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Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Farina F, Weinbergerová B, Itri F, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Glenthøj A, Hersby DS, Gomes da Silva M, Nunes Rodrigues R, López-García A, Córdoba R, Bilgin YM, Falces-Romero I, El-Ashwah S, Emarah Z, Besson C, Kohn M, Van Doesum J, Ammatuna E, Marchetti M, Labrador J, Zambrotta GPM, Verga L, Jaksic O, Nucci M, Piukovics K, Cabirta-Touzón A, Jiménez M, Arellano E, Espigado I, Blennow O, Nordlander A, Meers S, van Praet J, Aiello TF, Garcia-Vidal C, Fracchiolla N, Sciumè M, Seval GC, Žák P, Buquicchio C, Tascini C, Gräfe SK, Schönlein M, Adžić-Vukičević T, Bonuomo V, Cattaneo C, Nizamuddin S, Čerňan M, Plantefeve G, Prin R, Szotkovski T, Collins GP, Dargenio M, Petzer V, Wolf D, Čolović N, Prezioso L, Valković T, Passamonti F, Méndez GA, Sili U, Vena A, Bavastro M, Limongelli A, Duarte RF, Ledoux MP, Cvetanoski M, Stojanoski Z, Machado M, Batinić J, Magliano G, Biernat MM, Pantić N, Poulsen CB, Cuccaro A, Del Principe MI, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Busca A, Demirkan F, Ijaz M, Klimko N, Stoma I, Khostelidi S, Fernández N, Omrani AS, Bergantim R, De Jonge N, Fouquet G, Navrátil M, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Maertens J, De Ramón C, Guidetti A, Magyari F, González-López TJ, Lahmer T, Finizio O, Ali N, Pinczés LI, Lavilla-Rubira E, Romano A, Merelli M, Delia M, Calbacho M, Meletiadis J, Antić D, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Marques de Almeida J, Al-Khabori M, Hoenigl M, Tisi MC, Khanna N, Barać A, Eisa N, Di Blasi R, Liévin R, Miranda-Castillo C, Bahr NC, Lamure S, Papa MV, Yahya A, Aujayeb A, Novák J, Erben N, Fernández-Galán M, Ribera-Santa Susana JM, Rinaldi I, Fazzi R, Piedimonte M, Duléry R, Gonzaga Y, Soto-Silva A, Sapienza G, Serris A, Drgoňa Ľ, Groh A, Serrano L, Gavriilaki E, Tragiannidis A, Prattes J, Coppola N, Otašević V, Mladenović M, Mitrović M, Mišković B, Jindra P, Zompi S, Sacchi MV, Krekeler C, Infante MS, García-Bordallo D, Çolak GM, Mayer J, Nygaard M, Hanáková M, Ráčil Z, Bonanni M, Koehler P, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Decoding the historical tale: COVID-19 impact on haematological malignancy patients-EPICOVIDEHA insights from 2020 to 2022. EClinicalMedicine 2024; 71:102553. [PMID: 38533127 PMCID: PMC10963230 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Background The COVID-19 pandemic heightened risks for individuals with hematological malignancies due to compromised immune systems, leading to more severe outcomes and increased mortality. While interventions like vaccines, targeted antivirals, and monoclonal antibodies have been effective for the general population, their benefits for these patients may not be as pronounced. Methods The EPICOVIDEHA registry (National Clinical Trials Identifier, NCT04733729) gathers COVID-19 data from hematological malignancy patients since the pandemic's start worldwide. It spans various global locations, allowing comprehensive analysis over the first three years (2020-2022). Findings The EPICOVIDEHA registry collected data from January 2020 to December 2022, involving 8767 COVID-19 cases in hematological malignancy patients from 152 centers across 41 countries, with 42% being female. Over this period, there was a significant reduction in critical infections and an overall decrease in mortality from 29% to 4%. However, hospitalization, particularly in the ICU, remained associated with higher mortality rates. Factors contributing to increased mortality included age, multiple comorbidities, active malignancy at COVID-19 onset, pulmonary symptoms, and hospitalization. On the positive side, vaccination with one to two doses or three or more doses, as well as encountering COVID-19 in 2022, were associated with improved survival. Interpretation Patients with hematological malignancies still face elevated risks, despite reductions in critical infections and overall mortality rates over time. Hospitalization, especially in ICUs, remains a significant concern. The study underscores the importance of vaccination and the timing of COVID-19 exposure in 2022 for enhanced survival in this patient group. Ongoing monitoring and targeted interventions are essential to support this vulnerable population, emphasizing the critical role of timely diagnosis and prompt treatment in preventing severe COVID-19 cases. Funding Not applicable.
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- Jon Salmanton-García
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno - Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Microbiology and Parasitology Department, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
- CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
- King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe “Exposome et Hérédité”, CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe “Exposome et Hérédité”, CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Hematology and Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Grupo Oncoclinicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Division Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Head ICU and CRC, Centre Hospitalier Victor DUPOUY, Argenteuil, France
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- CRA from CRC Centre Hospitalier Victor DUPOUY, Argenteuil, France
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Croatia
- Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies of University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Croatia
- University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Faculty of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Hematology Unit, Center for Translational Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana NordOvest, Livorno, Italy
- National Cancer Institute, Fondazione ‘G. Pascale’, IRCCS, Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Hematological Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Division of Hematology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
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- North-Western State Medical University Named after Iliá Ilich Méchnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Gomel State Medical University, Gomel, Belarus
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- North-Western State Medical University Named after Iliá Ilich Méchnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, ECMM Excellence Center for Clinical Mycology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria
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- University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
- Oncology Center Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, United States
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Montpellier University Hospital, IGMM UMR5535 CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- University Hospital of Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Osperadiela University Pisana Company, Pisa, Italy
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- Service d'Hématologie Clinique et de Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Inserm UMRs 938, Paris, France
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- Instituto Nacional do Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. Infectious Diseases Unity, Salvador Hospital of Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Azienda Ospedaliera “Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello”, Palermo, Italy
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- Comenius University and National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- General Hospital of Thessaloniki “George Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Center for Radiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University Hospital Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Hematology and Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Medicine A for Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno - Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Autore F, Visentin A, Deodato M, Vitale C, Galli E, Fresa A, Fazzi R, Sanna A, Olivieri J, Scortechini I, Del Principe MI, Sportoletti P, Schiattone L, Maschio N, Facchinelli D, Marchesi F, Coscia M, Tedeschi A, Trentin L, Innocenti I, Candoni A, Busca A, Pagano L, Laurenti L. Venetoclax infectious risk score to identify patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia at high infectious risk during venetoclax treatment: A multicenter SEIFEM study. Am J Hematol 2024; 99:982-984. [PMID: 38343033 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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- Francesco Autore
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino e Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Molecolari e Scienze per la Salute, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Oncoematologia Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino e Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Molecolari e Scienze per la Salute, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologia di Udine, Udine, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino e Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Molecolari e Scienze per la Salute, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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Renga G, Nunzi E, Stincardini C, Pariano M, Puccetti M, Pieraccini G, Di Serio C, Fraziano M, Poerio N, Oikonomou V, Mosci P, Garaci E, Fianchi L, Pagano L, Romani L. CPX-351 exploits the gut microbiota to promote mucosal barrier function, colonization resistance, and immune homeostasis. Blood 2024; 143:1628-1645. [PMID: 38227935 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023021380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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ABSTRACT CPX-351, a liposomal combination of cytarabine plus daunorubicin, has been approved for the treatment of adults with newly diagnosed, therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes, because it improves survival and outcome of patients who received hematopoietic stem cell transplant compared with the continuous infusion of cytarabine plus daunorubicin (referred to as "7 + 3" combination). Because gut dysbiosis occurring in patients with AML during induction chemotherapy heavily affects the subsequent phases of therapy, we have assessed whether the superior activity of CPX-351 vs "7 + 3" combination in the real-life setting implicates an action on and by the intestinal microbiota. To this purpose, we have evaluated the impact of CPX-351 and "7 + 3" combination on mucosal barrier function, gut microbial composition and function, and antifungal colonization resistance in preclinical models of intestinal damage in vitro and in vivo and fecal microbiota transplantation. We found that CPX-351, at variance with "7 + 3" combination, protected from gut dysbiosis, mucosal damage, and gut morbidity while increasing antifungal resistance. Mechanistically, the protective effect of CPX-351 occurred through pathways involving both the host and the intestinal microbiota, namely via the activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interleukin-22 (IL-22)-IL-10 host pathway and the production of immunomodulatory metabolites by anaerobes. This study reveals how the gut microbiota may contribute to the good safety profile, with a low infection-related mortality, of CPX-351 and highlights how a better understanding of the host-microbiota dialogue may contribute to pave the way for precision medicine in AML.
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- Giorgia Renga
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Policlinico Gemelli, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Policlinico Gemelli, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- San Raffaele Sulmona, Sulmona, Italy
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Criscuolo M, Tosti ME, Broccoli A, Varettoni M, Maraglino AME, Anastasia A, Cantonetti M, Trentin L, Kovalchuk S, Orsucci L, Deodato M, Spolzino A, Volpetti S, Annibali O, Storti S, Stelitano C, Marchesi F, Morè S, Fianchi L, Falini B, Pulsoni A, Tiacci E, Zinzani PL, Pagano L. Second Neoplasms in Italian Patients with Hairy Cell Leukemia after Treatment with Cladribine: A Multicenter Investigation and Literature Review. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:1475. [PMID: 38672557 PMCID: PMC11048584 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16081475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Concern has emerged about the prevalence of second cancers among patients with hairy cell leukemia (HCL) treated with purine analogs. We investigated 513 patients with HCL treated with cladribine over the last 30 years at 18 Italian centers and calculated their standardized incidence ratios (SIRs). We identified 24 patients with a second cancer diagnosed at a median time from treatment with cladribine of 59.9 months (range: 9.2-169.7 months). All patients with solid neoplasms presented with a limited-stage disease, except four cases of locally advanced cancer; multiple myeloma patients had a smoldering disease, while lymphoma patients had stage Ie and stage IV diseases. Response to therapy was complete in 19 cases; 1 patient is still receiving treatment for a relapsing bladder disease, while 2 patients progressed during treatment and died. These two patients died from unrelated causes: one from infection and one due to surgery complications. The median OS from HCL was 98.5 months (range: 38.4-409.2 months), while the median OS from second cancer was 27.6 months (range: 1-117.8 months). The SIR was 0.86 (95% CI: 0.54-1.30) for males and 1.13 (95% CI: 0.36-2.73) for females: no statistically significant differences were highlighted. We were not able to demonstrate an excess of second cancer or a significant association with the specific studied neoplasm.
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- Marianna Criscuolo
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (L.F.)
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (A.B.); (P.L.Z.)
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Policlinico Tor Vergata, Università Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Division of Haematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Padova, 35137 Padua, Italy;
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- S.C. Ematologia, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, 20162 Milan, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy;
- Oncoematologia, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV-IRCSS, 31033 Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University, 00128 Rome, Italy;
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- UOC Oncoematologia Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura Giovanni Paolo II, Campobasso—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89125 Reggio Calabria, Italy;
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- Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy;
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- Clinica di Ematologia, AOU delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, 06123 Perugia, Italy; (B.F.); (E.T.)
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, 06123 Perugia, Italy; (B.F.); (E.T.)
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (A.B.); (P.L.Z.)
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy; (M.C.); (L.F.)
- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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Pagano L, Simonetti L, Pennacchietti V, Toto A, Malagrinò F, Ivarsson Y, Gianni S. Exploring the short linear motif-mediated protein-protein interactions of CrkL through ProP-PD. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024; 703:149658. [PMID: 38387229 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
Adaptor proteins play a pivotal role in cellular signaling mediating a multitude of protein-protein interaction critical for cellular homeostasis. Dysregulation of these interactions has been linked to the onset of various cancer pathologies and exploited by viral pathogens during host cell takeover. CrkL is an adaptor protein composed of an N-terminal SH2 domain followed by two SH3 domains that mediate interactions with diverse partners through the recognition of specific binding motifs. In this study, we employed proteomic peptide-phage display (ProP-PD) to comprehensively explore the short linear motif (SLiM)-based interactions of CrkL. Furthermore, we scrutinized how the binding affinity for selected peptides was influenced in the context of the full-length CrkL versus the isolated N-SH3 domain. Importantly, our results provided insights into SLiM-binding sites within previously reported interactors, as well as revealing novel human and viral ligands, expanding our understanding of the interactions mediated by CrkL and highlighting the significance of SLiM-based interactions in mediating adaptor protein function, with implications for cancer and viral pathologies.
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- L Pagano
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Universita di Roma, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Husargatan 3, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Universita di Roma, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Universita di Roma, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina clinica, sanità pubblica, scienze della vita e dell'ambiente, Università dell'Aquila, Piazzale Salvatore Tommasi 1, L'Aquila, Coppito, 67010, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Husargatan 3, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Universita di Roma, Laboratory Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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Aiello TF, Salmanton-Garcia J, Marchesi F, Weinbergerova B, Glenthoj A, Van Praet J, Farina F, Davila-Valls J, Martin-Perez S, El-Ashwah S, Schonlein M, Falces-Romero I, Labrador J, Sili U, Buquicchio C, Vena A, Plantefeve G, Petzer V, Biernat MM, Lahmer T, Espigado I, Van Doesum J, Blennow O, Piukovics K, Tascini C, Samarkos M, Bilgin YM, Fianchi L, Itri F, Valković T, Fracchiolla NS, Dargenio M, Jimenez M, Magyari F, Lopez-Garcia A, Prezioso L, Čolović N, Shumilov E, Abu-Zeinah G, Krekeler C, Lavilla-Rubira E, Papa MV, Gonzalez-Lopez TJ, Pinczes LI, Demirkan F, Ali N, Besson C, Fouquet G, Romano A, Hernandez-Rivas JA, Del Principe MI, Aujayeb A, Merelli M, Lamure S, De Almeida JM, Da Silva MG, Eisa N, Meletiadis J, Rinaldi I, Finizio O, Jaksic O, Delia M, Nizamuddin S, Marchetti M, Ijaz M, Machado M, Bailen-Almorox R, Čerňan M, Coppola N, Gavriilaki E, Cattaneo C, Groh A, Stojanoski Z, Erben N, Pantic N, Mendez GA, Di Blasi R, Meers S, De Ramon C, Bahr NC, Emarah Z, Varricchio G, Cvetanoski M, Garcia-Sanz R, Mitrovic M, Lievin R, Hanakova M, Račil Z, Vehreschild M, Tragiannidis A, Rodrigues RN, Garcia-Bordallo D, Cordoba R, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Ammatuna E, Arellano E, Wolf D, Prin R, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Colak GM, Grafe S, Hersby DS, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Garcia-Vidal C, Pagano L. Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA Registry. Haematologica 2024. [PMID: 38572549 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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- Tommaso Francesco Aiello
- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne.
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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- La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU Munchen, Munich
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Division Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome
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- University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM) Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra
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- Division of Hematology, Institution of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Munster (UKM), Munster
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France; Universite Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Equipe "Exposome et Heredite", CESP, Villejuif
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Montpellier University Hospital, IGMM UMR5535 CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, "Attikon" University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, Bari
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria
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- Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, University of Campania, Naples
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- General Hospital of Thessaloniki "George Papanikolaou", Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Infektiologie, Universitatsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Service d'Hematologie-Oncologie, Hopital St Louis, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris; Universite de Paris Diderot, Paris
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; IBSAL, Centro de Investigacion del Cancer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Infektiologie, Universitatsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid.
