1. Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in COVID-19 patients with haematological malignancies
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Salmanton-García, Jon, Marchesi, Francesco, Gomes da Silva, Maria, Farina, Francesca, Dávila-Valls, Julio, Bilgin, Yavuz M., Glenthøj, Andreas, Falces-Romero, Iker, Van Doesum, Jaap, Labrador, Jorge, Buquicchio, Caterina, El-Ashwah, Shaimaa, Petzer, Verena, Van Praet, Jens, Schönlein, Martin, Dargenio, Michelina, Méndez, Gustavo-Adolfo, Meers, Stef, Itri, Federico, Giordano, Antonio, Pinczés, László Imre, Espigado, Ildefonso, Stojanoski, Zlate, López-García, Alberto, Prezioso, Lucia, Jaksic, Ozren, Vena, Antonio, Fracchiolla, Nicola S., González-López, Tomás José, Colović, Natasa, Delia, Mario, Weinbergerová, Barbora, Marchetti, Monia, Marques de Almeida, Joyce, Finizio, Olimpia, Besson, Caroline, Biernat, Monika M., Valković, Toni, Lahmer, Tobias, Cuccaro, Annarosa, Ormazabal-Vélez, Irati, Batinić, Josip, Fernández, Noemí, De Jonge, Nick, Tascini, Carlo, Anastasopoulou, Amalia N., Duléry, Rémy, Del Principe, Maria Ilaria, Plantefeve, Gaëtan, Papa, Mario Virgilio, Nucci, Marcio, Jiménez, Moraima, Aujayeb, Avinash, Hernández-Rivas, José-Ángel, Merelli, Maria, Cattaneo, Chiara, Blennow, Ola, Nordlander, Anna, Cabirta, Alba, Varricchio, Gina, Sacchi, Maria Vittoria, Cordoba, Raul, Arellano, Elena, Gräfe, Stefanie K., Wolf, Dominik, Emarah, Ziad, Ammatuna, Emanuele, Hersby, Ditte Stampe, Martín-Pérez, Sonia, Nunes Rodrigues, Raquel, Rahimli, Laman, Pagano, Livio, Cornely, Oliver A., Registry, EPICOVIDEHA, Piukovics, Klára, De Ramón, Cristina, Danion, François, Yahya, Ayel, Guidetti, Anna, Garcia-Vidal, Carolina, Sili, Uluhan, Meletiadis, Joseph, De Kort, Elizabeth, Verga, Luisa, Serrano, Laura, Erben, Nurettin, Di Blasi, Roberta, Tragiannidis, Athanasios, Ribera-Santa Susana, José-María, Ommen, Hans-Beier, Busca, Alessandro, Coppola, Nicola, Bergantim, Rui, Dragonetti, Giulia, Criscuolo, Marianna, Fianchi, Luana, Bonanni, Matteo, Soto-Silva, Andrés, Mikulska, Malgorzata, Machado, Marina, Shan Kho, Chi, Hassan, Nazia, Gavriilaki, Eleni, Cordini, Gregorio, Chi, Louis Yi Ann, Eggerer, Matthias, Hoenigl, Martin, Prattes, Juergen, Jiménez-Lorenzo, María-Josefa, Zompi, Sofia, Zambrotta, Giovanni Paolo Maria, Çolak, Gökçe Melis, García-Poutón, Nicole, Aiello, Tommaso Francesco, Prin, Romane, Stamouli, Maria, Samarkos, Michail, Hematology, Institut Català de la Salut, [Salmanton-García J] University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Chair 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, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology (ECMM), Cologne, Germany. German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany. [Marchesi F] Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy. [Gomes da Silva M] Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Lisbon, Portugal. [Farina F] IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. [Dávila-Valls J] Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, Ávila, Spain. [Bilgin YM] Department of Internal Medicine, ADRZ, Goes, the Netherlands. [Jiménez M] Servei d’Hematologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Experimental Hematology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, and Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
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Sang - Càncer ,Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/farmacoterapia [Otros calificadores] ,Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/drug therapy [Other subheadings] ,COVID-19 (Malaltia) - Tractament ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,virosis::infecciones por virus ARN::infecciones por Nidovirales::infecciones por Coronaviridae::infecciones por Coronavirus [ENFERMEDADES] ,Medicaments antivírics - Ús terapèutic ,Other subheadings::/therapeutic use [Other subheadings] ,03.02. Klinikai orvostan ,neoplasias::neoplasias por localización::neoplasias hematológicas [ENFERMEDADES] ,BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences. Internal Medicine ,BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti. Interna medicina ,Otros calificadores::/uso terapéutico [Otros calificadores] ,SARS-CoV-2 ,COVID-19 ,Malignancy ,Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections [DISEASES] ,General Medicine ,Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Hematologic Neoplasms [DISEASES] ,BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences. Infectology ,Settore MED/15 ,Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Antiviral Agents [CHEMICALS AND DRUGS] ,Settore MED/15 - MALATTIE DEL SANGUE ,acciones y usos químicos::acciones farmacológicas::usos terapéuticos::antiinfecciosos::antivíricos [COMPUESTOS QUÍMICOS Y DROGAS] ,BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti. Infektologija ,Haematology ,Nirmatrelvir - Abstract
COVID-19; Haematology; Nirmatrelvir COVID-19; Hematología; Nirmatrelvir COVID-19; Hematologia; Nirmatrelvir Background Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment decreases the hospitalisation rate in immunocompetent patients with COVID-19, but data on efficacy in patients with haematological malignancy are scarce. Here, we describe the outcome of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment in a large cohort of the latter patients. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study from the multicentre EPICOVIDEHA registry (NCT04733729) on patients with haematological malignancy, who were diagnosed with COVID-19 between January and September 2022. Patients receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir were compared to those who did not. A logistic regression was run to determine factors associated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir administration in our sample. Mortality between treatment groups was assessed with Kaplan–Meier survival plots after matching all the patients with a propensity score. Additionally, a Cox regression was modelled to detect factors associated with mortality in patients receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. Findings A total of 1859 patients were analysed, 117 (6%) were treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, 1742 (94%) were treated otherwise. Of 117 patients receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, 80% had received ≥1 anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose before COVID-19 onset, 13% of which received a 2nd vaccine booster. 5% were admitted to ICU. Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment was associated with the presence of extrapulmonary symptoms at COVID-19 onset, for example anosmia, fever, rhinitis, or sinusitis (aOR 2.509, 95%CI 1.448–4.347) and 2nd vaccine booster (aOR 3.624, 95%CI 1.619–8.109). Chronic pulmonary disease (aOR 0.261, 95%CI 0.093–0.732) and obesity (aOR 0.105, 95%CI 0.014–0.776) were not associated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir use. After propensity score matching, day-30 mortality rate in patients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was 2%, significantly lower than in patients with SARS-CoV-2 directed treatment other than nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (11%, p = 0.036). No factor was observed explaining the mortality difference in patients after nirmatrelvir/ritonavir administration. Interpretation Haematological malignancy patients were more likely to receive nirmatrelvir/ritonavir when reporting extrapulmonary symptoms or 2nd vaccine booster at COVID-19 onset, as opposed to chronic pulmonary disease and obesity. The mortality rate in patients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was lower than in patients with targeted drugs other than nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. EPICOVIDEHA has received funds from Optics COMMIT (COVID-19 Unmet Medical Needs and Associated Research Extension) COVID-19 RFP program by GILEAD Science, United States (Project 2020-8223).
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- 2023
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