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.

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ESMO Open
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2026-03-17
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.106462
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Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
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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)

P. Plomp, Dagmar T A Hiensch, B.J.M. Peters, E.A. Kastelijn et al.
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Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
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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)

P. Plomp, 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
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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.

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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)
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