Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2015
Chemotherapy With or Without Maintenance Sunitinib for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study-CALGB 30504 (Alliance).
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prophylactic cranial irradiation for extensive stage small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of angiogenesis inhibitors on survival of patients with small cell lung cancer.Cancer medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Initial management of small-cell lung cancer (limited- and extensive-stage) and the role of thoracic radiotherapy and first-line chemotherapy: a systematic review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2019Pooled it
- Angiogenesis inhibitors for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC): A meta-analysis of 7 randomized controlled trials.Medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Durvalumab plus anlotinib versus durvalumab alone as maintenance treatment in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (DURABLE): a multicenter, randomized, phase II trial and biomarker analysis.Nature communications · 2026Trial
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- A phase II study of anlotinib combined with etoposide and platinum-based regimens in the first-line treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.Thoracic cancer · 2022Trial
- Apatinib as maintenance therapy following standard first-line chemotherapy in extensive disease small cell lung cancer: A phase II single-arm trial.Thoracic cancer · 2022Trial
- Nivolumab and Ipilimumab as Maintenance Therapy in Extensive-Disease Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CheckMate 451.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2021Trial
- Prospective Single-Arm Phase 1 and 2 Study: Ipilimumab and Nivolumab With Thoracic Radiation Therapy After Platinum Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2021Trial
- A randomized phase 2 trial of apatinib vs observation as maintenance treatment following first-line induction chemotherapy in extensive- stage small cell lung cancer.Investigational new drugs · 2020Trial
- Apatinib in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer after second-line or third-line chemotherapy: a phase II, single-arm, multicentre, prospective study.British journal of cancer · 2019Trial
- Immunotherapeutic maintenance treatment with toll-like receptor 9 agonist lefitolimod in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: results from the exploratory, controlled, randomized, international phase II IMPULSE study.Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2018Trial
- Phase II Study of Maintenance Pembrolizumab in Patients with Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2018Trial
- Pazopanib maintenance after first-line etoposide and platinum chemotherapy in patients with extensive disease small-cell lung cancer: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled Phase II study (KCSG-LU12-07).British journal of cancer · 2018Trial
- Second-line pazopanib in patients with relapsed and refractory small-cell lung cancer: a multicentre phase II study of the Hellenic Oncology Research Group.British journal of cancer · 2017Trial
- Sunitinib maintenance therapy after response to docetaxel in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).Investigational new drugs · 2016Trial
- Outcome and Biomarker Analysis from a Multicenter Phase 2 Study of Ipilimumab in Combination with Carboplatin and Etoposide as First-Line Therapy for Extensive-Stage SCLC.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2016Trial
- Positive Interaction between Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation and Maintenance Sunitinib for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients After Standard Chemotherapy: A Secondary Analysis of CALGB 30504 (ALLIANCE).Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2016Trial
- PAX5 modulates vascularization and contributes to neuroendocrine lineage transition during carcinoma progression.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of maintenance sunitinib after chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). PATIENTS AND
methodsThe Cancer and Leukemia Group B 30504 trial was a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase II study that enrolled patients before chemotherapy (cisplatin 80 mg/m(2) or carboplatin area under the curve of 5 on day 1 plus etoposide 100 mg/m(2) per day on days 1 to 3 every 21 days for four to six cycles). Patients without progression were randomly assigned 1:1 to placebo or sunitinib 37.5 mg per day until progression. Cross-over after progression was allowed. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS) from random assignment for maintenance placebo versus sunitinib using a one-sided log-rank test with α = .15; 80 randomly assigned patients provided 89% power to detect a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.67.
resultsOne hundred forty-four patients were enrolled; 138 patients received chemotherapy. Ninety-five patients were randomly assigned; 10 patients did not receive maintenance therapy (five on each arm). Eighty-five patients received maintenance therapy (placebo, n = 41; sunitinib, n = 44). Grade 3 adverse events with more than 5% incidence were fatigue (19%), decreased neutrophils (14%), decreased leukocytes (7%), and decreased platelets (7%) for sunitinib and fatigue (10%) for placebo; grade 4 adverse events were GI hemorrhage (n = 1) and pancreatitis, hypocalcemia, and elevated lipase (n = 1; all in same patient) for sunitinib and thrombocytopenia (n = 1) and hypernatremia (n = 1) for placebo. Median PFS on maintenance was 2.1 months for placebo and 3.7 months for sunitinib (HR, 1.62; 70% CI, 1.27 to 2.08; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.60; one-sided P = .02). Median overall survival from random assignment was 6.9 months for placebo and 9.0 months for sunitinib (HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 0.79 to 2.10; one-sided P = .16). Three sunitinib and no placebo patients achieved complete response during maintenance. Ten (77%) of 13 patients evaluable after cross-over had stable disease on sunitinib (6 to 27 weeks).
conclusionMaintenance sunitinib was safe and improved PFS in extensive-stage SCLC.
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