SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and seroconversion in patients undergoing active cancer-directed therapy

Abstract Multiple studies have demonstrated the negative impact of cancer care delays during the COVID-19 pandemic, and transmission mitigation techniques are imperative for continued cancer care delivery. To gauge the effectiveness of these measures at the University of Pennsylvania, we conducted a longitudinal study of SARS-CoV-2 antibody seropositivity and seroconversion in patients presenting to infusion centers for cancer-directed therapy between 5/21/2020 and 10/8/2020. Participants completed questionnaires and had up to five serial blood collections. Of 124 enrolled patients, only two (1.6%) had detectable SARS-CoV-2 antibodies on initial blood draw, and no initially seronegative patients developed newly detectable antibodies on subsequent blood draw(s), corresponding to a seroconversion rate of 0% (95%CI 0.0-4.1%) over 14.8 person-years of follow up, with a median of 13 healthcare visits per patient. These results suggest that cancer patients receiving in-person care at a facility with aggressive mitigation efforts have an extremely low likelihood of COVID-19 infection..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 25. Mai Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Lova [VerfasserIn]
Surya, Sanjna [VerfasserIn]
Goodman, Noah G. [VerfasserIn]
Le, Anh N. [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Owoyemi, Olutosin [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Heena [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Cathy [VerfasserIn]
DeLuca, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
Good, Madeline L. [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Jasmin [VerfasserIn]
Jeffries, Seth D. [VerfasserIn]
Kry, Yolanda R. [VerfasserIn]
Kugler, Emily M. [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Maikel [VerfasserIn]
Ndicu, John [VerfasserIn]
Osei-Akoto, AnnaClaire [VerfasserIn]
Prior, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Pundock, Stacy L. [VerfasserIn]
Varughese, Lisa A. [VerfasserIn]
Weaver, JoEllen [VerfasserIn]
Doucette, Abigail [VerfasserIn]
Dudek, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Shefali Setia [VerfasserIn]
Gouma, Sigrid [VerfasserIn]
Weirick, Madison E. [VerfasserIn]
McAllister, Christopher M. [VerfasserIn]
Bange, Erin [VerfasserIn]
Gabriel, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Ritchie, Marylyn [VerfasserIn]
Rader, Daniel J. [VerfasserIn]
Vonderheide, Robert H. [VerfasserIn]
Schuchter, Lynn M [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Anurag [VerfasserIn]
Maillard, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Mamtani, Ronac [VerfasserIn]
Hensley, Scott E. [VerfasserIn]
Gross, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Wileyto, E. Paul [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Alexander C. [VerfasserIn]
Maxwell, Kara N. [VerfasserIn]
DeMichele, Angela [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.1101/2021.01.15.21249810

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XBI019743947