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. 2025 Jan 24;14:1541527. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1541527

Table 2.

Impact of BM and use of PCI in 2 chemoimmunotherapy trials in extensive SCLC.

Impower 133 Caspian
ICI Atezolizumab Durvalumab
Brain metastases
(inclusion criteria)
Asymptomatic and treated Asymptomatic or treated
Presence of brain metastases 8,5% Exp arm
8,9% Placebo arm
10,7% Experimental arm
14.8% Placebo arm
PCI Both arms permitted Only in control arm permitted
Frequency of PCI 10% 8%
Stratification for BM yes no
mOS (with BM) 8,5 mOS Experimental arm
9,7 mOS Placebo
11,7 mOS Experimental arm
8,8 mOS Placebo

ICI, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor; BM, Brain Metastasis; mOS, median Overal Survival; PCI, Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation.