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Subtype-directed therapy for SCLC (ASCL1 / NEUROD1 / POU2F3 / inflamed)

Small-cell lung cancer is at least four diseases under the microscope's uniform appearance. Treat each by its transcription-factor subtype.

Rudin/Gay classification: SCLC-A (ASCL1, DLL3-high, BCL-2 dependent), SCLC-N (NEUROD1, Aurora kinase dependent), SCLC-P (POU2F3, PARP/nucleoside dependent), SCLC-I (inflamed, immunotherapy-responsive). Retrospective IMpower133 analysis suggested SCLC-I gains most from atezolizumab.

Hypothesis
Prospective subtype assignment (RNA or IHC) will predict benefit: DLL3 engagers in SCLC-A, immunotherapy in SCLC-I, Aurora kinase inhibitors in SCLC-N, and PARP/ATR inhibitors in SCLC-P.
Rationale
Subtype-specific dependencies are reproducible in cell lines and PDX; DLL3 expression tracks ASCL1.
What would test it
Biomarker-stratified umbrella trial assigning relapsed patients by IHC subtype to tarlatamab, ATR inhibitor, Aurora A inhibitor, or chemo-immunotherapy.
Maturity
preclinical evidence

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