Articles related to SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (SCLC)

A randomized phase II trial has found that consolidation therapy with nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) after chemoradiotherapy did not lead to better survival outcomes for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The study enrolled 222 patients with stage I-IIIB histologically or cytologically confirmed limited-disease SCLC, and adequate hematologic, renal, lung, and pulmonary function. The combination regimen yielded no improvement in overall survival, and grade 3 adverse events were approximately 2.5 times more common in the dual therapy group.

A once-hopeful antibody-drug conjugate for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) failed to demonstrate a survival benefit in two large, randomized studies, and was found to be mostly toxic. The negative trial results have led to the end of a drug that was considered a promising potential antidote to deadly SCLC.

The Journal of Clinical Oncology published the double-blind, phase 3 KEYNOTE-604 clinical trial study results, which sought to compare pembrolizumab plus etoposide and platinum (EP) with placebo plus EP in treatment-naïve patients with ES-SCLC.

Based on monotherapy data from an open-label, multi-center, single-arm study of 105 adults with platinum-sensitive and platinum-resistant SCLC that progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy, the FDA granted accelerated approval to lurbinectedin (Zepzelca; Jazz Pharmaceuticals and PharmaMar).