New immunotherapy cocktail takes on lung cancer in major trial
NCT ID NCT04513925
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial tested whether combining two immunotherapy drugs, atezolizumab and tiragolumab, works better than the standard drug durvalumab for people with stage III lung cancer that cannot be surgically removed. The 829 participants had already received chemotherapy and radiation without their cancer growing. The goal was to see if the combo could delay cancer progression or improve survival.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Atezolizumab and tiragolumab (immunotherapy drugs)
- What this could lead to
- If this combination works better than durvalumab, it could offer a new standard treatment to keep stage III lung cancer from growing after chemoradiation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large phase 3 trial, but the combination may not improve outcomes over the current drug durvalumab. Immunotherapy can cause immune-related side effects like inflammation of the lungs or other organs.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
-
829 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Aug 2020
- Finished
-
Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
-
A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1 * Histologically or cytologically documented NSCLC with locally advanced, unresectable Stage III NSCLC of either squamous or non-squamous histology * Whole-body Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) scan, performed prior and within 42 days of the first dose of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) * At least two prior cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy administered concurrently with radiotherapy (RT), which must be completed within 1 to 42 days prior to randomization in the study (one cycle of cCRT is defined as 21 or 28 days) * The radiotherapy (RT) component in the cCRT must have been at a total dose of radiation of 60 (±10 percent \[%\]) gray (Gy) (54 Gy to 66 Gy) administered by intensity modulated RT (preferred) or 3D-conforming technique * No progression during or following concurrent platinum-based CRT * A known PD-L1 result * Life expectancy \>/= 12 weeks * Adequate hematologic and end-organ function * Female participants must be willing to avoid pregnancy for 90 days after the final dose of tiragolumab and 5 months after the final dose of atezolizumab, or for 3 months after the final dose of durvalumab * Male participants must remain abstinent or use a condom during the treatment period and for 90 days after the final dose of tiragolumab * Male participants must not donate sperm during the treatment period and for 90 days after the final dose of tiragolumab Exclusion Criteria: * Any history of prior NSCLC and/or any history of prior treatment for NSCLC (participants must be newly diagnosed with unresectable Stage III disease) * NSCLC known to have a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene or an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion oncogene * Any evidence of Stage IV disease * Treatment with sequential CRT for locally advanced NSCLC * Participants with locally advanced NSCLC who have progressed during or after the definitive cCRT prior to randomization * Any Grade \>2 unresolved toxicity from previous CRT * Grade \>= 2 pneumonitis from prior CRT * Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency * History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis or evidence of active pneumonitis * History of malignancy other than NSCLC within 5 years prior to screening with the exception of malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death * Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation * Active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection or known or suspected chronic active EBV infection at screening * Treatment with investigational therapy within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment * Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, including anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4, anti-T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (anti-TIGIT), anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 * Any prior Grade \>/= 3 immune-mediated adverse event or any unresolved Grade \> 1 immune-mediated adverse event while receiving any previous immunotherapy agent other than immune checkpoint blockade agents * Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication * Women who are pregnant, or breastfeeding
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
A.O. Spedali Civili Di Brescia-P.O. Spedali Civili
Brescia, Lombardy, 25123, Italy
-
AZ Maria Middelares
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
-
Adana Baskent University Medical Faculty
Adana, 01220, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Addenbrooke's NHS Trust
Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
-
Agioi Anargyroi Cancer Hospital
Kifissia, 145 64, Greece
-
Aichi Cancer Center
Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
-
Ajou University Medical Center
Gyeonggi-do, 16499, South Korea
-
Amphia Ziekenhuis
Breda, 4819 EV, Netherlands
-
Ankara University Medical Faculty
Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
-
Auckland City Hospital, Cancer and Blood Research
Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
-
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana - Ospedale Cisanello
Pisa, Tuscany, 56124, Italy
-
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, 43100, Italy
-
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Niguarda (Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda)
Milan, Lombardy, DUMMY_VALUE, Italy
-
Azienda ULSS 8 Berica
Vicenza, Veneto, 36100, Italy
-
BC Cancer - Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, V8R 6V5, Canada
-
BC Cancer ? Abbotsford
Abbotsford British Columbia, British Columbia, V2S 0C2, Canada
-
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Greeley, Colorado, 80631, United States
-
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
Glasgow, G12 0YN, United Kingdom
-
Beijing Cancer Center
Beijing, 100142, China
-
Beijing Chest Hospital
Beijing, 101149, China
-
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
-