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome
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Marra JD, Frioni F, Minnella G, Rossi M, Malara T, Bellesi S, Maiolo E, Orteschi D, Galli E, Bacigalupo A, Pagano L, Sica S, Zini G, Chiusolo P. Acute erythroid leukemia with TP53 mutation and BCR/ABL1: challenges in classification and management. Ann Hematol 2024; 103:1013-1014. [PMID: 38017337 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-023-05561-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
MESH Headings
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Mutation
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute/therapy
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
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- John Donald Marra
- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Genetica Medica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Falini B, Chiusolo P, Fianchi L, Pagano L. NPM1-mutated myeloid neoplasm with low percentage of blasts. Am J Hematol 2024. [PMID: 38400546 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Brunangelo Falini
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Hematology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Lahmer T, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, El-Ashwah S, Nucci M, Besson C, Itri F, Jaksic O, Čolović N, Weinbergerová B, Seval GC, Adžić-Vukičević T, Szotkowski T, Sili U, Dargenio M, van Praet J, van Doesum J, Schönlein M, Ráčil Z, Žák P, Poulsen CB, Magliano G, Jiménez M, Bonuomo V, Piukovics K, Dragonetti G, Demirkan F, Blennow O, Valković T, Gomes Da Silva M, Maertens J, Glenthøj A, Fernández N, Bergantim R, Verga L, Petzer V, Omrani AS, Méndez GA, Machado M, Ledoux MP, Bailén R, Duarte RF, Del Principe MI, Farina F, Martín-Pérez S, Dávila-Valls J, Marchetti M, Bilgin YM, Fracchiolla NS, Cattaneo C, Espigado I, Cordoba R, Collins GP, Labrador J, Falces-Romero I, Prezioso L, Meers S, Passamonti F, Buquicchio C, López-García A, Kulasekararaj A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Cuccaro A, Garcia-Vidal C, Busca A, Navrátil M, de Jonge N, Biernat MM, Guidetti A, Abu-Zeinah G, Samarkos M, Anastasopoulou A, de Ramón C, González-López TJ, Hoenigl M, Finizio O, Pinczés LI, Ali N, Vena A, Tascini C, Stojanoski Z, Merelli M, Emarah Z, Kohn M, Barać A, Mladenović M, Mišković B, Ilhan O, Çolak GM, Čerňan M, Gräfe SK, Ammatuna E, Hanakova M, Víšek B, Cabirta A, Nordlander A, Nunes Rodrigues R, Hersby DS, Zambrotta GPM, Wolf D, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Arellano E, Aiello TF, García-Sanz R, Prattes J, Egger M, Limongelli A, Bavastro M, Cvetanoski M, Dibos M, Rasch S, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. Infection 2024:10.1007/s15010-023-02169-7. [PMID: 38388854 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02169-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Tobias Lahmer
- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
- Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe "Exposome et Hérédité", CESP, Villejuif, France
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplan Unit, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Division Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven, Leuven and Department of Hematology, UZ Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Communicable Disease Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Isabel I, Burgos, Spain
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- La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Center for Translational Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana NordOvest, Leghorn, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Head of the ICU and Transplant Unit, Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
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- Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- COVID hospital ""Batajnica"", Belgrade, Serbia
- Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Center for Radiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Head of Molecular Biology an HLA Unit, Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL/CIBERONC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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El-Ashwah S, Salmanton-García J, Bilgin YM, Itri F, Žák P, Weinbergerová B, Verga L, Omrani AS, Silva MGD, Szotkowski T, Marchetti M, Buquicchio C, Nucci M, Schönlein M, Farina F, Besson C, Prezioso L, Nizamuddin S, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Bonuomo V, Van Doesum J, Tisi MC, Passamonti F, Méndez GA, Meers S, Maertens J, López-García A, Glenthøj A, Bonnani M, Rinaldi I, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Labrador J, Kulasekararaj A, Espigado I, Demirkan F, De Jonge N, Collins GP, Calbacho M, Blennow O, Al-Khabori M, Adžić-Vukičević T, Arellano E, Mišković B, Mladenović M, Nordlander A, Ráčil Z, Ammatuna E, Cordoba R, Hersby DS, Gräfe S, Emarah Z, Hanakova M, Sacchi MV, Ijaz M, Rahimli L, Nunes Rodrigues R, Zambrotta GPM, Marchesi F, Cornely OA, Pagano L. The mortality of COVID-19 in CML patients from 2020 until 2022: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. Leuk Lymphoma 2024; 65:199-208. [PMID: 37966980 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2280886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
Abstract
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an overall improvement in patient mortality. However, haematological malignancy patients continue to experience significant impacts from COVID-19, including high rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and mortality. In comparison to other haematological malignancy patients, individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) generally have better prognosis. This study, conducted using a large haematological malignancy patient database (EPICOVIDEHA), demonstrated that the majority of CML patients experienced mild infections. The decline in severe and critical infections over the years can largely be attributed to the widespread administration of vaccinations and the positive response they elicited. Notably, the mortality rate among CML patients was low and exhibited a downward trend in subsequent years. Importantly, our analysis provided confirmation of the effectiveness of vaccinations in CML patients.
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Communicable Disease Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe "Exposome et Hérédité", CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Hematology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Division of Hematology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- COVID-19 Hospital "Batajnica", Belgrade, Serbia
- Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- COVID-19 Hospital "Batajnica", Belgrade, Serbia
- Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne, Germany
- I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne, Germany
- Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Vena A, Bassetti M, Mezzogori L, Marchesi F, Hoenigl M, Giacobbe DR, Corcione S, Bartoletti M, Stemler J, Pagano L, Cornely OA, Salmanton-García J. Laboratory and clinical management capacity for invasive fungal infections: the Italian landscape. Infection 2024; 52:197-208. [PMID: 37656348 PMCID: PMC10811091 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02084-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND We assessed the laboratory diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal disease (IFD) in Italy to detect limitations and potential for improvement. METHODS The survey was available online at www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/IFI management capacity/, and collected variables such as (a) institution profile, (b) perceptions of IFD in the respective institution, (c) microscopy, (d) culture and fungal identification, (e) serology, (f) antigen detection, (g) molecular tests, (h) susceptibility testing and (i) therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). RESULTS The laboratory capacity study received responses from 49 Italian centres, with an equitable geographical distribution of locations. The majority of respondents (n = 36, 73%) assessed the occurrence of IFD as moderate-high, with Aspergillus spp. being the pathogen of highest concern, followed by Candida spp. and Mucorales. Although 46 (94%) of the institutions had access to microscopy, less than half of them performed direct microscopy on clinical specimens always when IFD was suspected. Cultures were available in all assessed laboratories, while molecular testing and serology were available in 41 (83%), each. Antigen detection tests and antifungal drugs were also generally accessible (> 90%) among the participating institutions. Nevertheless, access to TDM was limited (n = 31, 63%), with a significant association established between therapeutic drug monitoring availability and higher gross domestic product per capita. CONCLUSIONS Apart from TDM, Italy is adequately prepared for the diagnosis and treatment of IFD, with no significant disparities depending on gross domestic product. Future efforts may need to focus on enhancing the availability and application of direct microscopic methods, as well as TDM, to promote optimal treatment and better patient outcomes.
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- Antonio Vena
- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
- Clinica Malattie Infettive, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Clinica Malattie Infettive, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Clinica Malattie Infettive, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Division of Infectious Diseases, ECMM Center of Excellence for Medical Mycology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Clinica Malattie Infettive, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
- Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Cologne, Germany.
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Musto P, Salmanton-García J, Sgherza N, Bergantim R, Farina F, Glenthøj A, Cengiz Seval G, Weinbergerová B, Bonuomo V, Bilgin YM, van Doesum J, Jaksic O, Víšek B, Falces-Romero I, Marchetti M, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Nucci M, López-García A, Itri F, Buquicchio C, Verga L, Piukovics K, Navrátil M, Collins GP, Jiménez M, Fracchiolla NS, Labrador J, Prezioso L, Rossi E, Čolović N, Meers S, Kulasekararaj A, Cuccaro A, Blennow O, Valković T, Sili U, Ledoux MP, Batinić J, Passamonti F, Machado M, Duarte RF, Poulsen CB, Méndez GA, Espigado I, Demirkan F, Čerňan M, Cattaneo C, Petzer V, Magliano G, Garcia-Vidal C, El-Ashwah S, Gomes-Da-Silva M, Vena A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, van Praet J, Dargenio M, De-Ramón C, Del Principe MI, Marques-De-Almeida J, Wolf D, Szotkowski T, Obr A, Çolak GM, Nordlander A, Izuzquiza M, Cabirta A, Zambrotta GPM, Cordoba R, Žák P, Ammatuna E, Mayer J, Ilhan O, García-Sanz R, Quattrone M, Arellano E, Nunes-Rodrigues R, Emarah Z, Aiello TF, Hanakova M, Ráčil Z, Bavastro M, Limongelli A, Rahimli L, Marchesi F, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Survival in multiple myeloma and SARS-COV-2 infection through the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Hematol Oncol 2024; 42:e3240. [PMID: 38050405 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
Abstract
Patients affected by multiple myeloma (MM) have an increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and subsequent coronavirus (20)19 disease (COVID-19)-related death. The changing epidemiological and therapeutic scenarios suggest that there has been an improvement in severity and survival of COVID-19 during the different waves of the pandemic in the general population, but this has not been investigated yet in MM patients. Here we analyzed a large cohort of 1221 patients with MM and confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection observed between February 2020, and August 2022, in the EPICOVIDEHA registry from 132 centers around the world. Median follow-up was 52 days for the entire cohort and 83 days for survivors. Three-hundred and three patients died (24%) and COVID-19 was the primary reason for death of around 89% of them. Overall survival (OS) was significantly higher in vaccinated patients with both stable and active MM versus unvaccinated, while only a trend favoring vaccinated patients was observed in subjects with responsive MM. Vaccinated patients with at least 2 doses showed a better OS than those with one or no vaccine dose. Overall, according to pandemic waves, mortality rate decreased over time from 34% to 10%. In multivariable analysis, age, renal failure, active disease, hospital, and intensive care unit admission, were independently associated with a higher number of deaths, while a neutrophil count above 0.5 × 109 /L was found to be protective. This data suggests that MM patients remain at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection even in the vaccination era, but their clinical outcome, in terms of OS, has progressively improved throughout the different viral phases of the pandemic.
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- Pellegrino Musto
- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, "Aldo Moro" University School of Medicine, Bari, Italy
- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS, Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Division Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Head of the ICU and Transplant Unit, Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Hematology Unit, Center for Translational Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana NordOvest, Livorno, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Division of Hematology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Clinica Malattie Infettive. Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
- Head of Molecular Biology an HLA Unit, Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL/CIBERONC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Clinica Malattie Infettive. Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinica Malattie Infettive. Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Rossi G, Salmanton-García J, Cattaneo C, Marchesi F, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Itri F, López-García A, Glenthøj A, Gomes da Silva M, Besson C, Marchetti M, Weinbergerová B, Jaksic O, Jiménez M, Bilgin YM, Van Doesum J, Farina F, Žák P, Verga L, Collins GP, Bonuomo V, Van Praet J, Nucci M, Meers S, Espigado I, Fracchiolla NS, Valković T, Poulsen CB, Čolović N, Dragonetti G, Ledoux MP, Tascini C, Buquicchio C, Blennow O, Passamonti F, Machado M, Labrador J, Duarte RF, Schönlein M, Prezioso L, Falces-Romero I, Kulasekararaj A, Garcia-Vidal C, Fernández N, Abu-Zeinah G, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Adžić-Vukičević T, Piukovics K, Stoma I, Cuccaro A, Magliano G, Szotkowski T, González-López TJ, El-Ashwah S, Bergantim R, Sili U, Maertens J, Demirkan F, De Ramón C, Petzer V, Del Principe MI, Navrátil M, Dargenio M, Seval GC, Samarkos M, Ráčil Z, Pinczés LI, Lahmer T, Busca A, Méndez GA, Vena A, Biernat MM, Merelli M, Calbacho M, Barać A, Bavastro M, Limongelli A, Ilhan O, Wolf D, Çolak GM, García-Sanz R, Emarah Z, Mišković B, Gräfe SK, Mladenović M, Aiello TF, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Nordlander A, Arellano E, Zambrotta GPM, Ammatuna E, Cabirta A, Sacchi MV, Nunes Rodrigues R, Hersby DS, Hanakova M, Rahimli L, Cordoba R, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Age, successive waves, immunization, and mortality in elderly COVID-19 hematological patients: EPICOVIDEHA findings. Int J Infect Dis 2023; 137:98-110. [PMID: 37863310 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Elderly patients with hematologic malignancies face the highest risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. The infection's impact on different age groups remains unstudied in detail. METHODS We analyzed elderly patients (age groups: 65-70, 71-75, 76-80, and >80 years old) with hematologic malignancies included in the EPICOVIDEHA registry between January 2020 and July 2022. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression models were conducted to identify factors influencing death in COVID-19 patients with hematological malignancy. RESULTS The study included data from 3,603 elderly patients (aged 65 or older) with hematological malignancy, with a majority being male (58.1%) and a significant proportion having comorbidities. The patients were divided into four age groups, and the analysis assessed COVID-19 outcomes, vaccination status, and other variables in relation to age and pandemic waves. The 90-day survival rate for patients with COVID-19 was 71.2%, with significant differences between groups. The pandemic waves had varying impacts, with the first wave affecting patients over 80 years old, the second being more severe in 65-70, and the third being the least severe in all age groups. Factors contributing to 90-day mortality included age, comorbidities, lymphopenia, active malignancy, acute leukemia, less than three vaccine doses, severe COVID-19, and using only corticosteroids as treatment. CONCLUSION These data underscore the heterogeneity of elderly hematological patients, highlight the different impacts of COVID-19 waves and the pivotal importance of vaccination, and may help in planning future healthcare efforts.
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe "Exposome et Hérédité", CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Hematology, Vacute lymphoid leukaemia d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vacute lymphoid leukaemia d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vacute lymphoid leukaemia d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy; Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Division Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Gomel State Medical University, Gomel, Belarus
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- Hematology Unit, Center for Translational Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana NordOvest, Livorno, Italy
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- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven, Leuven and Department of Hematology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Dokuz Eylul University, Division of Hematology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Head of the ICU and Transplant Unit, Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- IRCCS AOU San Martino (IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino), Genova, Italia
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- IRCCS AOU San Martino (IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino), Genova, Italia
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain; Head of Molecular Biology an HLA Unit, Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL/CIBERONC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vacute lymphoid leukaemia d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vacute lymphoid leukaemia d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vacute lymphoid leukaemia d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Valentini CG, Pagano L. Tagraxofusp for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a 2-speed cure in the United States and European Union. Blood Adv 2023; 7:7084-7086. [PMID: 37847911 PMCID: PMC10694521 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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- Caterina Giovanna Valentini
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Sezione di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Mannelli F, Crupi F, Zanotti R, Pagano L, Rapezzi D, Tanasi I, Criscuolo M, Bonifacio M, Fresa A, Guglielmelli P, Vannucchi AM. The clinical experience of compassionate use program for avapritinib: implications for drug positioning in the therapeutic scenario of systemic mastocytosis. Ther Adv Hematol 2023; 14:20406207231205643. [PMID: 37929078 PMCID: PMC10623899 DOI: 10.1177/20406207231205643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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In systemic mastocytosis, cytoreductive treatment is indicated for advanced systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM) variants. The treatment scenario is rapidly diversifying especially with the introduction of KIT tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Avapritinib is a second-generation potent and selective inhibitor of the mutant KIT D816V that, based on the results of pivotal clinical trials, was approved for the treatment of adults with AdvSM by the regulatory agencies US FDA and EMA. The present article reports the experience of treating SM patients with avapritinib in an Italian compassionate use program. The data from our case series confirm the drug as being active after multiple lines of treatment allowing rapid achievement of profound responses, making it also an effective bridging strategy to allogeneic transplant in eligible patients. However, the anticipated wider use of avapritinib in the near future will require careful monitoring of side effects, especially in heavily pretreated patients.
