Inclusion Criteria
Participants are eligible to be included in the study only if all of the following criteria apply:
1. Male or female participants ≥18years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form.
2. Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable locally advanced (Stage IIIB and IIIC) or metastatic (Stage IV) NSCLC (according to the lung cancer staging criteria, refer to the eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer \[AJCC\] Lung Cancer Staging).
3. Have a documented EGFR positive mutation (EGFR classic mutations including ex19del and ex21 L858R, uncommon mutations and ex20 insertion mutations) in tumor tissue samples or pleural fluid or blood samples.
4. For Phase Ib dose escalation: have disease progression after the existing standard of care or intolerance to the existing standard of care or inappropriate or no effective standard of care is available (standard of care is defined as treatment recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network \[NCCN\] guidelines \[including but not limited to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy based on mutation status, immunotherapy, and surgery\]). For participants who are considered intolerant to or ineligible for available standard therapy, or for whom effective standard therapy does not exist, the documentation of these reasons is required.
For Phase Ib dose optimization and Phase II study: have or haven't received prior standard systemic therapy for advanced disease.
Standard systemic therapy is referred to as (country-specific approved treatment will also be applied):
* EGFR classic mutations: EGFR-TKIs alone or in combination (examples, gefitinib and osimertinib with or without chemotherapy) for ex19del and ex21 L858R. Osimertinib or other third-generation EGFR TKI for T790M mutation.
* EGFR uncommon mutations: EGFR-TKIs or chemotherapy for uncommon mutations including but not limited to G719X, S768I, L861Q mutations.
* EGFR exon 20 activating insertions: chemotherapy with or without amivantamab or country-specific approved EGFR TKIs.
5. For China only: the presence of MET amplification and/or overexpression in tumor tissue samples or pleural fluid or blood samples collected after progression on prior EGFR-TKI treatment, confirmed by a central /local laboratory.
MET amplification is defined as the presence of MET amplification confirmed by nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) technology or mean MET gene copy number (GCN) ≥ 4 per cell or the ratio of MET to chromosome enumerating probe against chromosome 7 (MET/CEP7) ≥2.0 confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) testing.
MET overexpression is defined as immunohistochemistry (IHC) ≥ 2+ (local or central lab test results are accepted).
6. Have at least one measurable target lesion as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1.
7. ECOG PS ≤ 1.
8. Life expectancy of ≥12 weeks, in the opinion of the investigator.
9. Adequate organ function as determined by medical evaluation (within 7 days prior to study treatment) including:
* Adequate hematologic status, defined as: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L, hemoglobin ≥90 g/L, platelets ≥75×109/L. Platelet transfusions are not permitted within 3 days, red blood cell transfusions are not permitted within 14 days, hematopoietic growth factors are not permitted within 7 days (14 days for PEGylated granulocyte colony stimulating factor \[G-CSF\] or erythropoietin) prior to obtaining these laboratory values.
* Adequate hepatic function, defined as: serum TBIL ≤1.5× ULN (in participants with known Gilbert's syndrome, TBIL ≤3× ULN with direct bilirubin ≤1.5× ULN), serum ALT or AST ≤2.5× ULN (or 5.0× ULN for documented liver metastasis).
* Adequate renal function, defined as: creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min (calculated by Cockcroft-Gault formula or CKD EPI formula \[Appendix 4 of Section 12.4\]).
* Adequate coagulation profile, defined as (including if receiving anticoagulant therapy):
prothrombin time (PT)\< 1.5 × ULN, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)\< 1.5 × ULN. If the participant is on anticoagulant therapy, must be on a stable dose of anticoagulant for at least1month prior to the study treatment.
10. Female participants should be using adequate contraceptive measures until 90 days after the EOT, should not be breast feeding and must have a negative serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) pregnancy test within 7 days prior to start of dosing if of childbearing potential; or must have evidence of non-child bearing potential by fulfilling one of the following criteria at screening.
* Achieved postmenopausal status, refer to NCCN Guidelines for Breast Cancer (2024V3.0) for the detailed definition of menopause.
* Documentation of irreversible surgical sterilization by hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral salpingectomy but not tubal ligation.
11. Male participants of childbearing potential are required to use adequate contraception (i.e., barrier method of birth control), during their participation in the study and for 90 days following the EOT. Male participants must also refrain from donating sperm during their participation in the study and for 90 days following the last dose of study treatment.
12. Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form and in this study.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants are excluded from the study if any of the following criteria apply:
1. Have other known primary driver gene alterations. For example, NSCLC with a targetable alteration in ALK, RET, ROS1, BRAF, KRAS, etc. The investigators should discuss enrollment with the sponsor regarding co-mutations.
2. Prior treated with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) targeted therapy or other MET-TKIs (including Type I and Type II), e.g., gulmonertinib, savolitinib, capmatinib, tepotinib, bozitinib, cabozantinib, glenitinib and almonertinib.
3. Participation in other therapeutic clinical trials within 28 days prior to the first dose of study treatment.
4. Received anti-tumor therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, biological therapy or other anti-tumor therapy, except for hormones for hypothyroidism or estrogen replacement therapy, anti-estrogen analogs, and agonists required to inhibit serum testosterone levels) within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) of the first dose of study treatment. The following exceptions are:
* Nitrosourea or mitomycin-C within 6 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
* Chinese medicines with anti-tumor indications within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment.
