First-line Therapy With Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Combination With Chemotherapy for Metatastatic NSCLC (NICReWo Trial)

The major parameters collected are: patient characteristics (age, sex, ECOG, performance status, smoking status, comorbidities), disease characteristics (NSCLC histology, metastatic sites, molecular profile), treatment timeline (date of starting therapy, number of administered cycles, date and reason of end of therapy, best response, subsequent therapies after disease progression), survival outcomes [PFS (defined as the time from the starting therapy to disease progression or death from any cause) and OS (defined as the time from the starting therapy to death from any cause)]. Data about adverse drug reactions are collected according to the Common Terminology Criteria Adverse Events v5.0. Data collection includes patients treated starting from January 2022 until December, 31 2025, with a 2-years period of follow-up time.

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of stage IV or recurrent NSCLC (histologically or cytologically confirmed stage);
• Decision to initiate a first-line treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab in combination with 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy for the treatment of NSCLC according to the Italian label, independently of the study, in patients whose tumors have no sensitising EGFR mutation or ALK translocation;
• Patient is at least 18 years of age at time of treatment decision;
• Patient provided written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Current primary diagnosis of a cancer other than NSCLC that requires systemic or other treatment;
• Previous treatment with nivolumab and/or ipilimumab;
• Patient already included in an interventional clinical trial for their advanced or recurrent NSCLC.