Prospective, Single-arm, Phase II Clinical Study of Irinotecan Hydrochloride Liposome Injection Combined With Platinum and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Combined With Anlotinib for the Maintenance of Extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer After First-line Induction

Launched by CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA · Apr 23, 2025

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This clinical trial is examining a new treatment approach for patients with extensive small cell lung cancer, a type of lung cancer that has spread widely in the body. The study will test a combination of a special formulation of irinotecan, a chemotherapy drug, along with platinum-based drugs and immune checkpoint inhibitors. These treatments will be given after initial therapy to see if they can help maintain the patients' health and improve their outcomes.

To be eligible for this trial, participants must be at least 18 years old and have a confirmed diagnosis of extensive stage small cell lung cancer. They should not have received any prior systemic treatments for this cancer and must have measurable tumors to assess how well the treatment is working. Participants will need to agree to regular follow-ups and meet certain health criteria, including functioning major organs. If you or a loved one is considering this trial, it’s important to discuss it with a healthcare provider to understand what participation would involve and ensure it’s a suitable option.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Volunteer to join the study, sign the informed consent and sign the date, have good compliance, and cooperate with follow-up
• • 2. Age≥18 years
• • 3. Diagnosis of extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) confirmed histologically or pathologically (according to American Veterans Lung Cancer Association, VALG staging)
• • 4. ECOG 0-2
• • 5. Subjects had not received any systemic treatment for ES-SCLC in the past (including chemotherapy, use of similar VEGFR inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors, etc.)
• • 6. Subjects with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) have received radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or chemoradiotherapy for more than 6 months
• • 7. Expected survival ≥ 3 months
• • 8. Must have measurable target lesions that meet RECIST1.1 criteria (CT scan length of tumor lesion \>10mm); In patients with initial asymptomatic brain metastases, craniocerebral radiotherapy may be performed during induction chemotherapy
• 9. If the major organs are functioning normally, the following criteria are met:
• • 1. Blood routine examination must meet (no blood transfusion within 14 days, no hematopoietic factor and no drug correction) : ANC ≥ 1.5×10\^9/L; HB ≥ 90 g/L; PLT ≥ 100×10\^9/L
• • 2. Biochemical examination must meet the following criteria: TBIL ≤ 1.5ULN; ALT and AST≤ 2.5ULN;
• • 3. Renal function must meet the following criteria: serum creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5×ULN, or creatinine clearance ≥40 mL/min (using the standard Cockcroft-Gault formula)
• • 4. Coagulation function must meet: INR≤1.5 and APTT≤1.5ULN
• • 10. Female who are fertile must have a serum or urine pregnancy test within 72 hours before the first medication and the result is negative. Fertile female and male subjects whose partners are fertile female must agree to a highly effective method of avoiding and breastfeeding during the study period until 90 days after the last dose of the study drug. The investigator or designee, in consultation with the subject, shall confirm that the subject understands the proper and consistent use of contraceptive methods
• • 11. For males, they should be surgically sterilized or consent to a highly effective method of avoidance during the trial and for 90 days after the last administration of the experimental drug
• • 12. Female participants had to agree not to breastfeed during the study period or for 180 days after the last dose of study treatment
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Patients with meningeal metastases or symptomatic brain metastases
• • 2. Previous T cell co-stimulation or immune checkpoint therapy, including but not limited to cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) inhibitors, PD-1 inhibitors, PD-L1/2 inhibitors, CD137 agonists, or other targeting T cell drugs;
• • 3. Past treatment with anlotinib
• • 4. Factors affecting oral medication, such as inability to swallow, post-GI resection, chronic diarrhea, intestinal obstruction, etc
• • 5. Uncontrollable pleural effusion or ascites
• • 6. Have any active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease (e.g., uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, myocarditis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism (may be included after hormone replacement therapy), tuberculosis); Patients with skin conditions (such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia) that have been in complete remission from childhood asthma and do not require any intervention in adulthood and do not require systemic treatment may be included. Patients who require medical intervention with bronchodilators may not be included
• • 7. Patients with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, active hepatitis B (HBV DNA ≥ 500IU/ml), hepatitis C (HCV antibody positive and HCV-RNA above the lower detection limit of analytical methods), or co-infection with hepatitis B and hepatitis C
• • 8. Urine routine suggests urinary protein ≥(++), or 24h urinary protein ≥2g or severe hepatic and renal insufficiency
• • 9. Patients requiring systemic therapy with corticosteroids (\>10mg/ day of prednisone or equivalent) or other immunosuppressants within 14 days prior to initial medication. In the absence of active autoimmune disease, inhaled or topical corticosteroids are permitted, as well as adrenal hormone replacement therapy at doses \>10 mg/ day of prednisone efficacy
• • 10. Patients who have been treated with anti-tumor vaccine or other immunostimulating anti-tumor agents (interferon, interleukin, thymosin, immunocell therapy, etc.) within 1 month prior to initial medication
• • 11. Other malignant neoplasms were present within 5 years prior to admission, except for adequately treatable carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, local prostate cancer after radical surgery, and ductal carcinoma in situ after radical surgery
• • 12. There is evidence of past or current pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radiological pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonia, radiologically proven active pneumonia, and severe impairment of lung function
• • 13. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90mmHg, despite optimal medical treatment
• • 14. Patients with grade II or higher myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction and poorly controlled arrhythmias (including QTc interval ≥450ms in men and ≥470ms in women). According to the NYHA criteria, patients with grade III to Ⅳ cardiac insufficiency, or those with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50% indicated by color Doppler ultrasound had myocardial infarction in the 6 months prior to enrollment, heart failure of New York Heart Society grade II or above, uncontrolled angina, uncontrolled severe ventricular arrhythmia, clinically significant pericardial disease, and myocardial infarction. Or electrocardiogram suggests acute ischemia or abnormal active conduction system
• • 15. Concurrent severe infection within 4 weeks prior to first dosing, or unexplained fever \>38.5°C during screening/prior to first dosing
• • 16. Major surgery, open biopsy, or significant trauma were performed within 28 days prior to enrollment
• • 17. Aortic/venous thrombosis occurred within 6 months
• • 18. The researchers assessed possible risk of severe hemoptysis, bleeding events, or wearing
• • 19. Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• • 20. Pregnant or lactating women; Fertile patients who are unwilling or unable to use effective contraception
• • 21. Allergic reaction to any investigational drug or its ingredients
• • 22. Any condition that the investigator believes is likely to harm the subject or cause the subject to be unable to meet or perform the study requirements