Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the study cohort.

From: Second symptomatic COVID-19 infections in patients with an underlying monoclonal gammopathy

Characteristics

N (%)

Total number of patients

101 (100%)

 MGUS

56 (55%)

 SMM

3 (3%)

 MM

39 (39%)

 AL amyloidosis without coexisting MM

3 (3%)

Age at time of COVID-19 diagnosis, years

70 (37–89)

Female sex

28 (28%)

High risk FISH in patients with MM

17/38 (45%)

ISS stage in patients with MM

 Stage 1

10/37 (27%)

 Stage 2

16/37 (43%)

 Stage 3

11/37 (30%)

Number of lines of treatment prior to COVID-19 diagnosis

 MGUS

0 (0–1)

 SMM

0

 MM

2 (0–13)

AL amyloidosis

3 (2–4)

Anti-CD38 therapy within 6 months of the 1st COVID-19 diagnosis in MM/AL

14/42 (33%)

ASCT at any time prior to COVID-19 diagnosis in MM/AL

25/42 (60%)

ASCT within 6 months of COVID-19 diagnosis in MM/AL

4/42 (10%)

CAR-T cell therapy any time prior to COVID-19 diagnosis in MM

2/39 (5%)

CAR-T cell therapy within 6 months of COVID-19 diagnosis

0

Immunoparesis within 3 months of COVID-19 diagnosis

51/62 (82%)

  1. AL light chain amyloidosis, ASCT autologous stem cell transplant, CAR-T chimeric antigen receptor T cell, COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019, FISH fluorescent in situ hybridization, ISS international staging system, MGUS monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, MM multiple myeloma, SMM smoldering multiple myeloma