Safety and humoral response rate of inactivated and mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Safety and effectiveness outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients receiving different disease-modifying therapies (DMT) and different types of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are limited. Growing evidence coming mainly from Israel, Europe and North America using mRNA and adenoviral vector vaccines has been published.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety and humoral response of inactivated virus and mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with MS.

METHODS: Ongoing, multicentric, prospective, observational study performed between February and September 2021. Humoral response (antibodies against spike-1 protein) was determined at least 4 weeks after the complete schedule of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Categorical outcome (positive/negative) and total antibody titres were recorded. Adverse events supposedly attributable to vaccination (AESAV) were collected.

RESULTS: 178 patients, 68% women, mean age 39.7 ± 11.2 years, 123 received inactivated (Coronavac-Sinovac), 51 mRNA (Pfizer-BioNtech), and 4 adenoviral vector vaccines (CanSino n = 2, Jonhson&Johnson-Jannsen n = 1, Oxford-AstraZeneca n = 1). Six patients had a history of COVID-19 before vaccination. Overall humoral response was observed in 66.9% (62.6% inactivated vs. 78.4% mRNA, p = 0.04). Positive anti-S1-antibodies were observed in 100% of patients with no DMT (n = 3), 100% with interferon/glatiramer-acetate (n = 11), 100% with teriflunomide/dimethyl-fumarate (n = 16), 100% with natalizumab (n = 10), 100% with alemtuzumab (n = 8), 90% with cladribine (n = 10), and 88% with fingolimod (n = 17), while 43% of patients receiving antiCD20 (n = 99) were positive (38% inactivated vaccine vs. 59% mRNA vaccine, p = 0.05). In the multivariate analysis including antiCD20 patients, the predictors for a positive humoral response were receiving the mRNA vaccine (OR 8.11 (1.79-36.8), p = 0.007) and a lower number of total infusions (OR 0.44 (0.27-0.74) p = 0.002. The most frequent AESAV was local pain (14%), with 4 (2.2%) patients experiencing mild-moderate relapses within 8 weeks of first vaccination compared to 11 relapses (6.2%) within the 8 weeks before vaccination (Chi-squared 3.41, p = 0.06).

DISCUSSION: A higher humoral response rate was observed using the mRNA compared to the inactivated vaccine, while patients using antiCD20 had a significantly lower response rate, and patients using antiCD20 and fingolimod had lower antibody titres. In this MS patient cohort, inactivated and mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 appear to be safe, with no increase in relapse rate. This information may help guidelines including booster shots and types of vaccines in selected populations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 59(2022) vom: 20. März, Seite 103690

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ciampi, Ethel [VerfasserIn]
Uribe-San-Martin, Reinaldo [VerfasserIn]
Soler, Bernardita [VerfasserIn]
García, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Pelayo, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Jürgensen, Lukas [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Vera, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Galleguillos, Lorna [VerfasserIn]
Cárcamo, Claudia [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Humoral response
Inactivated virus
Journal Article
MRNA
MRNA Vaccines
Multiple sclerosis
N38TVC63NU
Observational Study
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine
Vaccines, Synthetic

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.04.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.msard.2022.103690

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337147248