At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- APL-101 Oral Capsules (drug)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 110 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- APL-101 Oral Capsules — drug: Subjects will receive APL-101 capsules BID for oral administration.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
In plain English
This study is testing a drug called APL-101 in adults with advanced solid tumours (cancers), including lung cancer, whose cancers have changes in a gene called MET. These changes include MET 'exon 14 skipping' mutations, MET amplification (extra copies of the gene), and MET fusions. People joining must have a MET-related change in their cancer that has not previously been treated with a MET inhibitor.
Who can take part
- Adults aged 18 or over
- Have an advanced or spread (metastatic) solid tumour with a specific MET gene change, such as exon 14 skipping (in lung cancer), MET amplification, MET fusion, or high levels of HGF and MET proteins
- Most groups include people whose cancer has not responded to, or who could not tolerate, standard treatment, with no more than 3 previous courses of treatment for advanced disease — one lung cancer group takes people who have had no treatment yet
- Have at least one tumour that can be measured on a scan done within 28 days before the first dose
- Be well enough in daily life (performance status 0–1, or a Karnofsky score of at least 70 for people with brain tumours)
- Have acceptable organ and heart function, and an expected life expectancy of at least 3 months
- Provide a tumour sample (stored or new biopsy) or a blood sample ('liquid biopsy') to confirm the MET change — some people with earlier approved MET test results may not need this
- Cancer spread to the brain or spinal fluid is allowed if it causes no symptoms
- For people who have had cancer treatment before, enough time must have passed (30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter) and side effects must have settled
Who may not be able to
- Allergic reaction to APL-101 or its ingredients
- Having certain other gene changes in the cancer (EGFR, ALK, ROS1, RET, NTRK, KRAS or BRAF), except EGFR in some lung cancer groups
- Taking any other experimental treatment, including herbal medicines
- Active uncontrolled infection, including active COVID-19; some people with well-controlled HIV or hepatitis may still join
- Serious heart problems, such as a heart attack or unstable angina in the past year, or a heart-rhythm condition that lengthens the QT interval on a heart trace
- Untreated hepatitis B or C with high viral loads
- Significant mental illness, or alcohol or drug misuse, that could make taking part in the study unsafe or difficult
- Unable to swallow tablets whole, or a stomach or gut problem that could affect how the drug is absorbed
- Breastfeeding
- Another cancer in the past 3 years, unless it is a type considered cured or unlikely to come back (for example, treated skin, cervical, bladder, thyroid or prostate cancers)
- Unable or unwilling to stop certain medicines that can affect heart rhythm or interact with APL-101
- Brain or spinal fluid cancer spread that causes symptoms or needs increasing steroid doses (people on a stable steroid dose for at least 2 weeks may be allowed)
- Major surgery planned within 4 weeks of the first dose
What taking part involves
- • Taking APL-101 by mouth as tablets
- • For one group of people with lung cancer (EGFR-positive cancer that has become resistant to EGFR inhibitor treatment), APL-101 is added on top of their existing EGFR inhibitor treatment
- • Regular scans to measure the cancer (at least one scan before treatment starts)
- • Providing a tumour or blood sample for laboratory testing of the MET change
- • Not stated whether other details — ask the trial team
Time commitment: The data does not state how long treatment lasts or how often visits happen — ask the trial team; taking part involves regular hospital visits, scans, taking tablets, and providing tumour or blood samples.
Plain-English summary (AI-generated) from registry data. Not eligibility advice — only the trial team can confirm whether you can take part. Use the eligibility checker to see how your health profile matches this trial.
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 18 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 497
- Started
- 2017-09-27
- Last checked
- 2025-06
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for solid tumors
- • Phase2 - 497 participants
- • To assess: * efficacy of APL-101 as monotherapy for the treatment of NSCLC harboring MET Exon 14 skipping mutations, NSCLC harboring MET amplification, solid tumors harboring MET amplification, solid tumors harboring MET fusion, primary CNS tumors harboring MET alterations, solid tumors harboring wild-type MET with overexpression of HGF and MET * efficacy of APL-101 as an add-on therapy to EGFR inhibitor for the treatment of NSCLC harboring EGFR activating mutations and developed acquired resistance with MET amplification and disease progression after documented CR or PR with 1st line EGFR inhibitors (EGFR-I)
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with solid tumors
Where?