Blacktown Hospital
Blacktown, New South Wales, 2148, Australia
-
CEMIC
Buenos Aires, C1431FWO, Argentina
-
CHU Angers
Angers, 49933, France
-
Calderdale & Huddersfield Nhs Trust
Huddersfield, HD3 3EA, United Kingdom
-
Cancer Care Centers of Brevard
Palm Bay, Florida, 32901, United States
-
Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
Guangzhou, 510060, China
-
Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College
Shantou, 515041, China
-
Centre Francois Baclesse
Caen, 14000, France
-
Centro Integrado de Oncologia de Curitiba
Curitiba, Paraná, 80810-050, Brazil
-
China Medical University Hospital
Taichung, 40447, Taiwan
-
Chongqing Cancer Hospital
Chongqing, 400030, China
-
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital
Jeollanam-do, 58128, South Korea
-
Christie Foundation Trust
Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
-
Chungbuk National University Hospital
Cheongju-si, 28644, South Korea
-
Clinica Universitaria Reina Fabiola
Córdoba, X5004FHP, Argentina
-
Clinique Clémentville
Montpellier, 34070, France
-
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
-
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89128, United States
-
Cox Health Systems
Springfield, Missouri, 65807, United States
-
Crio - Centro Regional Integrado de Oncologia
Fortaleza, Ceará, 60336-550, Brazil
-
Dicle University Faculty of Medicine
Diyarbakır, 21280, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Dolnoslaskie Centrum Onkologii, Pulmonologii i Hematologii
Wroc?aw, 53-413, Poland
-
Ege University Medical Faculty
Bornova, ?zm?r, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Bull Creek, Western Australia, 6149, Australia
-
Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia
-
Florida Cancer Specialist, North Region
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
-
Florida Cancer Specialists
Fort Myers, Florida, 33901-8101, United States
-
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
Pavia, Lombardy, 27100, Italy
-
Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
Fujian, 350001, China
-
Fujian Provincial Cancer Hospital
Fuzhou, 350014, China
-
GHdC Site Les Viviers
Charleroi, 6000, Belgium
-
Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Incheon, 21565, South Korea
-
Gazi University Medical Faculty, Oncology Hospital
Ankara, 06500, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
General Hospital "G.Papanikolaou"
Asvestochóri, 570 10, Greece
-
HCA Midwest Health
Kansas City, Missouri, 64132, United States
-
Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi
Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Hangzhou Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, 310002, China
-
Henan Cancer Hospital
Zhengzhou, 450008, China
-
Hopital Nord AP-HM
Marseille, 13015, France
-
Hopital Robert Schuman
Vantoux, 57070, France
-
Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, C1284AEB, Argentina
-
Hospital CUF Porto
Porto, 4100-180, Portugal
-
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Madrid, 28009, Spain
-
Hospital Provincial de Castellon
Castellon, Castellon, 12002, Spain
-
Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya
Málaga, 29010, Spain
-
Hospital Sao Lucas - PUCRS
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90610-000, Brazil
-
Hospital Son Llatzer
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, 07198, Spain
-
Hospital Univ. Nuestra Señora de Valme
Seville, 41014, Spain
-
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Badalona, Barcelona, 08916, Spain
-
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
-
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
-
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
-
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
Seville, 41013, Spain
-
Hospital da Luz
Lisbon, 1500-650, Portugal
-
Hospital de Base de Sao Jose do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, 15090-000, Brazil
-
Hospital de Cancer de Barretos
Barretos, São Paulo, 14784-400, Brazil
-
IPO de Coimbra
Coimbra, 3000-075, Portugal
-
IPO do Porto
Porto, 4200-072, Portugal
-
IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST
Genoa, Liguria, 16132, Italy
-
IRCCS Istituto Regina Elena (IFO)
Rome, Lazio, 00144, Italy
-
IRST Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo Per Lo Studio E Cura Dei Tumori, Sede Meldola
Meldola, Emilia-Romagna, 47014, Italy
-
Illinois Cancer Care
Peoria, Illinois, 61615, United States
-
Inonu University Faculty of Medicine Turgut Ozal Medical Center
Malatya, 44280, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94805, France
-
Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo - ICESP
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil
-
Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine
Istanbul, 34098, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale
Naples, Campania, 80131, Italy
-
Jessa Zkh (Campus Virga Jesse)
Hasselt, 3500, Belgium
-
Jilin Cancer Hospital
Changchun, 132013, China
-
Kepler Universitätskliniken GmbH - Med Campus III
Linz, 4020, Austria
-
Kindai University Hospital
Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
-
Kitasato University Hospital
Kanagawa, 252-0375, Japan
-
Klinik Penzing
Vienna, 1140, Austria
-
Klinikum Bogenhausen
München, 81925, Germany
-
Klinikum Braunschweig
Braunschweig, 38114, Germany
-
Klinikum Koeln-Merheim
Cologne, 51109, Germany
-
Korea University Guro Hospital
Seoul, 08308, South Korea
-
Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
-
Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital
Daegu, 41404, South Korea
-
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
-
Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre
Campbelltown, New South Wales, 2560, Australia
-
Maidstone & Tonbridge Wells Hospital
Maidstone, ME16 9QQ, United Kingdom
-
Mazowieckie Centrum Leczenia Chorob Pluc I Gruzlicy
Otwock, 05-400, Poland
-
Meander Medisch Centrum
Amersfoort, 3813 TZ, Netherlands
-
Medipol University Medical Faculty
Istanbul, 34214, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, locatie Antoniushove
Leidschendam, 2262 BA, Netherlands
-
Minnesota Oncology Hematology
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States
-
Monash Health Translational Precinct
Victoria, Victoria, 3168, Australia
-
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States
