New Adjuvant Trial of Chemotherapy vs Chemo-immunotherapy

This is an open-label, randomised, two-arm, phase III, multicentre clinical trial.The total sample size is 210 and 105 per arm. The population to be included are stage IB-IIIA, completely resected, non-small cell lung cancer patients. Patients randomised to the experimental arm will receive Nivolumab 360mg + Paclitaxel 200mg/m2 + Carboplatin AUC5 for 4 cycles every 21 days (+/- 3 days) as adjuvant treatment followed by maintenance adjuvant treatment for 6 cycles with Nivolumab 480 mg Q4W (+/- 3 days). Patients randomized to the control arm will receive Paclitaxel 200mg/m2 + Carboplatin AUC5 for 4 cycles every 21 days (+/- 3 days) followed by 2 observation visits. The primary objective is to evaluate the disease-free survival (DFS): defined as the length of time from randomization to the earliest event defined as disease recurrence, any new lung cancer (even in the opposite lung), or death from any cause at any known point in time. Patient accrual is expected to be completed within 3.5 years, excluding a run-in-period of 3 months. Treatment and follow-up are expected to extend the study duration to a total of 8.5 years. Patients will be followed 5 years after adjuvant treatment or observation phase. The study will end once survival follow-up has concluded.