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Clausen MR, Ulrichsen SP, Juul MB, Poulsen CB, Iversen B, Pedersen PT, Madsen J, Pedersen RS, Josefsson PL, Gørløv JS, Nørgaard M, d'Amore F. Prognostic significance of infectious episodes occurring during first-line therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - A nationwide cohort study. Hematol Oncol 2020; 38:318-325. [PMID: 32239673 DOI: 10.1002/hon.2734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Infections during first-line therapy for DLBCL are often associated with chemotherapy dose reductions and increased mortality. Systemic infections have also been suggested as beneficial promotors of immunological responses. However, whether there is an association between the timing of an infectious episode and outcome during treatment has not yet been clarified. We investigated how the occurrence and timing of infectious episodes during the first line of treatment for "de novo" DLBCL influenced patient outcome. We used data on DLBCL patients from the Danish Lymphoma Registry, the Danish National Patient Registry, and the Danish National Pathology Registry. Infections were categorized according to type (ICD-10) and time of occurrence after treatment start. "Early" infections were defined as occurring between days 7 and 42 and "late" infections between days 100 and 150 from treatment start. Patients experiencing both "early and late" infections were categorized separately. We used multivariable Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier estimates to assess the association between infections and survival adjusting for NCCN-IPI, sex, comorbidity, and rituximab treatment. We identified 3546 patients, median age 65 years (IQR 56,73). Infectious episodes occurred in 1171 (33%) patients, of which 666 had "early," 303 "late," and 202 both "early and late" events. Patients without registered infections had a 5-year overall survival (OS) rates of 74%. Those with "early," "late," or "early+late" had 5-year OS of 65%, 62%, and 53%, respectively. Compared with patients without any registered infections, hazard rate ratios (HR) were 1.24 (95% CI 1.05-1.47), 1.32 (95% CI 1.06-1.63), and 1.59 (95% CI 1.27-2.00), respectively, in the multivariable model. We observed that infectious episodes during first-line treatment for "de novo" DLBCL occurred in 44% of the patients. Irrespective of timing, patients with infectious episodes had an inferior outcome compared to those without. Outcome patterns were similar for patients registered with sepsis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael R Clausen
- Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Sygehus Lillebaelt, Vejle, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Influence of coronary artery disease-associated genetic variants on risk of venous thromboembolism. Thromb Res 2014; 134:426-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2014.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Diabetes and asthma case identification, validation, and representativeness when using electronic health data to construct registries for comparative effectiveness and epidemiologic research. Med Care 2012; 50 Suppl:S30-5. [PMID: 22692256 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e318259c011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Advances in health information technology and widespread use of electronic health data offer new opportunities for development of large scale multisite disease-specific patient registries. Such registries use existing data, can be constructed at relatively low cost, include large numbers of patients, and once created can be used to address many issues with a short time between posing a question and obtaining an answer. Potential applications include comparative effectiveness research, public health surveillance, mapping and improving quality of clinical care, and others. OBJECTIVE AND DISCUSSION This paper describes selected conceptual and practical challenges related to development of multisite diabetes and asthma registries, including development of case definitions, validation of case identification methods, variation in electronic health data sources; representativeness of registry populations, including the impact of attrition. Specific challenges are illustrated with data from actual registries.
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