-
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York, 10029, United States
-
Narod.Inst.Onkol. im. M.Sklodowskiej - Curie-Panst.Inst.Bad
Warsaw, 02-781, Poland
-
National Cancer Center
Gyeonggi-do, 10408, South Korea
-
National Cancer Center East
Chiba, 277-8577, Japan
-
National Cancer Center Hospital
Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
-
National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center
Hyōgo, 670-8520, Japan
-
New England Cancer Specialists
Brunswick, Maine, 04011, United States
-
New York Oncology Hematology,P.C.-Albany
Albany, New York, 12208, United States
-
Niigata Cancer Center Hospital
Niigata, 951-8566, Japan
-
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers PC - Marietta
Marietta, Georgia, 30060, United States
-
Oncosite - Centro de Pesquisa Clinica Em Oncologia Ltda
Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, 98700-000, Brazil
-
Optum Health Care
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106, United States
-
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
-
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
-
Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico
Rome, Lazio, 00128, Italy
-
Princess Margaret Hospital, Oncology
Hong Kong, DUMMY_VALUE, Hong Kong
-
Prisma Health ? Upstate
Greenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States
-
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Gyeongsangnam-do, 50612, South Korea
-
Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Pécs, 7623, Hungary
-
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hong Kong, DUMMY_VALUE, Hong Kong
-
Queen Mary Hospital
Pokfulam, DUMMY_VALUE, Hong Kong
-
Rabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel
-
Rajavithi Hospital
Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
-
Ramathibodi Hospital;Medicine/Oncology
Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
-
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
-
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
Barrie, Ontario, L4M 6M2, Canada
-
Saitama Cancer Center
Saitama, 362-0806, Japan
-
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
-
San Juan Oncology Associates
Farmington, New Mexico, 87401, United States
-
Sanatorio Parque S.A.
Rosario, S2000QGB, Argentina
-
Sarah Cannon Research Institute / Tennessee Oncology
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
-
Sendai Kousei Hospital
Miyagi, 981-0914, Japan
-
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
-
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
-
Seoul St Mary's Hospital
Seoul, 06591, South Korea
-
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel
-
Shandong Cancer Hospital
Jinan, 250117, China
-
Shanghai Chest Hospital
Shanghai, 200000, China
-
Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital
Taiyuan, 030013, China
-
Shizuoka Cancer Center
Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan
-
Sichuan Provincial Cancer Hospital
Chengdu, 610041, China
-
Songklanagarind Hospital
Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
-
Soroka Medical Center
Beersheba, 8410100, Israel
-
Sotiria Hospital
Athens, 11527, Greece
-
Southcoast Health System
Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 02719, United States
-
St George Hospital
Kogarah, New South Wales, 2217, Australia
-
St. Vincent's Hospital
Gyeonggi-do, 16247, South Korea
-
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States
-
Szent Borbala Korhaz
Tatabánya, 2800, Hungary
-
Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA z Warmi?sko-Mazurskim Centrum Onkologii
Olsztyn, 10-228, Poland
-
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 112, Taiwan
-
Tennessee Oncology Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States
-
The 2nd School of Medicine, WMU
Wenzhou, 325000, China
-
The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College
Xuzhou, 221000, China
-
The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR
Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan
-
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
Xiamen, 361003, China
-
The affiliated hospital of Qingdao university
Qingdao, 266042, China
-
Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH
Heidelberg, 69126, Germany
-
Tianjin Cancer Hospital
Tianjin, 300060, China
-
Tiroler Landeskrankenanstalten Ges.M.B.H.
Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
-
Titan Health Partners LLC, d/b/a Astera Cancer Care
East Brunswick, New Jersey, 08816, United States
-
Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Medikal Onkoloji Bilim Dali, Balkan Yerleskesi
Edirne, 22030, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Tudogyogyintezet Torokbalint
Törökbálint, 2045, Hungary
-
Tuen Mun Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
-
Ulsan University Hosiptal
Ulsan, 44033, South Korea
-
Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen
Göttingen, 37075, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Regensburg
Regensburg, 93053, Germany
-
Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
Gda?sk, 80-214, Poland
-
Vajira Hospital
Bangkok, 10300, Thailand
-
Virginia Cancer Specialists
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
-
Virginia Oncology Associates
Norfolk, Virginia, 23502, United States
-
Wakayama Medical University Hospital
Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan
-
Weston Park Hospital
Sheffield, S10 2SJ, United Kingdom
-
William Osler Health System Brampton Civic Hospital
Brampton, Ontario, L6R 3J7, Canada
-
Woodlands Medical Specialists, P.A.
Pensacola, Florida, 32503, United States
-
Xiangya Hospital Central South University
Changsha, 410008, China
-
Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University
Nanjing, 210009, China
-
Zuyderland Medisch Centrum - Sittard Geleen
Sittard-Geleen, 6162 BG, Netherlands
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Wearables guide home prehab for older lung cancer patients
- Can immunotherapy outperform chemotherapy for lung cancer?
- Can a cocktail of immune boosters shrink Hard-to-Treat tumors?
- Wearable tech and digital rehab may shorten recovery between lung cancer surgeries
- Can a targeted pill boost lung cancer treatment?
- A new strategy to tame lung cancer Drug's nerve pain?