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NCT Number: NCT05091567

A Phase III, Open-Label Study of Maintenance Lurbinectedin in Combination With Atezolizumab Compared With Atezolizumab in Participants With Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Study GO43104 is a Phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter study of lurbinectedin in combination with atezolizumab compared with atezolizumab alone administered as maintenance therapy in participants with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) after first-line induction therapy with carboplatin, etoposide, and atezolizumab. The study consists of 2 phases: an induction phase and a maintenance phase. Participants need to have an ongoing response or stable disease per the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) v1.1 criteria after completion of 4 cycles of carboplatin, etoposide, and atezolizumab induction treatment in order to be considered for eligibility screening for the maintenance phase. Eligible participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either lurbinectedin plus atezolizumab or atezolizumab in the maintenance phase.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Institut Jules Bordet, Anderlecht, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

for the Induction Phase:

  • ECOG PS of 0 or 1
  • No prior systemic therapy for ES-SCLC
  • Treatment-free for at least 6 months since last chemo/radiotherapy, among those treated (with curative intent) with prior chemo/radiotherapy for limited-stage SCLC
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed ES-SCLC
  • Adequate hematologic and end-organ function to receive 4 cycles of induction treatment with carboplatin, etoposide and atezolizumab
  • Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST v1.1
  • Negative HIV test and no evidence of active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C at screening

Exclusion criteria

for the Induction Phase:

  • Presence or history of CNS metastases
  • Active or history of autoimmune disease or deficiency
  • History of malignancies other than SCLC within 5 years prior to enrollment
  • Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, including anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibodies, or lurbinectedin or trabectedin
  • History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Treatment with investigational therapy within 28 days prior to enrollment

Inclusion criteria

for the Maintenance Phase:

  • ECOG PS of 0 or 1
  • Ongoing response or stable disease per RECIST 1.1 after 4 cycles of induction therapy
  • Toxicities attributed to prior induction anti-cancer therapy or PCI resolved to Grade <=1
  • Adequate hematologic and end-organ function

Exclusion criteria

for the Maintenance Phase:

  • Presence or history of CNS metastases
  • Receiving consolidative chest radiation
  • Severe infection within 2 weeks prior to randomization into the maintenance
  • Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics at the time of randomization

Treatment and study plan

Atezolizumab

Drug

Atezolizumab will be administered intravenously at a fixed dose of 1200 mg on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle for 4 cycles in the induction phase. Atezolizumab will be administered intravenously at a fixed dose of 1200 mg on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle in the maintenance phase.

Other names: Tecentriq, RO5541267

Lurbinectedin

Drug

Lurbinectedin 3.2 mg/m² will be administered intravenously on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle in the maintenance phase.

Other names: PM01183/JZP712

carboplatin

Drug

Carboplatin will be administered according to the standard of care treatment for 4 cycles in the induction phase.

etoposide

Drug

Etoposide will be administered according to the standard of care treatment for 4 cycles in the induction phase.

Primary outcomes

  1. Randomized Phase: Independent Review Facility (IRF) - Assessed Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of first documented PD as determined by the IRF according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) or death, whichever occurs first. PD was defined as appearance of a new lesion(s), unequivocal progression in non-target lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on the study including baseline (nadir). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 millimetres (mm).

  2. Randomized Phase: Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    OS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of death from any cause.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Randomized Phase: Investigator-assessed PFS

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of first documented PD as assessed by investigator according to RECIST v1.1 or death, whichever occurs first. PD was defined as appearance of a new lesion(s), unequivocal progression in non-target lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on the study including baseline (nadir). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm.

  2. Randomized Phase: Confirmed Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Determined by the IRF

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    ORR was defined as the percentage of participants with an objective tumor response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as determined by the IRF using RECIST v.1.1. CR was defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions or any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD. Percentages have been rounded off.

  3. Randomized Phase: Confirmed ORR as Determined by the Investigator

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    ORR was defined as the percentage of participants with an objective tumor response of CR or PR as determined by the investigator using RECIST v.1.1. CR was defined as the disappearance of all target and non-target lesions. Any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD.

  4. Randomized Phase: Duration of Response (DOR) as Determined by the IRF

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    DOR was calculated for participants who had a best confirmed OR of CR/PR. DOR= time from first occurrence of a documented OR until the time of documented PD as determined by IRF assessment using RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. CR=disappearance of all target and non-target lesions or any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) having a reduction in short axis to <10 mm. PR= at least a 30% decrease in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD. PD was defined as appearance of a new lesion(s), unequivocal progression in non-target lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on the study including baseline (nadir). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm.

