Informazioni generali
  • Categoria della malattia Cancro del polmone (BASEC)
  • Fase dello studio Phase 2 (ICTRP)
  • Stato di reclutamento reclutamento completato (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Luogo dello studio
    Basilea, Bellinzona, Chur, Ginevra, San Gallo, Winterthur
    (BASEC)
  • Responsabile dello studio Gwendoline Wicki trials@swisscancerinstitute.ch (BASEC)
  • Fonte dati BASEC: Importato da 22.10.2025 ICTRP: Importato da 18.10.2025
  • Ultimo aggiornamento 22.10.2025 15:41
HumRes51714 | SNCTP000004444 | BASEC2020-02051 | NCT04472949

Study SAKK 15/19 Radiation therapy of lung tumors and maintenance therapy with Durvalumab following treatment with chemotherapy and Durvalumab in patients with advanced small cell lung cancer

  • Categoria della malattia Cancro del polmone (BASEC)
  • Fase dello studio Phase 2 (ICTRP)
  • Stato di reclutamento reclutamento completato (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Luogo dello studio
    Basilea, Bellinzona, Chur, Ginevra, San Gallo, Winterthur
    (BASEC)
  • Responsabile dello studio Gwendoline Wicki trials@swisscancerinstitute.ch (BASEC)
  • Fonte dati BASEC: Importato da 22.10.2025 ICTRP: Importato da 18.10.2025
  • Ultimo aggiornamento 22.10.2025 15:41

Descrizione riassuntiva dello studio

In this study, patients with small cell lung cancer (small cell lung cancer, SCLC), whose disease has already spread, are investigated. It is examined whether radiation of the tumor together with the administration of the drug Durvalumab: - can slow the progression of the disease - and whether this therapy is safe. The active ingredient Durvalumab stimulates the body's immune system to fight tumor cells more effectively, and is therefore called immunotherapy. The additional radiation could enhance this effect. Currently, Durvalumab is approved in Switzerland for the treatment of another form of lung cancer (non-small cell lung cancer). This is a national study conducted at several hospitals in Switzerland. It is planned that 46 patients will participate in the study. The study treatment lasts a maximum of two years and three months per participant. In the following two years, participants will be regularly monitored.

(BASEC)

Intervento studiato

The study proceeds in four steps:

• Pre-examination: In this phase, examinations are conducted to assess the patient's health status and suitability for the study.

• Induction therapy: Standard chemotherapy with Carboplatin and Etoposide and immunotherapy with Durvalumab (study-specific therapy) for 12 weeks (= 4 cycles). The medications are administered intravenously as an infusion.

• Maintenance therapy: Radiation therapy of the lung tumor and infusion of Durvalumab (study-specific therapies). In the radiation therapy, the tumor in the chest is irradiated in 13 sessions (total duration of radiation therapy: 2.5 - 3 weeks). Durvalumab is administered every 4 weeks as an infusion (duration of Durvalumab therapy: maximum 2 years, i.e. 26 cycles).

• Follow-up: Control appointments and examinations every 8 weeks for two years.

(BASEC)

Malattie studiate

advanced small cell lung cancer

(BASEC)

Criteri di partecipazione
All individuals suffering from advanced small cell lung cancer can participate. This means that tumor metastases are present and/or that the cancer has already spread in the chest to the point that surgery or radiation with a higher radiation dose as first therapy is not appropriate. Additionally, patients must be over 18 years old and in overall good health. (BASEC)

Criteri di esclusione
Individuals who have previously received medication for small cell lung cancer (e.g., chemotherapy) or who have been irradiated in the chest area are not allowed to participate. Also excluded are individuals with additional severe illnesses, such as cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases, immunodeficiency, certain autoimmune diseases, or severe skin diseases. (BASEC)

Luogo dello studio

Basilea, Bellinzona, Chur, Ginevra, San Gallo, Winterthur

(BASEC)

Switzerland (ICTRP)

Sponsor

Swiss Cancer Institute

(BASEC)

