Description
This is a randomized, double-blinded study designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of neoadjuvant treatment with atezolizumab (MPDL3280A) or placebo in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with resectable Stage II, IIIA, or select IIIB non−small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) followed by open-label adjuvant atezolizumab or best supportive care and monitoring.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed, resectable Stage II, IIIA, or Select IIIB (T3N2 only) NSCLC of squamous or non-squamous histology. Staging should be based on the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC staging system
- Evaluation by an attending thoracic surgeon to confirm eligibility for an R0 resection with curative intent
- Adequate pulmonary and cardiac function to undergo surgical resection
- Measurable disease as defined by RECIST v1.1
- Adequate hematologic and end organ function
- Negative HIV test at screening
- Negative for active HBV and HCV at screening
- Adequate tissue for PD-L1 IHC assessment
Exclusion Criteria
- Any prior therapy for lung cancer
- Malignancies other than NSCLC within 5 years prior to randomization, with the exception of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death treated expected curative outcome
- Non-squamous NSCLC histology with activating ALK and EGFR mutation
- Pregnant or lactating women
- History of autoimmune disease
- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or evidence of active of active pneumonitis on screening chest Computed Tomography (CT) scan
- Prior treatment with cluster of differentiation 137 (CD137) agonist or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, anti-programmed-death-1 (anti-PD-1), and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibody
- Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to randomization
- Significant history of cardiovascular disease