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Active, not recruitingNCT06773910TIGOS-LSUpdated Sep 21, 2026

BMS-986489 (Atigotatug + Nivolumab) vs Durvalumab in Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer (TIGOS-LS)

A Phase 2 interventional study of BMS-986489 and Durvalumab in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by SCRI Development Innovations, LLC. Active, not recruiting at 34 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-21.

Sponsored by SCRI Development Innovations, LLC · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is an open-label, randomized study of BMS-986489 (atigotatug + nivolumab fixed-dose combination) vs durvalumab in limited-stage (LS)-small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) participants.

The main goals of this study are to:

  • Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab
  • Evaluate the safety profile of BMS-986489
Read the detailed description

This is an open-label, randomized study of BMS-986489 (atigotatug + nivolumab fixed-dose combination) vs durvalumab as consolidation therapy following chemoradiotherapy in participants with limited-stage (LS)-small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Participants will receive concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy according to standard guidelines for treatment of LS-SCLC without progressive disease prior to randomization. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive either BMS-986489 (atigotatug + nivolumab as a fixed-dose combination; Arm A) or durvalumab (Arm B) as consolidation therapy. Atigotatug is a first-in-class, fully human IgG1 antibody being developed for the treatment of SCLC. Atigotatug specifically binds to fuc-GM1 on the tumor cell. Nivolumab is a monoclonal anti-PD-1 antibody. Combining atigotatug with another immunotherapy may provide enhanced antitumor effects.

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Conditions studied

  • Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Keywords

  • limited stage small cell lung cancer
  • limited stage small cell lung carcinoma
  • LS-SCLC
  • Limited-stage SCLC
  • Nivolumab
  • Opdivo
  • fucosyl-monosialoganglioside-1
  • fuc-GM1
  • programmed cell death protein 1
  • PD-1 inhibitor
  • anti-PD-1 antibody
  • Durvalumab
  • Imfinzi
  • PD-L1 inhibitor
  • Anti-PD-L1 antibody
  • Limited-stage (LS)-small-cell lung cancer (SCLC)
  • BMS-986489
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In context

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

1,301 studies on the registry are indexed under Small Cell Lung Carcinoma; 367 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 250 is above the median of 56 across 1,077 interventional studies indexed under Small Cell Lung Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

SCRI Development Innovations, LLC is the lead sponsor of 179 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Of its 15 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 15 (100%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • At least 18 years-of-age at the time of signature of the Form (ICF)
  • (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1 (Appendix A)
  • or cytologically confirmed pulmonary SCLC, evaluable by v1.1
  • Limited-stage (LS) disease as determined by positron emission tomography (PET) scan prior to initiation of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
  • Completed concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for LS-SCLC without progression per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 (computed tomography [CT] scan chest/abdomen/pelvis; Appendix B) within 42 days before date of randomization and first dose of study treatment

    • Chemotherapy should consist of a platinum and IV etoposide. Participants who received at least 3 cycles of chemotherapy will be eligible to participate.
    • Radiotherapy should be administered per institutional guidelines
  • Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) may be delivered at the discretion of the Investigator and institutional guidelines. PCI, if applicable, must be conducted after the end of chemoradiotherapy and completed between 14 and 42 days before date of randomization and first dose of study treatment.
  • Adequate hematologic and organ function
  • Willingness to abide by protocol defined requirements for the duration of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Small-cell cancer not pulmonary in origin
  • Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
  • ES-SCLC
  • Mixed SCLC and NSCLC histologic features; diagnosis of NSCLC; or EGFR-activating, mutation-positive NSCLC that has transformed to SCLC
  • History of severe reaction to monoclonal antibodies
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of atigotatug, nivolumab, or durvalumab
  • Grade ≥2 peripheral neuropathy by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) (CTCAE) v5.0
  • Active, prior, or suspected disease, including autoimmune neurologic disorders such as paraneoplastic syndrome involving the CNS, peripheral sensory/motor nerves, or neuromuscular junction. Exceptions to this criterion include:

    • Type 1 diabetes mellitus
    • Hypothyroidism requiring only hormone replacement
    • Skin disorders not requiring systemic treatment
    • Autoimmune conditions not expected to recur during the study
  • Diseases or conditions requiring chronic systemic (>10 mg daily prednisone or equivalent) or other therapy within 14 days of starting study treatment. Limited-course (\<2 weeks' duration) oral steroids (10 mg prednisone or equivalent) are permitted. Bronchodilators, inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid doses >10 mg daily prednisone equivalent are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
  • History of solid organ or bone marrow transplantation
  • History of Grade ≥2 pneumonitis (excepting resolved infective pneumonitis)
  • Any of the following cardiac criteria, currently or within the last 3 months:

