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NCT07061535RecruitingPhase 2

Sintilimab Combined With Tafolecimab and Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Efficacy and Safety of Sintilimab Combined With Tafolecimab and Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (STAR-SCLC):A Prospective, Single Arm Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a single arm, multi-center clinical trial. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and biomarkers of Tafolecimab combined with Sintilimab and Chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Tafolecimab is a recombinant fully humanized monoclonal antibody against proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK-9), which can reduce low-density lipoprotein-C levels and increase the expression level of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) on tumor cells. Sintilimab is a fully humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
First submitted
2 Jul 2025
Start date
30 Jul 2025
Primary completion date
1 Aug 2027
Lead sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT07061535

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 40
  • From 30 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2027
  • 5 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Previously receiving systemic anti-tumor therapy for ES-SCLC;
  • Receiving other investigational drugs or participated in other interventional clinical studies within 4 weeks before signing the informed consent form;
  • Receiving systemic immunostimulant treatment within 4 weeks before enrollment;
  • Severe chronic/active infections requiring systemic antibacterial, antifungal or antiviral treatment within 2 weeks before enrollment;
  • Having a disease that requires systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants to be treated within ≤14 days before enrollment;
  • Using attenuated live vaccines, or planned to receive attenuated live vaccines within 28 days before enrollment;
  • Toxicity caused by previous anti-cancer treatment has not recovered to baseline or stable state at the time of enrollment;

Other illness

  • Severe cardiovascular disease;
  • Active hepatitis B virus (HBV)/ hepatitis C virus (HCV)/ human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection;
  • Active autoimmune diseases, a history of interstitial lung disease, or other uncontrolled systemic diseases;
  • Known to be allergic to Sintilimab or Tafolecimab or its excipients, having a history of severe allergic reaction to any monoclonal antibody, or having a history of allergy to cisplatin, carboplatin or etoposide;

Lab values

  • Creatinine clearance rate \< 60 mL/min (cisplatin) or \< 45 mL/min (carboplatin)

Other

  • Combined SCLC (mixed SCLC and NSCLC histological types) or transformed SCLC confirmed by histological or cytological examination;
  • Active central nervous system (CNS) metastases (asymptomatic patients with stable lesions allowed);
  • Pregnancy or lactation;
  • Requiring at least monthly or more frequent drainage of pleural and/or pericardial or peritoneal effusion;
  • Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥18 years, ECOG performance status 0-1;
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) according to Veterans Administration Lung Study Group criteria;
  • Previously not receiving systemic treatment for ES-SCLC;
  • Greater than or equal to 1 measurable lesion exists according to RECIST v1.1;
  • Expected survival \>= 12 weeks;
  • Adequate organ system functions (no blood transfusion or component blood use within 14 days before testing).

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (5)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hunan Cancer Hospital(The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
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ChangshaChinaNot yet recruiting
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
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HangzhouChinaRecruiting
First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
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HangzhouChinaRecruiting
Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences
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HangzhouChinaRecruiting
Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Science
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JinanChinaRecruiting

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