Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

TARLATAMAB for Small cell lung cancer

Phase II trial of TARLATAMAB for Small cell lung cancer. Randomised, open-label. 148 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Small cell lung cancer
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Other antibody|Monoclonal antibody
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
10-01-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
05-05-2025

Trial design

Randomised, open-label Phase II trial in Belgium, France, Greece and others.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Target Sample Size
148

Eligibility

Recruits 148 Vulnerable population flag selected in trial population. Informed consent must be provided by the subject prior to any study-specific activities (see principal inclusion criterion 1). Subjects must be age ≥18 years (or ≥ legal age in country). Multiple country-specific Subject Information Sheets and Informed Consent Forms are provided (documents available in multiple languages and country versions). No specific assent procedures for minors are provided (trial restricts enrollment to adults/legal age)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female subjects of childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test assessed at screening and/or day 1 by a highly sensitive urine or serum pregnancy test
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population flag selected in trial population. Informed consent must be provided by the subject prior to any study-specific activities (see principal inclusion criterion 1). Subjects must be age ≥18 years (or ≥ legal age in country). Multiple country-specific Subject Information Sheets and Informed Consent Forms are provided (documents available in multiple languages and country versions). No specific assent procedures for minors are provided (trial restricts enrollment to adults/legal age).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Subject has provided informed consent before initiation of any study-specific activities/procedures. Exception: Standard of care imaging and laboratory assessments performed prior to informed consent."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years (or ≥ legal age within the country if it is older than 18 years) at the time of signing the informed consent."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Histologically or cytologically confirmed SCLC with demonstrated progression or relapse."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subject has progressed or recurred following 1 platinum-based regimen. In countries where standard of care first-line systemic treatment for ES disease includes platinum-containing chemotherapy in combination with PD-(L)1 inhibitor, it is required that subjects have failed PD-(L)-1 inhibitor as part of their first-line systemic treatment or are ineligible to receive PD-(L)1 inhibitor therapy."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Measurable disease at baseline per RECIST 1.1 within the 21-day screening period. - Screening scans performed as standard of care and prior to informed consent, may be used to confirm subject eligibility if completed within the 21-day screening period, provided that informed consent for the use of these scans is obtained prior to any transfer of data."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Minimum life expectancy of 12 weeks."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Adequate organ function, defined as follows: Refer to protocol section 5.1 for more details. - Hematological function: - Coagulation function: - Renal function: - Hepatic function: - Pulmonary function: -Cardiac function:"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Any previous diagnosis of transformed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) including epidermal growth factor receptor activating mutation positive NSCLC that has transformed to SCLC"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of solid organ transplantation."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior anticancer therapy within 30 days of enrollment (14 days for conventional chemotherapy"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treatment with live virus, including live-attenuated vaccination, within 14 days prior to the first dose of study treatment. Inactive vaccines (eg, non-live or non-replicating agent) and live viral non-replicating vaccines (eg, Jynneos for Monkeypox infection) within 3 days prior to first dose of study treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior enrollment on a tarlatamab clinical trial OR prior therapy with any selective inhibitor of the DLL3 pathway."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Receiving other anti-cancer therapy such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy. Subjects who are receiving adjuvant hormonal therapy for resected breast cancer may be eligible (refer also to exclusion related to history of other malignancies)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Receiving systemic corticosteroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to first dose of study treatment (see protocol section 5.2 for exceptions)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female subjects of childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test assessed at screening and/or day 1 by a highly sensitive urine or serum pregnancy test"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Male subjects with a female partner of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice sexual abstinence (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraception during treatment & for an additional XX days after the last dose of tarlatamab"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Male subjects with a pregnant partner who are unwilling to practice abstinence or use a condom during treatment and for an additional XX days after the last dose of tarlatamab"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Male subjects unwilling to abstain from donating sperm during treatment & for an additional XX days after the last dose of tarlatamab"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of other malignancy within the past 2 years (see protocol section 5.2 for exceptions)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Myocardial infarction and/or symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association > class II) within 6 months prior to first dose of study treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of arterial thrombosis (eg, stroke or transient ischemic attack) within 6 months prior to first dose of study treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior history of severe or life-threatening events from any immune-mediated therapy"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Major surgical procedures within 21 days prior to first dose of study treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Presence or history of viral infection: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Active hepatitis B or C infection"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subject with symptoms and/or clinical signs and/or radiographic signs that indicate an acute and/or uncontrolled active systemic infection within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases (see protocol section 5.2 for exceptions)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subject has known sensitivity to any of the products or components to be administered during dosing"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Currently receiving treatment in another investigational device or drug study, or less than 30 days or 5 half-lives since ending treatment on another investigational device or drug study(ies). Other investigational procedures and participation in observational research studies while participating in this study are excluded"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Evidence of interstitial lung disease or active, non-infectious pneumonitis."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female subjects of childbearing potential unwilling to use protocol-specified method of contraception during treatment & for an additional XX days after the last dose of tarlatamab"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female subjects who are breastfeeding or who plan to breastfeed while on study through XX days after the last dose of tarlatamab."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female subjects planning to become pregnant or donate eggs while on study through XX days after the last dose of tarlatamab."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Diagnosis or evidence of leptomeningeal disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (except replacement therapy) within the past 2 years or any other diseases requiring immunosuppressive therapy while on study"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Confirmed OR (CR + PR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed as objective response rate (ORR) based on blinded independent central review (BICR) per RECIST 1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- CR (Complete Response)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Complete response assessed per RECIST 1.1 (as part of ORR) by BICR."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- PR (Partial Response)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Partial response assessed per RECIST 1.1 (as part of ORR) by BICR."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- serum concentrations of tarlatamab","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pharmacokinetic assessment: measurement of serum concentrations of tarlatamab (PK)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DOR - Duration of confirmed response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration from first confirmed response to progression or death; assessed per RECIST 1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DC -Disease control is defined as objective response or stable disease.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Disease control defined as objective response (CR or PR) or stable disease assessed per RECIST 1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Duration of DC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from disease control (CR/PR or stable disease) to progression or death."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- PFS-Progression-free survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to documented disease progression or death; assessed per RECIST 1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- OR - Objective response is defined as best overall response of CR or PR.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Best overall response per RECIST 1.1 (CR or PR), as assessed by BICR and investigator (where specified)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS) -Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to death from any cause (OS)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- OS rate at 6 months and 1 year from randomization","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants alive at 6 months and 1 year from randomization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessment: incidence and severity of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) reported during study."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of anti-tarlatamab antibody formation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of immunogenicity: incidence of anti-drug (anti-tarlatamab) antibody formation."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
148
Recruitment Window Months
49
Consent Approach
Informed consent must be provided by each subject prior to initiation of any study-specific activities/procedures (exception for standard-of-care imaging/labs performed prior to consent if consent for use of those scans is obtained). Subjects must be ≥18 years (or ≥ legal age in country). Country-specific Subject Information Sheets and Informed Consent Forms are provided (multiple language and country versions available, including English and country translations). Pregnancy-specific consent materials are available (pregnancy consent forms referenced).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
23
Total Number Of Participants
92

