Anti-spike antibodies and neutralising antibody activity in people living with HIV vaccinated with COVID-19 mRNA-1273 vaccine : a prospective single-centre cohort study

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BACKGROUND: Vaccines against COVID-19 are a powerful tool to control the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A thorough description of their immunogenicity among people living with HIV (PLWHIV) is necessary. We aimed to assess the immunogenicity of the mRNA-1273 vaccine among PLWHIV.

METHODS: In this prospective cohort, adult PLWHIV outpatients were enrolled during the Italian vaccination campaign. Enrolment was allowed irrespective of ongoing combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), plasma HIV viral load and CD4+ T cell count. A two-dose regimen of mRNA-1273, with administrations performed 28 days apart, was employed. The primary outcomes were anti-spike (anti-S) antibody titres and neutralising antibody activity, assessed 28 days after completing the vaccination schedule. A convenient sample of individuals not affected by HIV was also collected to serve as control (referred as healthy-donors, HDs).

FINDINGS: We enrolled 71 PLWHIV, mostly male (84·5%), with a mean age of 47 years, a median CD4+ T cell count of 747·0 cells per µL and a median HIV viral load <50 copies/mL. COVID-19-experienced PLWHIV displayed higher anti-S antibody titres (p=0·0007) and neutralising antibody activity in sera (p=0·0007) than COVID-19-naïve PLWHIV. When stratified according to CD4+ T cell count (<350 cells/μL, 350-500 cells/μL, >500 cells/μL), anti-S antibody titres (6/71, median 2173 U/mL [IQR 987-4109]; 7/71, 5763 IU/mL [IQR 4801->12500]; 58/71, 2449 U/mL [IQR 1524-5704]) were not lower to those observed among HDs (10, median 1425 U/mL [IQR 599-6131]). In addition, neutralising antibody activity, stratified according to the CD4+ T cell count (6/71, median 1314 [IQR 606-2477]; 7/71, 3329 IU/mL [IQR 1905-10508]; 58/71, 1227 U/mL [IQR 761-3032]), was like those displayed by HDs (10, median 2112 U/mL [IQR 719-8889]).

INTERPRETATION: In our cohort of PLWHIV with well-controlled ART, stable viral suppression and robust CD4+ T cell count, inoculation with mRNA-1273 vaccine given 4 weeks apart produced detectable humoral immune response, similar to individuals without HIV infection, supporting vaccination in PLWHIV.

FUNDING: This study was partially supported by Italian Ministry of Health Ricerca Corrente 2021, by Intesa San Paolo COVID-19 emergency 2020 funds, and by Fondazione Cariplo Grant (INNATE-CoV).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

The Lancet regional health. Europe - 13(2022) vom: 23. Feb., Seite 100287

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lombardi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Butta, Giacomo M [VerfasserIn]
Donnici, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Bozzi, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Oggioni, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Bono, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Matera, Malvina [VerfasserIn]
Consonni, Dario [VerfasserIn]
Ludovisi, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Muscatello, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ceriotti, Ferruccio [VerfasserIn]
Conti, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Scaglioni, Susanna [VerfasserIn]
Gallo, Greta [VerfasserIn]
Scarpa, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Letko, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Abrignani, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Grifantini, Renata [VerfasserIn]
De Francesco, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Gori, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Manganaro, Lara [VerfasserIn]
Bandera, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Journal Article
MRNA-1273
PLWHIV
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination

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Date Revised 01.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100287

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NLM334977053