Therapeutic Response

v::ALK status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Brigatinib in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Statements

Source and description
Alunbrig (brigatinib) [package insert]. FDA. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to brigatinib for the treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as detected by an FDA-approved test.
Alunbrig (brigatinib) [product monograph]. HC. Health Canada approved brigatinib as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with ALK-positive, locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is not amenable to curative therapy.