About this trial

This phase I trial aims to determine if it is safe to use palliative radiotherapy and lurbinectedin at the same time to treat small cell lung cancer that has spread outside of the chest and that has grown after being treated with chemotherapy (extensive stage). Lurbinectedin kills tumor cells by blocks a process called transcription that small cell lung cancer relies on to survive. It also damages the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of tumor cells, which is similar to the way radiation kills tumor cells. Palliative radiotherapy is a routine medical treatment for patients who have lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic), and is used to relieve symptoms caused by cancer or to patients from developing symptoms. This trial may help doctors understand if treating patients with lurbinectedin and palliative radiotherapy at the same time would make them both work better than either one alone or if they could cause more side effects for patients when given together.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age >= 18 years

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 3

Patients with pathologically confirmed ES-SCLC who are receiving lurbinectedin or are candidates for lurbinectedin therapy after progression on first-line systemic therapy (either chemotherapy [platinum etoposide] or chemoimmunotherapy) at the discretion of the treating medical oncologist.

Metastatic bone or visceral/lung metastatic disease as assessed computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), bone scan or positron emission tomography (PET)/CT within 90 days prior to RT on this study.

Disqualifiers

Pregnancy or breastfeeding within 2 weeks

Patients may not enroll in both safety cohorts

Spinal cord previously irradiated to > 40 Gy (delivered in =< 3Gy/fraction)

Brachial plexus previously irradiated to > 50Gy (delivered in =< 3Gy/fraction)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Lurbinectedin
  • Palliative Radiation Therapy

Treatment groups

22 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

3
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital30342, AtlantaGeorgia, United States
Emory University30322, AtlantaGeorgia, United States
Emory University Hospital Midtown30308, AtlantaGeorgia, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Emory University

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Collaborator