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APRIL 6, 2020

Imfinzi Approved for First-Line Treatment of Extensive-Stage SCLC

By SPC News Staff

The FDA approved durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) in combination with etoposide and either carboplatin or cisplatin as first-line treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

The approval was based on data from the randomized, active-controlled, open-label, phase 3 CASPIAN trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03043872), in which durvalumab in combination with chemotherapy resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in