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. 2017 Jan 1;8(1):29–38. doi: 10.7150/jca.16822

Table 4.

Selected immune therapy in clinical trials with SCLC.

Author Target Drugs Phase Results
Grant et al.(82) Vaccine BEC2/BCG II 11 months (median RFS) for ED-SCLC
Giaccone et al.(83) Vaccine BEC2/BCG vs. observation III 14.3 vs. 16.4 months (median OS, P = 0.28)
Antonia et al.(84) Vaccine P53 I 11.8 months (median OS)
Chiappori et al.(85) Vaccine INGN-225 I/II 8.8 months (median OS)
Zarogoulidis et al.(86) CT vs. CT + IFN-α vs.
CT+ IFN-γ vs. CT + IFN-α + IFN-γ
II 19.0 vs. 34.0 vs. 17.0 vs. 13.6 months
(median OS, P<0.05) for LD-SCLC
Pillai et al.(87) IFN II 6.2 months (median OS)
2.0 months (median PFS)
Ott et al.(93) PD-1 Pembrolizumab I 35% (ORR)
Antonia et al.(95) PD-1/CTLA-4 Nivolumab 1 mg/kg + Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg I/II 23% (ORR)
Reck et al.(97) CTLA-4 d Control vs. Concurrent Ipilimumab vs. Phased Ipilimumab II 9.9 vs. 9.1 vs. 12.9 (median OS)
5.3 vs. 5.7 and 6.4 (median irPFS)

BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin; RFS: relapse-free survival; ED-SCLC: extensive disease small cell lung cancer; CT: chemotherapy; LD-SCLC: extensive disease small cell lung cancer; IFN: Interferon; PD-1: programmed death-1; CTLA-4: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4; irPFS: immune-related progression-free survival.

d Control (paclitaxel-carboplatin + Ipilimumab + placebo); concurrent Ipilimumab (Ipilimumab+ paclitaxel-carboplatin followed by placebo + paclitaxel-carboplatin); Phased Ipilimumab (placebo + paclitaxel-carboplatin followed by Ipilimumab+ paclitaxel-carboplatin).