NEOSTAR phase II platform trial demonstrates neoadjuvant immunotherapy can enhance response in operable NSCLC

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In a phase II trial led by researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center, adding ipilimumab to a neoadjuvant combination of nivolumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy resulted in a major pathologic response in half of all treated patients with early-stage, resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

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