Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry

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This study has been co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (EDRD). CG-V [FIS PI21/01640] have received research grants from the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III. The Project PI21/01640 has been funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) and co-funded by the European Union. No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This work was co-funded by a research grant (SGR 01324 Q5856414G) from the AGAUR (Agencia de Gestion de Ayudas Universitarias y de Investigacion) of Catalunya. A-TF has received a pre-doctoral grant supported by the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III [RH RH042953].

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Aiello, Tommaso FrancescoAuthorGarcia-Vidal, CarolinaCorresponding Author

January 16, 2025

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Publicated to:Haematologica. 109 (8): 2693-2700 - 2024-08-01 109(8), DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284678

Authors: Aiello, Tommaso Francesco; Salmanton-Garcia, Jon; Marchesi, Francesco; Weinbergerova, Barbora; Glenthoj, Andreas; Van Praet, Jens; Farina, Francesca; Davila-Valls, Julio; Martin-Perez, Sonia; El-Ashwah, Shaimaa; Schonlein, Martin; Falces-Romero, Iker; Labrador, Jorge; Sili, Uluhan; Buquicchio, Caterina; Vena, Antonio; Plantefeve, Gaetan; Petzer, Verena; Biernat, Monika M; Lahmer, Tobias; Espigado, Ildefonso; Van Doesum, Jaap; Blennow, Ola; Piukovics, Klara; Tascini, Carlo; Samarkos, Michail; Bilgin, Yavuz M; Fianchi, Luana; Itri, Federico; Valkovic, Toni; Fracchiolla, Nicola S; Dargenio, Michelina; Jimenez, Moraima; Magyari, Ferenc; Lopez-Garcia, Alberto; Prezioso, Lucia; Colovic, Natasha; Shumilov, Evgenii; Abu-Zeinah, Ghaith; Krekeler, Carolin; Lavilla-Rubira, Esperanza; Papa, Mario Virgilio; Gonzalez-Lopez, Tomas Jose; Pinczes, Laszlo Imre; Demirkan, Fatih; Ali, Natasha; Besson, Caroline; Fouquet, Guillemette; Romano, Alessandra; Hernandez-Rivas, Jose-Angel; Del Principe, Maria Ilaria; Aujayeb, Avinash; Merelli, Maria; Lamure, Sylvain; De Almeida, Joyce Marques; Da Silva, Maria Gomes; Eisa, Noha; Meletiadis, Joseph; Rinaldi, Ikhwan; Finizio, Olimpia; Jaksic, Ozren; Delia, Mario; Nizamuddin, Summiya; Marchetti, Monia; Ijaz, Marriyam; Machado, Marina; Bailen-Almorox, Rebeca; Cernan, Martin; Coppola, Nicola; Gavriilaki, Eleni; Cattaneo, Chiara; Groh, Ana; Stojanoski, Zlate; Erben, Nurettin; Pantic, Nikola; Mendez, Gustavo-Adolfo; Di Blasi, Roberta; Meers, Stef; De Ramon, Cristina; Bahr, Nathan C; Emarah, Ziad; Varricchio, Gina; Cvetanoski, Milche; Garcia-Sanz, Ramon; Mitrovic, Mirjana; Lievin, Raphael; Hanakova, Michaela; Racil, Zdenek; Vehreschild, Maria; Tragiannidis, Athanasios; Rodrigues, Raquel Nunes; Garcia-Bordallo, Daniel; Cordoba, Raul; Cabirta, Alba; Nordlander, Anna; Ammatuna, Emanuele; Arellano, Elena; Wolf, Dominik; Prin, Romane; Limongelli, Alessandro; Bavastro, Martina; Colak, Gokce Melis; Grafe, Stefanie; Hersby, Ditte Stampe; Rahimli, Laman; Cornely, Oliver A; Garcia-Vidal, Carolina; Pagano, Livio

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ADRZ, Dept Internal Med, Goes, Netherlands - Author

