Immunogenicity and safety of concomitant bivalent COVID-19 and quadrivalent influenza vaccination : implications of immune imprinting and interference

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OBJECTIVES: Concomitant COVID-19 and influenza vaccination would be an efficient strategy. Although the co-administration of monovalent COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations showed acceptable immunogenicity, it remains unknown whether the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine could intensify immune interference. We aimed to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of concomitant BA.5-based bivalent COVID-19 and influenza vaccination.

METHODS: An open-label, nonrandomized clinical trial was conducted for 154 age-matched and sex-matched healthy adults between October 2022 and December 2022. Participants received either a concomitant bivalent COVID-19 mRNA booster and quadrivalent influenza vaccination (group C) or separate vaccinations (group S) at least 4 weeks apart. Solicited and unsolicited adverse events were reported up to 6 months postvaccination. Immunogenicity was evaluated by anti-spike (S) IgG electrochemiluminescence immunoassay, focus reduction neutralization test, and hemagglutination inhibition assay.

RESULTS: Group C did not meet the noninferiority criteria for the seroconversion rates of anti-S IgG and neutralizing antibodies against the wild-type SARS-CoV-2 strain compared with group S (44.2% vs. 46.8%, difference of -2.6% [95% CI, -18 to 13.4]; 44.2% vs. 57.1%, difference of -13.0% [95% CI to -28.9 to 2.9]). However, group C showed a stronger postvaccination neutralizing antibody response against Omicron BA.5 (72.7% vs. 64.9%). Postvaccination geometric mean titers for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza strains were similar between groups, except for influenza B/Victoria. Most adverse events were mild and comparable between the study groups.

DISCUSSION: Concomitant administration of bivalent COVID-19 mRNA and quadrivalent influenza vaccines showed tolerable safety profiles and sufficient immunogenicity, particularly attenuating immune imprinting induced by previous ancestral vaccine strains.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

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Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 30(2024), 5 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 653-659

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Choi, Min Joo [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Young Jun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jae Won [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Hea Jeon [VerfasserIn]
Shin, So Youn [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yun-Jung [VerfasserIn]
Cheong, Hee Jin [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Woo Joo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Chulwoo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hwa Jung [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Sun Kyung [VerfasserIn]
Park, Se-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Gwak, WonSeok [VerfasserIn]
Lee, June-Woo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Byoungguk [VerfasserIn]
Song, Joon Young [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Clinical Trial
Concomitant
Immunogenicity
Immunoglobulin G
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Vaccine

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Date Completed 24.04.2024

Date Revised 24.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2024.01.010

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NLM367437996