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- Francesco Mannelli
- SOD Ematologia, Centro Ricerca e Innovazione Malattie Mieloproliferative, AOU Careggi, Università di Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3, Firenze 50134, Italy
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- SOD Ematologia, Centro di Ricerca e Innovazione per le Malattie Mieloproliferative, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Denothe Excellence Center, Università degli Studi, Firenze, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
- Gruppo Interdisciplinare per lo Studio della Mastocitosi, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Ospedale S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
- Gruppo Interdisciplinare per lo Studio della Mastocitosi, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
- Gruppo Interdisciplinare per lo Studio della Mastocitosi, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- SOD Ematologia, Centro di Ricerca e Innovazione per le Malattie Mieloproliferative, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Denothe Excellence Center, Università degli Studi, Firenze, Italy
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- SOD Ematologia, Centro di Ricerca e Innovazione per le Malattie Mieloproliferative, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Denothe Excellence Center, Università degli Studi, Firenze, Italy
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Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Itri F, Farina F, Hoenigl M, Córdoba R, El-Ashwah S, Busca A, Criscuolo M, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Unveiling the Hidden Burden: From EPICOVIDEHA to EPIFLUEHA, Exploring the Epidemiology of Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematological Patients. Hemasphere 2023; 7:e970. [PMID: 37869177 PMCID: PMC10589505 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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- Jon Salmanton-García
- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, University of Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, ECMM Excellence Center for Clinical Mycology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed, Graz, Austria
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, University of Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Germany
- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Koehler P, Weinbergerová B, Čolović N, Falces-Romero I, Buquicchio C, Farina F, van Praet J, Biernat MM, Itri F, Prezioso L, Tascini C, Vena A, Romano A, Delia M, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Lavilla-Rubira E, Adžić-Vukičević T, García-Bordallo D, López-García A, Criscuolo M, Petzer V, Fracchiolla NS, Espigado I, Sili U, Meers S, Erben N, Cattaneo C, Tragiannidis A, Gavriilaki E, Schönlein M, Mitrovic M, Pantic N, Merelli M, Labrador J, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Glenthøj A, Fouquet G, Del Principe MI, Dargenio M, Calbacho M, Besson C, Kohn M, Gräfe S, Hersby DS, Arellano E, Çolak GM, Wolf D, Marchetti M, Nordlander A, Blennow O, Cordoba R, Mišković B, Mladenović M, Bavastro M, Limongelli A, Rahimli L, Pagano L, Cornely OA. Molnupiravir compared to nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for COVID-19 in high-risk patients with haematological malignancy in Europe. A matched-paired analysis from the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2023; 62:106952. [PMID: 37582478 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.106952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir are antivirals used to prevent progression to severe SARS-CoV-2 infections and decrease hospitalisation and mortality rates. Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was authorised in Europe in December 2021, whereas molnupiravir is not yet licensed in Europe as of February 2022. Molnupiravir may be an alternative to nirmatrelvir/ritonavir because it is associated with fewer drug-drug interactions and contraindications. A caveat for molnupiravir is the mode of action induces viral mutations. Mortality rate reduction with molnupiravir was less pronounced than that with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in patients without haematological malignancy. Little is known about the comparative efficacy of the two drugs in patients with haematological malignancy at high-risk of severe COVID-19. Thus, molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir were compared in a cohort of patients with haematological malignancies. METHODS Clinical data from patients treated with molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir/ritonavir monotherapy for COVID-19 were retrieved from the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Patients treated with molnupiravir were matched by sex, age (±10 years), and severity of baseline haematological malignancy to controls treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. RESULTS A total of 116 patients receiving molnupiravir for the clinical management of COVID-19 were matched to an equal number of controls receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. In each of the groups, 68 (59%) patients were male; with a median age of 64 years (interquartile range [IQR] 53-74) for molnupiravir recipients and 64 years (IQR 54-73) for nirmatrelvir/ritonavir recipients; 56.9% (n=66) of the patients had controlled baseline haematological malignancy, 12.9% (n=15) had stable disease, and 30.2% (n=35) had active disease at COVID-19 onset in each group. During COVID-19 infection, one third of patients from each group were admitted to hospital. Although a similar proportion of patients in the two groups were vaccinated (molnupiravir n=77, 66% vs. nirmatrelvir/ritonavir n=87, 75%), more of those treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir had received four vaccine doses (n=27, 23%) compared with those treated with molnupiravir (n=5, 4%) (P<0.001). No differences were detected in COVID-19 severity (P=0.39) or hospitalisation (P=1.0). No statistically significant differences were identified in overall mortality rate (P=0.78) or survival probability (d30 P=0.19, d60 P=0.67, d90 P=0.68, last day of follow up P=0.68). Deaths were either attributed to COVID-19, or the infection was judged by the treating physician to have contributed to death. CONCLUSIONS Hospitalisation and mortality rates with molnupiravir were comparable to those with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in high-risk patients with haematological malignancies and COVID-19. Molnupiravir is a plausible alternative to nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for COVID-19 treatment in patients with haematological malignancy.
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- Jon Salmanton-García
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinic of Hematology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic of Hematology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Isabel I, Burgos, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain; Departmento de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe "Exposome et Hérédité", CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe "Exposome et Hérédité", CESP, Villejuif, France
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS / CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Center of Radiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Cologne, Germany.
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Menna P, Marchesi F, Cattaneo C, Candoni A, Delia M, Nadali G, Vatteroni A, Pasciolla C, Perrone S, Verga L, Armiento D, Del Principe MI, Fracchiolla NS, Salvatorelli E, Lupisella S, Terrenato I, Busca A, Minotti G, Pagano L. Posaconazole and midostaurin in patients with FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia: Pharmacokinetic interactions and clinical facts in a real life study. Clin Transl Sci 2023; 16:1876-1885. [PMID: 37515369 PMCID: PMC10582652 DOI: 10.1111/cts.13595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Midostaurin is used in combination with chemotherapy to treat patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia. Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia exposes these patients to a significant risk of invasive fungal infections (IFIs). International guidelines recommend primary antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole (PCZ) but nested analysis of a phase III trial showed that strong PCZ inhibition of CYP3A4 diminished midostaurin metabolism and increased midostaurin plasma levels; however, midostaurin-related adverse events (AEs) were only moderately exacerbated. We conducted a prospective multicenter real-life study to evaluate (i) how often concerns around PCZ-midostaurin interactions made the hematologist prescribe antifungals other than PCZ, (ii) how remarkably PCZ increased midostaurin plasma levels, and (iii) how significantly PCZ-midostaurin interactions influenced hematologic and safety outcomes of induction therapy. Although the hematologists were blinded to pharmacokinetic findings, as many as 16 of 35 evaluable patients were prescribed antifungal prophylaxis with micafungin, weak CYP3A4 inhibitor, in place of PCZ (p < 0.001 for deviation from guidelines). In the 19 patients managed as per guidelines, PCZ-midostaurin interactions were more remarkable than previously characterized, such that at the end of induction therapy midostaurin minimum plasma concentration (Cmin ) was greater than three times higher than reported; moreover, midostaurin Cmin , maximum plasma concentration, and area under the curve were more than or equal to four times higher with PCZ than micafungin. Hematologic outcomes (complete remission and duration of severe neutropenia) and safety outcomes (midostaurin-related any grade or grade ≥3 AEs) were nonetheless similar for patients exposed to PCZ or micafungin, as was the number of breakthrough IFIs. In waiting for randomized phase III trials of new prophylaxis regimens, these findings show that PCZ should remain the antifungal of choice for the midostaurin-treated patient.
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- Pierantonio Menna
- University Campus Bio‐Medico andFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio‐MedicoRomeItaly
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant UnitIRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer InstituteRomeItaly
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- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale and Spedali CiviliBresciaItaly
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria IntegrataUniversity HospitalUdineItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Emergency and Organ TransplantUniveristy of BariBariItaly
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- U.O.C. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Ospedale Borgo Roma, Verona, ItalyAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria IntegrataVeronaItaly
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- U.O.C. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Ospedale Borgo Roma, Verona, ItalyAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria IntegrataVeronaItaly
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- University Campus Bio‐Medico andFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio‐MedicoRomeItaly
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant UnitIRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer InstituteRomeItaly
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant UnitAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta' della Salute e della ScienzaTorinoItaly
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- University Campus Bio‐Medico andFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio‐MedicoRomeItaly
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSRomeItaly
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Quattrone M, Di Pilla A, Pagano L, Fianchi L. Infectious complications during monoclonal antibodies treatments and cell therapies in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Clin Exp Med 2023; 23:1823-1833. [PMID: 36715833 PMCID: PMC9885910 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-023-01000-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Infections represent one of the most frequent complications during the treatment of patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): of these, almost half develop an infectious event in the majority of cases in induction. The new monoclonal and bispecific antibodies and CAR-T, besides offering new perspectives in the overall survival and disease-free survival of patients, may also transform the epidemiology of infections in ALL by improving the toxicity of treatments. In this review, we examined studies published in the literature over the past 12 years and described the infectious complications of therapy with Blinatumomab, Inotuzumab, Rituximab and CAR-T in adult and pediatric patients with ALL. Infections are less frequent than in traditional chemotherapy treatment with vincristine, corticosteroids and anthracyclines, which has been the backbone of therapy for patients with ALL for years. On the other hand, the infection scenario in the CAR-T setting is quite peculiar: In these patients, infections are more frequent in the first month after infusion and are predominantly bacterial. As the time moves away from day zero, viral infections become more frequent, occurring mainly in patients who have had prolonged cytopenia and major cytokine release syndrome.
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- Martina Quattrone
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, UOC Ematologia Geriatrica ed Emopatie rare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, UOC Ematologia Geriatrica ed Emopatie rare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, UOC Ematologia Geriatrica ed Emopatie rare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, UOC Ematologia Geriatrica ed Emopatie rare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Cesaro S, Mikulska M, Hirsch HH, Styczynski J, Meylan S, Cordonnier C, Navarro D, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Mehra V, Marchesi F, Besson C, Masculano RC, Beutel G, Einsele H, Maertens J, de la Camara R, Ljungman P, Pagano L. Update of recommendations for the management of COVID-19 in patients with haematological malignancies, haematopoietic cell transplantation and CAR T therapy, from the 2022 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL 9). Leukemia 2023; 37:1933-1938. [PMID: 37460673 PMCID: PMC10457191 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-023-01938-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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- Simone Cesaro
- Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Transplantation & Clinical Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Clinical Virology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Haematology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, APHP, and University Paris Est-Créteil, Paris, France
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- Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Klinik fur Innere Medizin II (Haematologie/Oncologie), Universitatsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Haematology Unit, Department of Research and Clinical Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Service d'Hematologie Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, Villejuif, France
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Department for Haematology, Haemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Haematology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, "Sacro Cuore" Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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Fianchi L, Guolo F, Marchesi F, Cattaneo C, Gottardi M, Restuccia F, Candoni A, Ortu La Barbera E, Fazzi R, Pasciolla C, Finizio O, Fracchiolla N, Delia M, Lessi F, Dargenio M, Bonuomo V, Del Principe MI, Zappasodi P, Picardi M, Basilico C, Piedimonte M, Minetto P, Giordano A, Chiusolo P, Prezioso L, Buquicchio C, Melillo LMA, Zama D, Farina F, Mancini V, Terrenato I, Rondoni M, Urbino I, Tumbarello M, Busca A, Pagano L. Multicenter Observational Retrospective Study on Febrile Events in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Cpx-351 in "Real-Life": The SEIFEM Experience. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:3457. [PMID: 37444567 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15133457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the absolute risk of infection in the real-life setting of AML patients treated with CPX-351. The study included all patients with AML from 30 Italian hematology centers of the SEIFEM group who received CPX-351 from July 2018 to June 2021. There were 200 patients included. Overall, 336 CPX-351 courses were counted: all 200 patients received the first induction cycle, 18 patients (5%) received a second CPX-351 induction, while 86 patients (26%) proceeded with the first CPX-351 consolidation cycle, and 32 patients (10%) received a second CPX-351 consolidation. A total of 249 febrile events were recorded: 193 during the first or second induction, and 56 after the first or second consolidation. After the diagnostic work-up, 92 events (37%) were classified as febrile neutropenia of unknown origin (FUO), 118 (47%) were classifiable as microbiologically documented infections, and 39 (17%) were classifiable as clinically documented infections. The overall 30-day mortality rate was 14% (28/200). The attributable mortality-infection rate was 6% (15/249). A lack of response to the CPX-351 treatment was the only factor significantly associated with mortality in the multivariate analysis [p-value: 0.004, OR 0.05, 95% CI 0.01-0.39]. Our study confirms the good safety profile of CPX-351 in a real-life setting, with an incidence of infectious complications comparable to that of the pivotal studies; despite prolonged neutropenia, the incidence of fungal infections was low, as was infection-related mortality.
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- Luana Fianchi
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- SC Ematologia e Dipartimento di Oncologia Clinica, A.O. Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IOV-IRCCS, 31033 Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno-Infantili e dell'Adulto, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Hematology Unit-A.O.U.P. Ospedale Santa Chiara, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Haematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Ematologia e Immunologia, Clinica Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale dei Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Ematologia e Trapianto, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- U.O. Ematologia e Trapianto Midollo, Dipartimento di Oncologia, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale Niguarda Milano, 20162 Milano, Italy
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- UOSD Clinical Trial Center e Biostatistica e Bioinformatica, IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena, 00128 Roma, Italy
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- U.O.C. di Ematologia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna, 48124 Ravenna, Italy
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- SC Ematologia, Ospedale AOU Città Della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- SC Ematologia, Ospedale AOU Città Della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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Criscuolo M, Fracchiolla N, Farina F, Verga L, Pagano L, Busca A. A review of prophylactic regimens to prevent invasive fungal infections in hematology patients undergoing chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation. Expert Rev Hematol 2023; 16:963-980. [PMID: 38044878 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2023.2290639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The recent introduction of targeted therapies, including monoclonal antibodies, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors, and immunotherapies has improved the cure rate of hematologic patients. The implication of personalized treatment on primary antifungal prophylaxis will be discussed. AREAS COVERED We reviewed the literature for clinical trials reporting the rate of invasive fungal infections during targeted and cellular therapies and stem cell transplant, and the most recent international guidelines for primary antifungal prophylaxis. EXPERT OPINION As the use of personalized therapies is growing, the risk of invasive fungal infection has emerged in various clinical settings. Therefore, it is possible that the use of mold-active antifungal prophylaxis would spread in the next years and the risk of breakthrough infections would increase. The introduction of new antifungal agents in the clinical armamentarium is expected to reduce clinical unmet needs concerning the management of primary antifungal prophylaxis and improve outcome of patients.