Aga Khan Univ, Karachi, Pakistan - Author

AORN Cardarelli, UOC Hematol, Naples, Italy - Author

AOUC Policlin, Hematol & Stem Cell Transplantat Unit, Bari, Italy - Author

Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece - Author

Aseer Cent Hosp, Abha, Saudi Arabia - Author

ASST Osped Civili, Hematol Unit, Brescia, Italy - Author

AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium - Author

AZ Sint Jan Brugge Oostende AV, Dept Nephrol & Infect Dis, Brugge, Belgium - Author

Azienda Osped Nazl SS Antonio & Biagio & Cesare A, Alessandria, Italy - Author

Azienda Osped St Anna & San Sebastiano, Caserta, Italy - Author

Azienda Sanit Univ Friuli Cent, Udine, Italy - Author

Azienda Sanitaria Univ Friuli Cent, Udine, Italy - Author

CH Sud Francilien, Dept Hematol, Corbeil Essonnes, France - Author

Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Rigshosp, Dept Hematol, Copenhagen, Denmark - Author

Ctr Hosp Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France - Author

Ctr Hosp Versailles, Le Chesnay, France - Author

Dimiccoli Hosp, Hematol Dept, Barletta, Italy - Author

Dokuz Eylul Univ, Div Hematol, Izmir, Turkiye - Author

Eskisehir Osmangazi Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Fac Med, Eskisehir, Turkiye - Author

Fdn IRCCS Ca Granda Osped Maggiore Policlin, Milan, Italy - Author

Fdn Jimenez Diaz Univ Hosp, Hlth Res Inst IIS FJD, Madrid, Spain - Author

Fdn Policlin Univ Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Hematol Unit, Rome, Italy - Author

Gen Hosp Thessaloniki George Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece - Author

Hosp Escuela Agudos Dr Ramon Madariaga, Posadas, Argentina - Author

Hosp Gen Univ Gregorio Maranon, Clin Microbiol & Infect Dis Dept, Madrid, Spain - Author

Hosp Gen Univ Gregorio Maranon, Dept Hematol, Madrid, Spain - Author

Hosp Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain - Author

Hosp Nuestra Senora Sonsoles, Avila, Spain - Author

Hosp St Louis, Paris, France - Author

Hosp Univ Burgos, Dept Hematol, Burgos, Spain - Author

Hosp Univ Burgos, Res Unit, Dept Hematol, Burgos, Spain - Author

Hosp Univ Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain - Author

Hosp Univ Parma, Hematol & Bone Marrow Unit, Parma, Italy - Author

Hosp Univ Salamanca, Hematol Dept, Salamanca, Spain - Author

Inst Hematol & Blood Transfus, Prague, Czech Republic - Author

Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain - Author

IRCCS Osped San Raffaele, Milan, Italy - Author

IRCCS Regina Elena Natl Canc Inst, Hematol & Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Rome, Italy - Author

Ist Oncol Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland - Author

Karolinska Univ Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Stockholm, Sweden - Author

La Paz Univ Hosp, Madrid, Spain - Author

Laikon Gen Hosp, Athens, Greece - Author

Mansoura Univ, Oncol Ctr, Mansoura, Egypt - Author

Marmara Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkiye - Author

Masaryk Univ Hosp Brno, Dept Internal Med Hematol & Oncol, Brno, Czech Republic - Author

Med Univ Innsbruck, Dept Hematol & Oncol, Innsbruck, Austria - Author

Mem Canc Hosp & Res Ctr, Lahore, Pakistan - Author

Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Attikon Univ Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Clin Microbiol Lab, Athens, Greece - Author

Northumbria Healthcare, Newcastle, England - Author

Osped Ferrarotto, Div Clinicizzata Ematol, Catania, Italy - Author

Osped San Martino Genova, Genoa, Italy - Author

Palacky Univ, Fac Med & Dent, Dept Hematooncol, Olomouc, Czech Republic - Author

Portuguese Inst Oncol, Lisbon, Portugal - Author

San Luigi Gonzaga Hosp Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy - Author

Tech Univ Munich, Klinikum Rechts Isar, Med Klin 2, Munich, Germany - Author

UK Munster, Munster, Germany - Author

Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Bellaterra, Spain - Author

Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin Barcelona IDIBAPS, Infect Dis Dept, Barcelona, Spain - Author

