Clinical trial Recruiting at 72 sites Phase 3 Interventional Ages 18 and up

ABBV-706 plus standard care for relapsed/refractory small cell lung cancer

Official title: A Phase 3 Randomized, Open Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ABBV-706 Versus Standard of Care in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

Run by AbbVie · NCT07365241 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study tests ABBV-706 to see if it changes disease activity and how safe it is compared with standard care in adults whose small cell lung cancer has returned or progressed.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 3
Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years and up
SexAll
Enrollment531 (estimated)
SponsorAbbVie
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionstarlatamab, atezolizumab, chemotherapy, prednisone
Locations72 sites (Birmingham, Alabama and 71 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJuly 2, 2026
Main results expectedSeptember 2030
Study endsSeptember 2030
Registry record updatedSeptember 23, 2026
Trial IDNCT07365241 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Adults with relapsed/refractory small cell lung cancer who have progressed after prior systemic therapy and are eligible for standard-of-care comparison treatments.

Probably not a fit

Patients unlikely to benefit include those with contraindications to SOC options or who do not meet eligibility criteria (e.g., performance status, prior treatment history).

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This phase 3 trial compares intravenous ABBV-706 to the physician's choice of standard-of-care therapies (topotecan, lurbinectedin, or amrubicin) in adults with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer. Up to about 531 participants will be enrolled across numerous sites globally and followed for roughly five years to assess safety, tolerability, and changes in disease activity. Participants receive either ABBV-706 or SOC, with treatment continuing until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or other stopping rules. The study aims to determine whether ABBV-706 can provide a favorable balance of benefit and risk compared with the current SOC options. Enrollment includes patients who have previously received platinum-based therapy and other specified treatments, and ECOG performance status will be used to determine eligibility.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, ABBV-706 could offer a new option that potentially improves disease control or symptoms for patients with relapsed/refractory SCLC.

How similar studies have gone: Previous research in similar SCLC approaches has shown mixed results; this trial explores a novel agent against standard regimens with prior signals but remains unproven.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of histologically or cytologically confirmed Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).
* Participants must have progressed on prior systemic therapy, with CPI (if eligible) and prior tarlatamab, defined as:

  * In the 1L and 2L setting respectively, platinum-based chemotherapy (i.e., carboplatin or cisplatin and etoposide with CPI, if eligible for CPI) and 2L tarlatamab; or
  * In the 1L and 2L setting, platinum-based chemotherapy (i.e., carboplatin and etoposide with atezolizumab and lurbinectedin in combination with atezolizumab maintenance and 2L tarlatamab; or
  * In the 1L setting, platinum-based chemotherapy (i.e., carboplatin or cisplatin and etoposide with CPI if eligible) in combination with tarlatamab in frontline induction and/or maintenance
* Participants must be considered suitable to receive SOC comparator (topotecan, lurbinectedin, or amrubicin).
* Participants must 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.
* Participants must have measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. Target lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions.
* Participants with brain metastasis from an extracranial solid tumor are eligible if the brain metastases are:

  * Previously treated and not requiring anticonvulsants and steroids for at least 7 days prior to first dose of study treatment. If required for management, subjects on a steroid equivalent of prednisone dose of ≤ 10 mg/day are eligible or;
  * Untreated and asymptomatic not requiring anticonvulsants and steroids for at least 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment. If required for management, subjects on a steroid equivalent of prednisone of ≤ 10 mg/day are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants with known active/symptomatic central nervous system metastases.
* Participants with a history of interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that previously required treatment with systemic steroids, or any evidence of active ILD/pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan.
* Participants with any clinically significant conditions that would adversely affect the participation in the study, and the subject should have a life expectancy of at least 3 months.
* Participants who have received prior treatment with a seizure-related 6 homolog (SEZ6) targeted Antibody drug conjugate (ADC), other targeted ADCs, or any other investigational agent not including tarlatamab in 1L.
* Participants who have received prior treatment with any Top1i such as topotecan, irinotecan, belotecan, camptothecin, rubitecan, exatecan or locally approved topoisomerase I inhibitor (Top1i) payload.

