COVID-19 and cancer: First report of the ESMO international, registry-based, cohort study (ESMO CoCARE)

Background: At the height of the first wave of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, ESMO mobilized to accelerate research for the understanding of COVID-19 in cancer patients (pts). ESMO CoCARE is an international collaborative registry-based, cohort study, gathering real-world data and information from healthcare professionals about the natural history, treatment and outcomes of COVID-19 in cancer pts. Methods: ESMO CoCARE captures information on pts with any solid or hematologic malignancy (including cancer survivors free of disease for ≥5 years) presenting with a COVID-19 diagnosis in any of the participating centers. Data collected since 06/2020 include demographics, cancer characteristics and status, co-morbidities, COVID-19 clinical features, course, management and outcome. Factors influencing COVID-19 severity (hospitalization +/- ICU support needed) and recovery are investigated using multivariable logistic regression with backward elimination method. The study is ongoing. Results: The current analysis includes 1551 registered pts (19 countries;87% pts from 23 European centers, 7% and 6% pts from 5 Northern African and 7 Asian centers), with COVID-19 diagnosis as of 11/03/2021. Median age was 64 years, with the majority female (52%), cancer stage III/IV (58%), and on active cancer treatment (60%). 65% had severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization, with 11% receiving intensive care. In multivariable analysis, in addition to demographics (male gender, older age, other ethnicity than Caucasian, lower BMI), co-morbidities and symptomatic COVID-19, severe disease was associated to higher ECOG PS (Odds Ratio (OR)2 vs 0=5.9, OR1 vs 0=2.1), hematological malignancies (OR hemvs solid =2.0), and active/progressive cancer status (OR progressivevs no evidence of disease =1.6). 98% of pts with mild disease recovered, as opposed to only 70% of those with severe disease. Cancer stage was an additional prognostic factor for recovery (ORI/II vs IV =3.4). Conclusions: Demographic characteristics, type and status of cancer, and symptomatology of COVID-19 increase the probability of severe disease, while advanced cancer stage is also associated with the risk of death. Legal entity responsible for the study: Institut Curie, Paris, France. Funding: ESMO - European Society for Medical Oncology. Disclosure: E. Romano: Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding, Investigator-initiated trial: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding, Investigator-initiated trial: BMS;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: Merck;Financial Interests, Personal, Invited Speaker: Roche;Financial Interests, Personal, Invited Speaker: Pierre Fabre. R. Lee: Financial Interests, Personal, Invited Speaker: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: BMS. A. Croitoru: Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Role: Ipsen;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Role: Astellas;Financial Interests, Personal and Institutional, Funding: Bristol-Myers Squibb;Financial Interests, Personal and Institutional, Funding: Merck;Financial Interests, Personal and Institutional, Funding: Astellas;Financial Interests, Personal and Institutional, Funding: Servier;Financial Interests, Personal and Institutional, Funding: Five Prime Therapeutics;Financial Interests, Personal and Institutional, Funding: Amgen;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, Travel funding: Merck;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, travel funding: Servier;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, travel funding: Roche. S. Susnjar: Financial Interests, Personal, Other, Honoraria and/or advisory fees: Roche;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, Honoraria and/or advisory fees: Pfizer;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, Honoraria and/or advisory fees: Novartis;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, Honoraria and/or advisory fees: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, Honoraria and/or advisory fees: Amicus. M. Rossi: Financial Interests, Personal, Other, travel and personal fees: Novartis;Financial terests, Personal, Other, travel and personal fees: Ipsen. O.A. Michielin: Financial Interests, Personal, Other, personal fees: Bristol-Myers Squibb;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, personal fees: MSD;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, personal fees: Novartis;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, personal fees: Roche;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, personal fees: Amgen;Financial Interests, Personal, Other, personal fees: NeraCare GmbH. G. Pentheroudakis: Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: Amgen;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: Bristol Myers Squibb;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: Lilly;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: Merck;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: MSD;Financial Interests, Personal, Advisory Board: Roche;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: AbbVie;Financial Interests, Institutional, Research Grant: Amgen;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator, Coordinating PI: Amgen;Financial Interests, Institutional, Research Grant: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: AstraZeneca;Financial Interests, Institutional, Research Grant: Boehringer Ingelheim;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Boehringer Ingelheim;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Bristol Myers Squibb;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: Bristol Myers Squibb;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: Debbiopharm;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Enorasis;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Genekor;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Ipsen;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: Ipsen;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Janssen;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: Lilly;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Merck;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: Merck;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: MSD;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: MSD;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Pfizer;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator: Roche;Financial Interests, Institutional, Research Grant: Roche;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Sanofi;Financial Interests, Institutional, Principal Investigator, Coodinating Pi: Servier;Financial Interests, Institutional, Funding: Servier. S. Peters: Consultation / Advisory role: AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Beigene, Biocartis, Bio Invent, Blueprint Medicines, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clovis, Daiichi Sankyo, Debiopharm, Eli Lilly, Elsevier, F. Hoffmann-La Roche/Genentech, Foundation Medicine, Illumina, Incyte, IQVIA, Janssen, Medscape, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Merck Serono, Merrimack, Mirati, Novartis, PharmaMar, Phosplatin Therapeutics, Pfizer, Regeneron, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics, Takeda, Vaccibody. Talk in a company’s organized public event: AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, e-cancer, Eli Lilly, F. Hoffmann-La Roche/Genentech, Illumina, Medscape, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Novartis, PER, Pfizer, Prime, RTP, Sanofi, Takeda. Receipt of grants/research supports: (Sub)investigator in trials (institutional financial support for clinical trials) sponsored by Amgen, AstraZeneca, Biodesix, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clovis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche/Genentech, GSK, Illumina, Lilly, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Merck Serono, Mirati, Novartis, and Pfizer, Phosplatin Therapeutics. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.