  5. Randomized Phase: DOR as Determined by the Investigator

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    DOR was calculated for participants who had a best confirmed OR of CR/PR. DOR= time from first occurrence of a documented OR until the time of documented PD as determined by investigator using RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. CR=disappearance of all target and non-target lesions or any pathological lymph nodes (whether target or non-target) having a reduction in short axis to <10 mm. PR= at least a 30% decrease in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD. PD was defined as appearance of a new lesion(s), unequivocal progression in non-target lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on the study including baseline (nadir). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm.

  6. Randomized Phase: Percentage of Participants With PFS as Determined by the IRF at 6 Months and 12 Months

    Time frame: Months 6 and 12

    PFS rate at 6 months and 12 months was defined as the percentage of participants who had not experienced PD as determined by the IRF according to RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause at 6 months and 12 months after randomization. PD was defined as appearance of a new lesion(s), unequivocal progression in non-target lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on the study including baseline (nadir). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. Percentages have been rounded off.

  7. Randomized Phase: Percentage of Participants With PFS Determined by Investigator at 6 Months and 12 Months

    Time frame: Months 6 and 12

    PFS rate at 6 months and 12 months was defined as the percentage of participants who had not experienced PD as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause at 6 months and 12 months after randomization. PD was defined as appearance of a new lesion(s), unequivocal progression in non-target lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on the study including baseline (nadir). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. Percentages have been rounded off.

  8. Randomized Phase: Percentage of Participants With OS at 12 Months and 24 Months

    Time frame: Months 12 and 24

    OS rate at 12 months and 24 months was defined as the percentage of participants who had not experienced death from any cause at 12 months and 24 months after randomization. Percentages have been rounded off.

  9. Randomized Phase: Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI)

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    An AE =any unfavorable & unintended sign (including abnormal laboratory values/abnormal clinical test results), symptoms/disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether considered related to the pharmaceutical product. SAE=any significant hazard, contraindication, side effect that is fatal or life-threatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, is medically significant or requires intervention to prevent one or other of the outcomes listed above. AESI= drug induced liver injury, suspected transmission of infectious agent via study treatment, hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, hypersensitivity, etc. AESIs may include events not specified in the protocol.

  10. Randomized Phase: Number of Participants With Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADAs) to Atezolizumab

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    For determining post-baseline incidence, participants were considered to be ADA-positive if they were ADA-negative or had missing data at baseline but developed at least one positive post-baseline ADA result during the randomized phase, or if they were ADA-positive at baseline and the titer of 1 or more post-baseline samples was at least 0.60 titer units (t.u.) greater than the baseline titer result.

  11. Randomized Phase: Time to Confirmed Deterioration (TTCD) in Physical Functioning (PF) and Global Health Status (GHS) as Measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQC30)

    Time frame: Up to 26 months

    EORTC QLQ-C30=30 questions assessing 5 aspects of participant functioning(physical,emotional,role,cognitive &social),3 symptom scales,GHS/QoL & 6 single items.PF scale=5 questions about participants PF & daily activities(strenuous activities,long walks,short walks,bed/chair rest & needing help with eating,dressing,washing themselves/using the toilet).PF scale scored on 4-point scale(1=Not at All-4=Very Much).GHS/QoL scored on 7-point scale(1=Very Poor- 7=Excellent).Scores were linearly transformed to a range of 0-100,higher scores=higher response level & better QoL.TTCD for PF & GHS/QoL=time from the date of randomization until first confirmed clinically meaningful deterioration,which is decrease from baseline in PF/GHS score that must be held for at least 2 consecutive assessments/initial decrease above baseline followed by death attributable to cancer progression within 6 weeks of the last deteriorated assessment.Score change≥10-point change in subscale score,considered meaningful.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hoffmann-La Roche

Industry

Collaborators

  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase III, Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study of Lurbinectedin in Combination With Atezolizumab Compared With Atezolizumab as Maintenance Therapy in Participants With Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) Following First-Line Induction Therapy With Carboplatin, Etoposide and Atezolizumab

Acronym: IMforte

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2028
First posted
Oct 25, 2021
Registry last updated
Jun 29, 2026

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