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
10-04-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
05-03-2026
Processing Time Days
329
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
10

Sites

Site Name
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
Department Name
Pulmonology
Principal Investigator Name
Jo Raskin
Principal Investigator Email
jo.raskin@uza.be
Contact Person Name
Jo Raskin
Contact Person Email
jo.raskin@uza.be
Site Name
Jessa Ziekenhuis
Department Name
Respiratory Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Kristof Cuppens
Principal Investigator Email
Kristof.Cuppens@jessazh.be
Contact Person Name
Kristof Cuppens
Contact Person Email
Kristof.Cuppens@jessazh.be
Site Name
Grand Hopital De Charleroi
Department Name
Pulmonology
Principal Investigator Name
Benoit Colinet
Principal Investigator Email
benoit.colinet2@ghdc.be
Contact Person Name
Benoit Colinet
Contact Person Email
benoit.colinet2@ghdc.be

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
28-03-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
09-03-2026
Processing Time Days
346
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
6

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
Department Name
Service de pneumologie
Principal Investigator Name
Charles Ricordel
Principal Investigator Email
charles.ricordel@chu-rennes.fr
Contact Person Name
Charles Ricordel
Contact Person Email
charles.ricordel@chu-rennes.fr
Site Name
Hospices Civils De Lyon
Department Name
Service de pneumologie aigue specialisee et cancerologie thoracique
Principal Investigator Name
Sebastien Couraud
Principal Investigator Email
sebastien.couraud@chu-lyon.fr
Contact Person Name
Sebastien Couraud
Contact Person Email
sebastien.couraud@chu-lyon.fr
Site Name
Hospital Foch
Department Name
Service de pneumologie
Principal Investigator Name
Helene Doubre
Principal Investigator Email
h.doubre@hopital-foch.org
Contact Person Name
Helene Doubre
Contact Person Email
h.doubre@hopital-foch.org

Greece

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
23-01-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
08-04-2026
Processing Time Days
440
Number Of Sites
7
Number Of Participants
37

