Antibody response after third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients is comparable to that in healthy counterparts
International journal of hematology(2023)
Abstract
To determine the efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) recipients, we measured antibody titer serially in 92 allo-HSCT patients. Among the evaluable 87 patients, median age at vaccination was 53 years (range, 18–75). The average time between allo-HSCT and vaccination was 3.3 years (range, 0.5–15.7). One month after the second dose, 70 patients (80.5%) had a positive response, whereas 17 patients (19.5%) had a negative response (< 20 U/mL). Only patients older than 44 years had a negative response. Low IgM level was the only significant predictor of vaccine failure in elderly patients. When antibody response before and after the third vaccination was examined in 47 patients, antibodies increased significantly from a median of 18.3 U/mL to 312.6 U/mL ( P < 0.01). The median antibody titer after the third vaccination of healthy individuals ( n = 203) was 426.4 U/mL, which was comparable to that of patients ( P = 0.2). The antibody titer after the third mRNA vaccination increased even in patients whose first two mRNA vaccinations failed. These findings suggest that allo-HSCT recipients should receive the mRNA vaccine regularly.
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Key words
SARS-CoV-2,mRNA vaccine,Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipient,Risk factor,Poor antibody response
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