Phase 2 Open-Label Study of Sacituzumab Govitecan as Second-Line Therapy in Patients With Extensive-Stage SCLC: Results From TROPiCS-03

Afshin Dowlati, Anne C. Chiang, Andrés Cervantes, Sunil Babu, Erika Hamilton, Shu Fen Wong, Andrea Tazbirkova, Ivana Gabriela Sullivan, Cédric van Marcke, Antoine Italiano, Jilpa Patel, Sabeen Mekan, Tia Wu, Saiama N. Waqar

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Abstract

Introduction: The phase 2 TROPiCS-03 study evaluated the efficacy/safety of sacituzumab govitecan (SG) as second-line treatment in patients with previously treated extensive-stage SCLC (ES-SCLC). Methods: TROPiCS-03 (NCT03964727) is a multicohort, open-label, phase 2 basket study of solid tumors, including ES-SCLC. Adults with ES-SCLC that progressed after one previous line of platinum-based chemotherapy and anti–programmed death-(ligand) 1 (PD-[L]1) therapy received SG 10 mg/kg on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle. The primary end point was the investigator-assessed objective response rate (ORR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1. Key secondary end points included investigator-assessed duration of response (DOR) and progression-free survival (PFS); blinded independent central review–assessed ORR, DOR, and PFS; overall survival (OS); and safety. Efficacy was evaluated in patients with platinum-resistant and platinum-sensitive disease. Results: Among 43 patients (median follow-up, 12.3 [range, 8.1–20.1] mo), investigator-assessed ORR was 41.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 27.0%–57.9%), with 18 confirmed partial responses; median (95% CI) DOR, PFS, and OS were 4.73 (3.52–6.70), 4.40 (3.81–6.11), and 13.60 (6.57–14.78) months, respectively. The efficacy results of the blinded independent central review assessments were similar. The investigator-assessed ORR (95% CI) was 35.0% (15.4%–59.2%) in patients with platinum-resistant disease (n = 20) and 47.8% (26.8%–69.4%) in patients with platinum-sensitive disease (n = 23). Furthermore, 32 patients (74.4%) had grade greater than or equal to 3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs). No TEAE led to SG discontinuation; one treatment-related TEAE (neutropenic sepsis) led to death. Conclusions: SG has promising efficacy as second-line treatment of ES-SCLC, irrespective of platinum sensitivity. Safety was manageable and consistent with that observed in other SG studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)799-808
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Thoracic Oncology
Volume20
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2025

Keywords

  • Antibody-drug conjugate
  • Clinical trial
  • Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
  • Platinum sensitivity
  • Sacituzumab govitecan

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