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- Marianna Criscuolo
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali Torino, Torino, Italy
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van Doesum JA, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Di Blasi R, Falces-Romero I, Cabirta A, Farina F, Besson C, Weinbergerová B, Van Praet J, Schönlein M, Lopez-Garcia A, Lamure S, Guidetti A, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Batinic J, Gavriilaki E, Tragiannidis A, Tisi MC, Plantefeve G, Petzer V, Ormazabal-Velez I, Marques de Almeida J, Marchetti M, Maertens JA, Machado M, Kulasekararaj AG, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Gomes da Silva M, Fernández N, Espigado I, Drgona L, Dragonetti G, Metafuni E, Calbacho M, Blennow O, Wolf D, van Anrooij B, Nunes Rodrigues R, Nordlander A, Martín-González JA, Lievin R, Jiménez M, Grafe SK, Garcia-Sanz R, Córdoba R, Rahimli L, van Meerten T, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and monoclonal antibodies on outcome post CD19-CAR-T: an EPICOVIDEHA survey. Blood Adv 2023:495340. [PMID: 37058479 PMCID: PMC10112941 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
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Patients with previous CD19 directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CAR T)-cell therapy have a prolonged vulnerability to viral infections. Coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) has a great impact and has previously been shown to cause high mortality in this population. Until now, real world data of the impact of vaccination and treatment on patients with COVID-19 after CD19 directed CAR T-cell therapy are lacking. Therefore, this multicenter retrospective study was conducted with data from the EPICOVIDEHA survey. Sixty-four patients were identified. The overall mortality caused by COVID-19 was 31%. Patients infected with the Omicron variant had a significantly lower risk of death due to COVID-19 compared to patients infected with previous variants (7% versus 58% (P=0.012)). Twenty-six patients were vaccinated at time of COVID-19 diagnosis. Two vaccinations showed marked but unsignificant reduction risk of COVID-19 caused mortality (33.3% versus 14.2% (P=0.379)).Also the course of disease appears milder with less frequent ICU admissions (39% versus 14% (P=0.054)) and shorter duration of hospitalization (7 versus 27.5 days (P=0.022)). Of the available treatment options, only monoclonal antibodies seemed to be effectively reducing mortality from 32% to zero (P=0.036). We conclude that survival rates of CAR T-cell recipients with COVID-19 improved over time and that the combination of prior vaccination and monoclonal antibody treatment significantly reduces their risk of death.
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- Jaap A van Doesum
- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119, Barcelona, Spain
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- AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain., Madrid, Spain
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milano, Milano, Italy
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- University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, Republic of
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- Centre Hospitalier d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France, Centre Hospitalier d'Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France, France
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- Az Osp SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Alessandria, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla de Santander, SANTANDER, Spain
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- University Hospital Virgen Macarena / University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville., Sevilla, Spain
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- Oncohematology Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Idaho, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen,, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Departamento de Hematologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital,, stockholm, Sweden
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- Servei d'Hematologia, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain., Madrid, Spain
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- "University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany University of Cologne,, Köln, Germany
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- Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
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Candoni A, Lazzarotto D, Papayannidis C, Piccini M, Nadali G, Dargenio M, Riva M, Fracchiolla N, Mellillo L, Dragonetti G, Del Principe MI, Cattaneo C, Stulle M, Pasciolla C, De Marchi R, Delia M, Tisi MC, Bonuomo V, Sciumè M, Spadea A, Sartor C, Griguolo D, Buzzatti E, Basilico CM, Sarlo C, Piccioni AL, Cerqui E, Lessi F, Olivieri A, Fanin R, Luppi M, Pagano L. Prospective multicenter study on infectious complications and clinical outcome of 230 unfit acute myeloid leukemia patients receiving first-line therapy with hypomethylating agents alone or in combination with Venetoclax. Am J Hematol 2023; 98:E80-E83. [PMID: 36651870 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Anna Candoni
- Section of Hematology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology "L. and A. Seragnoli", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, AOUI, Policlinico GB Rossi, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia ed Oncologia, Niguarda Cancer Center ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Milan, Italy
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- U.O. Oncoematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Foggia and IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Polo Onco-Ematologico, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico-University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Cell Therapy and Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza. 7 U.O. Oncoematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia ed Oncologia, Niguarda Cancer Center ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology "L. and A. Seragnoli", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Polo Onco-Ematologico, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Marchesi F, Salmanton-García J, Buquicchio C, Itri F, Besson C, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Fianchi L, Rahimli L, Tarantini G, Grifoni FI, Sciume M, Labrador J, Cordoba R, López-García A, Fracchiolla NS, Farina F, Ammatuna E, Cingolani A, García-Bordallo D, Gräfe SK, Bilgin YM, Dargenio M, González-López TJ, Guidetti A, Lahmer T, Lavilla-Rubira E, Méndez GA, Prezioso L, Schönlein M, Van Doesum J, Wolf D, Hersby DS, Magyari F, Van Praet J, Petzer V, Tascini C, Falces-Romero I, Glenthøj A, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Passive pre-exposure immunization by tixagevimab/cilgavimab in patients with hematological malignancy and COVID-19: matched-paired analysis in the EPICOVIDEHA registry. J Hematol Oncol 2023; 16:32. [PMID: 37005697 PMCID: PMC10066993 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-023-01423-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023] Open
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Only few studies have analyzed the efficacy of tixagevimab/cilgavimab to prevent severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related complications in hematologic malignancies (HM) patients. Here, we report cases of breakthrough COVID-19 after prophylactic tixagevimab/cilgavimab from the EPICOVIDEHA registry). We identified 47 patients that had received prophylaxis with tixagevimab/cilgavimab in the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Lymphoproliferative disorders (44/47, 93.6%) were the main underlying HM. SARS-CoV-2 strains were genotyped in 7 (14.9%) cases only, and all belonged to the omicron variant. Forty (85.1%) patients had received vaccinations prior to tixagevimab/cilgavimab, the majority of them with at least two doses. Eleven (23.4%) patients had a mild SARS-CoV-2 infection, 21 (44.7%) a moderate infection, while 8 (17.0%) had severe infection and 2 (4.3%) critical. Thirty-six (76.6%) patients were treated, either with monoclonal antibodies, antivirals, corticosteroids, or with combination schemes. Overall, 10 (21.3%) were admitted to a hospital. Among these, two (4.3%) were transferred to intensive care unit and one (2.1%) of them died. Our data seem to show that the use of tixagevimab/cilgavimab may lead to a COVID-19 severity reduction in HM patients; however, further studies should incorporate further HM patients to confirm the best drug administration strategies in immunocompromised patients.
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- Francesco Marchesi
- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMMUniversity Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine), University of Cologne, Herderstraße 52-54, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
- UVSQ, Inserm, Équipe "Exposome Et Hérédité", CESP, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de La Salud, Universidad Isabel I, Burgos, Spain
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento Di Sicurezza E Bioetica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands
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- University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Haematology, Institution of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck, Austria
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Trecarichi EM, Giuliano G, Cattaneo C, Ballanti S, Criscuolo M, Candoni A, Marchesi F, Laurino M, Dargenio M, Fanci R, Cefalo M, Delia M, Spolzino A, Maracci L, Bonuomo V, Busca A, Principe MID, Daffini R, Simonetti E, Dragonetti G, Zannier ME, Pagano L, Tumbarello M. Bloodstream infections due to Gram-negative bacteria in patients with hematologic malignancies: updated epidemiology and risk factors for multidrug-resistant strains in an Italian perspective survey. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2023; 61:106806. [PMID: 37030470 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.106806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
Abstract
Bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) in patients with hematological malignancies (HM) have been associated with high mortality rates, especially those caused by antibiotic-resistant strains. We conducted a multicenter cohort study including all consecutive episodes of GNB BSI in HM patients to update the epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns (compared to our previous survey conducted between 2009 and 2012) and investigate risk factors for GNB BSI due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates. A total of 834 GNB were recovered in 811 BSI episodes from January 2016 to December 2018. Compared to the previous survey, we observed significant reduction in use of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis and a significant recovery in susceptibility rates to ciprofloxacin among P. aeruginosa, E. coli and E. cloacae isolates. Additionally, we found a shift to a significant increased susceptibility of P. aeruginosa isolates to ceftazidime, meropenem, and gentamicin. A total of 256/834 (30.7%) isolates were MDR. In multivariable analysis, MDR bacteria culture-positive surveillance rectal swabs, previous therapy with aminoglycosides and carbapenems, fluoroquinolone prophylaxis, and time at risk were independently associated with MDR GNB BSI. In conclusion, despite the persistence of a high prevalence of MDR GNB, we found a shift to a reduced use of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis and increased rates of susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in almost all isolates and to almost all antibiotics tested among P. aeruginosa isolates, compared to our previous survey. Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis and previous rectal colonization by MDR bacteria emerged among independent risk factors for MDR GNB BSI.
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- Enrico Maria Trecarichi
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASUFC), Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Haematology Unit, University of Padova, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia e Trapianto di cellule staminali, Azienda Ospedaliera Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- SOD complessa di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi e Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico; Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma & Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy; Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- U.O.C. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Ospedale Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Unit, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione; Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASUFC), Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
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Mancini M, Monaldi C, De Santis S, Papayannidis C, Rondoni M, Sartor C, Bruno S, Pagano L, Criscuolo M, Zanotti R, Bonifacio M, Tosi P, Arock M, Valent P, Cavo M, Soverini S. SETD2 non genomic loss of function in advanced systemic mastocytosis is mediated by an Aurora kinase A/MDM2 axis and can be therapeutically targeted. Biomark Res 2023; 11:29. [PMID: 36894973 PMCID: PMC9999558 DOI: 10.1186/s40364-023-00468-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The SETD2 tumor suppressor gene encodes a histone methyltransferase that safeguards transcription fidelity and genomic integrity via trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 36 (H3K36Me3). SETD2 loss of function has been observed in solid and hematologic malignancies. We have recently reported that most patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM) and some with indolent or smoldering SM display H3K36Me3 deficiency as a result of a reversible loss of SETD2 due to reduced protein stability. METHODS Experiments were conducted in SETD2-proficient (ROSAKIT D816V) and -deficient (HMC-1.2) cell lines and in primary cells from patients with various SM subtypes. A short interfering RNA approach was used to silence SETD2 (in ROSAKIT D816V cells), MDM2 and AURKA (in HMC-1.2 cells). Protein expression and post-translational modifications were assessed by WB and immunoblotting. Protein interactions were tested by using co-immunoprecipitation. Apoptotic cell death was evaluated by flow cytometry after annexin V and propidium iodide staining, respectively. Drug cytotoxicity in in vitro experiments was evaluated by clonogenic assays. RESULTS Here, we show that the proteasome inhibitors suppress cell growth and induce apoptosis in neoplastic mast cells by promoting SETD2/H3K36Me3 re-expression. Moreover, we found that Aurora kinase A and MDM2 are implicated in SETD2 loss of function in AdvSM. In line with this observation, direct or indirect targeting of Aurora kinase A with alisertib or volasertib induced reduction of clonogenic potential and apoptosis in human mast cell lines and primary neoplastic cells from patients with AdvSM. Efficacy of Aurora A or proteasome inhibitors was comparable to that of the KIT inhibitor avapritinib. Moreover, combination of alisertib (Aurora A inhibitor) or bortezomib (proteasome inhibitor) with avapritinib allowed to use lower doses of each drug to achieve comparable cytotoxic effects. CONCLUSIONS Our mechanistic insights into SETD2 non-genomic loss of function in AdvSM highlight the potential value of novel therapeutic targets and agents for the treatment of patients who fail or do not tolerate midostaurin or avapritinib.
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- Manuela Mancini
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Istituto Di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento Di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica E Sperimentale, Università Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica E Sperimentale, Università Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Istituto Di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Istituto Di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento Di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica E Sperimentale, Università Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica E Sperimentale, Università Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Divisione Di Ematologia Geriatrica Ed Emopatie Rare, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Diagnostica Per Immagini, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Radioterapia Oncologica Ed Ematologia, Roma, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Multidisciplinary Outpatients Clinics for Mastocytosis, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Multidisciplinary Outpatients Clinics for Mastocytosis, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Hematological Biology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre Et Marie Curie University (UPMC), Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Istituto Di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento Di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica E Sperimentale, Università Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica E Sperimentale, Università Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Busca A, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Farina F, Seval GC, Van Doesum J, De Jonge N, Bahr NC, Maertens J, Meletiadis J, Fracchiolla NS, Weinbergerová B, Verga L, Ráčil Z, Jiménez M, Glenthøj A, Blennow O, Tanase AD, Schönlein M, Prezioso L, Khanna N, Duarte RF, Žák P, Nucci M, Machado M, Kulasekararaj A, Espigado I, De Kort E, Ribera-Santa Susana JM, Marchetti M, Magliano G, Falces-Romero I, Ilhan O, Ammatuna E, Zompi S, Tsirigotis P, Antoniadou A, Zambrotta GPM, Nordlander A, Karlsson LK, Hanakova M, Dragonetti G, Cabirta A, Berg Venemyr C, Gräfe S, Van Praet J, Tragiannidis A, Petzer V, López-García A, Itri F, Groh A, Gavriilaki E, Dargenio M, Rahimli L, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Outcome of COVID-19 in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: Results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1125030. [PMID: 36911708 PMCID: PMC9999728 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1125030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Background The outcome of COVID-19 in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients is almost uniformely considered poor. The aim of present study was to retrospectively analyse the outcome and risk factors for mortality in a large series of patients who developed COVID-19 infection after an allogeneic HSCT. Methods This multicenter retrospective study promoted by the European Hematology Association - Infections in Hematology Study Working Group, included 326 adult HSCT patients who had COVID-19 between January 2020 and March 2022. Results The median time from HSCT to the diagnosis of COVID-19 was 268 days (IQR 86-713; range 0-185 days). COVID-19 severity was mild in 21% of the patients, severe in 39% and critical in 16% of the patients. In multivariable analysis factors associated with a higher risk of mortality were, age above 50 years, presence of 3 or more comorbidities, active hematologic disease at time of COVID-19 infection, development of COVID-19 within 12 months of HSCT, and severe/critical infections. Overall mortality rate was 21% (n=68): COVID-19 was the main or secondary cause of death in 16% of the patients (n=53). Conclusions Mortality in HSCT recipients who develop COVID-19 is high and largely dependent on age, comorbidities, active hematologic disease, timing from transplant and severity of the infection.
