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No longer recruiting (closed or complete)Last updated: 1 April 2026

EVOKE-SCLC-04: A Study comparing a targeted therapy medication called Sacituzumab Govitecan (SG) Versus standard of care in people with previously treated Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer( ES- SCLC)A Global, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Phase 3 Study of Sacituzumab Govitecan Versus Standard of Care (SOC) in Participants With Previously Treated Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC)

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Lung Cancers Lung cancer

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

EVOKE-SCLC-04

Clinical summary

Summary

This study aims to understand the effectiveness of a drug called Sacituzumab Govitecan (SG) and how solid tumours respond to this drug in comparison to the standard of care in people with previously treated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).

Participants will be randomly allocated to one of two treatment arms.

  • Treatment Group A will receive Sacituzumab Govitecan (SG) on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day treatment cycle.
  • Treatment Group B will receive Topotecan on days 1 to 5 of a 21-day treatment cycle.

All drugs are administered intravenously.

 

Conditions

This trial is treating people with small cell lung cancer who have not had any prior treatment with irinotecan, topotecan, SG, SN-38, exatecan derivatives, and similar agents targeting topoisomerase I.

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of SCLC.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1.
  • Measurable disease by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1 criteria.
  • Documentation of radiological disease progression after 1 prior line of platinum-containing chemotherapy (defined as at least 2 cycles of treatment) with or without therapy directed against programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) or programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1; PD-1 and PD-L1 are hereafter referred to as PD-(L)1) for ES-SCLC.

Exclusion

  • Mixed SCLC and NSCLC histology
  • Untreated CNS metastases (pts with treated CNS disease stable for >4 weeks and taking ≤10mg/day prednisone or equivalent are eligible)
  • Disease progression <30 days from last dose of 1L platinum-containing chemotherapy (independent of immunotherapy maintenance)
  • Active second malignancy (pts with history of malignancy that has been completely treated with no evidence of active cancer for >3 years are eligible)
  • Anticancer treatment within 2 weeks prior to enrolment (for chemotherapy, small molecule therapy, radiation therapy) or within 4 weeks prior to enrolment for anticancer biologic agents

Inclusion

  • You have had treatment, but your cancer has come back (relapsed or recurrent).

Exclusion

  • You have been diagnosed with a prior or secondary type of cancer.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Message

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Trial sponsor

Gilead Sciences

Scientific Title

A Global, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Phase 3 Study of Sacituzumab Govitecan Versus Standard of Care (SOC) in Participants With Previously Treated Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC)

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