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Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy
SIMPLE SUMMARY: The efficacy and safety of the BNT126b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has not been thoroughly studied in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy. This research aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of the vaccine in patients with melanoma under immunotherapy; at the same time,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9367332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153791 |
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author | Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis T. Kontandreopoulou, Christina-Nefeli Gkoufa, Aikaterini Solomou, Elena Anastasopoulou, Amalia Palli, Eleni Kouzis, Panagiotis Bouros, Spyros Samarkos, Mihalis Magiorkinis, Gkikas Gogas, Helen |
author_facet | Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis T. Kontandreopoulou, Christina-Nefeli Gkoufa, Aikaterini Solomou, Elena Anastasopoulou, Amalia Palli, Eleni Kouzis, Panagiotis Bouros, Spyros Samarkos, Mihalis Magiorkinis, Gkikas Gogas, Helen |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: The efficacy and safety of the BNT126b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has not been thoroughly studied in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy. This research aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of the vaccine in patients with melanoma under immunotherapy; at the same time, through the immunophenotyping of T cells and myeloid cells of the peripheral blood, it will be possible to look for changes in the subpopulations of such cells after vaccinations. The results of the study help establish the efficacy and safety of the vaccine in this population, especially since a theoretical concern exists about the vaccine triggering irAEs. ABSTRACT: The BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has a proven efficacy and a favorable safety profile. In cancer patients under immunotherapy in the form of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), the efficacy of the vaccine has not been thoroughly studied, while a theoretical concern has also been raised about triggering immune-related adverse events (irAEs) by the vaccine. We conducted a prospective, non-interventional study on the immunogenicity and safety of the BNT162b2 vaccine in patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma treated with ICIs. Blood samples were obtained 0–4 days before the first dose and 12–21 days after the second dose of the vaccine for the quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike antibody using an ELISA and immunophenotyping of the T and myeloid cell subpopulations. The active recording of AEs for a two-month period was conducted. Forty patients were included in the study. All but one (97.3%) achieved seroconversion after two doses of the vaccine and no correlations of the antibody titers with any of the studied parameters (age, gender, stage and duration of the disease, type of ICI, previous treatment, etc.) were found. Moreover, no differences in the subpopulations of the T cells (including the T-regulatory cells) or the myeloid cells were found pre- and post-vaccination. All AEs were low-grade, while one case of arthritis exacerbation was noted. The seroconversion rate in the studied population was high and was comparable to that of healthy subjects, while no major safety issues were raised during the safety follow-up. Finally, no derangements in the subpopulations of T cells or myeloid cells were noted. This is the first study focusing on the immunogenicity, safety, and effect of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on the blood-cell immunophenotype status of patients with melanoma treated with ICIs. |
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spelling | pubmed-93673322022-08-12 Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis T. Kontandreopoulou, Christina-Nefeli Gkoufa, Aikaterini Solomou, Elena Anastasopoulou, Amalia Palli, Eleni Kouzis, Panagiotis Bouros, Spyros Samarkos, Mihalis Magiorkinis, Gkikas Gogas, Helen Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: The efficacy and safety of the BNT126b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has not been thoroughly studied in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy. This research aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of the vaccine in patients with melanoma under immunotherapy; at the same time, through the immunophenotyping of T cells and myeloid cells of the peripheral blood, it will be possible to look for changes in the subpopulations of such cells after vaccinations. The results of the study help establish the efficacy and safety of the vaccine in this population, especially since a theoretical concern exists about the vaccine triggering irAEs. ABSTRACT: The BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has a proven efficacy and a favorable safety profile. In cancer patients under immunotherapy in the form of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), the efficacy of the vaccine has not been thoroughly studied, while a theoretical concern has also been raised about triggering immune-related adverse events (irAEs) by the vaccine. We conducted a prospective, non-interventional study on the immunogenicity and safety of the BNT162b2 vaccine in patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma treated with ICIs. Blood samples were obtained 0–4 days before the first dose and 12–21 days after the second dose of the vaccine for the quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike antibody using an ELISA and immunophenotyping of the T and myeloid cell subpopulations. The active recording of AEs for a two-month period was conducted. Forty patients were included in the study. All but one (97.3%) achieved seroconversion after two doses of the vaccine and no correlations of the antibody titers with any of the studied parameters (age, gender, stage and duration of the disease, type of ICI, previous treatment, etc.) were found. Moreover, no differences in the subpopulations of the T cells (including the T-regulatory cells) or the myeloid cells were found pre- and post-vaccination. All AEs were low-grade, while one case of arthritis exacerbation was noted. The seroconversion rate in the studied population was high and was comparable to that of healthy subjects, while no major safety issues were raised during the safety follow-up. Finally, no derangements in the subpopulations of T cells or myeloid cells were noted. This is the first study focusing on the immunogenicity, safety, and effect of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on the blood-cell immunophenotype status of patients with melanoma treated with ICIs. MDPI 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9367332/ /pubmed/35954454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153791 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis T. Kontandreopoulou, Christina-Nefeli Gkoufa, Aikaterini Solomou, Elena Anastasopoulou, Amalia Palli, Eleni Kouzis, Panagiotis Bouros, Spyros Samarkos, Mihalis Magiorkinis, Gkikas Gogas, Helen Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy |
title | Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy |
title_full | Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy |
title_fullStr | Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy |
title_full_unstemmed | Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy |
title_short | Immunogenicity and Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Melanoma Treated with Immunotherapy |
title_sort | immunogenicity and safety of the bnt162b2 mrna covid-19 vaccine in patients with melanoma treated with immunotherapy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9367332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14153791 |
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