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- Alessandro Busca
- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas, KS, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Hematology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fundeni Clinical Institute, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hospital University of Parma - Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Department of Clinical Research, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czechia
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Medicina), Seville, Spain
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, “Attikon” University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Infektiologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- General Hospital of Thessaloniki “George Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany
- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) , Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Marchetti M, Salmanton-García J, El-Ashwah S, Verga L, Itri F, Ráčil Z, Dávila-Valls J, Martín-Pérez S, Van Doesum J, Passamonti F, Abu-Zeinah G, Farina F, López-García A, Dragonetti G, Cattaneo C, Gomes Da Silva M, Bilgin YM, Žák P, Petzer V, Glenthøj A, Espigado I, Buquicchio C, Bonuomo V, Prezioso L, Meers S, Duarte R, Bergantim R, Jaksic O, Čolović N, Blennow O, Cernan M, Schönlein M, Samarkos M, Mitra ME, Magliano G, Maertens J, Ledoux MP, Jiménez M, Demirkan F, Collins GP, Cabirta A, Gräfe SK, Nordlander A, Wolf D, Arellano E, Cordoba R, Hanakova M, Zambrotta GPM, Nunes Rodrigues R, Limberti G, Marchesi F, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ph-neg chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms: results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Ther Adv Hematol 2023; 14:20406207231154706. [PMID: 36923264 PMCID: PMC10009041 DOI: 10.1177/20406207231154706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Patients with Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) typically incur high rates of infections and both drugs and comorbidities may modulate infection risk. Objectives The present study aims to assess the effect of immunosuppressive agents on clinical outcomes of MPN patients affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design This is an observational study. Methods We specifically searched and analyzed MPN patients collected by EPICOVIDEHA online registry, which includes individuals with hematological malignancies diagnosed with COVID-19 since February 2020. Results Overall, 398 patients with MPN were observed for a median of 76 days [interquartile range (IQR): 19-197] after detection of SARS-CoV2 infection. Median age was 69 years (IQR: 58-77) and 183 individuals (46%) had myelofibrosis (MF). Overall, 121 patients (30%) of the whole cohort received immunosuppressive therapies including steroids, immunomodulatory drugs, or JAK inhibitors. Hospitalization and consecutive admission to intensive care unit was required in 216 (54%) and 53 patients (13%), respectively. Risk factors for hospital admission were identified by multivariable logistic regression and include exposure to immunosuppressive therapies [odds ratio (OR): 2.186; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.357-3.519], age ⩾70 years, and comorbidities. The fatality rate was 22% overall and the risk of death was independently increased by age ⩾70 years [hazard ratio (HR): 2.191; 95% CI: 1.363-3.521], previous comorbidities, and exposure to immunosuppressive therapies before the infection (HR: 2.143; 95% CI: 1.363-3.521). Conclusion COVID-19 infection led to a particularly dismal outcome in MPN patients receiving immunosuppressive agents or reporting multiple comorbidities. Therefore, specific preventive strategies need to be tailored for such individuals. Plain language summary EPICOVIDEHA registry reports inferior outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms receiving immunosuppressive therapies. Patients with Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) incur high rates of infections during the course of their disease.The present study was aimed at assessing which patient characteristics predicted a worse outcome of SARS-COV-2 infection in individuals with MPN.To pursue this objective, the researchers analyzed the data collected by EPICOVIDEHA, an international online registry, which includes individuals with hematological malignancies diagnosed with COVID-19 since February 2020.The database provided clinical data of 398 patients with MPN incurring COVID-19:Patients were mostly elderly (median age was 69 years);Forty-six percent of them were affected by myelofibrosis, which is the most severe MPN;Moreover, 32% were receiving immunosuppressive therapies (JAK inhibitors, such as ruxolitinib, steroids, or immunomodulatory IMID drugs, such as thalidomide) before COVID-19.Hospitalization was required in 54% of the patients, and the risk of being hospitalized for severe COVID-19 was independently predicted byOlder age;Comorbidities;Exposure to immunosuppressive therapies.Overall, 22% of MPN patients deceased soon after COVID-19 and the risk of death was independently increased over twofold byOlder age;Comorbidities;Exposure to immunosuppressive therapies before the infection.In conclusion, COVID-19 infection led to a particularly dismal outcome in MPN patients receiving immunosuppressive agents, including JAK inhibitors, or reporting multiple comorbidities. Therefore, specific preventive strategies need to be tailored for such individuals.
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- Monia Marchetti
- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo-Monza, Monza, Italy; Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital-Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena-University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC) and Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Unit, Hospital University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain
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- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- University Clinical Center Serbia, Medical Faculty University Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Division of Hematology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Chair Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Metafuni E, Amato V, Giammarco S, Bellesi S, Rossi M, Minnella G, Frioni F, Limongiello MA, Pagano L, Bacigalupo A, Sica S, Chiusolo P. Pre-transplant gene profiling characterization by next-generation DNA sequencing might predict relapse occurrence after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients affected by AML. Front Oncol 2022; 12:939819. [PMID: 36568206 PMCID: PMC9768016 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.939819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background In the last decade, many steps forward have been made in acute myeloid leukemia prognostic stratification, adding next-generation sequencing techniques to the conventional molecular assays. This resulted in the revision of the current risk classification and the introduction of new target therapies. Aims and methods We wanted to evaluate the prognostic impact of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) mutational pattern on relapse occurrence and survival after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. A specific next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel containing 26 genes was designed for the study. Ninety-six patients studied with NGS at diagnosis were included and retrospectively studied for post-transplant outcomes. Results Only eight patients did not show any mutations. Multivariate Cox regression revealed FLT3 (HR, 3.36; p=0.02), NRAS (HR, 4.78; p=0.01), TP53 (HR, 4.34; p=0.03), and WT1 (HR 5.97; p=0.005) mutations as predictive variables for relapse occurrence after transplantation. Other independent variables for relapse recurrence were donor age (HR, 0.97; p=0.04), the presence of an adverse cytogenetic risk at diagnosis (HR, 3.03; p=0.04), and the obtainment of complete remission of the disease before transplantation (HR, 0.23; p=0.001). Overall survival appeared to be affected only by grade 2-4 acute GvHD occurrence (HR, 2.29; p=0.05) and relapse occurrence (HR, 4.33; p=0.0001) in multivariate analysis. Conclusions The small number of patients and the retrospective design of the study might affect the resonance of our data. Although results on TP53, FLT3, and WT1 were comparable to previous reports, the interesting data on NRAS deserve attention.
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- Elisabetta Metafuni
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Division of Haemato-Oncology, IEO European Institute of Oncology Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy,*Correspondence: Simona Sica,
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Bergeron A, Mikulska M, De Greef J, Bondeelle L, Franquet T, Herrmann JL, Lange C, Spriet I, Akova M, Donnelly JP, Maertens J, Maschmeyer G, Rovira M, Goletti D, de la Camara R, Maertens J, De Greef J, Slavin M, Spriet I, Hubacek P, Bergeron A, Cordonnier C, Kanerva J, Herbrecht R, Herrmann JL, Lanternier F, Bondeelle L, Robin C, Einsele H, Lehrnbecher T, Groll A, Maschmeyer G, Lange C, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Pana D, Roilides E, Kassa C, Averbuch D, Engelhard D, Cesaro S, Mikulska M, Pagano L, Castagnola E, Compagno F, Goletti D, Mesini A, Donnelly PJ, Styczynski J, Botelho de Sousa A, Aljurf M, de la Camara R, Navarro D, Rovira M, Franquet T, Garcia-Vidal C, Ljungman P, Paukssen K, Ammann R, Lamoth F, Hirsch H, Ritz N, Akova M, Ceesay M, Warris A, Chemaly R. Mycobacterial infections in adults with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplants: guidelines from the 8th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia. Lancet Infect Dis 2022; 22:e359-e369. [PMID: 35636446 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00227-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mycobacterial infections, both tuberculosis and nontuberculous, are more common in patients with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients than in the general population-although these infections remain rare. Mycobacterial infections pose both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The management of mycobacterial infections is particularly complicated for patients in haematology because of the many drug-drug interactions between antimycobacterial drugs and haematological and immunosuppressive treatments. The management of mycobacterial infections must also consider the effect of delaying haematological management. We surveyed the management practices for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in haematology centres in Europe. We then conducted a meticulous review of the literature on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of LTBI, tuberculosis, and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections among patients in haematology, and we formulated clinical guidelines according to standardised European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL) methods. In this Review, we summarise the available literature and the recommendations of ECIL 8 for managing mycobacterial infections in patients with haematological malignancies.
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- Anne Bergeron
- Division of Pulmonology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Paris, ECSTRRA Team, Inserm, Paris, France.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Saint-Luc University Clinics, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Pulmonology, Saint Louis Hospital, APHP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiology, Sant Pau Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, GHU Paris-Saclay, Paris, France; Division of Infection and Inflammation, Paris-Saclay University, UVSQ, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), TTU Tuberculosis, Borstel, Germany; Respiratory Medicine and International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Haematology, University Hospitals Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
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- BMT Unit, Haematology Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and Josep Carreras Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research, Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
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Most invasive fungal infections are opportunistic in nature but the epidemiology is constantly changing, with new risk groups being identified. Neutropenia is a classical risk factor for fungal infections, while critically ill patients in the ICU are now increasingly at risk of yeast and mould infections. Factors to be considered when choosing antifungal treatment include the emergence of rarer fungal pathogens, the risk of resistance to azoles and echinocandins and the possibility of drug-drug interactions. Liposomal amphotericin B has retained its place in the therapeutic armamentarium based on its clinical profile: a broad spectrum of antifungal activity with a low risk of resistance, predictable pharmacokinetics with a rapid accumulation at the infection site (including biofilms), a low potential for drug-drug interactions and a low risk of acute and chronic treatment-limiting toxicities versus other formulations of amphotericin B. It is a suitable choice for the first-line empirical or pre-emptive treatment of suspected fungal infections in neutropenic haematology patients and is an excellent alternative for patients with documented fungal disease who can no longer tolerate or continue their first-line azole or echinocandin therapy, both in the haematology setting and in the ICU. Moreover, it is the first-line drug of choice for the treatment of invasive mucormycosis. Finally, liposomal amphotericin B is one of the few antifungal agents approved for use in children of all ages over 1 month and is included in paediatric-specific guidelines for the management of fungal disease.
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- J Maertens
- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, Hôpital Saint-Louis, APHP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.,Great Ormond Street Hospital, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, London, UK
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Chiusolo P, Marchetti C, Rossi M, Minnella G, Salutari V, Distefano M, Giammarco S, Metafuni E, Minucci A, Frioni F, Gasbarrino C, Colangelo M, Orteschi D, Fagotti A, Lorusso D, Pagano L, De Stefano V, Scambia G, Sica S. A common pattern of somatic mutations in t-MDS/AML of patients treated with PARP inhibitors for metastatic ovarian cancer. Am J Hematol 2022; 97:E400-E403. [PMID: 36054600 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Patrizia Chiusolo
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Della Salute Della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Della Salute Della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Della Salute Della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Molecular and Genomic Diagnostics Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Genetica Medica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Genetica Medica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Della Salute Della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Della Salute Della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Della Salute Della Donna e del Bambino, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Merli M, Ferrarini I, Merli F, Busca A, Mina R, Falini B, Bruna R, Cairoli R, Marchetti M, Romano A, Cavo M, Arcaini L, Trentin L, Cattaneo C, Derenzini E, Fracchiolla NS, Marchesi F, Scattolin A, Billio A, Bocchia M, Massaia M, Gambacorti‐Passerini C, Mauro FR, Gentile M, Mohamed S, Della Porta MG, Coviello E, Cilloni D, Visani G, Federici AB, Tisi MC, Cudillo L, Galimberti S, Gherlinzoni F, Pagano L, Guidetti A, Bertù L, Corradini P, Passamonti F, Visco C. SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: The Italian Hematology Alliance on COVID-19 cohort. Hematol Oncol 2022; 41:128-138. [PMID: 36265128 PMCID: PMC9874469 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, is still afflicting thousands of people across the globe. Few studies on COVID-19 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are available. Here, we analyzed data from the CLL cohort of the Italian Hematology Alliance on COVID-19 (NCT04352556), which included 256 CLL patients enrolled between 25 February 2020 and 1 February 2021. Median age was 70 years (range 38-94) with male preponderance (60.1%). Approximately half of patients (n = 127) had received at least one line of therapy for CLL, including 108 (83.7%) who were on active treatment at the time of COVID-19 or received their last therapy within 12 months. Most patients (230/256, 89.9%) were symptomatic at COVID-19 diagnosis and the majority required hospitalization (n = 176). Overall, after a median follow-up of 42 days (IQR 24-96), case fatality rate was 30.1%, and it was 37.5% and 24.4% in the first (25 February 2020-22 June 2020) and second wave (23 June 2020-1 February 2021), respectively (p = 0.03). At multivariate analysis, male sex (HR 1.82, 95% CI 1.03-3.24, p = 0.04), age over than 70 years (HR 2.23, 95% CI 1.23-4.05, p = 0.01), any treatment for CLL given in the last 12 months (HR 1.72, 95% CI 1.04-2.84, p = 0.04) and COVID-19 severity (severe: HR 5.66, 95% CI 2.62-12.33, p < 0.0001; critical: HR 15.99, 95% CI 6.93-36.90, p < 0.0001) were independently associated with poor survival. In summary, we report a dismal COVID-related outcome in a significant fraction of CLL patients, that can be nicely predicted by clinical parameters.
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- Michele Merli
- Division of HematologyUniversity Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi ‐ASST Sette LaghiUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Department of MedicineSection of HematologyUniversity of VeronaVeronaItaly
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- HematologyAzienda Unità Sanitaria Locale‐Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaItaly
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- Stem Cell Transplant CenterAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta’ della Salute e della ScienzaTurinItaly
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- Myeloma UnitDivision of HematologyUniversity of TurinAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta’ della Salute e della ScienzaTurinItaly
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- Division of HematologyDepartment of Translational MedicineUniversity of Eastern Piedmont and Ospedale Maggiore della CaritàNovaraItaly
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- HematologyAzienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano NiguardaMilanItaly
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- HematologyAzienda Ospedaliera Santissimi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare ArrigoAlessandriaItaly
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- HematologyDipartimento di Chirurgia e Specialità Medico ChirurgicheUniversità degli Studi di CataniaCataniaItaly
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria di BolognaSeràgnoli Institute of HematologyDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty MedicineBologna University School of MedicineBolognaItaly
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- Department of Molecular MedicineUniversity of Pavia & Division of HematologyFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San MatteoPaviaItaly
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- Hematology and Clinical Immunology UnitDepartment of MedicineUniversity of PaduaPaduaItaly
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- HematologyAzienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale‐Spedali CiviliBresciaItaly
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- Onco‐Hematology DivisionIEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS & Department of Health SciencesUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant UnitIstituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Regina Elena National Cancer InstituteRomeItaly
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- Division of Hematology and BMTHospital S. MaurizioBolzanoItaly
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- Hematology UnitUniversity of SienaAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria SeneseSienaItaly
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- HematologyDepartment of Translational and Precision MedicineSapienza University of RomeRomeItaly
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- Hematology UnitDepartment of Hemato‐Oncology, Ospedale AnnunziataCosenzaItaly
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- UCO EmatologiaAzienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano IsontinaTriesteItaly
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico and Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas UniversityMilanItaly
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow TransplantIstituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale Policlinico San MartinoGenovaItaly
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- Department of Clinical and Biological SciencesUniversity of TurinSan Luigi HospitalTurinItaly
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- Dipartimento di Onco‐EmatologiaAzienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche NordPesaroItaly
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental MedicineUniversity of PisaPisaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed EmatologicheFondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli–IRCCS–Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreRomeItaly
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow TransplantationFondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Division of HematologyUniversity Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi ‐ASST Sette LaghiUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow TransplantationFondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Division of HematologyUniversity Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi ‐ASST Sette LaghiUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Department of MedicineSection of HematologyUniversity of VeronaVeronaItaly
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Infante MS, Salmanton-García J, Fernández-Cruz A, Marchesi F, Jaksic O, Weinbergerová B, Besson C, Duarte RF, Itri F, Valković T, Szotkovski T, Busca A, Guidetti A, Glenthøj A, Collins GP, Bonuomo V, Sili U, Seval GC, Machado M, Cordoba R, Blennow O, Abu-Zeinah G, Lamure S, Kulasekararaj A, Falces-Romero I, Cattaneo C, Van Doesum J, Piukovics K, Omrani AS, Magliano G, Ledoux MP, de Ramon C, Cabirta A, Verga L, López-García A, Da Silva MG, Stojanoski Z, Meers S, Lahmer T, Martín-Pérez S, Dávila-Vals J, Van Praet J, Samarkos M, Bilgin YM, Karlsson LK, Batinić J, Nordlander A, Schönlein M, Hoenigl M, Ráčil Z, Mladenović M, Hanakova M, Zambrotta GPM, De Jonge N, Adžić-Vukičević T, Nunes-Rodrigues R, Prezioso L, Navrátil M, Marchetti M, Cuccaro A, Calbacho M, Giordano A, Cornely OA, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Pagano L. B-cell malignancies treated with targeted drugs and SARS-CoV-2 infection: A European Hematology Association Survey (EPICOVIDEHA). Front Oncol 2022; 12:992137. [PMID: 36276116 PMCID: PMC9583921 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.992137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Patients with lymphoproliferative diseases (LPD) are vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Here, we describe and analyze the outcome of 366 adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) treated with targeted drugs and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 diagnosed between February 2020 and January 2022. Median follow-up was 70.5 days (IQR 0-609). Most used targeted drugs were Bruton-kinase inhibitors (BKIs) (N= 201, 55%), anti-CD20 other than rituximab (N=61, 16%), BCL2 inhibitors (N=33, 9%) and lenalidomide (N=28, 8%).Only 16.2% of the patients were vaccinated with 2 or more doses of vaccine at the onset of COVID-19. Mortality was 24% (89/366) on day 30 and 36%(134/366) on the last day of follow-up. Age >75 years (p<0.001, HR 1.036), active malignancy (p<0.001, HR 2.215), severe COVID-19 (p=0.017, HR 2.270) and admission to ICU (p<0.001, HR 5.751) were risk factors for mortality at last day of follow up. There was no difference in OS rates in NHL vs CLL patients (p=0.306), nor in patients treated with or without BKIs (p=0.151). Mortality in ICU was 66% (CLL 61%, NHL 76%). Overall mortality rate decreased according to vaccination status, being 39% in unvaccinated patients, 32% and 26% in those having received one or two doses, respectively, and 20% in patients with a booster dose (p=0.245). Overall mortality rate dropped from 41% during the first semester of 2020 to 25% at the last semester of 2021. These results show increased severity and mortality from COVID-19 in LPDs patients treated with targeted drugs.
