MERU

A Study of an Active Drug as Maintenance Therapy Following First- Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Participants With Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (MERU)

Brief summary

This is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational, and multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy of an active drug as maintenance therapy following first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Interventional study

Status:
Terminated
Conditions:
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Enrollment:
748 patients
Phase:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Protocol ID:
M16-298
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Purpose:
Treatment

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Eligibility criteria

Participant attributes:
Male and Female

Age:

18 Years and older.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive-stage disease small cell lung
cancer (ED SCLC) at initial diagnosis with ongoing clinical benefit (stable disease
[SD], partial response [PR], or complete response [CR]) following completion of 4
cycles of first-line platinum-based therapy

- Participant is eligible to be randomized at least 3 but no more than 9 weeks from Day
1 of the fourth cycle of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

- Participants with a history of central nervous system (CNS) metastases prior to the
initiation of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy must have received definitive
local treatment and have documentation of stable or improved CNS disease status

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of 0 or 1

- Participants must have adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic function

- Availability of archived or representative tumor material for assessment of DLL3
expression

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any prior systemic chemotherapy, small molecule inhibitors, immune checkpoint
inhibitors, other monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates,
radioimmunoconjugates, T-cell or other cell-based or biologic therapies, or any other
anti-cancer therapy than that described in inclusion criteria for SCLC.

- Any disease-directed radiotherapy (except prophylactic cranial irradiation, palliative
radiotherapy to a radiographically documented non-progressing lesion for symptom
control, or pre-planned radiotherapy for CNS metastases present prior to start of
first-line therapy and non-progressing) after last dose of first-line chemotherapy.

- Prior exposure to a pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD-based) or indolinobenzodiazepine-based
drug, prior participation in a rovalpituzumab tesirine clinical trial, or known
hypersensitivity or other contraindications to rovalpituzumab tesirine or excipient
contained in the drug formulation.

All the cities where the clinical studies are located

Surrey - V3V 1Z2
Brampton - L6R 3J7
Oshawa - L1G 2B9
Toronto - M5G 2M9
Windsor - N8W 2X3
Québec - G1V 4G5

British Columbia

Quebec