5. Radiotherapy with a wide field of radiation within 28 days, or radiotherapy with a limited field of radiation for palliation within 14 days of the first dose of study treatment.
Participants must have recovered from all radiation related toxicity, not requiring corticosteroids.
6. Major surgery, other than diagnostic surgery, within 4 weeks of the first study treatment or is expected during the study.
7. Toxicities of prior therapy have not been resolved to Grade ≤1 or to baseline, as evaluated by NCI-CTCAE v5.0. NOTE: Participants with Grade 2 toxicities can be enrolled if the toxicities as stable and do not affect the safety of participating in this study (e.g., alopecia, skin hyperpigmentation, neuropathy).
8. History of another primary malignancy that has been diagnosed or required therapy within the past 3 years (other than adequately treated local basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; or any other cancer in situ currently in complete remission).
9. Have central nervous system (CNS) metastases that are symptomatic or clinically unstable or require increased steroid dose to manage CNS symptoms within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study treatment.
* Participants with symptomatic CNS metastases may participate in the study providing that symptoms are controlled after treatment, clinically stable for at least 4 weeks and have no evidence of new or enlarged brain metastases.
* Participants with carcinomatous meningitis or meningeal metastases, or spinal cord compression are excluded regardless of clinical stability.
* Participants with asymptomatic CNS metastases with a maximum diameter of brain metastases \<3 cm by imaging (such as MRI) without significant cerebral edema are eligible for the study.
10. Participants with clinically uncontrollable third-space effusion, including but not limited to pleural effusion, peritoneal effusion or pericardial effusion, are assessed by the investigator to be unsuitable for the study treatment.
11. Participants receiving unstable or increasing doses of corticosteroids. For participants receiving corticosteroids for endocrine deficiencies or symptoms associated to their disease (excluding CNS disease), the dose must have been stabilized (or reduced) for at least 14 days before the first dose of study treatment.
12. Have a history of or ongoing severe retinopathy.
13. Presence of serious cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease, including but not limited to:
* Mean resting corrected QT interval corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) \>470 msec obtained from triplicate 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs).
* Symptomatic heart failure per New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification Class II or above.
* Baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below institution's lower limit of normal (LLN) or \<50% if assessed by echocardiography (ECHO) or Multigated Radionuclide Angiography (MUGA).
* Any clinically important abnormalities in rhythm, conduction or morphology of resting ECG, e.g., complete left bundle branch block, third degree heart block, cardiac ventricular arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy.
* Presence of any factors that increase the risk of QTc prolongation or the risk of arrhythmia, such as heart failure, hypokalemia, congenital long QT syndrome, family history of long QT syndrome, or use of any concomitant medication known to prolong the QT interval within 14 days prior to the first dose of study treatment.
* Any of the following within 6 months prior to the first dose of the study treatment: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident, or transient ischemic attack.
14. As judged by the investigator, any evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases, including but not limited to:
* Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as a systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥160 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥100 mmHg despite medical therapy. Participant with a history of hypertension is allowed if BP is stable and controlled within these limits by antihypertensive treatment.
* Previous history of, or presence of clinically symptomatic or at high risk for interstitial lung disease or interstitial pneumonitis, including radiation pneumonitis (i.e., affecting activities of daily living or requiring therapeutic treatment).
* Unstable or uncompensated respiratory and renal disease, active bleeding diseases.
15. Uncontrolled concurrent infection including but not limited to:
* Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
* If hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is positive, HBV DNA assay should be performed. Participants may be eligible if HBV DNA test value ≤ ULN.
* If HCV antibody is positive, HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) assay should be performed. Participants may be eligible if HCV RNA negative.
* Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or known history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
* Syphilis positive.
* Active tuberculosis infection.
* Onset period of keratitis or ulcerative keratitis.
* Other active infections requiring systemic treatment within 14 days prior to the first dose of study treatment.
16. Unwilling or unable to comply with the requirements of oral drug administration, or presence of gastrointestinal disorders such as refractory nausea and vomiting, any acute or chronic gastrointestinal disorder, inability to swallow the formulation, or prior major bowel resection that may prevent adequate absorption of ANS014004 or PLB1004.
17. Hypersensitivity to ANS014004, PLB1004 or their excipients, or history of allergic reactions to ANS014004 and PLB1004 with similar chemical or biological structure or similar drugs.
18. Concomitant use of drugs metabolized by P-glycoprotein (P-gp)/breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) or OCT2/OATP1B1/MATE1, or moderate or strong inducers or inhibitors of P-gp/BCRP or CYP2B6/CYP2C9/CYP2C19/OCT2/OATP1B1/MATE1 within 5 half-lives before the use of the study treatment. For dose escalation part only: concomitant treatment with moderate or strong P-gp/BCRP or CYP2C8/CYP2D6/CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors within 5 half-lives prior to administration of study treatment.
19. In receipt of any live attenuated vaccination within 30 days prior to the first dose of study therapy.
20. Have a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant's ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
21. Have prior or ongoing clinically significant illness, medical condition, surgical history, physical findings, or laboratory abnormality that, in the investigator's opinion, would not be in the best interest of the participant; or that could alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or excretion of the study treatment; or impair the assessment of study results.