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- 2Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany,3Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany,*Correspondence: Jon Salmanton-García,
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- 5Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- 6Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- 7Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- 9San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- 10University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia,11Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Zagreb, Croatia,12Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- 14Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- 15Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- 16Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 17NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- 18Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- 19Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 21Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- 22Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- 19Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 23Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- 24Departement d’Hematologie Clinique, CHU de Montpellier, UMR-CNRS 5535, Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- 25King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom,26King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- 29University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- 30Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Health Center, Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- 31Communicable Disease Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- 34Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain,35IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- 36Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona, Spain,37Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain,38Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- 39Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy,40Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- 41Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- 45Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- 47Department of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- 16Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 19Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 51Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- 52Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States,53Clinical and Translational Fungal-Working Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States,54Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- 55Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czechia
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- 57Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 58U.O. Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Ospedale Maggiore, Parma, Italy
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- 60Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- 61Hematology Unit, Center for Translational Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana NordOvest, Livorno, Italy
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- 62Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- 63Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy,64Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- 2Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany,3Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany,65University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany,66University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Cologne, Germany,67German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- 64Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Marasco V, Piciocchi A, Candoni A, Pagano L, Guidetti A, Musto P, Bruna R, Bocchia M, Visentin A, Turrini M, Tucci A, Pilerci S, Fianchi L, Salvini M, Galimberti S, Coviello E, Selleri C, Luppi M, Crea E, Fazi P, Passamonti F, Corradini P. Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in haematological patients paucisymptomatic for COVID-19: The GIMEMA EMATO-0321 study. Br J Haematol 2022; 199:54-60. [PMID: 35906881 PMCID: PMC9796521 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
COVID-19 continues to be a relevant issue among patients with haematological malignancies (HM). Vaccines are frequently not effective in subjects on active treatment. In this multicentre retrospective study of Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto (GIMEMA), we collected data from 91 paucisymptomatic HM patients treated with anti-spike neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (nMoAbs) to determine time to viral clearance, referencing it to the expected value of 28 days from an historical group of untreated paucisymptomatic patients. Secondary endpoints included rate of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, COVID-19 related death and safety. SARS-CoV-2 molecular swab negativity was obtained in 86 patients (95%), with a median time of 18 days (IQR 13-26; p < 0.0001). We did not find significant variations according to age, diagnosis, treatment type, vaccination status or nMoAbs type. Rate of hospitalization due to COVID-19 progression was 12% (11/91), with 2 patients (2.2%) requiring ICU admission. With a median follow-up of 2.33 months, the overall mortality was 5.5% (5/91), with 3 deaths due to COVID-19. Side effects were rare and self-limiting. Our data suggest that nMoAbs can limit the detrimental effect of immunosuppressive treatments on COVID-19 clinical progression and time to viral clearance. The original trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT04932967.
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- Vincenzo Marasco
- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanoMilanItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Stem Cell TransplantationAzienda Sanitaria‐Universitaria Friuli Centrale, ASUFCUdineItaly
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- Hematology UnitFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli ‐ IRCCSRomeItaly,Hematology UnitUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreRomeItaly
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- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanoMilanItaly
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation"Aldo Moro" University School of MedicineBariItaly,Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell TransplantationAOU Consorziale PoliclinicoBariItaly
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Translational MedicineUniversity of Eastern Piedmont and Ospedale Maggiore della CaritàNovaraItaly
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- Hematology Unit, University of SienaAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria SeneseSienaItaly
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- University of PadovaHematology and Clinical Immunology unit, Department of MedicinePaduaItaly
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- Department of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di BresciaBresciaItaly
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical MedicineUniversity of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- Hematology UnitFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli – IRCCSRomeItaly
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- ASST Sette LaghiOspedale di Circolo of VareseVareseItaly
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental MedicineUniversity of PisaPisaItaly
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- Hematology and bone marrow transplantIstituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale Policlinico San MartinoGenoaItaly
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- Hematology, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'AragonaSalernoItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- ASST Sette LaghiOspedale di Circolo of VareseVareseItaly,Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanoMilanItaly
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Del Principe MI, Seidel D, Criscuolo M, Dargenio M, Rácil Z, Piedimonte M, Marchesi F, Nadali G, Koehler P, Fracchiolla N, Cattaneo C, Klimko N, Spolzino A, Yilmaz Karapinar D, Demiraslan H, Duarte RF, Demeter J, Stanzani M, Melillo LMA, Basilico CM, Cesaro S, Paterno G, Califano C, Delia M, Buzzatti E, Busca A, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Clincial features and prognostic factors of magnusiomyces (saprochaete) infections in hematology. a multicenter study of seifem/fungiscope. Mycoses 2022; 66:35-46. [PMID: 36064299 DOI: 10.1111/myc.13524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Our multicenter study aims to identify baseline factors and provide guidance for therapeutic decisions regarding Magnusiomyces-associated infections, an emerging threat in patients with hematological malignancies. METHODS HM patients with proven M. capitatus or M. clavatus (formerly Saprochaete capitata and Saprochaete clavata) infection diagnosed between January 2010 and December 2020 were recorded from the SEIFEM (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni nelle Emopatie) group and FungiScope (Global Emerging Fungal Infection Registry). Cases of Magnusiomyces fungemia were compared with candidemia. RESULTS Among 90 Magnusiomycescases (60 [66%] M. capitatus and 30 (34%) M. clavatus), median age was 50 years (range 2-78), 46 patients (51%) were female and 67 (74%) had acute leukemia. Thirty-six (40%) of Magnusiomyces-associated infections occurred during antifungal prophylaxis, mainly with posaconazole (n=13, 36%) and echinocandins (n=12, 34%). Instead, the candidemia rarely occurred during prophylaxis (p<0.0001). First-line antifungal therapy with azoles, alone or in combination, was associated with improved response compared to other antifungals (p=0.001). Overall day-30 mortality rate was 43%. Factors associated with higher mortality rates were septic shock (HR 2.696, 95%CI 1.396-5.204, p=.003), corticosteroid treatment longer than 14 days (HR 2.245, 95%CI 1.151-4.376, p=.018), and lack of neutrophil recovery (HR 3.997, 95%CI 2.102-7.601, p<.001). The latter was independently associated with poor outcome (HR 2.495, 95%CI 1.192-5.222, p=.015). CONCLUSIONS Magnusiomyces-associated infections are often breakthrough infections. Effective treatment regimens of these infections remain to be determined, but neutrophil recovery appears to play an important role in the favorable outcome.
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- Maria Ilaria Del Principe
- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany.,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS Roma, Italy
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- Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule Staminali, Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Masaryk University, Brno Czech Republic. Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Andrea di Roma Università Sapienza di Roma, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany.,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany
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- UOC di Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Mycology, Allergy and Immunology, North Western State Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma & Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy ; Present address: Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Hematology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Semmelweis University, Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Division of Hematology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Istituto di Ematologia ed Oncologia Medica "L. e A. Seragnoli", Ospedale Sant'Orsola Malpighi - Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD) and Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany.,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCSS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Zappasodi P, Cattaneo C, Valeria Ferretti V, Mina R, José María Ferreri A, Merli F, Oberti M, Krampera M, Romano A, Zerbi C, Ferrari J, Cavo M, Salvini M, Bertù L, Stefano Fracchiolla N, Marchesi F, Massaia M, Marasco V, Cairoli R, Maria Scattolin A, Maria Vannucchi A, Gambacorti‐Passerini C, Musto P, Gherlinzoni F, Cuneo A, Pinto A, Trentin L, Bocchia M, Galimberti S, Coviello E, Chiara Tisi M, Morotti A, Falini B, Turrini M, Tafuri A, Billio A, Gentile M, Massimo Lemoli R, Venditti A, Giovanni Della Porta M, Lanza F, Rigacci L, Tosi P, Mohamed S, Corso A, Luppi M, Giuliani N, Busca A, Pagano L, Bruno R, Antonio Grossi P, Corradini P, Passamonti F, Arcaini L. Secondary infections worsen the outcome of COVID-19 in patients with hematological malignancies: A report from the ITA-HEMA-COV. Hematol Oncol 2022; 40:846-856. [PMID: 35854643 PMCID: PMC9349965 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The impact of secondary infections (SI) on COVID-19 outcome in patients with hematological malignancies (HM) is scarcely documented. To evaluate incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of SI, we analyzed the microbiologically documented SI in a large multicenter cohort of adult HM patients with COVID-19. Among 1741 HM patients with COVID-19, 134 (7.7%) had 185 SI, with a 1-month cumulative incidence of 5%. Median time between COVID-19 diagnosis and SI was 16 days (IQR: 5-36). Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and lymphoma/plasma cell neoplasms (PCN) were more frequent diagnoses in SI patients compared to patients without SI (AML: 14.9% vs. 7.1%; lymphoma/PCN 71.7% vs. 65.3%). Patients with SI were older (median age 70 vs. 66 years, p = 0.002), with more comorbidities (median Charlson Comorbidity Index 5 vs. 4, p < 0.001), higher frequency of critical COVID-19 (19.5% vs. 11.5%, p = 0.046), and more frequently not in complete remission (75% vs. 64.7% p = 0.024). Blood and bronchoalveolar lavage were the main sites of isolation for SI. Etiology of infections was bacterial in 80% (n = 148) of cases, mycotic in 9.7% (n = 18) and viral in 10.3% (n = 19); polymicrobial infections were observed in 24 patients (18%). Escherichia coli represented most of Gram-negative isolates (18.9%), while coagulase-negative Staphylococci were the most frequent among Gram-positive (14.2%). The 30-day mortality of patients with SI was higher when compared to patients without SI (69% vs. 15%, p < 0.001). The occurrence of SI worsened COVID-19 outcome in HM patients. Timely diagnosis and adequate management should be considered to improve their prognosis.
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- Patrizia Zappasodi
- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San MatteoPaviaItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale‐Spedali CiviliBresciaItaly
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- SSD Clinical Trial in Oncoematologia e Mieloma MultiploDivision of HematologyUniversity of TorinoAzienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Division of HematologyIstituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Division of Hematology, AUSL‐IRCCS Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant UnitASST Spedali CiviliBresciaItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliera Integrata di VeronaVeronaItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow TransplantationAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico “G. Rodolico—San Marco”CataniaItaly
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- Department of Molecular MedicineUniversity of PaviaPaviaItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria Policlinico S. Orsola‐MalpighiBolognaItaly
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- UOC Ematologia, Azienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of VareseVareseItaly,Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- UOC Ematologia, Azienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of VareseVareseItaly,Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Division of HematologyFondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- HematologyAzienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano NiguardaMilanItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Unità Locale Socio‐Sanitaria 3 SerenissimaOspedale dell'AngeloVenezia‐MestreVeniceItaly
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation“Aldo Moro” University School of Medicine and Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC PoliclinicoBariItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Arcispedale S. AnnaFerraraItaly
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- Hematology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico “Fondazione G Pascale,” NaplesNaplesItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliera di PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Division of HematologyPoliclinico Santa Maria alle ScotteSienaItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana‐ Santa ChiaraPisaItaly
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- Ematologia e terapie cellulari. IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San MartinoGenovaItaly
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- Department of Clinical and Biological SciencesUniversity of TorinoOrbassanoItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant UnitAzienda Ospedaliera di PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Division of HematologyUniversity Hospital Sant'AndreaSapienzaRomeItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant UnitOspedale di BolzanoBolzanoItaly
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- Division of HematologyAzienda Ospedaliera di CosenzaCosenzaItaly
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- Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI)Clinic of Hematology, University of GenoaGenoaItaly,IRCCS‐ San Martino HospitalGenoaItaly
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- Department of Biomedicine and PreventionUniversity Tor Vergata RomeRomeItaly
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- Division of Hematology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico and Department of Biomedical SciencesHumanitas UniversityMilanItaly
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- Division of HematologyOspedale Santa Maria delle CrociRavennaItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo‐ForlaniniRomeItaly
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- Division of HematologyOspedale degli InfermiRiminiItaly
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- SC EmatologiaAzienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano IsontinaTriesteItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesUNIMORE. Division of Hematology Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria ModenaModenaItaly
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant UnitAzienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria di ParmaSItaly
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- SSD Clinical Trial in Oncoematologia e Mieloma MultiploDivision of HematologyUniversity of TorinoAzienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Division of HematologyFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli ‐ Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoRomeItaly,Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreRomeItaly
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- Division of Infectious and Tropical DiseasesFondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San MatteoPaviaItaly,Department of ClinicalSurgical, Diagnostic, and Paediatric SciencesUniversity of PaviaPaviaItaly
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- Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly,Division of Infectious and Tropical DiseasesAzienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of VareseVareseItaly
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- Division of HematologyFondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- UOC Ematologia, Azienda Socio‐Sanitaria Territoriale Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of VareseVareseItaly,Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San MatteoPaviaItaly,Department of Molecular MedicineUniversity of PaviaPaviaItaly
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Criscuolo M, Salmanton-García J, Fracchiolla N, Dragonetti G, Khanna N, Weinbergerová B, Schönlein M, Machado M, Labrador J, Kolditz M, Itri F, Gomes da Silva M, Bonuomo V, Sciumè M, Nunes Rodrigues R, Gräfe S, Marchesi F, Cornely OA, Pagano L. SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Patients with Mastocytosis: An EPICOVIDEHA Report. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2022:0. [PMID: 35894666 DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- M Criscuolo
- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Colo
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca´ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Department of Clinical Research, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Brno - Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
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- University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca´ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cha
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Pagano L, Criscuolo M, Broccoli A, Piciocchi A, Varettoni M, Galli E, Anastasia A, Cantonetti M, Trentin L, Kovalchuk S, Orsucci L, Frustaci A, Spolzino A, Volpetti S, Annibali O, Storti S, Stelitano C, Marchesi F, Offidani M, Casadei B, Nizzoli ME, De Luca ML, Fianchi L, Motta M, Guarnera L, Simonetti E, Visentin A, Vassallo F, Deodato M, Sarlo C, Olivieri A, Falini B, Pulsoni A, Tiacci E, Zinzani PL. Long-term follow-up of cladribine treatment in hairy cell leukemia: 30-year experience in a multicentric Italian study. Blood Cancer J 2022; 12:109. [PMID: 35853850 PMCID: PMC9296486 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-022-00702-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare lymphoproliferative disease with an excellent prognosis after treatment with cladribine (2CDA), although relapse may occur during follow-up. The aim of the study is to review the efficacy, safety, long-term remission rate, and overall survival (OS) in those patients who received 2CDA as first-line treatment. We retrospectively reviewed data of HCL patients treated with 2CDA between March 1991 and May 2019 at 18 Italian Hematological centers: 513 patients were evaluable for study purpose. The median age was 54 years (range 24–88) and ECOG was 0 in 84.9% of cases. A total of 330 (64.3%) patients received 2CDA intravenously and 183 (35.7%) subcutaneously. ORR was 91.8%: CR was obtained in 335 patients (65.3%), PR in 96 (18.7%), and hematological response in 40 (7.8%) patients; in 42 (8.2%) no response was observed. Hemoglobin value (p = 0.044), frequency of circulating hairy cells (p = 0.039), recovery of absolute neutrophil count (p = 0.006), and normalization of spleen (p ≤ 0.001) were associated with CR compared to PR in univariable analysis. At a median follow-up of 6.83 years (range 0.04–28.52), the median time to relapse was 12.2 years. A significant difference in duration of response was identified between patients that obtained a CR and PR (19.4 years versus 4.8 years, p < 0.0001). Non-hematological grade 3 or higher early toxicity was reported in 103 (20.1%) patients. Median OS was not reached: 95.3%, 92.4%, and 81.8% of patients were estimated to be alive at 5, 10, and 15 years, respectively. Forty-nine patients died (9.5%), following an infection in 14 cases (2.7%), natural causes in 14 (2.7%), cardiovascular events in 13 (2.5%), a second neoplasm in 6 (1.2%), and progression of HCL in 2 cases (0.4%). Following treatment of HCL with 2CDA, 80% of patients are estimated to be alive 15 years after diagnosis.