Sites

Site Name
Athens Medical Center S.A.
Department Name
4th Department of Medical Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Ippokratis Korantzis
Principal Investigator Email
ippokratis.korantzis@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Ippokratis Korantzis
Contact Person Email
ippokratis.korantzis@gmail.com
Site Name
University General Hospital Of Heraklion
Department Name
Medical Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Sofia Agelaki
Principal Investigator Email
agelaki@uoc.gr
Contact Person Name
Sofia Agelaki
Contact Person Email
agelaki@uoc.gr
Site Name
General University Hospital Of Patras
Department Name
Division of Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Angelos Koutras
Principal Investigator Email
angkoutr@otenet.gr
Contact Person Name
Angelos Koutras
Contact Person Email
angkoutr@otenet.gr
Site Name
Athens Medical Center S.A.
Department Name
Oncology Department
Principal Investigator Name
Sofia Baka
Principal Investigator Email
bakasofia@hotmail.com
Contact Person Name
Sofia Baka
Contact Person Email
bakasofia@hotmail.com
Site Name
Metropolitan Hospital
Department Name
2nd Oncology Department
Principal Investigator Name
Epaminondas Samantas
Principal Investigator Email
epsam@otenet.gr
Contact Person Name
Epaminondas Samantas
Contact Person Email
epsam@otenet.gr
Site Name
Henry Dunant Hospital Center
Department Name
4th Department of Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Ioannis Mountzios
Principal Investigator Email
gmountzios@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Ioannis Mountzios
Contact Person Email
gmountzios@gmail.com
Site Name
Alexandra Hospital
Department Name
Oncology Department, Department of Clinical Therapeutics
Principal Investigator Name
Michalis Liontos
Principal Investigator Email
mliontos@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Michalis Liontos
Contact Person Email
mliontos@gmail.com

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
19-02-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
03-03-2026
Processing Time Days
377
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
7

Sites

Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera S Giovanni Addolorata
Department Name
UOC Oncologia
Principal Investigator Name
Antonio Lugini
Principal Investigator Email
alugini@hsangiovanni.roma.it
Contact Person Name
Antonio Lugini
Contact Person Email
alugini@hsangiovanni.roma.it

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
31-03-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
04-03-2026
Processing Time Days
338
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
30

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Luis Paz-Ares Rodriguez
Principal Investigator Email
lpazares@hotmail.com
Contact Person Name
Luis Paz-Ares Rodriguez
Contact Person Email
lpazares@hotmail.com
Site Name
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Delvys Rodriguez Abreu
Principal Investigator Email
delvysra@yahoo.com
Contact Person Name
Delvys Rodriguez Abreu
Contact Person Email
delvysra@yahoo.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Pedro Filipe Simoes Da Rocha
Principal Investigator Email
pedrorocha@vhio.net
Contact Person Name
Pedro Filipe Simoes Da Rocha
Contact Person Email
pedrorocha@vhio.net
Site Name
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruna
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Maria Rosario Garcia Campelo
Principal Investigator Email
MA.Rosario.Garcia.Campelo@sergas.es
Contact Person Name
Maria Rosario Garcia Campelo
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Ramon Y Cajal
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Maria Eugenia Olmedo Garcia
Principal Investigator Email
maruolmedogarcia@hotmail.com
Contact Person Name
Maria Eugenia Olmedo Garcia
Contact Person Email
maruolmedogarcia@hotmail.com

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Amgen Inc.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
Excelya Greece CRO Single Member S.A.
Responsibilities
code 1
Name
Kayentis
Responsibilities
code 7
Name
Suvoda LLC
Responsibilities
code 3
Name
Q Squared Solutions Limited
Responsibilities
code 4
Name
Q Squared Solutions LLC
Responsibilities
code 4

Third parties

  • {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Europese Organisatie Voor Onderzoek En Behandeling Van Kanker Organisation Europeenne Pour La Recherche Et Le Traitement Du Cancer European Organi","duties_or_roles":"Supplies 2 Questionnaires","organisation_type":"Patient organisation/association"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Ventana Medical Systems Inc.","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Medical Equipment Supplies And Management Limited","duties_or_roles":"Equipment Supplier","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"France","full_name":"Mapi Research Trust","duties_or_roles":"code 3","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Personalis Inc.","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Invicro LLC","duties_or_roles":"Imaging Vendor","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"FACIT.Org Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Supplies 1 Questionnaire","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Advarra Inc.","duties_or_roles":"US Central IRB (CIRB)","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"France","full_name":"Kayentis","duties_or_roles":"code 7","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Azenta Germany GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Long-term laboratory sample storage","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Suvoda LLC","duties_or_roles":"code 3","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Excelya Greece CRO Single Member S.A.","duties_or_roles":"code 1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"India","full_name":"Syngene International Limited","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions LLC","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Azenta Germany GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Long-term laboratory sample storage","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"code 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Tarlatamab
Active Substance
TARLATAMAB
Modality
Other antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS USE
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus: 1
Orphan Designation
Yes
Starting Dose
1 mg (Cycle 1 Day 1)
Dose Levels
1 mg; 10 mg
Frequency
Cycle 1 Day 1: 1 mg; Cycle 1 Day 8: 10 mg; Cycle 1 Day 15: 10 mg; then 10 mg every 2 weeks
Dose Escalation Increase
1 mg -> 10 mg
Investigational Product Name
SILTUXIMAB
Active Substance
SILTUXIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS USE
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus: 2
Dose Levels
11 mg/Kg
Maximum Dose
11 mg/Kg

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