🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-06-09

Olaparib and Durvalumab With Carboplatin, Etoposide, and/or Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer, PRIO Trial (NCT04728230)

A Phase I/II Trial of PARP Inhibition, Radiation, and Immunotherapy in Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) - PRIO Trial

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase1 / Phase2 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This phase I/II trials investigates the side effects of olaparib and durvalumab and how well it works in combination with carboplatin, etoposide, and/or radiation therapy in treating patients with extensive stage-small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) who have not received treatment for their disease. PARPs are proteins that help repair DNA mutations. PARP inhibitors, such as olaparib, can keep PARP from working, so tumor cells can't repair themselves, and they may stop growing. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy sources to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving olaparib and durvalumab together with carboplatin, etoposide, and/or radiation therapy may help treat patients with ES-SCLC.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (25 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (29 items).

Location: M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas

Age range: 18 Years

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Histology other than SCLC
  • Prior systemic therapy for ES-SCLC (e.g. chemotherapy, PARP inhibitor, other DNA damage response \[DDR\] inhibitors, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors)
  • Patients with untreated brain metastases
  • Patients with spinal cord compression unless considered to have received definitive treatment for this and evidence of clinically stable disease for 28 days
  • Major surgical procedure (as defined by the Investigator) within 28 days prior to the first dose of study treatment and patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery. Note: Local surgery of isolated lesions for palliative intent is acceptable
  • Other malignancy unless curatively treated with no evidence of disease for \>= 3 years except:
  • Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer.
  • Curatively treated in situ cancer of the cervix; ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); stage 1, grade 1 endometrial carcinoma; and in situ bladder cancer
  • Any concurrent anticancer therapy
  • Resting electrocardiogram (ECG) indicating uncontrolled, potentially reversible cardiac conditions, as judged by the investigator (e.g. unstable ischemia, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, QT corrected by Fridericia \[QTcF\] prolongation \> 500 ms, electrolyte disturbances, etc.), or patients with congenital long QT syndrome
  • Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days prior to cycle 1 (C1) of study treatment, with the exceptions of intranasal and inhaled corticosteroids, or systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses, which are not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone or an equivalent corticosteroid

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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