    • Any abnormalities (as assessed by the Investigator) in rhythm, conduction, or morphology of resting (ECGs), e.g., complete left bundle branch block, third-degree heart block, atrial fibrillation not rate controlled. Certain conditions may be considered through discussion with the Medical Monitor.
    • Congestive heart failure ( [NYHA] > Grade 2) or classified as Class 3 or 4 by the NYHA Functional Classification (Appendix D)
    • Any factors that increase the risk of prolongation or risk of arrhythmic events such as heart failure, uncontrolled hypokalemia, congenital long QT syndrome, family history of long QT syndrome or unexplained sudden death under 40 years-of-age, or any concomitant medication known to prolong the QT interval (Appendix E). Certain conditions may be considered through discussion with the Medical Monitor.
    • Participants with a \<55% or the lower limit of normal of the institutional standard
    • Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg despite optimal medical management
    • Active coronary artery disease, including unstable or newly diagnosed angina
    • Myocardial infarction
    • History of clinically significant arrhythmias (such as ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or Torsade de Pointes)
    • History or current diagnosis of myocarditis
  • As judged by the Investigator, participants with serious or uncontrolled medical disorders
  • Presence of other active invasive cancers. Participants with a previously treated will be eligible to participate if treatment of that malignancy was completed at least 2 years before date of screening and the participants has no evidence of disease. Exceptions to this criterion include appropriately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin; in situ carcinoma of uterine cervix; localized prostate cancer that has been definitively treated; or other local tumors considered cured by local treatment.
  • Received sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy as a definitive treatment for LS-SCLC
  • Treatment with any of the following:

    • Any systemic anticancer chemotherapy, small molecule, biologic, or hormonal agent from a previous treatment regimen or clinical study within 21 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study treatment
    • Wide-field radiotherapy (including therapeutic radioisotopes such as strontium-89) administered ≤28 days or limited field radiation for palliation ≤7 days prior to starting study treatment or has not recovered from side effects of such therapy
    • Prior systemic treatment for LS-SCLC, with the exception of chemoradiotherapy and PCI
    • Prior treatment with an , anti-PD-L1, anti-programmed cell death ligand 2 (anti-PD-L2), anti-CD137, anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (anti-CTLA-4) antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell costimulation or checkpoint pathways
    • Prior treatment with fuc-GM-1 vaccine or targeted agent or similar vaccine targeting ganglioside antigens
    • Current treatment with immunosuppressive medications
    • within 100 days before first dose of study treatment
  • Major surgery (excluding placement of vascular access) within 4 weeks of date of screening
  • With the exception of alopecia, any unresolved toxicities from prior therapy greater than CTCAE Grade 1 at the time of starting study treatment. Note: Participants with chronic Grade 2 toxicities who are asymptomatic or adequately managed with stable medication may be eligible with approval by the Medical Monitor or Principal Investigator.
  • Psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical conditions that do not permit compliance with the protocol and/or follow-up procedures outlined in the protocol
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(19)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

QT and QTc

On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.

The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors

PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.

PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
250 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    BMS-986489 (atigotatug + nivolumab)

    Participants will receive a fixed dose of BMS-986489 (atigotatug + nivolumab) intravenously each cycle. Cycles will be 28 days. Up to 125 participants will be enrolled into this arm.

    Drug: BMS-986489

  • Active comparator
    Durvalumab

    Participants will receive standard of care Durvalumab intravenously each cycle. Cycles will be 28 days. Up to 125 participants will be enrolled into this arm.

    Drug: Durvalumab

Interventions

  • BMS-986489 (fixed dose combination of atigotatug + nivolumab) will be administered as an intravenous infusion to be given once every 4 weeks for up to 2 years.

  • Durvalumab will be administered as a fixed dose intravenous infusion to be given once every 4 weeks for up to 2 years.

This study also gives Nivolumab. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by Overall Survival (OS).

    Overall Survival (OS) is defined as the time between the date of randomization and the date of death due to any cause.

    Time frame: From date of randomization up to 5 years. Every 8 weeks for participants who stopped treatment before disease progression and before completing 6 months of treatment and every 12 weeks for participants who stopped treatment before disease progression and

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by Progression Free Survival (PFS).

    Progression Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from start of study treatment to the date of an event, defined as the first documented radiological progression or death due to any cause.

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  2. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab Objective Response Rate (ORR).

    Objective Response Rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of participants with BOR of CR or PR according to RECIST v1.1.

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  3. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR).

    Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) is defined as the proportion of participants with BOR of CR or PR, or participants with SD lasting at least 180 days (i.e., ≥6 months) according to RECIST v1.1.

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  4. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by Disease Control Rate (DCR).

    Disease Control Rate (DCR) is defined as the proportion of participants with BOR of CR, PR, or SD according to RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  5. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by Duration of Response (DoR).

    Duration of Response (DoR) is defined as the duration from the first documented response (Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR), or Stable Disease (SD), according to RECIST v1.1) to the date of first documented disease progression or death.

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  6. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by Time to Progression (TtP).

    Time to Progression (TtP) is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of first documented disease progression, according to RECIST v1.1.

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  7. Evaluate the efficacy of BMS-986489 vs durvalumab by time to development of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis.

    Time to development of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of first documented CNS metastasis.

    Time frame: Every 2 cycles (8 weeks) from Cycle 1 Day 1, for the first 6 months, then every 3 cycles (12 weeks) until disease progression or death, up to 3 years. Each cycle is 28 days.

  8. Evaluate the number of participants with adverse events following administration of BMS-986489.

    Adverse Events to be evaluated per CTCAE v5.0 criteria from first dose of BMS-986489 to 100 days after the last dose of BMS-986489.

    Time frame: From Cycle 1 Day 1 to 100 days after the last dose of BMS-986489. Each cycle is 28 days.

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Study locations

34 sites
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 21, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06773910
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 14, 2025
Start date
Mar 11, 2025
Primary completion
May 2032 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2032 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 21, 2026

Study contacts

Melissa Johnson, MD
study chair · SCRI Development Innovations, LLC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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