Impaired neutralizing antibody efficacy of tixagevimab-cilgavimab 150+150 mg as pre-exposure prophylaxis against Omicron BA.5. A real-world experience in booster vaccinated immunocompromised patients

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BACKGROUND: Tixagevimab-cilgavimab has been approved as primary pre-exposure prophylaxis in immunocompromised patients as support or replacement for vaccination, even though the Omicron variant of concern (VOC) was spreading at the time.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to evaluate the post-injection neutralising activity (NT90-Abs titre) against the Omicron BA.5 variant in fully vaccinated immunocompromised patients.

STUDY DESIGN: NT90-Abs titres against BA.5 and 20A.EU1 as well as anti-spike and anti-receptor-binding domain IgG were evaluated 0, 14, and 30 d after tixagevimab-cilgavimab administration. The primary end point was NT90-Abs titres ≥ 80 against BA.5 in ≥ 25% of patients, and the secondary end point was NT90-Abs titres ≥ 1280 against 20A.EU1 in >50% of patients on day 14.

RESULTS: At baseline, 35.2%, 37.02%, and 32.5% of booster vaccinated patients exhibited undetectable levels of anti-S and anti-RBD IgG antibodies such as NT90-Abs titres against A20.EU1. Moreover, 35 patients (61.5%) had undetectable NT90-Abs titres against BA.5. On day 14, IgG anti-S and anti-RBD levels were 3880 BAU/mL and 776.6 AU/mL, respectively. Only 12.5% of patients met a NT90-Abs titres ≥ 80 against BA.5, whereas the median NT90-Abs titre against 20A.EU1 was 1280. NT90-Abs titres against BA.5 were 64-fold lower than those against A20.EU1. Four patients (7.5%) had a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the 3 months after treatment, all with a time gap between the booster vaccination and injection.

CONCLUSIONS: To date, tixagevimab-cilgavimab cannot be considered a substitute for vaccination but may be a useful supporting therapy if the recommended dose for pre-exposure prophylaxis is doubled.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:168

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Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 168(2023) vom: 01. Nov., Seite 105584

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schiaroli, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Gidari, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Brachelente, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Bicchieraro, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Spaccapelo, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Bastianelli, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Pierucci, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Busti, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Pallotto, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Malincarne, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Camilloni, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Falcinelli, Flavio [VerfasserIn]
De Socio, Giuseppe Vittorio [VerfasserIn]
Villa, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Mencacci, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Francisci, Daniela [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1KUR4BN70F
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Cilgavimab
Immunocompromised subjects
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Neutralization activity
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sars-CoV-2
Tixagevimab

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Date Completed 01.11.2023

Date Revised 14.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105584

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362740992