The study consisted of an open-label, safety run-in (consisting of 1 to 4 cohorts of 9 participants each), to confirm the safety of ruxolitinib in combination with pemetrexed/cisplatin in participants with nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or recurrent. Participants in the safety run-in received open-label ruxolitinib and pemetrexed and cisplatin.~In the second part of the study, participants enrolled and randomized and received pemetrexed and cisplatin (open-label) and either ruxolitinib or placebo in a blinded manner. The dose of ruxolitinib administered was determined from the data produced in the safety run-in phase.~Treatment consisted of repeating 21-day cycles. Participants received infusions of pemetrexed and cisplatin on Day 1 of each cycle and ruxolitinib/placebo was self-administered during the entire cycle. Maintenance therapy with ruxolitinib or placebo in combination with pemetrexed, based on the original treatment assignment, was allowed for participants eligible for maintenance therapy.
The purpose of this study was to determine if ruxolitinib, in combination with Pemetrexed/Cisplatin and Pemetrexed Maintenance, is safe and effective in the treatment of nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or recurrent.