New Indication: Perioperative Durvalumab for NSCLC


  • Study

    A Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, international Study (AEGEAN)
    Resectable Stages IIA to IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
    Perioperative Durvalumab + Chemotherapy (n=366) vs. chemotherapy (n=374)




  • Efficacy

    pCR: 17.2% vs. 4.2%
    mPR: 33% vs. 13%
    ORR: 56.3% vs. 38.0%
    mEFS: NR vs. 25.9 mos, HR:0.68
    12 mos EFS: 73.4 % vs. 64.5%
    24 mos EFS: 63.3% vs. 52.4%



  • Safety

    Grade3: Neutrophenia (9.7% vs. 10.8%), anemia (6.5 % vs. 6.5%)



  • N Engl J Med 2023; 389:1672-1684

    Perioperative Durvalumab for Resectable Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2304875

    Reviewed by Elvin Chalabiyev, MD on Nov 20, 2023