Where it's running

  • Birmingham Hematology and Oncology Associates d/b/a Alabama Oncology /ID# 280063
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    Recruiting
  • Usa Mitchell Cancer Institute /ID# 280198
    Mobile, Alabama, United States
    Recruiting
  • City Of Hope - Phoenix /ID# 281323
    Goodyear, Arizona, United States
    Recruiting
  • City of Hope National Medical Center /ID# 281322
    Duarte, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • City of Hope - Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center /ID# 281396
    Irvine, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute - South /ID# 281387
    Fort Myers, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Orlando Health Cancer Institute /ID# 280418
    Orlando, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Moffitt Cancer Center /ID# 279732
    Tampa, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • City Of Hope - Atlanta /ID# 279929
    Newnan, Georgia, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Chicago Medical Center /ID# 280149
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • OSF St. Francis Medical Center /ID# 279930
    Peoria, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Springfield Clinic - First /ID# 281309
    Springfield, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • City Of Hope - Chicago /ID# 281335
    Zion, Illinois, United States
    Recruiting
  • Franciscan St. Francis Health /ID# 279788
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    Recruiting
  • Baptist Health Louisville /ID# 280025
    Louisville, Kentucky, United States
    Recruiting
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute /ID# 279690
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cancer And Hematology Centers Of Western Michigan - Grand Rapids /ID# 279955
    Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • Minnesota Oncology - Edina Clinic /ID# 280698
    Edina, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester /ID# 279784
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
  • Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill /ID# 280574
    Mullica Hill, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • FirstHealth of the Carolinas- Speciality Center /ID# 279857
    Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Oncology Hematology Care - Fairfield /ID# 280641
    Fairfield, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center /ID# 280617
    Eugene, Oregon, United States
    Recruiting
  • Oregon Health and Science University /ID# 280071
    Portland, Oregon, United States
    Recruiting
  • St. Lukes University Hospital /ID# 280204
    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Tennessee Cancer Specialists - Knoxville - Old Weisgarber Road /ID# 280619
    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • University Of Tennessee Medical Center /ID# 279896
    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital /ID# 281405
    Memphis, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • SCRI Oncology Partners /ID# 279779
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center /ID# 280169
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States
    Recruiting
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center /ID# 280070
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Texas Oncology - Northeast Texas /ID# 280642
    Tyler, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Blue Ridge Cancer Care - Blacksburg /ID# 281583
    Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Virginia Cancer Specialists - Fairfax /ID# 280710
    Fairfax, Virginia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Shenandoah Oncology /ID# 280699
    Winchester, Virginia, United States
    Recruiting
  • West Virginia University Hospitals /ID# 279883
    Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Wisconsin /ID# 279909
    Madison, Wisconsin, United States
    Recruiting
  • Universitaetsklinikum Krems /ID# 280608
    Krems, Lower Austria, Austria
    Recruiting
  • Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen /ID# 281314
    Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
    Recruiting
  • AZ-Delta. /ID# 280341
    Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Sirio Libanes - Sao Paulo /ID# 279948
    São Paulo, Brazil
    Recruiting
  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille - Hopital Nord /ID# 280600
    Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
    Recruiting
  • Universtaetsklinikum Wuerzburg /ID# 280834
    Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Klinikum Kassel /ID# 280427
    Kassel, Hesse, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitaetsklinikum Koeln /ID# 280867
    Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Klinikum Koeln-Merheim /ID# 280958
    Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Henry Dunnant Hospital Center /ID# 280369
    Athens, Attica, Greece
    Recruiting
  • Metropolitan Hospital /ID# 280359
    Piraeus, Attica, Greece
    Recruiting
  • Interbalkan Medical Center Of Thessaloniki /ID# 280361
    Thessaloniki, Greece
    Recruiting
  • Fujita Health University Hospital /ID# 279969
    Toyoake, Aichi-ken, Japan
    Recruiting

+22 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

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