Immunotherapy before lung surgery shows promise in early trial

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) eligible for anatomic resection (Clinical stages I B, II and selected stage III A) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) ≤ 1 * Sufficient pulmonary function to undergo curative lung cancer surgery * Adequate hematological, hepatic and renal function parameters: * Sufficient cardiac left ventricular defined as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% documented either by echocardiography or multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) * Patient able and willing to provide written informed consent and to comply with the study protocol and with the planned surgical procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency * Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration * Subjects who have undergone organ transplant or allogeneic stem cell transplantation * Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease * Patients with active neurological disease * Active malignancy or a prior malignancy within the past 3 years * Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study medication * Peripheral polyneuropathy NCI CTCAE Grade ≥ 2 * History of gastric perforation or fistulae in past 6 months * Serious or non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days prior to enrollment. * The patient has undergone major surgery within 28 days prior to enrollment except staging mediastinoscopy, diagnostic Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or implantation of a venous port-system. * Any other concurrent preoperative antineoplastic treatment including irradiation * Pregnant/Breastfeeding women * Subjects with history of severe toxicity or life-threatening toxicity (grade 3 or 4) related to prior immune therapy * Prior treatment with Lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) targeting Agent * Previous treatment with Nivolumab or Relatlimab