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- Livio Pagano
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Roma, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Policlinico Tor Vergata, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Division of Haematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- S.C. Ematologia, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli studi di Parma, Parma, Italy.,Oncoematologia, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV-IRCSS, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University, Roma, Italy
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- UOC Oncoematologia Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura Giovanni Paolo II, Campobasso - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera "Bianchi Melacrino Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Roma, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Policlinico Tor Vergata, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Haematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- S.C. Ematologia, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Campus Bio-Medico University, Roma, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Roma, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Blennow O, Salmanton-García J, Nowak P, Itri F, Van Doesum J, López-García A, Farina F, Jaksic O, Pinczés LI, Bilgin YM, Falces-Romero I, Jiménez M, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Weinbergerová B, Duléry R, Stojanoski Z, Lahmer T, Fernández N, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Petzer V, De Jonge N, Glenthøj A, De Ramón C, Biernat MM, Fracchiolla N, Aujayeb A, Van Praet J, Schönlein M, Méndez GA, Cattaneo C, Guidetti A, Sciumè M, Ammatuna E, Cordoba R, García-Poutón N, Gräfe S, Cabirta A, Wolf D, Nordlander A, García-Sanz R, Delia M, Berg Venemyr C, Brones C, Di Blasi R, De Kort E, Meers S, Lamure S, Serrano L, Merelli M, Coppola N, Bergantim R, Besson C, Kohn M, Petiti J, Garcia-Vidal C, Dargenio M, Danion F, Machado M, Bailén-Almorox R, Hoenigl M, Dragonetti G, Chai LYA, Kho CS, Bonanni M, Liévin R, Marchesi F, Cornely OA, Pagano L. Outcome of infection with omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in patients with hematological malignancies: An EPICOVIDEHA survey report. Am J Hematol 2022; 97:E312-E317. [PMID: 35702878 PMCID: PMC9349555 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ola Blennow
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- U.O. Ematologia e Trapianto Midollo, Dipartimento di Oncologia Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Hematology, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands
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- Microbiology and Parasitology Department, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- INSERM UMRs 938, Service d'Hématologie Clinique et de Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint Antoine, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- University Clinic for Hematology, Medical Faculty, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Respiratory Department, Northumbria Healthcare, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Servicio de Infectología y Control de Infecciones, Hospital Escuela de Agudos Dr. Ramón Madariaga, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Oncology, Hematology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Service d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
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- Department of Hematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department Oncology, AZ KLINA, Brasschaat, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Montpellier University Hospital, IGMM UMR5535 CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Deparment of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain
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- Infectious Diseas Clinic, ASU FC Udine Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Universitry of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Service d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
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- Service d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, "Vito Fazzi" Hospital, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.,Clinical and Translational Fungal-Working Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
| | - Louis Yi Ann Chai
- National University Health System, University Medicine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Singapore
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- Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Hemato-Oncology Department, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Cattaneo C, Marchesi F, Terrenato I, Bonuomo V, Fracchiolla NS, Delia M, Criscuolo M, Candoni A, Prezioso L, Facchinelli D, Pasciolla C, Del Principe MI, Dargenio M, Buquicchio C, Mitra ME, Farina F, Borlenghi E, Nadali G, Gagliardi VP, Fianchi L, Sciumè M, Menna P, Busca A, Rossi G, Pagano L. High Incidence of Invasive Fungal Diseases in Patients with FLT3-Mutated AML Treated with Midostaurin: Results of a Multicenter Observational SEIFEM Study. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8060583. [PMID: 35736066 PMCID: PMC9224885 DOI: 10.3390/jof8060583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
The potential drug-drug interactions of midostaurin may impact the choice of antifungal (AF) prophylaxis in FLT3-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. To evaluate the incidence of invasive fungal diseases (IFD) during the treatment of FLT3-mutated AML patients and to correlate it to the different AF prophylaxis strategies, we planned a multicenter observational study involving 15 SEIFEM centers. One hundred fourteen patients treated with chemotherapy + midostaurin as induction/reinduction, consolidation or both were enrolled. During induction, the incidence of probable/proven and possible IFD was 10.5% and 9.7%, respectively; no statistically significant difference was observed according to the different AF strategy adopted. The median duration of neutropenia was similar in patients with or without IFD. Proven/probable and possible IFD incidence was 2.4% and 1.8%, respectively, during consolidation. Age was the only risk factor for IFD (OR, 95% CI, 1.10 [1.03–1.19]) and complete remission achievement after first induction the only one for survival (OR, 95% CI, 5.12 [1.93–13.60]). The rate of midostaurin discontinuation was similar across different AF strategies. The IFD attributable mortality during induction was 8.3%. In conclusion, the 20.2% overall incidence of IFD occurring in FLT3-mutated AML during induction with chemotherapy + midostaurin, regardless of AF strategy type, was noteworthy, and merits further study, particularly in elderly patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chiara Cattaneo
- Hematology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale-Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy; (E.B.); (G.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0303996573; Fax: +39-0303700852
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Roma, Italy;
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- Unità Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale, Clinical Trial Center e Biostatistica e Bioinformatica, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Roma, Italy;
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, 37126 Verona, Italy; (V.B.); (G.N.)
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy; (N.S.F.); (M.S.)
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy; (M.D.); (V.P.G.)
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- Institute of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Roma, Italy; (M.C.); (L.F.); (L.P.)
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- Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Ospedale Maggiore, 20122 Parma, Italy;
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- Haematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Unità Operativa di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule Staminali Emopoietiche Vito Fazzi, 73100 Lecce, Italy;
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale Monsignor R. Dimiccoli, 70051 Barletta, Italy;
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- Hematology, Policlinico Universitario “Paolo Giaccone”, 90127 Palermo, Italy;
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Ospedale San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Hematology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale-Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy; (E.B.); (G.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, 37126 Verona, Italy; (V.B.); (G.N.)
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy; (M.D.); (V.P.G.)
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- Institute of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Roma, Italy; (M.C.); (L.F.); (L.P.)
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy; (N.S.F.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Sciences and Technologies for Humans and the Environment, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy, University Hospital Foundation Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, 00128 Roma, Italy;
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e Della Scienza, 10126 Torino, Italy;
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- Hematology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale-Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy; (E.B.); (G.R.)
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- Institute of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Roma, Italy; (M.C.); (L.F.); (L.P.)
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Marchesi F, Salmanton-García J, Emarah Z, Piukovics K, Nucci M, López-García A, Rácil Z, Farina F, Popova M, Zompi S, Audisio E, Ledoux MP, Verga L, Weinbergerová B, Szotkovski T, Da Silva MG, Fracchiolla N, De Jonge N, Collins G, Marchetti M, Magliano G, García-Vidal C, Biernat MM, Van Doesum J, Machado M, Demirkan F, Al-Khabori M, Žák P, Víšek B, Stoma I, Méndez GA, Maertens J, Khanna N, Espigado I, Dragonetti G, Fianchi L, Del Principe MI, Cabirta A, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Jaksic O, Buquicchio C, Bonuomo V, Batinié J, Omrani AS, Lamure S, Finizio O, Fernández N, Falces-Romero I, Blennow O, Bergantim R, Ali N, Win S, Van Praet J, Tisi MC, Shirinova A, Schönlein M, Prattes J, Piedimonte M, Petzer V, Navrátil M, Kulasekararaj A, Jindra P, Sramek J, Glenthøj A, Fazzi R, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Cattaneo C, Calbacho M, Bahr NC, El-Ashwah S, Cordoba R, Hanakova M, Zambrotta GPM, Zambrotta G, Sciumè M, Booth S, Rodrigues RN, Sacchi MV, García-Poutón N, Martín-González JA, Khostelidi S, Gräfe S, Rahimli L, Ammatuna E, Busca A, Corradini P, Hoenigl M, Klimko N, Koehler P, Pagliuca A, Passamonti F, Cornely OA, Pagano L. COVID-19 in adult acute myeloid leukemia patients: a long-term follow-up study from the European Hematology Association survey (EPICOVIDEHA). Haematologica 2022; 108:22-33. [PMID: 35545919 PMCID: PMC9827164 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.280847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are at high risk of dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The optimal management of AML patients with COVID-19 has not been established. Our multicenter study included 388 adult AML patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between February 2020 and October 2021. The vast majority were receiving or had received AML treatment in the preceding 3 months. COVID-19 was severe in 41.2% and critical in 21.1% of cases. The chemotherapeutic schedule was modified in 174 patients (44.8%), delayed in 68 and permanently discontinued in 106. After a median follow-up of 325 days, 180 patients (46.4%) had died; death was attributed to COVID-19 (43.3%), AML (26.1%) or to a combination of both (26.7%), whereas in 3.9% of cases the reason was unknown. Active disease, older age, and treatment discontinuation were associated with death, whereas AML treatment delay was protective. Seventy-nine patients had a simultaneous AML and COVID-19 diagnosis, with better survival when AML treatment could be delayed (80%; P<0.001). Overall survival in patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 between January 2020 and August 2020 was significantly lower than that in patients diagnosed between September 2020 and February 2021 and between March 2021 and September 2021 (39.8% vs. 60% vs. 61.9%, respectively; P=0.006). COVID-19 in AML patients was associated with a high mortality rate and modifications of therapeutic algorithms. The best approach to improve survival was to delay AML treatment, whenever possible.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesco Marchesi
- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy,FM and JSG contributed equally as co-first authors
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany,FM and JSG contributed equally as co-first authors
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Division Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- RM Gorbacheva Research Institute, Pavlov University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy,Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale “SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo”, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Hematology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Gomel State Medical University, Gomel, Belarus
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven and Department of Hematology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, and Department of Clinical Research, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena - University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS/CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain,Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Zagreb, Croatia,Faculty of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia,University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Hamad Medical Corporation, Division of Infectious Diseases, Doha, Qatar
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- Département d’Hématologie Clinique, CHU de Montpellier, UMR-CNRS 5535, Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, Yangon General Hospital, University of Medicine, Yangon, Myanmar
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- Department of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium
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- Azerbaijan Scientific Research Hematology and Transfusiology Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Medical University of Graz, Department for Infectious Diseases, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Head of the ICU and Transplant Unit, Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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- University Hospital Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic,Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- AOUP - Azienda Ospedaliera Università Pisana - Cisanello, Pisa, Italy
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain,IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale “SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo”, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- North-Western State Medical University named after Iliá Ilich Méchnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany,Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical and Translational Fungal-Working Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA,Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- North-Western State Medical University named after Iliá Ilich Méchnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Haematological Medicine, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria and ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany,University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), Cologne, Germany,OAC and LP contributed equally as co-senior authors
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS, Rome, Italy,Hematology Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy,OAC and LP contributed equally as co-senior authors
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Maschmeyer G, Bullinger L, Garcia-Vidal C, Herbrecht R, Maertens J, Menna P, Pagano L, Thiebaut-Bertrand A, Calandra T. Correction: Infectious complications of targeted drugs and biotherapies in acute leukemia. Clinical practice guidelines by the European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL), a joint venture of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), the International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS) and the European Leukemia Net (ELN). Leukemia 2022; 36:1450. [PMID: 35440692 PMCID: PMC9061292 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-022-01570-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Georg Maschmeyer
- Certified Cancer Center, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Charlottenstrasse 72, D-14467, Potsdam, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Campus Virchow, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, BCN 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg.Europe (ICANS) and Université de Strasbourg, Inserm, UMR-S1113/IRFAC, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KULeuven, Leuven and Department of Hematology, UZLEUVEN, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Sciences and Technologies for Humans and the Environment, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, University Hospital Foundation Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology Division, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Busca A, Marchesi F, Cattaneo C, Trecarichi EM, Delia M, Del Principe MI, Candoni A, Pagano L. When Viruses Meet Fungi: Tackling the Enemies in Hematology. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8020184. [PMID: 35205938 PMCID: PMC8875273 DOI: 10.3390/jof8020184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The association of invasive fungal infections (IFI) and viral infections has been described in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM), in particular in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Regrettably, the diagnosis is often challenging, making the treatment inappropriate in some circumstances. The present review takes into consideration the viral infections commonly associated with IFI. Clinical presentation of IFI and viral infections, risk factors, and impact on the outcome of HM patients are discussed throughout the paper.
