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No longer recruiting (closed or complete)Last updated: 21 December 2023

CheckMate 451: This phase III immunotherapy trial is assessing treatment with Nivolumab, or Nivolumab in combination with Ipilimumab, for patients with extensive-stage disease Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Study of Nivolumab, Nivolumab in Combination With Ipilimumab, or Placebo as Maintenance Therapy in Subjects With Extensive-Stage Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer (ED-SCLC) After Completion of Platinum-based First Line Chemotherapy

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Lung Cancers Lung cancer

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

CheckMate 451

Clinical summary

Summary

The purpose of this study is to show that maintenance therapy with nivolumab, or nivolumab plus ipilimumab followed by nivolumab alone, will prolong Overall Survival and Progression Free Survival compared with placebo in subjects with extensive stage disease small cell lung cancer who have completed first line chemotherapy.

Conditions

This trial is treating people with Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Subjects with histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive stage disease SCLC
  • Ongoing response of stable disease or better following 4 cycles of platinum-based first line chemotherapy
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

Exclusion

  • Subjects with symptomatic Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases
  • Subjects receiving consolidative chest radiation
  • Subjects with active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease are excluded
  • All side effects attributed to prior anti-cancer therapy must have resolved to Grade 1 or baseline

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply

Inclusion

  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Message

Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.

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Trial sponsor

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)

Scientific Title

A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Study of Nivolumab, Nivolumab in Combination With Ipilimumab, or Placebo as Maintenance Therapy in Subjects With Extensive-Stage Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer (ED-SCLC) After Completion of Platinum-based First Line Chemotherapy

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