Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology|Respiratory
TARLATAMAB for Small cell lung cancer|Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Phase II trial of TARLATAMAB for Small cell lung cancer|Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. open-label, none/not specified-controlled. 57 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology|Respiratory
- Trial Disease
- Small cell lung cancer|Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Other antibody
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 04-08-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 31-10-2025
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase II trial in Germany.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Target Sample Size
- 57
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 365
Eligibility
Recruits 57 Vulnerable population selected. Written informed consent must be obtained from the subject prior to any protocol-related procedures. Patients who are unable to consent ("Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts [§ 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 3a AMG]") are excluded. Incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized patients are excluded. Age criteria (Age ≥ 18 years) exclude minors; no assent procedures for children are described..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Female subjects of childbearing potential a. unwilling to use appropriate method(s) of contraception. WOCBP should use an adequate method to avoid pregnancy for 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab b. who are breastfeeding or who plan to breastfeed while on study through 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab c. planning to become pregnant or donate eggs while on study through 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab d. with a positive pregnancy test at screening
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable population selected. Written informed consent must be obtained from the subject prior to any protocol-related procedures. Patients who are unable to consent ("Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts [§ 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 3a AMG]") are excluded. Incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized patients are excluded. Age criteria (Age ≥ 18 years) exclude minors; no assent procedures for children are described.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Written informed consent obtained from the subject prior to performing any protocol-related procedures.\n- Age ≥ 18 years\n- ECOG performance status 2\n- Histologically confirmed small-cell lung cancer (initial mixed histology / combined SCLC permitted if re-biopsy of current progression shows SCLC)\n- Recurrent or metastatic disease. In case of local-only recurrence, availability of local treatment options must have been excluded\n- Has received at least one prior line of treatment in the recurrent or metastatic setting\n- Has received a prior treatment line with platinum, etoposide, and a PD-L1 antibody. Treatment with chemotherapy only is acceptable if the patient had a contraindication for CPI treatment\n- Measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- ECOG performance status 0, 1, 3 or 4\n- Respiratory compromise leading to an unjustifiable risk in case of higher-grade CRS, in the judgment of the investigator (possible criteria leading to such judgment: oxygen support at rest >2l/min, active pneumonia or pneumonitis)\n- Prior DLL3-directed treatment\n- Prior systemic therapy (chemotherapy, CPI) within 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment\n- Previous treatment in the present study (does not include screening failure)\n- History of immune-mediated encephalitis\n- Concurrent malignancy other than SCLC requiring active treatment\n- HIV infection not on stable antiviral treatment\n- Women of childbearing potential or men with partners of childbearing potential who are not adhering to contraceptive measures\n- Female subjects of childbearing potential a.\tunwilling to use appropriate method(s) of contraception. WOCBP should use an adequate method to avoid pregnancy for 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab b.\twho are breastfeeding or who plan to breastfeed while on study through 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab c.\tplanning to become pregnant or donate eggs while on study through 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab d.\twith a positive pregnancy test at screening\n- Male subjects a.\twith a female partner of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice sexual abstinence (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraception during treatment and for an additional 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab b.\twith a pregnant partner who are unwilling to practice abstinence or use a condom during treatment and for an additional 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab c.\tunwilling to abstain from donating sperm during treatment and for an additional 60 days after the last dose of tarlatamab\n- Life expectancy less than one month\n- Patient who has been incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized by court order or by the authorities [§ 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 4 AMG]\n- Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts [§ 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 3a AMG]\n- Active brain metastases with unstable symptoms (new or progressive neurological symptoms within the last 3 weeks)\n- Bone marrow insufficiency: a.\tneutrophil count < 1.5/nl or b.\themoglobin <8 mg/dl or c.\tplatelets <100/nl\n- Advanced liver disease: a.\tSubjects with pre-existing chronic liver disease: i.\tTotal bilirubin > 1.5xULN or ii.\tALT or AST > 3xULN b.\tSubjects with no relevant prior chronic liver disease and elevated liver parameters due to liver metastases: i.\tTotal bilirubin > 3xULN or ii.\tALT or AST > 10xULN c.