Lung Cancer

Verified discoveries, trials, and approvals for this cancer type. Every story separates evidence strength, regulatory status, and guideline position.

Latest Discoveries

Trial Watch: A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Intismeran Autogene (V940) in Participants With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (V940-009/INTerpath-009)

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 28, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy of Adjuvant Immunotherapy With Cemiplimab in Patients With Surgically Removed Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Not Received Prior Chemotherapy

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 28, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: Study of JDQ443 in Comparison With Docetaxel in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic KRAS G12C Mutant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 25, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Active Not Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: Study of Dato-DXd Plus Pembrolizumab vs Pembrolizumab Alone in the First-line Treatment of Subjects With Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC Without Actionable Genomic Alterations

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 24, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Active Not Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: Testing the Addition of AZD6738 (Ceralasertib) to Immunotherapy to Increase Time Without Cancer for Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 21, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Active Not Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: BL-M14D1 Plus Atezolizumab vs Standard of Care in First-Line Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (BrenDeLL-Lung01)

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 17, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Divarasib Versus Sotorasib or Adagrasib in Participants With Previously Treated KRAS G12C-positive Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 16, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Active Not Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Trial Watch: A Phase III Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of JYP0322 in Previously Untreated ROS1-Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: Investigational
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
September 15, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov confirms that this Phase 3 study is registered and currently listed as Not Yet Recruiting. This establishes the study's existence and registry-reported design/status, not a treatment benefit.

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Major Advances

FDA converts tarlatamab’s accelerated approval to full approval for small cell lung cancer, on a real survival benefit

Evidence stage: High-Certainty EvidenceRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
August 13, 2026

In the randomized, open-label, phase 3 DeLLphi-304 trial, tarlatamab significantly extended overall survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer that had progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy…

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FDA approves durvalumab as consolidation therapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer

Evidence stage: Later-Stage HumanRegulatory status: FDA Approved
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Published
August 13, 2026

In the randomized, placebo-controlled ADRIATIC trial, durvalumab given as consolidation therapy after concurrent chemoradiotherapy meaningfully extended both overall survival and progression-free survival compared with placebo in limited-stage small cell lung…

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Clinical Trials

Important: Eligibility and enrollment are not guaranteed, and listing here is not a treatment recommendation. Talk to your care team.

Trial Watch: A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) With or Without Intismeran Autogene (V940) in Participants With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (V940-009/INTerpath-009)

Regulatory status: InvestigationalEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Trial identifier
NCT06623422
Trial phase
Phase 3
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Study design
Other / not applicable
Population
Participants age 18 Years and older with Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung who meet the study-specific registry eligibility criteria.
Last reviewed
2026-09-28

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Unspecified jurisdiction

Status
Investigational
Last verified
2026-09-28

This record has no structured cancer-type scope on file yet — editorial review recommended before treating it as applicable to a specific cancer type.

Primary evidence supporting this story

Eligibility varies — review trial criteria.

Trial Watch: A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy of Adjuvant Immunotherapy With Cemiplimab in Patients With Surgically Removed Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Not Received Prior Chemotherapy

Regulatory status: InvestigationalEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Trial identifier
NCT06931717
Trial phase
Phase 3
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Study design
Other / not applicable
Population
Participants age 18 Years and older with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer who meet the study-specific registry eligibility criteria.
Last reviewed
2026-09-28

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Unspecified jurisdiction

Status
Investigational
Last verified
2026-09-28

This record has no structured cancer-type scope on file yet — editorial review recommended before treating it as applicable to a specific cancer type.

Primary evidence supporting this story

Eligibility varies — review trial criteria.

Trial Watch: Study of JDQ443 in Comparison With Docetaxel in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic KRAS G12C Mutant Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Regulatory status: InvestigationalEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Trial identifier
NCT05132075
Trial phase
Phase 3
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Study design
Other / not applicable
Population
Participants ages 18 Years to 100 Years with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer who meet the study-specific registry eligibility criteria.
Last reviewed
2026-09-25

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Unspecified jurisdiction

Status
Investigational
Last verified
2026-09-25

This record has no structured cancer-type scope on file yet — editorial review recommended before treating it as applicable to a specific cancer type.

