Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada.

Health Canada approved alectinib for the first-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive, locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is not amenable to curative therapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

ALECENSARO (alectinib) is indicated for the first-line treatment of patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive, locally advanced (not amenable to curative therapy) or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Citation

Hoffmann-La Roche Limited. Alecensaro (alectinib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00078825.PDF. Revised March 2025. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	v::ALK	Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Alectinib