PMID- 34939424 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220323 LR - 20220323 IS - 1744-8301 (Electronic) IS - 1479-6694 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 10 DP - 2022 Mar TI - Temporal trends of adverse events and costs of nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus sunitinib in advanced renal cell carcinoma. PG - 1219-1234 LID - 10.2217/fon-2021-1109 [doi] AB - Aims: To assess grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) and costs of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus sunitinib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Methods: Individual patient data from the all treated population in the CheckMate 214 trial (nivolumab plus ipilimumab, n = 547; sunitinib, n = 535) were used to calculate the number of AEs. AE unit costs were obtained from US 2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and inflated to 2020 values. Results: The proportion of patients experiencing grade 3/4 AEs decreased over time. Patients who received nivolumab plus ipilimumab had lower average per-patient all-cause grade 3/4 AE costs versus sunitinib (12-month: US$15,170 vs US$20,342; 42-month: US$19,096 vs US$27,473). Conclusion: Treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab was associated with lower grade 3/4 AE costs than sunitinib. FAU - Geynisman, Daniel M AU - Geynisman DM AD - Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. FAU - Du, Ella X AU - Du EX AD - Analysis Group, Inc., 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA. FAU - Yang, Xiaoran AU - Yang X AD - Analysis Group, Inc., 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA. FAU - Sendhil, Selvam R AU - Sendhil SR AD - Analysis Group, Inc., 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA. FAU - Tejo, Viviana Del AU - Tejo VD AD - Bristol Myers Squibb, 3551 Lawrenceville Road, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. FAU - Betts, Keith A AU - Betts KA AD - Analysis Group, Inc., 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA. FAU - Huo, Stephen AU - Huo S AD - Bristol Myers Squibb, 3551 Lawrenceville Road, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. LA - eng GR - Bristol Myers Squibb/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211223 PL - England TA - Future Oncol JT - Future oncology (London, England) JID - 101256629 RN - 0 (Ipilimumab) RN - 31YO63LBSN (Nivolumab) RN - V99T50803M (Sunitinib) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/*adverse effects/*economics/therapeutic use MH - Carcinoma, Renal Cell/*drug therapy MH - Cost Savings MH - Cost of Illness MH - Drug Costs/trends MH - Humans MH - Ipilimumab/adverse effects/economics/therapeutic use MH - Kidney Neoplasms/*drug therapy MH - Nivolumab/adverse effects/economics/therapeutic use MH - Sunitinib/adverse effects/economics/therapeutic use OAB - Immunotherapy combinations are now accepted as safe and effective first-line treatment options for advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. This study used patient data from the CheckMate 214 clinical trial to evaluate the temporal trends and costs related to grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) among patients treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus sunitinib. We found that the proportion of patients experiencing grade 3/4 AEs decreased over time and that patients treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab had lower AE costs compared with those treated with sunitinib (at 42 months: US$19,096 vs US$27,473 per patient). As such, nivolumab plus ipilimumab may represent a treatment option that may reduce both the clinical and economic burden among patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. OABL- eng OTO - NOTNLM OT - CheckMate 214 OT - advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma OT - adverse events OT - costs OT - nivolumab plus ipilimumab OT - sunitinib OT - temporal trends EDAT- 2021/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/24 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/23 08:39 PHST- 2021/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/23 08:39 [entrez] AID - 10.2217/fon-2021-1109 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Future Oncol. 2022 Mar;18(10):1219-1234. doi: 10.2217/fon-2021-1109. Epub 2021 Dec 23.