The Phase III Clinical Trial Application For First-Line Treatment Of Extensive Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer With Chiauranib Has Been Approved

( MENAFN - PR Newswire) SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 1, Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences Co., Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as "Chipscreen Biosciences") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Chengdu Chipscreen Pharmaceutical Ltd., received the "Drug Clinical Trial Approval Notice" approved by the National Medical Products Administration. The company's self-developed original new drug, Chiauranib, combined with PD - (L) 1 monoclonal antibody and standard chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of extensive stage small cell lung cancer, has been approved for phase III clinical trials.

Extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), as a highly aggressive subtype of lung cancer, has long been a huge challenge in the field of treatment. In recent years, chemo-immunotherapy has greatly improved the survival outcomes of patients with small cell lung cancer. However, compared to other types of tumors, there is still great room for improvement in the long-term survival of patients with small cell lung cancer.

Chiauranib has a multi pathway pharmacological mechanism and has unique anti-tumor activity against neuroendocrine tumors such as small cell lung cancer. At the same time, it can produce synergistic effects with immunotherapy and chemotherapy through its dual effects of anti-angiogenesis and immune regulatory activity. On the basis of first-line chemo-immunotherapy, the introduction of the new regimen of Chiauranib is expected to further improve the l.