Safety and Tolerability of COVID-19 Vaccine in Mast Cell Disorders Real-Life Data from a Single Centre in Italy

Background In the past three years, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the healthcare systems and people's safety worldwide. Mass vaccinations dramatically improved the health and economic damage caused by SARS-CoV-2. However, the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in patients at high risk of allergic reactions still has many unmet needs that should be clarified. Material and methods A retrospective, single-centre study was performed by collecting demographic and clinical data of patients with Mast Cell Disorders (MCDs) to evaluate the safety and tolerability of COVID-19 vaccinations. Moreover, any changes in the natural history of the underlying disease following the vaccine have been evaluated. Results This study included 66 patients affected with MCDs. Out of them, 52 (78.8%) received a COVID-19 vaccination and 41 (78.8%) completed the vaccination course. Premedication came first in 86.6% of our patients. A total of seven (4.5%) patients complained about an immediate reaction and two (1.3%) had a late reaction. Worsening of MCD history was observed in a single patient. Conclusions Despite the overall high risk of allergic reactions, our study did not reveal any increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 allergic reactions in MCD patients, thus supporting the recommendation in favour of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. However, due to the potentially increased rate of anaphylactic reactions, MCD patients should receive vaccine premedication and should be treated in a hospital setting after an allergological specialistic evaluation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Vaccines - 12(2024), 2 vom: 16. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nicola, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Mazzola, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Lo Sardo, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Montabone, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Badiu, Iuliana [VerfasserIn]
Corradi, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Azzolina, Maria Carmen Rita [VerfasserIn]
Dall'Acqua, Maurizio Gaspare [VerfasserIn]
Rolla, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Ridolfi, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Quinternetto, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Brussino, Luisa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allergy
COVID-19
Epidemiology
Hypersensitivity reaction
Journal Article
Mast cell disorders
Mastocytosis
Premedication
Risk assessment
SARS-CoV-2
Safety
Tolerability
Vaccine

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Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/vaccines12020202

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368901645