A Neoadjuvant Study of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Alone in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Summary

The purpose of this neoadjuvant study is to compare nivolumab plus chemotherapy and chemotherapy alone in terms of safety and effectiveness, and to describe nivolumab plus ipilimumab's safety and effectiveness in treating resectable NSCLC. This study has multiple primary endpoints.

Timeline

Start

2017-03-04

Primary completion

2021-09-08

Completion

2024-12-06

Publications

• Forde PM, Spicer JD, Provencio M, Mitsudomi T, Awad MM, Wang C, Lu S, Felip E, Swanson SJ, Brahmer JR, Kerr K, Taube JM, Ciuleanu TE, Tanaka F, Saylors GB, Chen KN, Ito H, Liberman M, Martin C, Broderick S, Wang L, Cai J, Duong Q, Meadows-Shropshire S, Fiore J, Bhatia S, Girard N; CheckMate 816 Investigators. Overall Survival with Neoadjuvant Nivolumab plus Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2025 Aug 21;393(8):741-752. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2502931. Epub 2025 Jun 2.
• Awad MM, Forde PM, Girard N, Spicer J, Wang C, Lu S, Mitsudomi T, Felip E, Broderick SR, Swanson SJ, Brahmer J, Kerr K, Saylors GB, Chen KN, Gharpure V, Neely J, Balli D, Hu N, Provencio Pulla M. Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Versus Chemotherapy in Resectable Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Apr 20;43(12):1453-1462. doi: 10.1200/JCO-24-02239. Epub 2025 Jan 8.
• Deutsch JS, Cimino-Mathews A, Thompson E, Provencio M, Forde PM, Spicer J, Girard N, Wang D, Anders RA, Gabrielson E, Illei P, Jedrych J, Danilova L, Sunshine J, Kerr KM, Tran M, Bushong J, Cai J, Devas V, Neely J, Balli D, Cottrell TR, Baras AS, Taube JM. Association between pathologic response and survival after neoadjuvant therapy in lung cancer. Nat Med. 2024 Jan;30(1):218-228. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02660-6. Epub 2023 Oct 30.
• Akinboro O, Drezner N, Amatya A, Runyan J, Fourie-Zirkelbach J, Zhao M, Bi Y, Korsah K, Mixter B, Tang S, Larkins E, Pazdur R, Beaver JA, Singh H. US Food and Drug Administration Approval Summary: Nivolumab Plus Platinum-Doublet Chemotherapy for the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Patients With Resectable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jun 10;41(17):3249-3259. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02509. Epub 2023 May 4.
• Forde PM, Spicer J, Lu S, Provencio M, Mitsudomi T, Awad MM, Felip E, Broderick SR, Brahmer JR, Swanson SJ, Kerr K, Wang C, Ciuleanu TE, Saylors GB, Tanaka F, Ito H, Chen KN, Liberman M, Vokes EE, Taube JM, Dorange C, Cai J, Fiore J, Jarkowski A, Balli D, Sausen M, Pandya D, Calvet CY, Girard N. Plain language summary of the CheckMate 816 study results: nivolumab plus chemotherapy given before surgery for non-small-cell lung cancer. Future Oncol. 2023 Mar;19(8):549-557. doi: 10.2217/fon-2023-0007. Epub 2023 Feb 23.
• Forde PM, Spicer J, Lu S, Provencio M, Mitsudomi T, Awad MM, Felip E, Broderick SR, Brahmer JR, Swanson SJ, Kerr K, Wang C, Ciuleanu TE, Saylors GB, Tanaka F, Ito H, Chen KN, Liberman M, Vokes EE, Taube JM, Dorange C, Cai J, Fiore J, Jarkowski A, Balli D, Sausen M, Pandya D, Calvet CY, Girard N; CheckMate 816 Investigators. Neoadjuvant Nivolumab plus Chemotherapy in Resectable Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 May 26;386(21):1973-1985. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202170. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

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