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When Survival Improves But Quality of Life Does Not: A Model-Based Meta-Analysis of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

2026-03-05 oncology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundIn immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) trials, overall survival (OS) benefits are well established, yet improvements in quality of life (QoL) are often inconsistent or absent in conventional analyses. This apparent discordance raises important questions: are QoL outcomes truly unrelated to survival, and how can QoL results be better utilized and interpreted? MethodsA model-based meta-analysis (MBMA) of longitudinal EORTC QLQ-C30 global health status/quality of life data from randomized ...

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