John V Heymach, David Harpole, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Janis M Taube, Gabriella Galffy, Maximilian Hochmair, Thomas Winder, Ruslan Zukov, Gabriel Garbaos, Shugeng Gao, Hiroaki Kuroda, Gyula Ostoros, Tho V Tran, Jian You, Kang-Yun Lee, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Zsolt Papai-Szekely, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Bivas Biswas, Alexander Spira, Jeffrey Crawford, Ha T Le, Mike Aperghis, Gary J Doherty, Helen Mann, Tamer M Fouad, Martin Reck
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant or adjuvant immunotherapy can improve outcomes in patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Perioperative regimens may combine benefits of both to improve long-term outcomes. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients with resectable NSCLC (stage II to IIIB [N2 node stage] according to the eighth edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual ) to receive platinum-based chemotherapy plus durvalumab or placebo administered intravenously every 3 weeks for 4 cycles before surgery, followed by adjuvant durvalumab or placebo intravenously every 4 weeks for 12 cycles...
November 2, 2023: New England Journal of Medicine