficiency or alteration of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase.
- Disease progression during or within 6 months after completion of standard therapy, or no appropriate standard treatment available.
- At least one measurable lesion according to applicable response evaluation criteria.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2.
- Estimated life expectancy of at least 8 weeks.
Who cannot join
- Known hypersensitivity to crizotinib or alectinib.
- Current or prior use of ALK inhibitors.
- Current use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
- Receipt of radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to study entry. Palliative radiotherapy to non-target lesions is permitted.
- History of other malignancies, except for osteosarcoma or chondrosarcoma, unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 2 years. Exceptions include adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
- Liver cirrhosis with a Child-Pugh score ≥ 8.
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- Uncorrectable electrolyte abnormalities.
- Presence of brain metastases.
- Active acute infection.
- Significant unresolved toxicity from prior therapy.
- Comorbid conditions that may interfere with study participation, including but not limited to uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, autoimmune diseases, or any condition that, in the investigator's judgment, renders the patient unsuitable for the study.
- Concurrent malignancy, unless it is adequately treated carcinoma in situ or basal cell carcinoma, or a malignancy that has been treated and has remained recurrence-free for at least 3 years.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Patients with psychiatric disorders that may impair compliance with study requirements.
- Current use of strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A enzymes, or use of other investigational or non-approved drugs.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
About this study
This is an investigator-initiated, single-center clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of ALK inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. Eligible patients must have disease progression after standard therapy or no suitable standard treatment options.
Participants will receive either crizotinib (Xalkori®) or alectinib (Alecensa®), with treatment selection determined by the study investigators. The study aims to assess antitumor activity, safety, and clinical outcomes in this rare molecular subtype of bone cancer.
Read the detailed description
This is an investigator-initiated, single-center clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of ALK inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. This molecular subtype has been associated with poor prognosis and limited response to conventional therapies.
Preclinical studies conducted by the study team have demonstrated that ALK inhibitors, including crizotinib (Xalkori®) and alectinib (Alecensa®), exhibit antitumor activity against bone cancer cells with truncated ALK expression. Based on these findings, this study aims to explore their therapeutic potential in a clinical setting.
Eligible patients are those who have experienced disease progression after standard treatment or have no appropriate standard treatment options available. Participants will receive oral ALK inhibitor therapy, with treatment selection and dose adjustments determined by the investigators based on clinical response and tolerability.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate antitumor activity in this rare molecular subset of bone cancer. Secondary objectives include safety, tolerability, and clinical outcomes.
- Conditions
- Bone Cancer
- Being tested
- Alectinib
- Keywords
- bone cancer, Truncated ALK (ALKATI)
- Medical subject headings
- Bone Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
AlectinibDrug
Patients will receive oral anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor therapy for locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. Treatment will include alectinib.
The dosing regimen of alectinib, including starting dose and any subsequent adjustments, will be determined by the investigators based on clinical response and tolerability. Each treatment cycle is defined as 4 weeks.
Drug selection and dose modifications will be at the discretion of the investigators. Treatment will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal from the study.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| ALK Inhibitor Treatment | Experimental | Alectinib: 450 mg/day, administered orally, three times daily (one capsule per dose). Receives: Drug: Alectinib |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Objective response rate, defined as the proportion of patients achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.
Measured: Up to 24 weeks (or every 8-12 weeks per imaging assessment)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 May 2026
- Study start15 May 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion15 Jan 2029 (estimated)
- Study completion14 Apr 2029 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Bone CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by China Medical University HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 10 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Yi-Chin Fong, China Medical University Hospital
- Investigators
- Department of Orthopedics, Study director, China Medical University Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07560410
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CMUH115-REC2-048
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 24 Apr 2026
- Last updated
- 11 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Treatment of Truncated ALK-positive Bone Cancer Using Crizotinib (Xalkori) or Alectinib (Alecensa)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07560410
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CMUH115-REC2-048
- Conditions
- Bone Cancer
- Keywords
- bone cancer, Truncated ALK (ALKATI)
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 10 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- China Medical University HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 May 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 15 Jan 2029 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 14 Apr 2029 (estimated)
- First posted
- 1 May 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is an investigator-initiated, single-center clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of ALK inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. Eligible patients must have disease progression after standard therapy or no suitable standard treatment options.
Participants will receive either crizotinib (Xalkori®) or alectinib (Alecensa®), with treatment selection determined by the study investigators. The study aims to assess antitumor activity, safety, and clinical outcomes in this rare molecular subtype of bone cancer.
Detailed description
This is an investigator-initiated, single-center clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of ALK inhibitors in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. This molecular subtype has been associated with poor prognosis and limited response to conventional therapies.
Preclinical studies conducted by the study team have demonstrated that ALK inhibitors, including crizotinib (Xalkori®) and alectinib (Alecensa®), exhibit antitumor activity against bone cancer cells with truncated ALK expression. Based on these findings, this study aims to explore their therapeutic potential in a clinical setting.
Eligible patients are those who have experienced disease progression after standard treatment or have no appropriate standard treatment options available. Participants will receive oral ALK inhibitor therapy, with treatment selection and dose adjustments determined by the investigators based on clinical response and tolerability.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate antitumor activity in this rare molecular subset of bone cancer. Secondary objectives include safety, tolerability, and clinical outcomes.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| ALK Inhibitor Treatment | Experimental | Drug: AlectinibAlectinib: 450 mg/day, administered orally, three times daily (one capsule per dose). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Age ≥ 20 years.
- Patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring deficiency or alteration of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase.
- Disease progression during or within 6 months after completion of standard therapy, or no appropriate standard treatment available.
- At least one measurable lesion according to applicable response evaluation criteria.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2.
Key exclusion criteria (15 listed)
- Known hypersensitivity to crizotinib or alectinib.
- Current or prior use of ALK inhibitors.
- Current use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
- Receipt of radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to study entry. Palliative radiotherapy to non-target lesions is permitted.
- History of other malignancies, except for osteosarcoma or chondrosarcoma, unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 2 years. Exceptions include adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| AlectinibPatients will receive oral anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor therapy for locally advanced or metastatic bone cancer harboring truncated ALK (ALKATI) alterations. Treatment will include alectinib. The dosing regimen of alectinib, including starting dose and any subsequent adjustments, will be determined by the investigators based on clinical response and tolerability. Each treatment cycle is defined as 4 weeks. Drug selection and dose modifications will be at the discretion of the investigators. Treatment will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal from the study. | Drug | ALK Inhibitor Treatment |
Primary outcome
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Time frame: Up to 24 weeks (or every 8-12 weeks per imaging assessment)
Objective response rate, defined as the proportion of patients achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 May 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Department of Orthopedics study director
China Medical University Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1/2 study testing Alectinib in people with Bone Cancer, run by China Medical University Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 15 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this combined phase mean?
Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Yi-Chin Fong (+886-909-183-619, yichin.fong@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Objective Response Rate (ORR) (time frame: Up to 24 weeks (or every 8-12 weeks per imaging assessment)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 May 2026.