Successful Treatment of Prolonged, Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in a B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patient With an Extended Course of Remdesivir and Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir.

A patient with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had persistent, progressive pneumonia with viremia after 5 months of infection despite monoclonal antibodies, intravenous (IV) remdesivir and prolonged oral steroids. Twenty days of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and 10 days of IV remdesivir led to full recovery.
Competing Interests: Potential conflicts of interest. J. H., J. M. R., and M. D. are employees of Pfizer. M. B. receives research support from GlaxoSmithKline and Gilead, and research support and consulting fees from Vir Biotechnology. A. L. G. reports contract testing to University of Washington (UW) from Abbott, Cepheid, Novavax, Pfizer, Janssen and Hologic and research support to UW from Gilead and Merck, outside of the described work. P. R. received speaking fees from Gates Foundation. All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.
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