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Impaired Neutralizing Antibody Response to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Cancer Patients
There is currently a critical need to determine the efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for immunocompromised patients. In this study, we determined the neutralizing antibody response in 160 cancer patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), lung cancer, breast cancer, and various non...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34704093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.20.21265273 |
Sumario: | There is currently a critical need to determine the efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for immunocompromised patients. In this study, we determined the neutralizing antibody response in 160 cancer patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), lung cancer, breast cancer, and various non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL), after they received two doses of mRNA vaccines. Serum from 46 mRNA vaccinated health care workers (HCWs) served as healthy controls. We discovered that (1) cancer patients exhibited reduced neutralizing antibody titer (NT (50) ) compared to HCWs; (2) CLL and NHL patients exhibited the lowest NT (50) levels, with 50-60% of them below the detection limit; (3) mean NT (50) levels in patients with CLL and NHL was ∼2.6 fold lower than those with solid tumors; and (4) cancer patients who received anti-B cell therapy exhibited significantly reduced NT (50) levels. Our results demonstrate an urgent need for novel immunization strategies for cancer patients against SARS-CoV-2, particularly those with hematological cancers and those on anti-B cell therapies. |
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