COVID-19 Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients Following Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis With Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab During the Omicron BA.5 Surge : A Single Center Analysis

Copyright © 2024 Demolder, Schaevers, Lagrou, De Munter, Beeckmans, Verleden, Godinas, Dupont, Van Bleyenbergh, Lorent and Vos..

Lung transplant (LTx) recipients are at high risk for COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality. Data regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tixagevimab-cilgavimab in this population are scarce. We therefore evaluated COVID-19 breakthrough infections and COVID-19 related complications after PrEP in a retrospective single-center study, including 264 LTx recipients who received PrEP between June 2022 and December 2022, when Omicron BA.5 was the dominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant. PrEP was indicated for fully vaccinated patients with poor seroconversion (anti-S <260 BAU/mL). COVID-19 breakthrough infection after PrEP occurred in 11.0% within the first 3 months, increasing to 17.4% within 6 months. Hospitalization rate rose from 27.6% to 52.9% (p = 0.046), while ICU admissions and COVID-19 mortality remained low, respectively occurring in 6.5% and 4.3% of patients with breakthrough infection within 6 months. COVID-19 breakthrough infection and associated hospitalization remained an important problem during the Omicron BA.5 surge in fully vaccinated LTx recipients with deficient seroconversion, despite PrEP with tixagevimab-cilgavimab. However, ICU admissions and COVID-19 mortality were low. Waning of neutralizing effects of PrEP and changing circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants may explain increases in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations over time after PrEP, highlighting the need for novel, long-term effective PrEP strategies in these high-risk patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 37(2024) vom: 04., Seite 12061

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Demolder, Saartje [VerfasserIn]
Schaevers, Veronique [VerfasserIn]
Lagrou, Katrien [VerfasserIn]
De Munter, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Beeckmans, Hanne [VerfasserIn]
Verleden, Geert M [VerfasserIn]
Godinas, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Dupont, Lieven J [VerfasserIn]
Van Bleyenbergh, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Lorent, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Vos, Robin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1KUR4BN70F
Antibodies, Monoclonal
COVID-19
Cilgavimab
Journal Article
Lung transplantation
Outcome predictors
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Tixagevimab
Tixagevimab-cilgavimab

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Date Completed 09.02.2024

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/ti.2024.12061

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368178528