Tests YL201 with serplulimab as first treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Tests YL201 with serplulimab in adults with untreated small cell lung cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- MediLink Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Where
- Guangzhou and Shenyang, ChinaSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Study of YL201 in Combination With Serplulimab in Participants With Treatment-naïve Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 442 people, planned
- Started
- 18 Aug 2026
- Expected to end
- Apr 2030
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- YL201
- Serplulimab
- Carboplatin
- Etoposide
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer who have not yet had any drug treatment for it. It compares YL201 plus serplulimab with carboplatin and etoposide plus serplulimab.
- Age
- 18 years or older.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, confirmed by tissue or cell tests. At least one measurable tumour outside the brain is needed. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
- Earlier treatment
- No earlier drug treatment (systemic treatment) for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Transformed or combined small cell lung cancer
- Active brain, brainstem or leptomeningeal metastases
- History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis needing steroids
- HIV, active hepatitis B or C, active tuberculosis or active syphilis
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become so during the study
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Voluntarily sign the written informed consent form and comply with the protocol requirements
- Age ≥18 years
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC)
- No prior systemic treatment for ES-SCLC
- At least one extracranial measurable lesion according to RECIST v1.1
- Adequate organ function
- Life expectancy ≥3 months
Who cannot take part
- History of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) of CTCAE Grade ≥3 during prior immunotherapy, or unresolved adverse events from previous antitumor therapy
- Major surgery (excluding diagnostic procedures) or severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to randomization or planned major surgery during the study period
- History of interstitial lung disease (ILD) /pneumonitis requiring steroid treatment, or current diagnosis of ILD/pneumonitis, or concurrent pulmonary disease leading to clinically severe impairment of respiratory function
- Active autoimmune or inflammatory diseases within 2 years prior to randomization
- Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to randomization, or active infection requiring intravenous anti-infective therapy within 2 weeks or oral anti-infective therapy within 1 week prior to randomization
- History of other primary malignancies within 5 years prior to randomization
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of the investigational product
- History of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Presence of severe and uncontrolled cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease
- Known active tuberculosis or active syphilis infection
- History of immunodeficiency or positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies test
- Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Participants with inactive HBV infection must receive antiviral therapy throughout the study
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for study participation
- Any histological types of transformed SCLC or combined SCLC
- Presence of active brain metastases, brainstem metastases, or leptomeningeal metastases
- Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or who plan to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study period
Where in China
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterGuangzhou, ChinaContact: Study CoordinatorTaking people
- Liaoning Cancer Hospital & InstituteShenyang, ChinaContact: Study CoordinatorTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This trial is a registrational Phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter study to compare the efficacy and safety of YL201 in combination with serplulimab versus standard-of-care carboplatin and etoposide in combination with serplulimab as first-line treatment in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
The 2 groups in the trial
- YL201 in combination with serplulimabTreatment being tested
Participants will receive YL201 in combination with serplulimab until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, whichever occurs first. The total number of treatment cycles of YL201 in this study is not fixed, and the maximum duration of serplulimab treatment is 2 years.
Treatment: YL201 and Serplulimab
- Carboplatin and etoposide in combination with serplulimabExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants will receive 4 cycles of carboplatin plus etoposide in combination with serplulimab as induction therapy, followed by maintenance treatment with serplulimab for up to 2 years.
Treatment: Serplulimab, Carboplatin, and Etoposide
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Open-label Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of YL201 in Combination With Serplulimab Versus Carboplatin and Etoposide in Combination With Serplulimab as First-line Treatment in Participants With Treatment-naïve Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Plain-language title
- Tests YL201 with serplulimab as first treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancerGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026