New lung cancer cocktail aims to outperform standard care
NCT ID NCT07583511
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two drug combinations for people with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer who haven't had prior treatment. One group gets teniposide, cisplatin, and serplulimab; the other gets the standard etoposide, cisplatin, and serplulimab. The goal is to see which combo works better at delaying cancer growth. About 90 participants will take part across multiple centers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- teniposide, cisplatin, serplulimab
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more effective first-line treatment option for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer, potentially improving how long patients live without their cancer getting worse.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 90 people, so results are not definitive. The new combination may not be better than the standard, and could have unexpected side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Has not received systematic treatment for extensive stage small cell lung cancer in the past * Extensive stage small cell lung cancer patients who have been pathologically proven to be intolerant to synchronous radiotherapy and chemotherapy * Patients who have previously received radiotherapy and chemotherapy for limited stage SCLC and have had an untreatable interval of at least 6 months from the end of systemic treatment to SCLC recurrence * Lesions can only be considered measurable if there is clear progression of a previously irradiated lesion after radiotherapy, and the previously irradiated lesion is not the only one * Age≥18 years * ECOG: 0-1 * Expected survival time exceeds 3 months * Hb≥100g/L; ANC≥1.5×109/L; PLT≥100×109/L; WBC≥3.0×109/L; ALT and AST≤2.5×ULN(with tumor liver metastases, ≤5×ULN); TBIL≤1.5×ULN(with tumor liver metastases,≤3×ULN); Cr≤1.5×ULN or EGFR≥50ml/min; APTT, INR, PT≤1.5×ULN; LVEF≥50% * Women of childbearing age should agree to use contraceptive measures during the study period and within 6 months after the end of the study. Serum pregnancy test negative within 28 days prior to enrollment in the study, and must be a non lactating subject. Men should be subjects who agree to use contraception during the study period and within 6 months after the end of the study period * The subjects should sign an informed consent form and had good compliance Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with unstable or clinically symptomatic brain metastases, including those with central symptoms, brain edema, and those requiring radiation therapy * Active autoimmune diseases that require systemic treatment (such as the use of disease relieving drugs, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants) within the two years prior to enrollment * Diagnosed with immunodeficiency or receiving systemic glucocorticoid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy (dose\>10mg/day prednisone or other effective hormones), and continuing to use within 2 weeks prior to enrollment * Within 5 years, the subject has previously or simultaneously suffered from other malignant tumors that have not been cured * With multiple factors that affect oral medication, such as inability to swallow, postoperative gastrointestinal resection, chronic diarrhea, and intestinal obstruction * Uncontrollable pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites that require repeated drainage * Spinal cord compression that cannot be cured or relieved by surgery and/or radiotherapy, or previously diagnosed spinal cord compression with no clinical evidence of disease stabilization for ≥ 1 week before enrollment after treatment * Within 2 weeks prior to enrollment, there was significant hemoptysis * Subjects who did not recover to ≤ CTCAE v5.0 level 1 due to adverse events caused by previous treatment (excluding hair loss) * Received significant surgical treatment or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to enrollment * Serious arterial/venous thrombotic events, such as cerebrovascular accidents, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism, occurred within the 6 months prior to enrollment * Individuals with a history of psychiatric drug abuse who are unable to quit or have mental disorders * Subjects with poor blood pressure control (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg) (excluding patients who were able to control blood pressure with dual drugs before enrollment); 2) Suffering from grade I or above myocardial ischemia or infarction, arrhythmia (including male QTc ≥ 450ms (male), QTc ≥ 470ms (female)), and ≥ grade 2 congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification); 3) Active or uncontrolled severe infection (≥ CTCAE v5.0 level 2 infection); 4) Cirrhosis, active hepatitis \[known carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) must exclude active HBV infection, i.e. HBV DNA positive (\>1 × 104 copies/mL or\>2000 IU/ml); Known hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) and HCV RNA positivity (\>1 × 103 copies/mL, or other types of hepatitis or cirrhosis; 5) HIV test positive; 6) Urine routine indicates that urine protein is ≥ 3+, and it is confirmed that 24-hour urine protein quantification is greater than 3.0g; * No blood transfusion, albumin therapy, recombinant human thrombopoietin or colony stimulating factor (CSF) treatment was performed within 14 days prior to the first dose in this study * According to the researcher's judgment, there are accompanying diseases that seriously endanger the safety of the subjects or affect the completion of the study by the patients
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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SUN-YAT-SEN University Cancer Center
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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