Primary evidence supporting this story

Eligibility varies — review trial criteria.

Trial Watch: Study of Dato-DXd Plus Pembrolizumab vs Pembrolizumab Alone in the First-line Treatment of Subjects With Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC Without Actionable Genomic Alterations

Regulatory status: InvestigationalEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Trial identifier
NCT05215340
Trial phase
Phase 3
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Study design
Other / not applicable
Population
Participants age 18 Years and older with Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer who meet the study-specific registry eligibility criteria.
Last reviewed
2026-09-24

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Unspecified jurisdiction

Status
Investigational
Last verified
2026-09-24

This record has no structured cancer-type scope on file yet — editorial review recommended before treating it as applicable to a specific cancer type.

Primary evidence supporting this story

Eligibility varies — review trial criteria.

Trial Watch: Testing the Addition of AZD6738 (Ceralasertib) to Immunotherapy to Increase Time Without Cancer for Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Regulatory status: InvestigationalEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Trial identifier
NCT06732401
Trial phase
Phase 3
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Study design
Other / not applicable
Population
Participants age 18 Years and older with Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIA Lung Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIB Lung Cancer AJCC v8 who meet the study-specific registry eligibility criteria.
Last reviewed
2026-09-21

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Unspecified jurisdiction

Status
Investigational
Last verified
2026-09-21

This record has no structured cancer-type scope on file yet — editorial review recommended before treating it as applicable to a specific cancer type.

Primary evidence supporting this story

Eligibility varies — review trial criteria.

Trial Watch: BL-M14D1 Plus Atezolizumab vs Standard of Care in First-Line Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (BrenDeLL-Lung01)

Regulatory status: InvestigationalEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Trial identifier
NCT07625644
Trial phase
Phase 3
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Study design
Other / not applicable
Population
Participants age 18 Years and older with Small Cell Lung Cancer Extensive Stage, Small-cell Lung Cancer, Small Cell Carcinoma, Sclc who meet the study-specific registry eligibility criteria.
Last reviewed
2026-09-17

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

Unspecified jurisdiction

Status
Investigational
Last verified
2026-09-17

This record has no structured cancer-type scope on file yet — editorial review recommended before treating it as applicable to a specific cancer type.

Primary evidence supporting this story

Eligibility varies — review trial criteria.

FDA Approvals

Regulatory approval is separate from evidence certainty and from guideline position. Approval applies only to the exact indication stated in each jurisdiction record.

FDA converts tarlatamab’s accelerated approval to full approval for small cell lung cancer, on a real survival benefit

Regulatory status: FDA ApprovedEvidence stage: High-Certainty Evidence
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Population
Adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy (with or without an anti-PD-(L)1 agent), randomized to tarlatamab or investigator's choice of chemotherapy, in the phase 3 DeLLphi-304 trial.
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Last reviewed
2026-08-13

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

United States (FDA)

Status
FDA-approved for the exact stated cancer/use
Indication
Adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.
Biomarker requirement
DLL3-expressing small cell lung cancer (target of the bispecific antibody; not a patient-selection biomarker test)
Decision date
2025-11-19

Guideline positions

Guideline

Position
Not addressed
Last verified
2026-08-13

Primary evidence supporting this story

Applies to the exact indication stated.

FDA approves durvalumab as consolidation therapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer

Regulatory status: FDA ApprovedEvidence stage: Later-Stage Human
Cancer type
Lung Cancer
Population
Adults with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) whose disease has not progressed following concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy — a consolidation-therapy approval, not a first-line or newly-diagnosed LS-SCLC treatment broadly, and specifically the durvalumab-monotherapy regimen, not the durvalumab-plus-tremelimumab arm also tested in the same trial.
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Last reviewed
2026-08-13

Regulatory status by jurisdiction

United States (FDA)

Status
FDA-approved for the exact stated cancer/use
Indication
Adults with LS-SCLC whose disease has not progressed following concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as consolidation therapy with durvalumab monotherapy.
Decision date
2024-12-04

Guideline positions

Guideline

Position
Not addressed
Last verified
2026-08-13

Primary evidence supporting this story

Applies to the exact indication stated.

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