- • London - University College London Hospital
- • Manchester - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- • Surrey Quays - Royal Marsden Hospital - Surrey
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
To assess: * efficacy of APL-101 as monotherapy for the treatment of NSCLC harboring MET Exon 14 skipping mutations, NSCLC harboring MET amplification, solid tumors harboring MET amplification, solid tumors harboring MET fusion, primary CNS tumors harboring MET alterations, solid tumors harboring wild-type MET with overexpression of HGF and MET * efficacy of APL-101 as an add-on therapy to EGFR inhibitor for the treatment of NSCLC harboring EGFR activating mutations and developed acquired resistance with MET amplification and disease progression after documented CR or PR with 1st line EGFR inhibitors (EGFR-I)
More detail
Phase 1 (lead-in stage of this study) enrollment has been completed. In this Phase 2 study, efficacy, safety, and tolerability will be assessed in the following cohorts: * Cohort A-1: NSCLC EXON 14 skip mutation, previously untreated, MET inhibitor naive (c-Met naïve, 1L) * Cohort A-2: NSCLC EXON 14 skip mutation, previously treated with ≤ 3 prior lines in unresectable or metastatic setting, MET inhibitor naive (c-Met naïve, 2/3L) * Cohort B: NSCLC EXON 14 skip mutation, previously treated with ≤ 3 prior lines in unresectable or metastatic setting, MET inhibitor experienced (c-Met experienced; progressed on prior c-Met inhibitor) * Cohort C: basket of tumor types (e.g., NSCLC, upper gastrointestinal \[GI\], colorectal, hepatobiliary cancer) harboring MET amplification except for primary CNS tumors, previously treated or previously untreated but refused standard treatment, or if treatment was unavailable or unfeasible (≤ 3 prior lines in unresectable or metastatic setting), MET inhibitor naïve * Cohort C-1: NSCLC harboring MET amplification and wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), previously treated; or untreated but refused standard treatment, or if treatment was unavailable or unfeasible (≤ 3 prior lines in unresectable or metastatic setting), MET inhibitor naïve * Cohort C-2: EGFR positive NSCLC harboring MET amplification as an acquired resistance, documented response with first-line EGFR-Inhibitor (PR or CR per RECIST ≥ 12 weeks), radiological documentation of disease progression per RECIST on first-line EGFR inhibitor therapy, MET inhibitor naïve * Cohort D: basket of tumor types except for primary CNS tumors harboring MET gene fusions (e.g., NSCLC, upper GI, colorectal, hepatobiliary cancer), previously treated; or previously untreated but refused standard treatment, or if treatment was unavailable or unfeasible (≤ 3 prior lines in unresectable or metastatic setting), MET inhibitor naïve * Cohort E: primary CNS tumors with MET alterations (single or co-occurred MET fusion including PTPRZ1-MET \[ZM\] fusion, MET Exon 14 skipping mutation, or MET amplification), previously treated or previously untreated but refused standard treatment, or if treatment was unavailable or unfeasible (≤ 3 prior lines), MET inhibitor naïve * Cohort F: basket of tumor types harboring wild-type MET with over-expression of HGF and MET (e.g., NSCLC, upper GI, colorectal, hepatobiliary cancer or primary CNS tumors), previously treated; or previously untreated but refused standard treatment, or if treatment was unavailable or unfeasible (≤ 3 prior lines in unresectable or metastatic setting), MET inhibitor naïve
How this trial compares with your answers
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What we know so far
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
- How fit you need to be: ECOG 0 or better
Biomarkers mentioned
Treatment history
Treatments you must have had:
- ✓ in the unresectable
What the study is looking for
- ✓Men and women 18 years of age or older.
- ✓9 cohorts will be enrolled:
- ✓Cohort B / Exon 14 NSCLC MET inhibitor experienced: ENROLLMENT COMPLETED
- ✓Treated or untreated not causing symptoms parenchymal CNS disease or leptomeningeal disease is allowed.
- ✓Presence of ≥1 measurable lesion (scan done ≤28 days of C1D1) to serve as target lesion according to relevant criteria
Who cannot take part
- ✗Hypersensitivity to APL-101, excipients of the drug product, or other components of the study treatment regimen.
- ✗Known actionable mutation/gene rearrangement of EGFR (except for NSCLC subjects in Cohort C and C-2), ALK, ROS1,...
- ✗Use or intended use of any other the the study treatment, including herbal medications, through Study Treatment...
- ✗Unable to swallow orally administered medication whole.
- ✗Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter drug absorption
See the full criteria
Where Is This Study? (3 UK sites)
University College London Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Rajinder Sidhu - Associate Director, Research Governance and Operations
uclh.jro-communications@nhs.net020 3447 9825The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden Hospital - Surrey
Surrey Quays, United Kingdom
How to Get in Touch
Emma (Xiaoning) Cai
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