![]() ![]() A total of 599 (5.0%) patients received IO, whereas 4327 (35.9%) received non-IO systemic anticancer therapies, and 7120 (59.1%) did not receive any antineoplastic regimen within 3 months prior to COVID-19 diagnosis. The median age of the entire cohort was 65 years (interquartile range, 54-74) years and 6359 patients were female (52.8%) and 6598 (54.8%) were non-Hispanic White. ![]() The secondary outcome was the occurrence of cytokine storm. The primary outcome was a 5-level ordinal scale of COVID-19 severity: no complications hospitalized without requiring oxygen hospitalized and required oxygen intensive care unit admission and/or mechanical ventilation death. Immunosuppression due to therapy systemic anticancer therapy (IO or non-IO). Records analyzed included patients with active or previous cancer who had a laboratory-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction and/or serologic findings. The CCC19 registry is a centralized international multi-institutional registry of patients with COVID-19 with a current or past diagnosis of cancer. This registry-based retrospective cohort study included 12 046 patients reported to the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) registry from March 2020 to May 2022. ![]() To determine the association of baseline immunosuppression and/or IO-based therapies with COVID-19 severity and cytokine storm in patients with cancer. Cytokine storm due to COVID-19 can cause high morbidity and mortality and may be more common in patients with cancer treated with immunotherapy (IO) due to immune system activation. ![]()
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