Avoided recurrences and costs with adjuvant atezolizumab for patients with early non-small cell lung cancer in Europe.

BACKGROUND

This study estimated avoided recurrences and treatment costs in patients with stage II-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer treated with adjuvant atezolizumab in five European countries over 10 years (2024-2034).

MATERIALS & METHODS: Recurrences and deaths were projected in the presence and absence of adjuvant atezolizumab. Inputs were from the literature with extrapolation of disease-free survival from the IMpower010 trial. Country-level direct costs of treating recurrences were estimated.

RESULTS

Adjuvant atezolizumab prevented an estimated 4952 recurrences (2199 locoregional, 2753 metastatic) over 10 years (2024-2034), associated with €264 million savings in treatment costs across the five countries.

CONCLUSION

Adjuvant atezolizumab may provide a meaningful reduction in recurrences and associated treatment costs among patients with early non-small cell lung cancer in Europe.