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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jan 23;164(5):1327–1337. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.01.019

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of NEOSTAR and ICON Patients

Variables NEOSTAR
ICON
P value
Arm A nivolumab (n = 21) Arm B nivolumab with ipilimumab (n = 16) Chemotherapy (n = 34) Upfront resection (n = 107)
Age, y    66 (58-83)    66 (43-76)    63 (42-81)    69 (38-85)   .09

Male sex    14 (67)    10 (63)    16 (47)    48 (45)   .22

Smoking status   .01
 Current smoker      4 (19)      5 (31)      0   7 (7)
 Former smoker    12 (57)      9 (56)    29 (85)    81 (76)
 Never smoker      5 (24)      2 (13)   5 (15)    19 (18)

Resection approach   .20
 Open    15 (71)    12 (75)    28 (82)    85 (79)
 VATS      5 (24)      2 (13)   2 (6)    18 (17)
 RATS      1 (5)      2 (13)   4 (12)   4 (4)

Conversion from VATS or RATS to open      1 (17)      1 (25)   2 (33)      0   .03

Resection type   .02
 Sublobar      2 (10)         0      0   5 (5)
 Lobectomy    15 (71)    15 (94)    20 (59)    88 (82)
 Bilobectomy         0      1 (6)   5 (15)   3 (3)
 Sleeve lobectomy      2 (10)         0   2 (6)   1 (1)
 Pneumonectomy      2 (10)         0   7 (21)    10 (9)

Histology   .01
 Adenocarcinoma    11 (52)    11 (69)    20 (59)    78 (73)
 SCC/adenosquamous    10 (48)      5 (31)    10 (29)    29 (27)
 Large cell         0         0   4 (12)      0

Clinical stage <.01
 I    11 (52)    11 (69)   1 (3)    64 (60)
 II      6 (29)      3 (19)    13 (38)    38 (36)
 III      4 (19)      2 (13)    20 (59)   5 (5)

Data are n(%) or median (range). NEOSTAR, Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Stage I-IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; ICON, The Immunogenomic Profiling of NSCLC; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; RATS, robot-assisted thoracic surgery; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.