ABBV-706 plus atezolizumab versus standard first-line therapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Official title: A Phase 2 Randomized, Open Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Optimal Dose, Safety, and Efficacy of ABBV-706 in Combination With Atezolizumab Versus Standard of Care as First-Line Treatment in Subjects With Previously Untreated Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC)
Run by AbbVie · NCT07155174 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This trial will test whether giving ABBV-706 with atezolizumab is safer or more effective than standard first-line chemo plus atezolizumab in adults with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 2 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 180 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | AbbVie Industry-sponsored |
| Drugs / interventions | atezolizumab |
| Locations | 70 sites (New Haven, Connecticut and 69 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | November 25, 2025 |
| Main results expected | April 2029 |
| Study ends | September 2031 |
| Registry record updated | October 27, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT07155174 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Adults with newly diagnosed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer who have not received prior systemic therapy, have measurable disease, and have ECOG performance status 0–1 are ideal candidates.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with active symptomatic brain metastases, prior treatment for limited-stage SCLC, active interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis requiring steroids, or ECOG >1 are unlikely to be eligible or to benefit from this trial.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
Adults with previously untreated extensive-stage SCLC and ECOG 0–1 will be enrolled at multiple sites and receive either one of two IV doses of ABBV-706 with IV atezolizumab or the standard regimen of etoposide, carboplatin and atezolizumab (with optional lurbinectedin). The study includes a safety lead-in to define tolerable ABBV-706 dosing followed by an expansion phase to compare adverse events and change in disease activity across arms, targeting about 180 participants worldwide. Key eligibility requires measurable disease and brain imaging to rule out active symptomatic CNS metastases, while major exclusions include prior limited-stage therapy and active interstitial lung disease. Primary outcomes focus on safety, optimal dose selection, and change in disease activity measured by RECIST v1.1.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the combination could produce higher tumor response rates or longer time to progression than current first-line treatment, offering a new option for patients.
How similar studies have gone: Adding atezolizumab to chemotherapy has previously improved survival in first-line ES-SCLC, but ABBV-706 is investigational and combining this type of agent with immunotherapy is a novel approach with mixed results in earlier efforts.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of histologically or cytologically confirmed extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) requiring treatment with first line therapy. * Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 1 during the screening period prior to the first dose of study treatment. * Have measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1). * Suspected brain metastases at screening should have a computed tomography (CT)/ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain prior to study entry. Exclusion Criteria: * Have received any kind of treatment for limited stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC). * Known active/symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases should be excluded. * History of interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that required treatment with systemic steroids, or any evidence of active ILD/pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan should be excluded. * Have any clinically significant conditions that would adversely affect the participant's participation in the study, and the subject should have a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
Where it's running
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Yale University School of Medicine /ID# 278181
New Haven, Connecticut, United States Recruiting -
University of Florida College of Medicine /ID# 277496
Gainesville, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Ocala Oncology Center /ID# 278269
Ocala, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Moffitt Cancer Center /ID# 277573
Tampa, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology And Hematology /ID# 277336
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States Recruiting -
Baptist Health Lexington /ID# 277729
Lexington, Kentucky, United States Recruiting
Show 44 more locations
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute /ID# 277732
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Recruiting -
Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit /ID# 277218
Detroit, Michigan, United States Recruiting -
Missouri Cancer Associates /ID# 278299
Columbia, Missouri, United States Recruiting -
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center /ID# 277556
Cleveland, Ohio, United States Recruiting -
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center /ID# 277929
Houston, Texas, United States Recruiting -
Virginia Cancer Specialists - Fairfax /ID# 278298
Fairfax, Virginia, United States Recruiting -
Grand Hopital de Charleroi - Les Viviers /ID# 276897
Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium Recruiting -
Jessa Ziekenhuis - Campus Virga Jesse /ID# 276781
Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium Recruiting -
AZ Maria Middelares /ID# 277027
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium Recruiting -
Groupe Sante CHC - Clinique du MontLegia /ID# 276783
Liège, Belgium Recruiting -
Cancer Hospital - Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences /ID# 277167
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China Recruiting -
Henan Cancer Hospital /ID# 277059
Zhengzhou, Henan, China Recruiting -
Union Hospital Tongji Medical College /ID# 277912
Wuhan, Hubei, China Recruiting -
The First affiliated hospital of Nanchang University /ID# 277247
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Recruiting -
Shanghai East Hospital /ID# 277111
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China Recruiting -
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital /ID# 276960
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China Recruiting -
West China Hospital of Sichuan University /ID# 277852
Chengdu, Sichuan, China Recruiting -
Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen /ID# 278005
Immenhausen, Hesse, Germany Recruiting -
Universitaetsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH /ID# 277466
Marburg, Hesse, Germany Recruiting -
Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin /ID# 277094
Berlin, Germany Recruiting -
Meir Medical Center /ID# 277292
Kefar Sava, Central District, Israel Recruiting -
Assuta Ashdod Medical Center /ID# 276661
Ashdod, Southern District, Israel Recruiting -
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center /ID# 276660
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel Recruiting -
Rambam Health Care Campus- Haifa /ID# 276663
Haifa, Israel Recruiting -
Hadassah Medical Center-Hebrew University /ID# 276662
Jerusalem, Israel Recruiting -
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele /ID# 276793
Milan, Milano, Italy Recruiting -
IRCCS Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri-Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena /ID# 276792
Rome, Roma, Italy Recruiting -
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Luigi Gonzaga /ID# 276789
Orbassano, Torino, Italy Recruiting -
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico /ID# 277744
Roma, Italy Recruiting -
National Cancer Center Hospital East /ID# 277239
Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan Recruiting -
Shizuoka Cancer Center /ID# 277243
Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, Japan Recruiting -
Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital /ID# 277335
Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo, Japan Recruiting -
National Cancer Center Hospital /ID# 277237
Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Recruiting -
Wakayama Medical University Hospital /ID# 277260
Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan Recruiting -
Wielkopolskie Centrum Pulmonologii i Torakochirurgii im. Eugenii i Janusza Zeyla /ID# 276907
Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Recruiting -
Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny Nr 4 w Lublinie /ID# 276910
Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland Recruiting -
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii Im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Bada /ID# 277112
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Recruiting -
University Clinical Center Serbia /ID# 277007
Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia Recruiting -
Clinical Hospital Center - Bezanijska Kosa /ID# 277013
Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia Recruiting -
University Clinical Center Nis /ID# 277180
Niš, Nisavski Okrug, Serbia Recruiting -
Institute For Pulmonary Diseases Of Vojvodina /ID# 277003
Kamenitz, Sremski Okrug, Serbia Recruiting -
University Clinical Center Kragujevac /ID# 277179
Kragujevac, Sumadijski Okrug, Serbia Recruiting -
National Cancer Center /ID# 277434
Goyang-si, Gyeonggido, South Korea Recruiting -
Chungbuk National University Hospital /ID# 277429
Cheongju-si, North Chungcheong, South Korea Recruiting
+20 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Abbvie Call Center
- Email: abbvieclinicaltrials@abbvie.com
- Phone: 844-663-3742
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.