COVID-19 elicits an impaired antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with haematological malignancies

© 2021 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

COVID-19 is associated with high mortality in patients with haematological malignancies (HM) and rate of seroconversion is unknown. The ITA-HEMA-COV project (NCT04352556) investigated patterns of seroconversion for SARS-CoV-2 IgG in patients with HMs. A total of 237 patients, SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive with at least one SARS-CoV-2 IgG test performed during their care, entered the analysis. Among these, 62 (26·2%) had myeloid, 121 (51·1%) lymphoid and 54 (22·8%) plasma cell neoplasms. Overall, 69% of patients (164 of 237) had detectable IgG SARS-CoV-2 serum antibodies. Serologically negative patients (31%, 73 of 237) were evenly distributed across patients with myeloid, lymphoid and plasma cell neoplasms. In the multivariable logistic regression, chemoimmunotherapy [odds ratio (OR), 3·42; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1·04-11·21; P = 0·04] was associated with a lower rate of seroconversion. This effect did not decline after 180 days from treatment withdrawal (OR, 0·35; 95% CI: 0·11-1·13; P = 0·08). This study demonstrates a low rate of seroconversion in HM patients and indicates that treatment-mediated immune dysfunction is the main driver. As a consequence, we expect a low rate of seroconversion after vaccination and thus we suggest testing the efficacy of seroconversion in HM patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:195

Enthalten in:

British journal of haematology - 195(2021), 3 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 371-377

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Passamonti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Romano, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Salvini, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Merli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Porta, Matteo G Della [VerfasserIn]
Bruna, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Coviello, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Romano, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Cairoli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Lemoli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Farina, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Venditti, Adriano [VerfasserIn]
Busca, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Ladetto, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Massaia, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Pinto, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Arcaini, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Tafuri, Agostino [VerfasserIn]
Marchesi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Fracchiolla, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Bocchia, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Armiento, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Candoni, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Krampera, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Luppi, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Cardinali, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Galimberti, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Cattaneo, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
La Barbera, Elettra Ortu [VerfasserIn]
Mina, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Lanza, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Visani, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Musto, Pellegrino [VerfasserIn]
Petrucci, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Zaja, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Grossi, Paolo A [VerfasserIn]
Bertù, Lorenza [VerfasserIn]
Pagano, Livio [VerfasserIn]
Corradini, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
ITA-HEMA-COV Investigators* [VerfasserIn]
Derenzini, Enrico [Sonstige Person]
Marchetti, Monia [Sonstige Person]
Scattolin, Anna M [Sonstige Person]
Corso, Alessandro [Sonstige Person]
Tosi, Patrizia [Sonstige Person]
Gherlinzoni, Filippo [Sonstige Person]
Passerini, Carlo Gambacorti [Sonstige Person]
Cavo, Michele [Sonstige Person]
Fava, Carmen [Sonstige Person]
Turrini, Mauro [Sonstige Person]
Visco, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Zappasodi, Patrizia [Sonstige Person]
Merli, Michele [Sonstige Person]
Mora, Barbara [Sonstige Person]
Vannucchi, Alessandro M [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Clinical Trial
Covid-19
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Myeloma
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.11.2021

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bjh.17704

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328180971