TABLE 1.
Patient baseline characteristics (n = 75) | |
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Age, years, median [IQR] | 65 [59–73] |
Female/male, n | 28/47 |
Days from symptoms onset to CCP, days, median [IQR] | 17 [10–24,5] |
Initial CT level, median [IQR] | 22.9 [17.5–26] |
Anti‐CD20 mAb pre‐exposure (n = 73, unknown = 2), n (%) | |
Yes | 51 (70) |
No | 22 (30) |
Pre exposure to monoclonal antibodies (n = 75), n (%) | |
Yes | 7 (9) |
No | 68 (91) |
Two‐dose vaccination (n = 75), n (%) | |
Yes | 68 (91) |
No | 7 (9) |
Initial anti‐S antibodies (n = 70, unknown = 5), n (%) | |
>264 BAU/mL | 8 (11) |
<264 BAU/mL | 62 (89) |
Underlying diseases (n = 71, excluded patients with two simultaneous underlying immunodeficiency n = 4), n (%) | |
Hematological malignancy | 50 (71) |
Solid organ transplant recipient | 11 (15) |
Autoimmune disease | 10 (14) |
Positive RNAemia (n = 18, unknown = 57), n (%) | |
Yes | 13 (72) |
No | 5 (28) |
WHO scale (n = 72, unknown = 3), n (%) | |
Scale 5 | 49 (68) |
Scale 6 | 23 (32) |
Note: WHO clinical progression scale for the COVID‐19 severity: Scale 5: hospitalized, oxygen by mask or nasal prongs, WHO 6: hospitalized, oxygen by noninvasive ventilation or high flow [9].
Abbreviations: BAU, binding antibody unit; CCP, COVD‐19 convalescent plasma; mAb, monoclonal antibody.