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- Alessandro Busca
- Stem Cell Transplant Unit, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Torino, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy;
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University “Magna Graecia”—“Mater Domini” Teaching Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Udine-ASUFC, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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- Unità di Ematologia Geriatrica ed Emopatie Rare, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli—IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy;
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Mele C, Pagano L, Franciotta D, Caputo M, Nardone A, Aimaretti G, Marzullo P, Pingue V. Thyroid function in the subacute phase of traumatic brain injury: a potential predictor of post-traumatic neurological and functional outcomes. J Endocrinol Invest 2022; 45:379-389. [PMID: 34351610 PMCID: PMC8783844 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-021-01656-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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PURPOSE That thyroid hormones exert pleiotropic effects and have a contributory role in triggering seizures in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be hypothesized. We aimed at investigating thyroid function tests as prognostic factors of the development of seizures and of functional outcome in TBI. METHODS This retrospective study enrolled 243 adult patients with a diagnosis of mild-to-severe TBI, consecutively admitted to our rehabilitation unit for a 6-month neurorehabilitation program. Data on occurrence of seizures, brain imaging, injury characteristics, associated neurosurgical procedures, neurologic and functional assessments, and death during hospitalization were collected at baseline, during the workup and on discharge. Thyroid function tests (serum TSH, fT4, and fT3 levels) were performed upon admission to neurorehabilitation. RESULTS Serum fT3 levels were positively associated with an increased risk of late post-traumatic seizures (LPTS) in post-TBI patients independent of age, sex and TBI severity (OR = 1.85, CI 95% 1.22-2.61, p < 0.01). Measured at admission, fT3 values higher than 2.76 pg/mL discriminated patients with late post-traumatic seizures from those without, with a sensitivity of 74.2% and a specificity of 60.9%. Independently from the presence of post-traumatic epilepsy and TBI severity, increasing TSH levels and decreasing fT3 levels were associated with worse neurological and functional outcome, as well as with higher risk of mortality within 6 months from the TBI event. CONCLUSIONS Serum fT3 levels assessed in the subacute phase post-TBI are associated with neurological and functional outcome as well as with the risk of seizure occurrence. Further studies are needed to investigate the mechanisms underlying these associations.
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- C Mele
- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Neurorehabilitation and Spinal Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SPA SB, Institute of Pavia, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
- Division of General Medicine, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy
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- Neurorehabilitation and Spinal Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SPA SB, Institute of Pavia, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
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Cesaro S, Ljungman P, Mikulska M, Hirsch HH, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Cordonnier C, Meylan S, Mehra V, Styczynski J, Marchesi F, Besson C, Baldanti F, Masculano RC, Beutel G, Einsele H, Azoulay E, Maertens J, de la Camara R, Pagano L. Recommendations for the management of COVID-19 in patients with haematological malignancies or haematopoietic cell transplantation, from the 2021 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL 9). Leukemia 2022; 36:1467-1480. [PMID: 35488021 PMCID: PMC9053562 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-022-01578-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel virus that spread worldwide from 2019 causing the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterised by an initial viral phase followed in some patients by a severe inflammatory phase. Importantly, immunocompromised patients may have a prolonged viral phase, shedding infectious viral particles for months, and absent or dysfunctional inflammatory phase. Among haematological patients, COVID-19 has been associated with high mortality rate in acute leukaemia, high risk-myelodysplastic syndromes, and after haematopoietic cell transplant and chimeric-antigen-receptor-T therapies. The clinical symptoms and signs were similar to that reported for the overall population, but the severity and outcome were worse. The deferral of immunodepleting cellular therapy treatments is recommended for SARS-CoV-2 positive patient, while in the other at-risk cases, the haematological treatment decisions must be weighed between individual risks and benefits. The gold standard for the diagnosis is the detection of viral RNA by nucleic acid testing on nasopharyngeal-swabbed sample, which provides high sensitivity and specificity; while rapid antigen tests have a lower sensitivity, especially in asymptomatic patients. The prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection is based on strict infection control measures recommended for aerosol-droplet-and-contact transmission. Vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 has shown high efficacy in reducing community transmission, hospitalisation and deaths due to severe COVID-19 disease in the general population, but immunosuppressed/haematology patients may have lower sero-responsiveness to vaccinations. Moreover, the recent emergence of new variants may require vaccine modifications and strategies to improve efficacy in these vulnerable patients. Beyond supportive care, the specific treatment is directed at viral replication control (antivirals, anti-spike monoclonal antibodies) and, in patients who need it, to the control of inflammation (dexamethasone, anti-Il-6 agents, and others). However, the benefit of all these various prophylactic and therapeutic treatments in haematology patients deserves further studies.
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- Simone Cesaro
- Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
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- grid.4714.60000 0004 1937 0626Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ,grid.24381.3c0000 0000 9241 5705Department of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642Transplantation and Clinical Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland ,grid.410567.1Clinical Virology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland ,grid.410567.1Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.275559.90000 0000 8517 6224Klinik fur Innere Medizin II (Haematologie/Oncologie), Universitatsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany ,grid.418398.f0000 0001 0143 807XLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- grid.8515.90000 0001 0423 4662Infectious Diseases Service, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- grid.429705.d0000 0004 0489 4320Department of Haematology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- grid.5374.50000 0001 0943 6490Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Jurasz University Hospital, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- grid.417520.50000 0004 1760 5276Haematology Unit, Department of Research and Clinical Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- grid.418080.50000 0001 2177 7052Service d’Hematologie Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, Villejuif, France
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- grid.419425.f0000 0004 1760 3027Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- grid.419651.e0000 0000 9538 1950Fundación Jimenez Díaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.10423.340000 0000 9529 9877Department for Haematology, Haemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- grid.8379.50000 0001 1958 8658Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- grid.413328.f0000 0001 2300 6614Critical Care Department, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884Haematology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.411251.20000 0004 1767 647XDepartment of Haematology, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.8142.f0000 0001 0941 3192Institute of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, “Sacro Cuore” Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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Del Principe MI, Dragonetti G, Conti A, Verga L, Ballanti S, Fanci R, Candoni A, Marchesi F, Cattaneo C, Lessi F, Fracchiolla N, Spolzino A, Prezioso L, Delia M, Potenza L, Decembrino N, Castagnola C, Nadali G, Picardi M, Zama D, Orciulo E, Veggia B, Garzia M, Dargenio M, Melillo L, Manetta S, Russo D, Mancini V, Piedimonte M, Tisi MC, Toschi N, Busca A, Pagano L. Invasive aspergillosis in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukaemia patients: Results from SEIFEM 2016-B survey. Mycoses 2021; 65:171-177. [PMID: 34695256 DOI: 10.1111/myc.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukaemia (R/R AML) who received salvage chemotherapy, limited and not updated studies explored the incidence of invasive aspergillosis (IA) and the role of antifungal prophylaxis (AP). The aims of this multicentre retrospective 'SEIFEM 2016-B' study were as follows: (1) to evaluate the current rate and the outcome of proven/probable IA and (2) to assess the efficacy of AP, in a large 'real life' series of patient with R/R AML submitted to salvage chemotherapy. RESULTS Of 2250 R/R AML patients, a total of 74 cases of IA (5.1%) were recorded as follows: 10 (0.7%) proven and 64 (4.3%) probable. Information about AP were available in 73/74 (99%) patients. Fifty-eight (79%) breakthrough infections occurred, mainly during AP with posaconazole [25 (43%)]. The patients who received AP during salvage chemotherapy showed a benefit from antifungal therapy (AT) than patients who did not received AP [43 (86%) vs 7 (14%); p < .033]. In a multivariate analysis, AP and absence of severe mucositis had a significant favourable effect on overall response rate. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrated that the incidence of IA during the salvage chemotherapy is similar to the past. Nevertheless, the attributable mortality rate (AMR) appears to be lower than that previously reported in R/R AML. Further prospective studies should be performed to confirm our preliminary observation and understand and the why a decreased AMR is reported in this setting of high-risk patients.
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- Maria Ilaria Del Principe
- Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCSS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Ospedale San Gerardo, ASST Monza, Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Ospedale Careggi ed Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia e Unità di terapie Cellulari 'Carlo Melzi'-Azienda Sanitaria-Universitaria, Integrata, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit-Azienda, Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale-Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno infantili e dell'Adulto, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- UOC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Fondazione ICRRS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata diVerona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Unità di Ematologia, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology 'Lalla Seràgnoli', Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Trapianti e Tecnologie Avanzate, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia-Trapianto cellule staminali, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Camillo-Forlanini, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule Staminali, Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Cattedra di Ematologia USD Trapianti di Midollo Osseo per Adulti Spedali Civili di Brescia, Università di Brescia, ASST SpedaliCivili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia ed Oncologia, Niguarda Cancer Center ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Ematologia Ospedale Universitario Sant'Andrea, Università la Sapienza di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Cell Therapy and Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.,Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
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- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, Italy.,Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCSS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Pagano L, Salmanton-García J, Marchesi F, Busca A, Corradini P, Hoenigl M, Klimko N, Koehler P, Pagliuca A, Passamonti F, Verga L, Víšek B, Ilhan O, Nadali G, Weinbergerová B, Córdoba-Mascuñano R, Marchetti M, Collins GP, Farina F, Cattaneo C, Cabirta A, Gomes-Silva M, Itri F, van Doesum J, Ledoux MP, Čerňan M, Jakšić O, Duarte RF, Magliano G, Omrani AS, Fracchiolla NS, Kulasekararaj A, Valković T, Poulsen CB, Machado M, Glenthøj A, Stoma I, Ráčil Z, Piukovics K, Navrátil M, Emarah Z, Sili U, Maertens J, Blennow O, Bergantim R, García-Vidal C, Prezioso L, Guidetti A, del Principe MI, Popova M, de Jonge N, Ormazabal-Vélez I, Fernández N, Falces-Romero I, Cuccaro A, Meers S, Buquicchio C, Antić D, Al-Khabori M, García-Sanz R, Biernat MM, Tisi MC, Sal E, Rahimli L, Čolović N, Schönlein M, Calbacho M, Tascini C, Miranda-Castillo C, Khanna N, Méndez GA, Petzer V, Novák J, Besson C, Duléry R, Lamure S, Nucci M, Zambrotta G, Žák P, Seval GC, Bonuomo V, Mayer J, López-García A, Sacchi MV, Booth S, Ciceri F, Oberti M, Salvini M, Izuzquiza M, Nunes-Rodrigues R, Ammatuna E, Obr A, Herbrecht R, Núñez-Martín-Buitrago L, Mancini V, Shwaylia H, Sciumè M, Essame J, Nygaard M, Batinić J, Gonzaga Y, Regalado-Artamendi I, Karlsson LK, Shapetska M, Hanakova M, El-Ashwah S, Borbényi Z, Çolak GM, Nordlander A, Dragonetti G, Maraglino AME, Rinaldi A, De Ramón-Sánchez C, Cornely OA. COVID-19 infection in adult patients with hematological malignancies: a European Hematology Association Survey (EPICOVIDEHA). J Hematol Oncol 2021; 14:168. [PMID: 34649563 PMCID: PMC8515781 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-021-01177-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) are at high risk of mortality from SARS-CoV-2 disease 2019 (COVID-19). A better understanding of risk factors for adverse outcomes may improve clinical management in these patients. We therefore studied baseline characteristics of HM patients developing COVID-19 and analyzed predictors of mortality. METHODS The survey was supported by the Scientific Working Group Infection in Hematology of the European Hematology Association (EHA). Eligible for the analysis were adult patients with HM and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 observed between March and December 2020. RESULTS The study sample includes 3801 cases, represented by lymphoproliferative (mainly non-Hodgkin lymphoma n = 1084, myeloma n = 684 and chronic lymphoid leukemia n = 474) and myeloproliferative malignancies (mainly acute myeloid leukemia n = 497 and myelodysplastic syndromes n = 279). Severe/critical COVID-19 was observed in 63.8% of patients (n = 2425). Overall, 2778 (73.1%) of the patients were hospitalized, 689 (18.1%) of whom were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Overall, 1185 patients (31.2%) died. The primary cause of death was COVID-19 in 688 patients (58.1%), HM in 173 patients (14.6%), and a combination of both COVID-19 and progressing HM in 155 patients (13.1%). Highest mortality was observed in acute myeloid leukemia (199/497, 40%) and myelodysplastic syndromes (118/279, 42.3%). The mortality rate significantly decreased between the first COVID-19 wave (March-May 2020) and the second wave (October-December 2020) (581/1427, 40.7% vs. 439/1773, 24.8%, p value < 0.0001). In the multivariable analysis, age, active malignancy, chronic cardiac disease, liver disease, renal impairment, smoking history, and ICU stay correlated with mortality. Acute myeloid leukemia was a higher mortality risk than lymphoproliferative diseases. CONCLUSIONS This survey confirms that COVID-19 patients with HM are at high risk of lethal complications. However, improved COVID-19 prevention has reduced mortality despite an increase in the number of reported cases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Livio Pagano
- Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta’ Della Salute E Della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA USA
- Clinical and Translational Fungal-Working Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA
- Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- North-Western State Medical University Named After Iliá Ilich Méchnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematological Medicine, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale Di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Fundacion Jimenez Díaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio E Biagio E Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Communicable Disease Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Zagreb, Croatia
- Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Gomel State Medical University, Gomel, Belarus
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Health Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 3S-Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Cancer Drug Resistance Group, IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Clinical Hematology, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
- Clinical Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- U.O. Ematologia E Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Ospedale Maggiore, Parma, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Transplantation, Raisa Gorbacheva Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Pavlov University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Hematology Unit, Center for Translational Medicine, Azienda USL Toscana NordOvest, Livorno, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- IBSAL, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinic of Hematology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation With Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University and University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- University Hospital of Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Service d’Hématologie Clinique Et de Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Inserm UMRs 938, Paris, France
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- Departement d’Hematologie Clinique, CHU de Montpellier, UMR-CNRS 5535, Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo - Monza, Monza, Italy
- Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IIS-FJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio E Biagio E Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale Di Circolo of Varese, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematological Diseases (CROHEM), Zagreb, Croatia
- University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Hematology Service, Instituto Nacional Do Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Haematology and Haemotherapy Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantology and Hematology, Minsk, Belarus
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Health Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Cell Therapy and Allogenic Stem Cell Transplantation (CAST), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli - IRCCS – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- U.O. Ematologia E Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Ospedale Maggiore, Parma, Italy
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Chair Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster On Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Giordano A, Di Landro F, De Carolis E, Criscuolo M, Dragonetti G, Fianchi L, Pagano L. Disseminated Geosmithia argillacea Infection in a Patient with Ph-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Case Report and Literature Review. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7090778. [PMID: 34575816 PMCID: PMC8466501 DOI: 10.3390/jof7090778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Invasive fungal infection (IFI) remains the major complication in patients with either acute leukemia, allogeneic stem cell transplantation setting, or both, especially regarding pulmonary localization. We report an experience of a 74-year-old Caucasian male with a Philadelphia-positive (BCR-ABL p190) Common B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who developed a pulmonary infection due to Geosmithia argillacea. Furthermore, we describe the management of this complication and the results of microbiological tests useful to guide the treatment. All cases reported show failure of voriconazole treatment. In the majority of cases a good susceptibility to posaconazole has been reported, which seems to have a good clinical impact; however, only L-AmB shows a clinical effect to produce quick clinical improvement and so it should be a drug of choice. A literature revision shows that only a few papers have thus far described this infection, at present only one case was reported in a hematological setting like a gastrointestinal graft versus host disease in an allogeneic HSCT recipient. The severity of clinical conditions in hematological malignancy settings requires improving the management of this emerging invasive fungal infection. Indeed, a molecular diagnostic approach with a tight laboratory collaboration and targeted therapy should become the gold standard.
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- Antonio Giordano
- Department of Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; (F.D.L.); (M.C.); (G.D.); (L.F.)
- Correspondence: (A.G.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; (F.D.L.); (M.C.); (G.D.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy;
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- Department of Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; (F.D.L.); (M.C.); (G.D.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; (F.D.L.); (M.C.); (G.D.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; (F.D.L.); (M.C.); (G.D.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli—IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; (F.D.L.); (M.C.); (G.D.); (L.F.)
- Institute of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
- Correspondence: (A.G.); (L.P.)
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