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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2025

The next generation of immunotherapies for lung cancers.

Shen Zhao, Hongyun Zhao, Weiwei Yang, Li Zhang

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07359040 (Mechanisms of Enhanced Efficacy of Ivonescimab in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Mechanisms of Enhanced Efficacy of Ivonescimab in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorPeking University People's HospitalRan2025 to 2027Enrolled80ConditionsNon-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Neoadjuvant Therapy, PD-1 Inhibitors, ImmunotherapyArmsIvonescimab, PD-1 Inhibitors
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shen Zhao *Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Guangzhou, China.
Hongyun Zhao *Department of Clinical Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1251-3888
Weiwei YangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Guangzhou, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Centre for Cancer, Guangzhou, China. zhangli@sysucc.org.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0595-0761

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapies, specifically immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting PD-(L)1 or CTLA4, have revolutionized the treatment of lung cancer; however, many patients do not have a response to ICIs and most of those with an initial tumour response eventually have disease progression owing to acquired resistance. Over the past few years, numerous therapeutic strategies have been explored to address the problems of intrinsic and acquired resistance to ICIs. In 2024, regulatory approvals of the bispecific PD-1 × VEGF antibody ivonescimab for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer in China and the bispecific DLL3 × CD3 T cell engager tarlatamab for patients with small cell lung cancer in the USA provided clinical proof-of-concept for overcoming the challenge of ICI resistance using novel immunotherapeutic agents, thereby increasing enthusiasm for the exploration of next-generation immunotherapies for lung cancer. A large variety of immunotherapies with diverse targets and mechanisms of action are currently being tested in clinical trials involving patients with lung cancer. In this Review, we provide an overview of these emerging immunotherapies in clinical development for non-small-cell lung cancer and/or small cell lung cancer, including novel immune-checkpoint modulators, immune cell engagers, adoptive cell therapies and therapeutic cancer vaccines. We describe the designs of these agents and the mechanisms by which they might overcome resistance to the current generation of ICIs. We also discuss hurdles impeding the clinical translation of each immunotherapeutic modality and potential strategies to address these challenges, using representative examples of agents that have entered the later phases of clinical testing.

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyLung NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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