\tInternational normalized ratio (INR) > 2.0 and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≥ 1.5 x ULN, except for subjects undergoing new class anticoagulant therapy (eg, Apixaban, Rivaroxaban, Edoxaban) with stable dose for 2 weeks prior to enrollment\n- Advanced kidney disease: CKD-EPI GFR <20 ml/min/1.73m²\n- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (EF < 40%)\n- Hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion\n- Clinically significant pleural effusion (Clinically significant pleural effusions must be managed by drainage. Re-check within 3 days prior to initiation of treatment)"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS) rate at 12 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival (OS) rate measured at 12 months"}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Progression-free survival (PFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Objective response rate (ORR) (RECIST v1.1)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed by RECIST v1.1"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- intracranial ORR (RECIST v1.1)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed by RECIST v1.1"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Rate of patients tolerating tarlatamab until first disease assessment","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time to next-line systemic therapy","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety and tolerability","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life: o\tEORTC-QLQ-C30 o\tPRO CTCAE","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life assessed using EORTC-QLQ-C30 and PRO-CTCAE"}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 57
- Recruitment Window Months
- 48
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent obtained from the subject prior to performing any protocol-related procedures. Only adults (Age ≥ 18 years) are eligible and provide consent. No specific assent procedures or age-specific consent forms or languages are detailed in the available documentation.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 11
- Total Number Of Participants
- 57
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 23-10-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 13-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 172
- Number Of Sites
- 11
- Number Of Participants
- 57
Sites
- Site Name
- Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin Krankenhausbetriebs gGmbH
- Department Name
- Klinik für Pneumologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Christian Grohé
- Principal Investigator Email
- pneumologie.lungenklinik@jsd.de
- Contact Person Name
- Christian Grohé
- Contact Person Email
- pneumologie.lungenklinik@jsd.de
- Site Name
- Klinikum Der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart gKAöR
- Department Name
- Klinik für Pneumologie und Beatmungstherapie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Cornelia Kropf-Sanchen
- Principal Investigator Email
- c.kropf@klinikum-stuttgart.de
- Contact Person Name
- Cornelia Kropf-Sanchen
- Contact Person Email
- c.kropf@klinikum-stuttgart.de
- Site Name
- Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden
- Department Name
- Zentrum für Innere Medizin Klinik für Haematologie und Onkologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Parvis Sadjadian
- Principal Investigator Email
- parvis.sadjadian@muehlenkreiskliniken.de
- Contact Person Name
- Parvis Sadjadian
- Contact Person Email
- parvis.sadjadian@muehlenkreiskliniken.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR
- Department Name
- Klinik für Pneumologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Juergen Alt
- Principal Investigator Email
- juergen.alt@unimedizin-mainz.de
- Contact Person Name
- Juergen Alt
- Contact Person Email
- juergen.alt@unimedizin-mainz.de
- Site Name
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- Department Name
- Med. Klinik II
- Principal Investigator Name
- Friederike Althoff
- Principal Investigator Email
- falthoff@med.uni-frankfurt.de
- Contact Person Name
- Friederike Althoff
- Contact Person Email
- falthoff@med.uni-frankfurt.de
- Site Name
- LMU Klinikum Muenchen AöR
- Department Name
- Med. Klinik V, Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Amanda Tufman
- Principal Investigator Email
- Arnanda.Tufman@med.uni-muenchen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Amanda Tufman
- Contact Person Email
- Arnanda.Tufman@med.uni-muenchen.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen
- Department Name
- Klinik für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Tobias Overbeck
- Principal Investigator Email
- sz-umg.sponsor-qm@med.uni-goettingen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Tobias Overbeck
- Contact Person Email
- sz-umg.sponsor-qm@med.uni-goettingen.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Essen AöR
- Department Name
- Innere Klinik (Tumorforschung)
- Principal Investigator Name
- Marcel Wiesweg
- Principal Investigator Email
- marcel.wiesweg@uk-essen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Marcel Wiesweg
- Contact Person Email
- marcel.wiesweg@uk-essen.de
- Site Name
- Malteser Norddeutschland gGmbH
- Department Name
- Medizinische Klinik 1: Hemato-oncology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Nicolai Faber
- Principal Investigator Email
- Nicolai.Faber@malteser.org
- Contact Person Name
- Nicolai Faber
- Contact Person Email
- Nicolai.Faber@malteser.org
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden an der Technischen Universitaet Dresden AöR
- Department Name
- Medizinische Klinik I Studienzentrale internistische Onkologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Martin Wermke
- Principal Investigator Email
- Martin.Wermke@uniklinikum-dresden.de
- Contact Person Name
- Martin Wermke
- Contact Person Email
- Martin.Wermke@uniklinikum-dresden.de
- Site Name
- Stiftung Krankenhaus Bethanien Fuer Die Grafschaft Moers
- Department Name
- Ambulanz thorakale Onkologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Kato Kambartel
- Principal Investigator Email
- kambartel@bethanienmoers.de
- Contact Person Name
- Kato Kambartel
- Contact Person Email
- kambartel@bethanienmoers.de
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- AIO-Studien gGmbH
- Organisation Type
- Laboratory/Research/Testing facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Germany
Third parties
- {"country":"","full_name":"AMGEN","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Tarlatamab
- Active Substance
- TARLATAMAB
- Modality
- Other antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Route
- INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
- Maximum Dose
- Max daily dose 10 mg; max total dose 241 mg
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