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Patient Perspective: Hope for ALK+ NSCLC Patients
Jeff Sturm reflects on the emotional reality of living with ALK-positive cancer and the role gratitude, kindness, and community can play in helping patients and families hold onto hope.
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Clinical Trials Update: TRI-116: Molecular Glue Degraders for Dummies
The ALK-positive community is buzzing about a cutting-edge clinical trial currently recruiting for those with ALK-positive lung cancer. The experimental medication TRI-116 is an ALK molecular glue degrader. A Google search of “molecular glue degrader for cancer” will lead you to terms like proteasome, ubiquitin, and E3 ligase. If your eyes glaze over when you…
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Six Facts About Clinical Research Participation for ALK-Positive Lung Cancer Patients
by Dr. Ken Culver, Executive Director and Medical Director, ALK Positive, Inc.
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Patient Perspective: Alternative Nuvalent drug for patients disqualified from NVL-655 due to liver toxicity
Jeff Sturm shares his experience accessing the investigational drug zidesamtinib through a single-patient IND after discontinuing the NVL-655 trial due to liver toxicity. His story highlights how physicians, researchers, and companies sometimes work together to explore additional options for patients.
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True or False: Test Your Knowledge of Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are often misunderstood. This short quiz explores common myths and facts about trials, helping patients better understand participation, safety, and the role research plays in improving outcomes for ALK-positive cancers.
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A Study of Gilteritinib in Adults with Advanced ALK-Positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Sponsored by Astellas
This trial is for patients progressing on >1 prior ALK inhibitor with measurable, locally advanced or metastatic, ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer who have experienced alectinib as their only prior ALK inhibitor regimen, or have received lorlatinib as one of their prior ALK inhibitor regimens.
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Clinical Trial Spotlight: Recruiting for Early-Stage ALK-Positive Lung Cancer
For years, people with ALK-positive lung cancer have faced a frustrating reality: while targeted therapies have transformed outcomes for stage IV disease, treatment for earlier stages has lagged behind. For stage I–III cancers—where surgery, chemo, or radiation may be a cure—there’s been little clarity on whether targeted drugs could reduce recurrence and improve survival.
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Instructions and Call for Patient Participation in The University of Michigan Judith Tam ALK Lung Cancer Research Initiative
Help Advance Personalized ALK+ Research with the University of Michigan The Judith Tam ALK Lung Cancer Research Initiative at the University of Michigan is leading a groundbreaking effort to better understand and treat ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). By collecting patient samples—blood, tumor tissue, and malignant fluid—over time, researchers are building a deep, individualized…
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Clinical Trial Spotlight: Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for ALK-Positive NSCLC at Moffitt Cancer Center
For ALK-positive patients who have progressed after targeted therapy, a new clinical trial at Moffitt Cancer Center offers renewed hope. This Phase 1 study explores an enhanced form of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) therapy—empowering a patient’s own immune cells with a genetic boost to better recognize and fight cancer. With its focus on ALK, EGFR, ROS1,…
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Patient Spotlight: Rick Meyer
We interviewed long term survivor Rick Meyer on his experience with multiple ALK TKIs, his participation in the Nuvalent clinical trial for almost two years and counting, and his overall attitude to life as a thriving ALK patient.
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Clinical Trials for ALK-positive Cancers – Are They for Me?
Should I enroll in a clinical trial for ALK-positive cancer? The decision to enroll in a clinical trial requires a real understanding of what is being studied and how you