Alectinib potential new standard of care for ALK-positive non-small lung cancer

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Results of a 303-patient, multi-national phase III clinical trial known as ALEX published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented concurrently at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2017 argue for alectinib replacing crizotinib as first-line standard of care in advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.