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NCT Number: NCT07739758

A Study of YL201 in Combination With Serplulimab in Participants With Treatment-naïve Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

This trial is a registrational Phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter study to compare the efficacy and safety of YL201 in combination with serplulimab versus standard-of-care carboplatin and etoposide in combination with serplulimab as first-line treatment in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Voluntarily sign the written informed consent form and comply with the protocol requirements
  • Age ≥18 years.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).
  • No prior systemic treatment for ES-SCLC.
  • At least one extracranial measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1.
  • Adequate organ function.
  • Life expectancy ≥3 months.

Exclusion criteria

  • Any histological types of transformed SCLC or combined SCLC.
  • History of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) of CTCAE Grade ≥3 during prior immunotherapy, or unresolved adverse events from previous antitumor therapy.
  • Major surgery (excluding diagnostic procedures) or severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to randomization or planned major surgery during the study period.
  • History of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
  • Presence of active brain metastases, brainstem metastases, or leptomeningeal metastases.
  • Presence of severe and uncontrolled cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease.
  • History of interstitial lung disease (ILD) /pneumonitis requiring steroid treatment, or current diagnosis of ILD/pneumonitis, or concurrent pulmonary disease leading to clinically severe impairment of respiratory function.
  • Active autoimmune or inflammatory diseases within 2 years prior to randomization.
  • Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to randomization, or active infection requiring intravenous anti-infective therapy within 2 weeks or oral anti-infective therapy within 1 week prior to randomization.
  • Known active tuberculosis or active syphilis infection.
  • History of immunodeficiency or positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies test.
  • Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Participants with inactive HBV infection must receive antiviral therapy throughout the study.
  • History of other primary malignancies within 5 years prior to randomization.
  • Known hypersensitivity to any component of the investigational product.
  • Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or who plan to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study period.
  • Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for study participation.

Treatment and study plan

YL201

Drug

YL201 will be administered by intravenous infusion at a dose of 2.0 mg/kg on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle.

Treatment will continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, whichever occurs first. The total number of treatment cycles of YL201 in this study is not fixed,

Other names: Tam-Peli, Tambotatug Pelitecan

Serplulimab

Drug

Serplulimab will be administered by intravenous infusion at a dose of 300mg on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle.

Treatment will continue until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The maximum treatment duration for serplulimab will be 2 years.

carboplatin

Drug

Carboplatin will be administered by intravenous infusion at a dose of AUC 5 on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle.

Carboplatin treatment will be administered for up to 4 cycles.

etoposide

Drug

Etoposide will be administered by intravenous infusion at a dose of 100 mg/m2 on Days 1 to 3 of each 3-week cycle.

Etoposide treatment will be administered for up to 4 cycles.

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 5 years

    OS duration is defined as the difference in time from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause. OS was estimated using KM methodology.

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by BIRC

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    PFS, as assessed by Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC), is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented progressive disease (PD) based on BIRC imaging assessment, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by investigator

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    PFS assessed by investigator is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented PD based on investigator assessment, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

  2. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    ORR is defined as the percentage of participants with (confirmed) complete response or partial response as assessed according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1.

  3. Disease control rate (DCR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    DCR is defined as the percentage of participants with (confirmed) complete response, partial response, or stable disease as assessed according to RECIST v1.1

  4. Duration of response (DOR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    DOR is defined as the time from the first documented objective response to the first documented disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

  5. Time to response (TTR)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    TTR is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented objective response.

  6. Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) are defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new onset or worsening) that occurs after initiation of YL201, or any worsening of a pre-existing condition during YL201 treatment.

    TEAEs will be graded and summarized by type, frequency, and severity according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE), version 6.0.

  7. Pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    PK parameters of YL201 and serplulimab will be evaluated.

  8. Anti-drug antibody (ADA)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 30 months

    Frequency of anti-YL201 antibody (ADA) will be investigated.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

MediLink Study Team

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86 512 62858368

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

MediLink Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Industry

Collaborators

  • Shanghai Henlius Biotech

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Open-label Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of YL201 in Combination With Serplulimab Versus Carboplatin and Etoposide in Combination With Serplulimab as First-line Treatment in Participants With Treatment-naïve Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2030
First posted
Jul 31, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 31, 2026

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