Univ Belgrade, Univ Clin Ctr Serbia, Med Fac, Belgrade, Serbia - Author

Univ Campania, Dept Mental Hlth & Publ Med, Naples, Italy - Author

Univ Clin Hematol, Skopje, North Macedonia - Author

Univ Cologne, Fac Med, Cologne, Germany - Author

Univ Debrecen, Dept Internal Med, Div Hematol, Fac Med, Debrecen, Hungary - Author

Univ Debrecen, Inst Internal Med, Div Hematol, Fac Med, Debrecen, Hungary - Author

Univ Hosp Cologne, Translat Res Cologne Excellence Cluster Cellular, Cologne, Germany - Author

Univ Hosp Ctr Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia - Author

Univ Hosp Dubrava, Dept Hematol, Zagreb, Croatia - Author

Univ Hosp Munster UKM, Dept Med Hematol Oncol & Pneumol A, Munster, Germany - Author

Univ Hosp Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic - Author

Univ Indonesia, Dept Internal Med, Div Hematol & Med Oncol, Fac Med,Cipto Mangunkusumo Hosp, Jakarta, Indonesia - Author

Univ Kansas, Med Ctr, Kansas City, MO USA - Author

Univ Klinikum Frankfurt Main, Infektiol, Frankfurt, Germany - Author

Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands - Author

Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Sect Pneumol, Dept Oncol Hematol & Bone Marrow Transplantat, Hamburg, Germany - Author

Univ Montpellier, Montpellier Univ Hosp, IGMM UMR5535 CNRS, Dept Clin Hematol, Montpellier, France - Author

Univ Paris Diderot, Serv Hematol Oncol, Hop St Louis, Assistance Publ Hop Paris, Paris, France - Author

Univ Paris Saclay, UVSQ, INSERM, Equipe Exposome & Heredite,CESP, Villejuif, France - Author

Univ Rijeka, Croatian Cooperat Grp Hematol Dis CROHEM, Fac Med, Rijeka, Croatia - Author

Univ Rijeka, Fac Hlth Studies, Rijeka, Croatia - Author

Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Biomed & Prevent, Hematol, Rome, Italy - Author

Univ Seville, Univ Hosp Virgen Macarena, Inst Biomed Sevilla IBIS, Dept Hematol,Univ Hosp Virgen Rocio,CSIC, Seville, Spain - Author

Univ Szeged, Dept Internal Med, South Div, Fac Med, Szeged, Hungary - Author

USAL, IBSAL, Ctr Invest Canc IBMCC, CSIC, Salamanca, Spain - Author

Vall dHebron Hosp Univ, Vall dHebron Barcelona Hosp Campus, Vall dHebron Inst Oncol VHIO, Dept Hematol,Expt Hematol, Barcelona, Spain - Author

Vito Fazzi, Hematol & Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Lecce, Italy - Author

Weill Cornell Med, Div Hematol & Oncol, New York, NY USA - Author

Wroclaw Med Univ, Dept Hematol Blood Neoplasms & Bone Marrow Transp, Wroclaw, Poland - Author

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Keywords

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntiviral therapyAntivirus agentComorbidityComplicationControlled studyCoronavirus disease 2019Covid-19Covid-19 drug treatmentCovid-19 pharmacotherapyDexamethasoneDiagnostic test accuracy studyDisease severityDrug therapyFemaleGood health and well-beingHematologic diseaseHematologic malignancyHematologic neoplasmsHumanHumansIsolation and purificationLetterLymphocytopeniaMajor clinical studyMaleMiddle agedMonoclonal antibodyMonotherapyMortalityMortality ratePropensity scoreReceiver operating characteristicRegisterRegistriesSars-cov-2Sensitivity analysisSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SmokingVaccinationVery elderly

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The work has been published in the journal Haematologica due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 11/98, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Hematology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-02:

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This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Argentina; Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Indonesia; Italy; Macedonia; Netherlands; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Aiello, Tommaso Francesco) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Garcia Vidal, Carolina.