Immunotherapy combo extends life in aggressive lung cancer
NCT ID NCT03043872
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested adding the immunotherapy drug durvalumab (with or without another drug, tremelimumab) to standard chemotherapy for people with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer, a fast-growing cancer that has spread. About 987 participants received either chemo alone or chemo plus the immunotherapy combination. Results showed that adding durvalumab helped people live longer compared to chemo alone. This approach aims to control the disease and improve survival, but it is not a cure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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987 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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.
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18 to 130 years
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically or cytologically documented extensive disease. Brain metastases; must be asymptomatic or treated and stable off steroids and anti-convulsants for at least 1 month prior to study treatment. 2. Suitable to receive a platinum-based chemotherapy regimen as 1st line treatment. 3. Life expectancy ≥12 weeks at Day 1. 4. ECOG 0 or 1 at enrolment. 5. No prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy excluding therapeutic anticancer vaccines. Exclusion criteria: 1. Any history of radiotherapy to the chest prior to systemic therapy or planned consolidation chest radiation therapy (except paliative care outside of the chest). 2. Paraneoplastic syndrome of autoimmune nature, requiring systemic treatment or clinical symptomatology suggesting worsening of PNS 3. Active infection including tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis B anc C 4. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders 5. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to interstitial lung disease.
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Conditions
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Birmingham, Alabama, 35235, United States
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Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States
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Rogers, Arkansas, 72758, United States
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Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States
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New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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Athens, Georgia, 30607, United States
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Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1426, Argentina
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Rosario, 2000, Argentina
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Barretos, 14784-400, Brazil
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Curitiba, 81520-060, Brazil
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Passo Fundo, 99010 260, Brazil
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Porto Alegre, 91350-200, Brazil
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Ribeirão Preto, 14048-900, Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro, 22793-080, Brazil
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Salvador, 41.950-610, Brazil
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Zhengzhou, 450008, China
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Brno, 639 00, Czechia
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Olomouc, 775 21, Czechia
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Ostrava - Vitkovice, 703 84, Czechia
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Prague, 128 08, Czechia
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Prague, CZ-150 18, Czechia
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Avignon, 84918, France
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Créteil, 94010, France
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Heidelberg, 69126, Germany
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Gyula, 5700, Hungary
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Kfar Saba, 95847, Israel
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Ramat Gan, 5265601, Israel
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Roma, 00100, Italy
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Chūōku, 104-0045, Japan
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Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan
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Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Netherlands
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Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands
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Ufa, 450054, Russia
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Košice, 041 91, Slovakia
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Jinju, 660-702, South Korea
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Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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