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. 2023 Sep 22;7(23):7161–7168. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011147

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Patients with HCL/HCLv and evidence of COVID-19 infection 253
Type of HCL
 Classic HCL 238
 HCLv 15
Demographics
 Males 202
 Females 51
 Ages 28-86 (median, 59)
Evidence for COVID-19 infection
 Positive COVID-19 test, either rapid-antigen test or PCR 210
 No positive test, but nucleocapsid positive 43
 COVID-19 symptoms 36
 Asymptomatic 7
Year that patients tested positive for COVID-19 (n = 209)
 2020 23
 2021 46
 2022 129
 2023 12
 Patients who were untreated before testing positive for COVID-19 35
Patients who were treated before testing positive for COVID-19 175
 Months from starting last treatment to testing positive for COVID-19 0.4-429
 Median mo from last treatment to testing positive for COVID-19 65.7
 Last treatment known 175
 Bendamustine 1
 Bendamustine-Rituximab 5
 Binimetinib 1
 BL22 anti-CD22 recombinant immunotoxin 5
 Cladribine 22
 Cladribine followed by rituximab within 6 mo 11
 Cladribine with rituximab beginning the same wk (CDAR) 45
 Dabrafenib-trametinib 9
 Pentostatin followed by rituximab within 6 mo 1
 Pentostatin-rituximab 9
 Encorafenib-binimetinib 4
 Fludarabine 1
 Ibrutinib 8
 Ibrutinib-rituximab 1
 Interferon 1
 Moxetumomab pasudotox 15
 Moxetumomab pasudotox-obinutuzumab 1
 Moxetumomab pasudotox-rituximab 6
 RCHOP 1
 Rituximab 26
 Vemurafenib 1
 Vemurafenib-obinutuzumab 1
Patients who received CD20 mAb before testing positive for COVID-19 132
 Months from last dose of CD20 mAb to COVID-19+ 0.2-229
 Median months from last dose CD20 mAb to COVID-19+ 62.7
Vaccination status known 253
 Not vaccinated 28
 Vaccinated 225
 Moderna 77
 Pfizer 110
 Johnson & Johnson 6
 Sinovac 1
 Combination 31
Of 210 HCL/HCLv patients who tested positive
 Vaccinated prior to testing positive 160
 Days from first vaccination to testing positive: 17-810 (median 452)
 Moderna vaccine before testing positive 56
 Pfizer vaccine before testing positive 77
 Johnson & Johnson before testing positive 3
 Combination before testing positive 24
 Received a recognized specific treatment for COVID-19 70
 Convalescent plasma 1
 Convalescent plasma and remdesivir 3
 Bamlanivimab-etesevimab 2
 Bebtelovimab 2
 Casirivimab-imdevimab 12
 Casirivimab-imdevimab, remdesivir, bebtelovimab 1
 Sotrovimab 4
 Tixagevimab-cilgavimab 2
 Unknown mAb 1
 Molnupiravir 2
 Paxlovid 39
 Remdesivir 1
 No recognized specific treatment for COVID-19 140
Disease severity in 210 HCL/HCLv patients testing positive
 Asymptomatic 7
 Specific treatment
 None 6
 Bamlanivimab-Etesevimab 1
 Mild 177
 Severe 24
 Specific treatment
 None 12
 Tixagevimab-cilgavimab 1
 Unknown mAb 1
 Paxlovid 3
 Convalescent plasma 1
 Casirivimab-imdevimab 3
 Casirivimab-imdevimab, remdesivir, bebtelovimab 1
 Convalescent plasma and remdesivir 2
 Critical 2
 Specific treatment: none 2

CDAR, cladribine with immediate rituximab.