Impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and recent chemotherapy on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in patients with soft tissue sarcoma : an analysis from the OnCovid registry

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Background: To date, limited evidence exists on the impact of COVID-19 in patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS), nor about the impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and recent chemotherapy on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in this specific population.

Methods: We described COVID-19 morbidity and mortality among patients with STS across 'Omicron' (15 December 2021-31 January 2022), 'Pre-vaccination' (27 February 2020-30 November 2020), and 'Alpha-Delta' phase (01 December 2020-14 December 2021) using OnCovid registry participants (NCT04393974). Case fatality rate at 28 days (CFR28) and COVID-19 severity were also described according to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status, while the impact of the receipt of cytotoxic chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to COVID-19 on clinical outcomes was assessed with Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting (IPTW) models adjusted for possible confounders.

Results: Out of 3820 patients, 97 patients with STS were included. The median age at COVID-19 diagnosis was 56 years (range: 18-92), with 65 patients (67%) aged < 65 years and most patients had a low comorbidity burden (65, 67.0%). The most frequent primary tumor sites were the abdomen (56.7%) and the gynecological tract (12.4%). In total, 36 (37.1%) patients were on cytotoxic chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to COVID-19. The overall CFR28 was 25.8%, with 38% oxygen therapy requirement, 34% rate of complications, and 32.3% of hospitalizations due to COVID-19. CFR28 (29.5%, 21.4%, and 12.5%) and all indicators of COVID-19 severity demonstrated a trend toward a numerical improvement across the pandemic phases. Similarly, vaccinated patients demonstrated numerically improved CFR28 (16.7% versus 27.7%) and COVID-19 morbidity compared with unvaccinated patients. Patients who were on chemotherapy experienced comparable CFR28 (19.4% versus 26.0%, p = 0.4803), hospitalizations (50.0% versus 44.4%, p = 0.6883), complication rates (30.6% versus 34.0%, p = 0.7381), and oxygen therapy requirement (28.1% versus 40.0%, p = 0.2755) compared to those who were not on anticancer therapy at COVID-19, findings further confirmed by the IPTW-fitted multivariable analysis.

Conclusion: In this study, we demonstrate an improvement in COVID-19 outcomes in patients with STS over time. Recent exposure to chemotherapy does not impact COVID-19 morbidity and mortality and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination confers protection against adverse outcomes from COVID-19 in this patient population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Therapeutic advances in medical oncology - 16(2024) vom: 03., Seite 17588359231225028

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vincenzi, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Cortellini, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Mazzocca, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Orlando, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Romandini, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Aguilar-Company, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Camps, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Valverde Morales, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Eremiev-Eremiev, Simeon [VerfasserIn]
Tondini, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Brunet, Joan [VerfasserIn]
Bertulli, Rossella [VerfasserIn]
Provenzano, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Bower, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Generali, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Salazar, Ramon [VerfasserIn]
Sureda, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Prat, Aleix [VerfasserIn]
Vasiliki, Michalarea [VerfasserIn]
Van Hemelrijck, Mieke [VerfasserIn]
Sita-Lumsden, Ailsa [VerfasserIn]
Bertuzzi, Alexia [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Grosso, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Alvin J X [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Cian [VerfasserIn]
Belessiotis, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Uma [VerfasserIn]
Pommeret, Fanny [VerfasserIn]
Loizidou, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Gaidano, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Dettorre, Gino M [VerfasserIn]
Grisanti, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Tucci, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Fulgenzi, Claudia A M [VerfasserIn]
Gennari, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Napolitano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Pinato, David J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Chemotherapy
Journal Article
Pandemic
SARS-CoV-2
Sarcoma
Soft tissue sarcoma
Vaccines

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/17588359231225028

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NLM367398281