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ArticleKidney research and clinical practice2022

Humoral response to viral vector COVID-19 vaccine in hemodialysis patients.

Niranjan Raja, Arul Rajagopalan, Jegan Arunachalam, Arun Prasath, Rakesh Durai, Manorajan Rajendran

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Article in Kidney research and clinical practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Niranjan RajaDepartment of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India.
Arul RajagopalanDepartment of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India.
Jegan ArunachalamDepartment of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India.
Arun PrasathDepartment of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India.
Rakesh DuraiDepartment of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India.
Manorajan RajendranDepartment of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India.
Madurai Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine is not readily available in many countries where dosing interval is spaced more than ideal. Patients with chronic kidney disease, especially those on maintenance hemodialysis, have a tendency for a reduced immune response. This study was undertaken to demonstrate the distinct humoral immune response to the viral vector COVID-19 vaccine in patients with kidney failure receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

methodsThe study was carried out with two cohorts: 1) patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis and 2) healthcare workers from the same dialysis center as controls, each group with 72 subjects. Participants received a dose of Covishield ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine. The humoral immunological response was determined using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay which quantitatively measures antibodies to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spike protein receptor-binding domain.

resultsAll study subjects in the control group developed a humoral response (antibody titer of ≥0.8 U/mL), while only 64 of 72 in the dialysis group (88.9%) were responders. Age (ρ = -0.234, p = 0.04) and sodium level (ρ = 0.237, p = 0.04) correlated with low antibody titer in bivariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, only age (odds ratio, 1.10; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.22; p = 0.045) was associated with nonresponders.

conclusionOur study demonstrated a weak antibody response of hemodialysis patients to the viral vector COVID-19 vaccine. Older age was associated with nonresponders. Evaluation of both humoral and cellular immunity after the second vaccine dose and serial antibody titers can help determine the need for booster shots.

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Antibody formationChronic kidney failureCOVID-19HemodialysisSecondary immunization

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