155eP Real-world effectiveness of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab with chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with low PD-L1 tumor expression (Dutch NVALT-34 study)
applied published incremental QALY/DALY estimates and ICERs from KEYNOTE-024/ 189 cost-utility models to generate indirect cohort-level value estimates under trialequivalent and effectiveness-adjusted scenarios.Results: Among 183 treated patients, 175/183 were evaluable, with a median followup of 16.5 months.Median age was 70.3 years.Forty-nine patients received pembrolizumab monotherapy: median OS was 10.6 months, and 12-/24-/36-month OS rates were 46.7%/42.4%/38.2%;median TTD was 5.1 months.One hundred twentysix patients received pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy: median OS was 10.4 months, and 12-/24-/36-month OS rates were 45.7%/27.6%/8.5%;median TTD was 3.7 months.Crosswalking published cost-utility results (QALY 1.05 for monotherapy; 1.70 for chemoimmunotherapy; ICERs 91k-97k/QALY) suggested a projected cohort gain of 265 QALYs (trial-equivalent) and 120 QALYs after effectiveness adjustment, implying a comparable magnitude of DALYs averted. Conclusions:In this monocentric real-world experience, pembrolizumab-based firstline strategies yielded clinically meaningful survival.Indirect QALY/DALY and ICER crosswalk supports the concept that, despite high upfront costs, immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC may generate substantial long-term value through sustained gains in both quality and length of life.
Authors
- P. Plomp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6640-9448)
- Dagmar T A Hiensch
- B.J.M. Peters
- E.A. Kastelijn
- B.V. van Veggel
- E. van de Garde
- C. van den Hurk
- D. Dumoulin
- M. van den Heuvel
- R. Damhuis
- E.F. Smit
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Catharina Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- St. Antonius Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (NL)
- Isala (NL)
- Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ESMO Open
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.106462
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00