AstraZeneca plc (LON: AZN) has today announced positive overall survival results from the Phase III CASPIAN trial with Imfinzi in 1st-line extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, a disease with significant unmet need and limited treatment options for patients.
A planned interim analysis conducted by an Independent Data Monitoring Committee concluded that the trial has met its primary endpoint by showing a statistically-significant and clinically-meaningful improvement in OS in patients treated with Imfinzi in combination with standard-of-care etoposide and platinum-based chemotherapy options vs. chemotherapy alone. The safety and tolerability for this Imfinzi combination was consistent with the known safety profiles of these medicines.
AstraZeneca will submit these results for presentation at a forthcoming medical meeting.
José Baselga, Executive Vice President, Oncology R&D said:
“The Phase III CASPIAN results offer new hope for patients who are facing the devastating diagnosis of small cell lung cancer, and for whom new medicines are urgently needed. This is the first trial offering the flexibility of combining immunotherapy with different platinum-based regimens in small cell lung cancer, expanding treatment options.”
CASPIAN is a randomised, open-label, multi-centre, global, Phase III trial of Imfinzi plus platinum-based chemotherapy options or the combination of Imfinzi, tremelimumab and chemotherapy vs. chemotherapy alone as a 1st-line treatment for patients with extensive-stage SCLC. The trial will continue to the final analysis of OS for the combination of dual immune checkpoint blockade with chemotherapy. This combination includes tremelimumab, an anti-CTLA4 antibody and potential new medicine, with Imfinzi, an anti-PDL1 antibody, and chemotherapy.
Imfinzi is also being tested following concurrent chemoradiation therapy in limited-stage SCLC in the Phase III ADRIATIC trial.
Imfinzi is approved for unresectable, Stage III non-small cell lung cancer in more than 45 countries, including the US, EU and Japan, based on the Phase III PACIFIC trial.
