Small Cell Lung Cancer Limited Stage

Small-Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) accounts for 10% to 15% of new lung cancers and is a highly aggressive neuroendocrine tumor. In the past 30 years, the treatment of SCLC has made very limited progress, and basically made breakthroughs in radiotherapy and chemotherapy. With the advent of the immune era, immunotherapy has achieved initial results in the treatment of SCLC. Approximately one-third of patients with small cell lung cancer are in limited-stage (LS-SCLC) disease at first diagnosis. Except for a very small number of patients with T1-2N0 who can be treated with surgery or stereotactic radiation therapy (SBRT), the standard treatment for the rest of the patients with LS-SCLC is concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The ORR of platinum-combined etoposide regimen combined with thoracic radiotherapy in LS-SCLC can reach 70% to 90%, and the median OS is 16-24 months, which significantly improves the survival of patients. Although many measures have been taken in the treatment of LS-SCLC, only 20% of LS-SCLC can be cured, and most patients have relapse and metastasis after treatment. This study is a single arm phase II preliminary pilot study, aim to assess the efficacy and safety of durvalumab combined with EP prior to CRT and followed by durvalumab consolidation therapy for LS-SCLC.

This is a single-arm, prospective, exploratory phase II clinical study. The study enrolled newly diagnosed stage T1-3N0-1M0 resectable limited-stage small cell lung cancer. Adebrelimab combined with chemotherapy for 4 cycles and apatinib mesylate for 3 cycles. Surgery was performed within 4-8 weeks after the above treatment (the operation was performed 4 weeks after apatinib was discontinued). According to the results of MDT discussion, adebrelimab combined with apatinib mesylate combined with or without radiotherapy was started 4 weeks after surgery. Preoperative prophylactic radiotherapy (PCI) is recommended for patients with preoperative stage N1. Patients with postoperative stage N1 received postoperative thoracic radiotherapy.

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains a challenging disease with poor prognosis and limited treatment options despite decades of research. SCLC is an immunogenic tumor, and the use of T-cell immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis has shown promising antitumor activity, potentially extending patient survival. The combination of concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by immune maintenance therapy has demonstrated significant efficacy in limited-stage SCLC. Moreover, hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HART) has been shown to improve overall survival in limited-stage SCLC compared to standard dose radiotherapy without increasing toxicity. However, there is a lack of exploration into the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors following concurrent chemoradiotherapy with HART in limited-stage SCLC. This exploratory clinical study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of adebrelimab maintenance treatment following concurrent chemoradiotherapy with HART in patients with limited-stage SCLC through a single-arm, open-label, prospective, single-center clinical trial.

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease that is characterized by rapid growth and the early development of metastases. Patients typically respond to initial chemotherapy but quickly experience relapse, resulting in a poor long-term outcome. Therapeutic innovations that substantially improve survival have historically been limited, and reliable, predictive biomarkers are lacking. Ongoing research has advanced the understanding of molecular categories and the immunologic microenvironment of SCLC, which in turn has helped improve disease classification and staging. Considering the role of molecular alterations has not yet fully to be defined in the treatment of SCLC, there is an urgent recognition that molecular alterations in the SCLC are important to predict response and survival for novel therapies and ongoing clinical trials. Advances in research have revealed critical information regarding biologic characteristics of the disease, which may lead to the identification of vulnerabilities and the development of new therapies. Further research focused on identifying biomarkers and evaluating innovative therapies will be paramount to improving treatment outcomes for patients with SCLC. In summary, identification of (genetic) biomarkers in SCLC is increasingly essential to perform molecular diagnostics and individualized treatments. This project aims to create a registry of patients with SCCL to further the characterization of molecular alterations and develop (novel) treatments based on the detection.

This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TQB2450 in combination with anlotinib as maintenance therapy in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer who have not progressed after chemoradiotherapy.

At present, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is part of standard care for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who have achieved good response after definitive thoracic radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, the value of PCI is being challenged in the era when MRI examination of brain has been popularized. The goal of this clinical study is to compare PCI and regular brain MRI follow-up (control arm) and regular brain MRI follow-up alone (study arm) in patients with limited-stage SCLC who have received definitive radiotherapy and chemotherapy and acheived complete remission (CR) of tumor. The main questions to answer are: 1. Whether the 2-year brain metastasis-free survival rate of the study group is not inferior to that of the control group. 2. The difference of 2-year overall survival rate between the control group and the study group. 3. Whether the patients in the study group have better overall quality of life than those in the control group. Participants will randomly receive either PCI and regular brain MRI follow-up or regular brain MRI follow-up alone.