Contatto per ulteriori informazioni sullo studio

Persona di contatto in Svizzera

Gwendoline Wicki

+41 31 389 91 91

trials@swisscancerinstitute.ch

Swiss Cancer Institute

(BASEC)

Informazioni generali

Hpitaux Universitaires Genve

(ICTRP)

Informazioni scientifiche

H?pitaux Universitaires Gen?ve

(ICTRP)

Nome del comitato etico approvante (per studi multicentrici solo il comitato principale)

Commissione d'etica Ginevra

(BASEC)

Data di approvazione del comitato etico

07.06.2021

(BASEC)


ID di studio ICTRP
NCT04472949 (ICTRP)

Titolo ufficiale (approvato dal comitato etico)
Thoracic radiotherapy plus maintenance Durvalumab after first line Carboplatin and Etoposide plus Durvalumab in extensive-stage disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC). A multicenter single arm open label phase II trial. (BASEC)

Titolo accademico
Thoracic Radiotherapy Plus Maintenance Durvalumab After First Line Carboplatin and Etoposide Plus Durvalumab in Extensive-stage Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer (ED-SCLC). A Multicenter Single Arm Open Label Phase II Trial. (ICTRP)

Titolo pubblico
Thoracic Radiotherapy Plus Maintenance Durvalumab After First Line Carboplatin and Etoposide Plus Durvalumab in Extensive-stage Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer (ED-SCLC). (ICTRP)

Malattie studiate
Small Cell Lung CancerLung Cancer (ICTRP)

Intervento studiato
Drug: DurvalumabDrug: carboplatinDrug: etoposideRadiation: Thoracic radiotherapy (ICTRP)

Tipo di studio
Interventional (ICTRP)

Disegno dello studio
Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label). (ICTRP)

Criteri di inclusione/esclusione
Inclusion Criteria:

- Written informed consent according to Swiss law and ICH-GCP E6(R2) regulations
before registration and prior to any trial specific procedures

- Histologically or cytologically1 confirmed extensive disease stage IV SCLC (T any, N
any, M1 a/b) or T3-4 due to multiple lung nodules that are too extensive or have
tumor/nodal volume that is too large to be encompassed in a tolerable radiation plan
(according to American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage (8th edition)

- Patients must be considered suitable to receive carboplatin with etoposide as 1st
line treatment for the ED-SCLC

- Patients with brain metastases are also eligible provided they are asymptomatic or
treated central nervous system metastases and meet the following criteria:

- No ongoing requirement for corticosteroids at least 2 weeks prior to trial
treatment

- No leptomeningeal disease

- Patients with a prior malignancy other than SCLC and treated with curative intention
are eligible, if all treatment of that malignancy was completed at least 2 years
before registration and the patient has no evidence of disease at registration. Less
than 2 years is acceptable for malignancies with low risk of recurrence and/or no
late recurrence, after consultation with the Coordinating Investigator

- Measurable disease per RECIST v1.1

- Age = 18 years

- WHO performance status 0-1

- Adequate pulmonary function: forced expiratory volume in one second FEV (1) = 1.0
liter

- Adequate bone marrow function:

- Absolute neutrophil count = 1.5 x 109/L1

- Platelet count = 100 x 109/L

- Hemoglobin = 90 g/L

- Adequate hepatic function:

- Total bilirubin = 1.5 x ULN (except for patients with Gilbert's disease = 3.0 x
ULN)

- AST and/or ALT = 2.5 x ULN (in patients with hepatic metastasis: AST and/or ALT
= 5.0 x ULN)

- Adequate renal function measured (by the CKD-EPI formula) or calculated creatinine
clearance = 45 mL/min (by the Cockcroft-Gault formula)

- Women of childbearing potential must use highly effective contraception, are not
pregnant or lactating and agree not to become pregnant during trial treatment and
until 90 days after the last dose of investigational drug. A negative serum
pregnancy test performed within 7 days before registration is required for all women
of childbearing potential

- Men agree not to donate sperm or to father a child during trial treatment and until
90 days after the last dose of investigational drug

Exclusion criteria:

