Functional immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern after fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose or infection in patients with blood cancer
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Patients with blood cancer continue to have a greater risk of inadequate immune responses following three COVID-19 vaccine doses and risk of severe COVID-19 disease. In the context of the CAPTURE study (NCT03226886), we report immune responses in 80 patients with blood cancer who received a fourth dose of BNT162b2. We measured neutralizing antibody titers (NAbTs) using a live virus microneutralization assay against wild-type (WT), Delta, and Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 and T cell responses against WT and Omicron BA.1 using an activation-induced marker (AIM) assay. The proportion of patients with detectable NAb titers and T cell responses after the fourth vaccine dose increased compared with that after the third vaccine dose. Patients who received B cell-depleting therapies within the 12 months before vaccination have the greatest risk of not having detectable NAbT. In addition, we report immune responses in 57 patients with breakthrough infections after vaccination.
Date Issued
2022-10-18
Date Acceptance
2022-09-21
Citation
Cell Reports Medicine, 2022, 3 (10)
ISSN
2666-3791
Publisher
Cell Press
Journal / Book Title
Cell Reports Medicine
Volume
3
Issue
10
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36240755
PII: S2666-3791(22)00336-6
Subjects
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
T cells
blood cancer
neutralizing antibodies
variants of concern
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
ARTN 100781
Date Publish Online
2022-09-27