This was a Phase III study of pembrolizumab plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with or without canakinumab in previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous and squamous NSCLC participants.
The study primarily assessed the safety and tolerability (safety run-in Part A) of pembrolizumab plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with canakinumab, and then, the efficacy (double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Part B) of pembrolizumab plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy with or without canakinumab.
canakinumab 200 mg subcutaneous (s.c.) injection every 3 weeks (squamous and non-squamous)
canakinumab placebo every 3 weeks (squamous and non-squamous)
200 mg every 3 weeks (squamous and non-squamous)
Area Under the Curve (AUC) 5 mg/mL\*min every 3 weeks (non-squamous) or AUC 6 mg/mL\*min (squamous)
75 mg/m\^2 every 3 weeks (non-squamous)
200 mg/m\^2 every 3 weeks (squamous)
100 mg/m\^2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of every cycle (squamous)
500 mg/m\^2 every 3 weeks (non-squamous)
Caba, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Caba, Argentina