CANOPY-1: This phase III trial is evaluating the combination of an immunotherapy drug (pembrolizumab) and platinum-based doublet chemotherapy, with or without an additional therapy (canakinumab), in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancerA Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase III Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab Plus Platinum-based Doublet Chemotherapy With or Without Canakinumab as First Line Therapy for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-squamous and Squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Subjects

Exclusion

• Previous immunotherapy (e.g. anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CTLA-4 antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or immune checkpoint pathways).
• Prior treatment with canakinumab or drugs of a similar mechanism of action (IL-1β inhibitor).
• Subjects with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) sensitizing mutations (identified in exons 19, 20, or 21), and/or ALK rearrangement by locally approved laboratory testing.
• Previously untreated or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases or lepto-meningeal disease.
• Subject with suspected or proven immune-compromised state or infections.
• Subject has prior to starting study drug: received live vaccination ≤3 months, had major surgery ≤4 weeks prior to starting study drug, has thoracic radiotherapy: lung fields ≤ 4 weeks, other anatomic sites ≤ 2 weeks, palliative radiotherapy for bone lesions ≤ 2 weeks.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.