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Table 2 Completed clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with SCLC

From: Current and future therapies for small cell lung carcinoma

Study name

Trial number

Phase

Patients

Strategy

Drugs

N

ORR

Median OS

Median PFS

Safety (grade 3–4)

IMPOWER133

NCT02763579

3

ES-SCLC

PD-L1 inhibitor + Chemo

Atezolizumab + Chemo vs. Chemo

201 vs. 202

12.3 vs. 10.3 months

5.2 vs. 4.3 months

63% vs. 58%

RATIONALE 206

NCT03432598

2

ES-SCLC

PD-L1 inhibitor + Chemo

Tislelizumab + Chemo

17

77%

15.6 months

6.9 months

76.5%

RATIONALE 312

NCT04005716

3

ES-SCLC

PD-L1 inhibitor + Chemo

Tislelizumab + Chemo vs. Chemo

457

68.3% vs. 61.7%

15.5 months vs. 13.5 months

4.8 months vs. 4.3 months

85.5% vs. 86%

CheckMate 032

NCT01928394

1/2

LS/ES-SCLC

PD-1 inhibitor + CTLA-4 inhibitor

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab vs. Ipilimumab

147 vs. 96

11.6% vs. 21.9%

5.7 vs. 4.7 months

12.9% vs. 37.5%

CheckMate 451

NCT02538666

3

ES-SCLC

PD-1 inhibitor + CTLA-4 inhibitor

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab vs. Nivolumab vs. Placebo

279 vs. 280 vs. 275

9.1% vs. 11.5% vs. 4.2%

9.2 vs. 10.4 vs. 9.6 months

1.7 vs. 1.9 vs. 1.4 months

(85.6%/52.2%) vs. (60.9%/11.5%) vs. (50.2%/8.4%)

CheckMate 331

NCT02481830

3

Relapsed SCLC

PD-1 inhibitor vs. chemo

Nivolumab vs. Chemo

284 vs. 285

13.7% vs. 16.5%

7.5 vs. 8.4 months

1.4 vs. 3.8 months

13.8% vs. 73.2%

ETOP/IFCT 4–12 STIMULI

NCT02046733

2

LS-SCLC

PD-1 + CTLA-4 inhibitor vs. obsrvation after CRT plus PCI

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab vs. obsrvaton after CRT plus PCI

78 vs. 75

not reached

10.7 vs. 14,5 months

62% vs. 25%

-

NCT03026166

1/2

ES-SCLC

Rova-T + PD-1 inhibitor or CTLA-4 inhibitor

Rova-T + Nivolumab + Ipilimumab vs. Rova-T + Nivolumab

42

Not tolerated

-

NCT03325816

1

Relapsed ES-SCLC

Chemo + PD-1 inhibitor

Lutathera + Nivolumab

9

55.6%

KEYNOTE-604

NCT03066778

3

ES-SCLC

Chemo + PD-1 inhibitor

Pembrolizumab + Chemo vs. Chemo

228 vs. 225

70.6% vs. 61.8%

10.8 vs. 9.7 months

4.5 vs. 4.3 months

76.7% vs. 74.9%

CAPSTONE-1

NCT03711305

3

ES-SCLC

Chemo + PD-L1 inhibitor

Chemo + adebrelimab vs. Chemo

230 vs. 232

15.3 vs. 12.8 months

5.8 vs. 5.6 months

85% vs. 84%

ASTRUM-005

NCT04063163

3

ES-SCLC

Chemo + PD-1 inhibitor

Chemo + Serplulimab vs. Chemo

389 vs. 196

15.4 vs. 10.9 months

5.7 vs. 4.3 months

33.2% vs. 27.6%

CTR20192538/ETER701

NCT04234607

3

ES-SCLC

Chemo + anti-Angiogenesis + PD-L1 inhibitor

Chemo + anlotinib + benmelstobart vs. Chemo

246 vs. 247

81.3% vs. 66.8%

19.3 vs. 11.9 months

6.9 vs. 4.2 months

94.3% vs. 89%

EXTENTORCH

NCT04012606

3

ES-SCLC

Chemo + PD-1 inhibitor

Chemo + Toripalimab vs. Chemo

213 vs. 219

78% vs. 73.1%

14.6 vs. 13.3 months

5.8 vs. 5.6 months

89.6% vs. 89.4%

  1. Abbreviations: Chemo, chemotherapy; CRT, chemoradiation treatment; CTLA‐4, cytotoxic T‐lymphocyte–associated protein 4; NCT, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier; ORR, objective response rate; OS, overall survival; PCI, postoperative prophylactic cranial irradiation; PD‐1, programmed cell death protein 1; PD‐L1, programmed death‐ligand 1; PFS, progression‐free survival; Rova-T, rovalpituzumab tesirine