Decline in Antibody Concentration 6 Months After Two Doses of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Healthy Controls

Copyright © 2022 Hamm, Møller, Pérez-Alós, Hansen, Pries-Heje, Heftdal, Hasselbalch, Fogh, Madsen, Almagro Armenteros, Knudsen, Poulsen, Frikke-Schmidt, Hilsted, Sørensen, Ostrowski, Harboe, Perch, Sørensen, Rasmussen, Bundgaard, Garred, Iversen and Nielsen..

Background: Previous studies have indicated inferior responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. We examined the development of anti-receptor-binding domain (RBD) immunoglobulin G (IgG) after two doses of BNT162b2b in SOT recipients 6 months after vaccination and compared to that of immunocompetent controls.

Methods: We measured anti-RBD IgG after two doses of BNT162b2 in 200 SOT recipients and 200 matched healthy controls up to 6 months after first vaccination. Anti-RBD IgG concentration and neutralizing capacity of antibodies were measured at first and second doses of BNT162b2 and 2 and 6 months after the first dose. T-cell responses were measured 6 months after the first dose.

Results: In SOT recipients, geometric mean concentration (GMC) of anti-RBD IgG increased from first to second dose (1.14 AU/ml, 95% CI 1.08-1.24 to 11.97 AU/ml, 95% CI 7.73-18.77) and from second dose to 2 months (249.29 AU/ml, 95% CI 153.70-385.19). Six months after the first vaccine, anti-RBD IgG declined (55.85 AU/ml, 95% CI 36.95-83.33). At all time points, anti-RBD IgG was lower in SOT recipients than that in controls. Fewer SOT recipients than controls had a cellular response (13.1% vs. 59.4%, p < 0.001). Risk factors associated with humoral non-response included age [relative risk (RR) 1.23 per 10-year increase, 95% CI 1.11-1.35, p < 0.001], being within 1 year from transplantation (RR 1.55, 95% CI 1.30-1.85, p < 0.001), treatment with mycophenolate (RR 1.54, 95% CI 1.09-2.18, p = 0.015), treatment with corticosteroids (RR 1.45, 95% CI 1.10-1.90, p = 0.009), kidney transplantation (RR 1.70, 95% CI 1.25-2.30, p = 0.001), lung transplantation (RR 1.63, 95% CI 1.16-2.29, p = 0.005), and de novo non-skin cancer comorbidity (RR 1.52, 95% CI, 1.26-1.82, p < 0.001).

Conclusion: Immune responses to BNT162b2 are inferior in SOT recipients compared to healthy controls, and studies aiming to determine the clinical impact of inferior vaccine responses are warranted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Frontiers in immunology - 13(2022) vom: 15., Seite 832501

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hamm, Sebastian Rask [VerfasserIn]
Møller, Dina Leth [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Alós, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Cecilie Bo [VerfasserIn]
Pries-Heje, Mia Marie [VerfasserIn]
Heftdal, Line Dam [VerfasserIn]
Hasselbalch, Rasmus Bo [VerfasserIn]
Fogh, Kamille [VerfasserIn]
Madsen, Johannes Roth [VerfasserIn]
Almagro Armenteros, Jose Juan [VerfasserIn]
Knudsen, Andreas Dehlbæk [VerfasserIn]
Poulsen, Johan Runge [VerfasserIn]
Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Hilsted, Linda Maria [VerfasserIn]
Sørensen, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Ostrowski, Sisse Rye [VerfasserIn]
Harboe, Zitta Barrella [VerfasserIn]
Perch, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Sørensen, Søren Schwartz [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Allan [VerfasserIn]
Bundgaard, Henning [VerfasserIn]
Garred, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Iversen, Kasper [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Susanne Dam [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
BNT162 Vaccine
BNT162b2
COVID-19
Immunogenicity
Journal Article
N38TVC63NU
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Solid organ transplant recipient
Vaccination
Vaccine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.03.2022

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2022.832501

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338117873