- Spinal cord compression not definitively treated with surgery and/or radiation or
previously diagnosed and treated spinal cord compression without evidence that
disease has been clinically stable for = 1 week prior to registration

- Prior chemotherapy treatment for ED-SCLC

- Any history of radiotherapy to the chest. Radiation therapy outside of the chest for
palliative care (i.e., bone metastasis) is allowed but must be completed before
first dose of -

- Prior systemic treatment including immune checkpoint inhibitors against SCLC

- Concomitant treatment within 30 days of registration with any other experimental
drug and/or enrollment in another clinical trial

- Concomitant use of other anti-cancer drugs or radiotherapy. Except surgery for local
pain control

- Severe or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease

- Congestive heart failure NYHA III or IV

- Unstable angina pectoris

- History of myocardial infarction within the last 3 months

- Serious arrhythmias requiring medication (with exception of atrial fibrillation
or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia)

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia, i.e.

- > 1.5 mmol/L ionized calcium

- > 12 mg/dL or > 3 mmol/L corrected serum calcium

- Known interstitial lung disease

- Body weight = 30 kg

- Major surgical procedure (defined by the investigator) within 28 days prior to the
first dose of durvalumab or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure
during the course of the trial

- Known history of active primary immunodeficiency

- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or active chronic Hepatitis C or
Hepatitis B Virus infection or any uncontrolled active systemic infection requiring
intravenous antimicrobial treatment

- Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation

- Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders including:

- Inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease)

- Systemic lupus erythematosus

- Wegener syndrome (granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid
arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.)

- Patients with eczema, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus are not permitted, except
they are with dermatologic manifestations only (e.g., patients with psoriatic
arthritis would be excluded) and meet the following conditions:

- Rash must cover less than 10% of body surface area

- Disease is well controlled at baseline and only requires low potency topical
steroids

- No acute exacerbations of underlying condition within the last 12 months (not
requiring psoralen plus ultraviolet A radiation [PUVA], methotrexate,
retinoids, biologic agents, oral calcineurin inhibitors, high potency, or oral
steroids)

- Patients with a paraneoplastic syndrome (PNS) of autoimmune nature, requiring
systemic treatment (systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents) or has a clinical
symptomatology suggesting worsening of PNS

- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis
obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active
pneumonitis on screening thorax CT scan

- Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of
durvalumab

- Concomitant or prior use, i.e. within 14 days before the first dose of durvalumab,
of immunosuppressive medication including immunosuppressant, such as methotrexate,
azathioprine and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a blockers, with the exceptions of:

- Intranasal, inhaled, topical steroids, or local steroid injections (e.g., intra
articular injection)

- Systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses not to exceed 10 mg/day of
prednisone or an equivalent corticosteroid

- Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., CT scan
premedication) and premedication for chemotherapy

- Known hypersensitivity to the drugs used in this trial (carboplatin, etoposide,
durvalumab)

- Any other serious underlying medical, psychiatric, psychological, familial or
geographical condition, which in the judgment of the investigator may interfere with
the planned staging, treatment and follow-up, affect patient compliance or place the
patient at high risk from treatment-related comp (ICTRP)

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Endpoint primari e secondari
Progression-free rate (PFR) (RECIST v.1.1) (ICTRP)

Progression-free survival (PFS) (RECIST v.1.1);Progression-free survival (PFS) (RECIST v.1.1) outside the brain;Progression-free survival (RECIST v.1.1) after induction chemotherapy (PFS-IND);Overall Survival (OS);Objective response rate (ORR);Duration of response (DOR);Adverse events (AEs) (ICTRP)

Data di registrazione
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Inclusione del primo partecipante
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Sponsor secondari
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Contatti aggiuntivi
Alfredo Addeo, Prof, Hpitaux Universitaires Genve (ICTRP)

ID secondari
SAKK 15/19 (ICTRP)

Risultati-Dati individuali dei partecipanti
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Ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04472949 (ICTRP)

Risultati dello studio

Riepilogo dei risultati

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Link ai risultati nel registro primario

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