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. 2022 Jun 13;42(7):611–622. doi: 10.1007/s40261-022-01170-6
This study assessed the temporal trends of grade 3/4 adverse event (AE) rates and the associated costs of nivolumab plus cabozantinib combination therapy versus sunitinib monotherapy using individual patient-level data from the pivotal CheckMate 9ER trial.
Nivolumab plus cabozantinib was associated with lower all-cause and treatment-related grade 3/4 AE costs compared with sunitinib, despite the higher rate of AEs observed among patients treated with nivolumab plus cabozantinib in the CheckMate 9ER trial.
Cost savings appeared to be most prominent within the first month of treatment initiation.