Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Recruiting

NCT Number: NCT06256237

Neoadjuvant Therapy With Toripalimab and JS004 Combined With Etoposide and Platinum Chemotherapy for Limited-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer : A Phase 2 Trial

For limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus PD-1 antibody is recommended. However, most patients cannot achieve a complete pathological response (CPR). A new immunotherapeutic strategy is needed to achieve a higher CPR rate. JS004 is a new antibody targeting B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA), which restrains immune cells' function and leads to immune escape of tumor cells. The combination of PD-1 and BTLA antibodies has shown a good therapeutic effect in solid tumors. This trial aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of the therapeutic regimen of toripalimab and JS004 plus etoposide and platinum Chemotherapy in limited-stage SCLC.

Recruiting

Interested in participating?

Request Info

Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital

Shanghai, 200433, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Peng Zhang, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The patient shall sign the Informed Consent Form.
  • Aged 18 ≥ years.
  • Histological or cytological diagnosis of SCLC by needle biopsy, and limited stage confirmed by imageological examinations (CT, PET-CT or EBUS).
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance-status score of 0 or 1.
  • Life expectancy is at least 12 weeks.
  • At least 1 measurable lesion according to RECIST 1.1.
  • Patients with good function of other main organs (liver, kidney, blood system, etc.)
  • Without systematic metastasis (including M1a, M1b and M1c);
  • Expected to be completely resected
  • Patients with lung function can tolerate surgery
  • Fertile female patients must voluntarily use effective contraceptives not less than 120 days after chemotherapy or the last dose of toripalimab (whichever is later) during the study period, and urine or serum pregnancy test results within 7 days prior to enrollment are negative.
  • Unsterilized male patients must voluntarily use effective contraception during the study period not less than 120 days after chemotherapy or the last dose of toripalimab (whichever is later).

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants who have received any systemic anti-cancer treatment for thymic epithelial tumor, including surgical treatment, local radiotherapy, cytotoxic drug treatment, targeted drug treatment and experimental treatment;
  • Patients with a malignancy other than SCLC within five years prior to the start of this trial;
  • Participants with any unstable systemic disease (including active infection, uncontrolled hypertension), unstable angina pectoris, angina pectoris starting in the last three months, congestive heart failure (>= NYHA) Grade II), myocardial infarction (6 months before admission), severe arrhythmia requiring drug treatment, liver, kidney or metabolic diseases;
  • With activate or suspectable autoimmune disease, or autoimmune paracancer syndrome requiring systemic treatment;
  • Participants who are allergic to the test drug or any auxiliary materials;
  • Participants with Interstitial lung disease currently;
  • Participants with active hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV;
  • Pregnant or lactating women;
  • Any malabsorption;
  • Participants suffering from nervous system diseases or mental diseases that cannot cooperate
  • Other factors that researchers think it is not suitable for enrollment.

Treatment and study plan

JS004

Drug

Specified dose on specified days.

Other names: tifcemalimab

Toripalimab

Drug

Specified dose on specified days.

Surgery

Procedure

Patients with resectable tumors after neoadjuvant therapy will be treated with surgery.

etoposide

Drug

Specified dose on specified days.

Platinum

Drug

Specified dose on specified days.

Primary outcomes

  1. Pathologic complete response (PCR) rate

    Time frame: Up to 30 months

    PCR rate is defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved pathologic complete response (on routine hematoxylin and eosin staining, no tumor cell can be found in tumor bed or lymph node) in all participants.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: up to 30 months

    ORR is defined according to the RECIST v1.1 criteria.

  2. Major pathologic response (MPR) rate

    Time frame: Up to 30 months

    MPR rate is defined as the proportion of participants who have achieved major pathologic response (on routine hematoxylin and eosin staining, tumors with no more than 10% viable tumor cells) in all participants.

  3. Treatment-related adverse event (TRAE)

    Time frame: Up to 30 months

    TRAE is defined and classified according to NCI-CTCAE v5.0 in all participants.

  4. Event-free survival (EFS)

    Time frame: up to 60 months

    Event-free survival (EFS) is defined as the length of time (months) from randomization to any of the following events: any progression of disease precluding surgery, progression or recurrence disease based on response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) 1.1 after surgery, or death due to any cause. Participants who don't undergo surgery for reason other than progression will be considered to have an event at progression or death. Progression is defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum on study. In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm. (Note: the appearance of one or more new lesions is also considered progression).

  5. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: up to 60 months

    It is defined as the time (months) from enrollment to death of participant due to any cause. In the case of a patient who still survives at the time of analysis, the date of last contact will be taken as the censoring date.

  6. EORTC-QLQ-C30 scale

    Time frame: up to 5 months

    The assessment is made according to the Quality of Life Scale for Lung Cancer Patients (EORTC-QLQ-C30, Version 3). EORTC's QLQ-C30 (V3.0) is a core scale for lung cancer patients, with a total of 30 items. Among them, Item 29 and 30 are divided into seven grades, which are assigned with 1 to 7 scores according to the answer options. The other items are divided into 4 grades: Not at All, A Little, Quite a Bit, and Very Much, assigned with 1 to 4 scores respectively. The higher score, the worse quality.

Study contacts

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

Peng Zhang, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

02165115006

Tao Ge, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Neoadjuvant Therapy With Toripalimab and JS004 Combined With Etoposide and Platinum Chemotherapy for Limited-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer : A Single-arm, Phase 2 Trial

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2032
First posted
Feb 13, 2024
Registry last updated
May 29, 2024

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.