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Table 3 Ongoing 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

Trial number

Phase

Patients

Strategy

Drugs

N

ORR

Median OS

Median PFS

Safety (grade 3–4)

NCT03043872

3

ES-SCLC

PD-L1 inhibitor + Chemo

Durvalumab + Chemo vs. Chemo

268 vs. 269

13.0 vs. 10.3 months

5.1 vs. 5.4 months

62% vs. 62%

NCT03728361

2

Metastatic NEN

PD-1 inhibitor + chemo

Nivolumab + temozolomide

11(Lung) vs. 17(Others)

64% vs. 18%

NR vs. 32.3 months

11.1 vs. 7.2 months

43% (of all)

NCT02402920

1

ES-SCLC

Chemo + TRT + PD-1 inhibitor

Chemo + TRT + Pembrolizumab

38

8.4 months

6.1 months

0%

NCT04624204

1/2

LS-SCLC

CRT + PD-1 inhibitor

CRT + Pembrolizumab

40

39.5 months

19.7 months

45/40

  1. Abbreviations: Chemo, chemotherapy; CRT, chemoradiation treatment; NCT, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier; NEN, neuroendocrine neoplasms; ORR, objective response rate; OS, overall survival; PD‐1, programmed cell death protein 1; PD‐L1, programmed death‐ligand 1; PFS, progression‐free survival; TRT, thoracic radiotherapy