Durvalumab and Tremelimumab ± Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Squamous or Non-Squamous NSCLC

Summary

Durvalumab is a new type of drug for many kinds of cancer. It is considered "immunotherapy" and not "chemotherapy". Laboratory tests show that it works by allowing the immune system to detect cancer and reactivate the immune response. This may help to slow down the growth of cancer or may cause cancer cells to die. Durvalumab has been shown to shrink tumours in animals and has been studied in more than 5000 people and seems promising. Tremelimumab is a new type of drug for various types of cancers. It works in a similar way to durvalumab and may improve the effect of durvalumab. Tremelimumab may also help slow the growth of the cancer cells or may cause cancer cells to die. It has been shown to shrink tumours in animals and has been studied in over 1200 people and seems promising.

Timeline

Start

2017-03-28

Primary completion

2020-02-24

Completion

2026-06-30

Publications

• Results Leighl NB, Laurie SA, Goss GD, Hughes BGM, Stockler M, Tsao MS, Hwang DM, Joubert P, Kulkarni S, Blais N, Joy AA, Mates M, Rana P, Yadav SK, Underhill C, Lee C, Bradbury PA, Hiltz A, Dancey J, Ding K, Vera-Badillo F; Canadian Cancer Trials Group Lung Disease Site and the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group. CCTG BR34: A Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab With or Without Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol. 2022 Mar;17(3):434-445. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.10.023. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

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