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Prompt administration of broad\u2010spectrum antibiotics is standard of care. Despite conflicting results on the association of time to antibiotics (TTA) with outcomes, TTA limits are used as FN quality measure both in adult and pediatric oncology. This individual patient data (IPD) meta\u2010analysis studied the association between TTA and outcomes in pediatric patients with FN.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>IPD on TTA in pediatric patients with FN receiving chemotherapy for any malignancy was collected internationally. Three\u2010level mixed binomial logistic regression analyzed the association of TTA with safety relevant events (SRE; death, admission to intensive care unit [ICU], bacteremia), primarily in patients with severe disease at presentation and secondarily in all patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data on 4006 FN episodes in 2073 patients, diagnosed 2016\u20132023, were reported from 15 study sites in eight countries. Median TTA was 61\u2009min overall and 53\u2009min in the 345 (8.6%) episodes with severe disease at presentation. Among these with severe disease, an SRE was reported in 119 (34%) episodes. Longer TTA (&gt;\u200960 vs. \u2264\u200960\u2009min) was associated with less SRE (odds ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.24\u20130.70). 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