Secondary Outcomes
Measure: Objective response rate according to RECIST 1.1 criteria
Time: Imaging studies will be performed at baseline and on week 4
Measure: Pathologic complete response rate
Time: On week 4 only for operable patients
Measure: Metabolic response rate assessed by FDG-PET/CT scan (optional)
Time: At baseline, on week 4
Measure: Number of participants with tolerability to the treatment.
Time: From the 1st day of therapy and every week for 4 weeks maximum and 90 days after last therapy administration
Measure: Surgical complication rate
Time: Up to 30 days after surgery or the day of initiation of the next anticancer therapy
Measure: Mutations in genes associated with DNA repair
Time: At baseline, on day of surgery or the 2nd biopsy (at days 23-29)
Measure: Expression of tissue biomarker: PARP1
Time: At baseline, on day of surgery or the 2nd biopsy (at days 23-29)
Measure: Expression of tissue biomarker: BRACA1,2
Time: At baseline, on day of surgery or the 2nd biopsy (at days 23-29)
Measure: Expression of tissue biomarker: ERCC1
Time: At baseline, on day of surgery or the 2nd biopsy (at days 23-29)
Measure: Expression of tissue biomarker: PDL-1
Time: At baseline, on day of surgery or the 2nd biopsy (at days 23-29)
Measure: Expression of tissue biomarker: TILs
Time: At baseline, on day of surgery or the 2nd biopsy (at days 23-29)
Measure: Plasma methylation biomarker: PARP1 methylation in plasma cell-free DNA
Time: At baseline, a day before surgery and 90 days after surgery
Measure: Plasma methylation biomarker: BRCA1,2 methylation in plasma cell-free DNA
Time: At baseline, a day before surgery and 90 days after surgery
Measure: Plasma methylation biomarker: ERCC1 methylation in plasma cell-free DNA
Time: At baseline, a day before surgery and 90 days after surgery
Measure: Plasma methylation biomarker: RAD51C methylation in plasma cell-free DNA
Time: At baseline, a day before surgery and 90 days after surgery
Measure: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms: PARP-1 Val762Ala
Time: Sample will be collected once at baseline
Measure: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms: ERCC1 Asn118Asn (C/T)
Time: Sample will be collected once at baseline
Measure: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms:ERCC2 Lys751Gln (T/G)
Time: Sample will be collected once at baseline
Measure: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms: GSTP1 Ile105Val (A/G)
Time: Sample will be collected once at baseline
Measure: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms: XPD Lys751Gln (A/C, C/C)
Time: Sample will be collected once at baseline
Measure: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms: XRCC1 Arg399Gln (G/A)
Time: Sample will be collected once at baseline
Measure: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) evaluated for DNA repair biomarkers
Time: At baseline, a day before surgery and 90 days after surgery
Measure: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) evaluated for PD-L1
Time: At baseline, a day before surgery and 90 days after surgery