%0 Multicenter Study
%T Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on molar pregnancy and postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: An observational study.
%A Campos V
%A Paiva G
%A Padron L
%A Freitas F
%A Pedrotti LG
%A Sun SY
%A Viggiano M
%A Oliveira L
%A Rohr L
%A Madi JM
%A Arrym TP
%A Oliveira P
%A Dos Santos Esteves APV
%A Junior JA
%A Filho JR
%A Elias KM
%A Horowitz NS
%A Braga A
%A Berkowitz RS
%J BJOG
%V 130
%N 3
%D 02 2023
%M 36209485
%F 7.331
%R 10.1111/1471-0528.17313
%X To assess whether the incidence and aggressiveness of molar pregnancy (MP) and postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.<BR>Observational study with two separate designs: retrospective multicentre cohort of patients with MP/postmolar GTN and a cross-sectional analysis, with application of a questionnaire.<BR>Six Brazilian Reference Centres on gestational trophoblastic disease.<BR>2662 patients with MP/postmolar GTN treated from March-December/2015-2020 were retrospectively evaluated and 528 of these patients answered a questionnaire.<BR>Longitudinal retrospective multicentre study of patients diagnosed with MP/ postmolar GTN at presentation and a cross-sectional analysis, with application of a questionnaire, exclusive to patients treated during the period of study, to assess living and health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years.<BR>The incidence of MP/postmolar GTN.<BR>Compared with the last 5 pre-pandemic years, MP/postmolar GTN incidence remained stable during 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic). Multivariable logistic regression, adjusted for the patient age, showed that during 2020, presentation with MP was more likely to be >10 weeks of gestation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.50, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.90-3.29, P < 0.001), have a pre-evacuation hCG level ≥100 000 iu/l (aOR 1.77, 95% CI 1.38-2.28, P < 0.001) and time to the initiation of chemotherapy ≥7 months (aOR 1.86, 95% CI 1.01-3.43, P = 0.047) when compared with 2015-2019.<BR>Although the incidence of MP/postmolar GTN remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the pandemic was associated with greater gestational age at MP diagnosis and more protracted delays in initiation of chemotherapy for postmolar GTN.