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ArticleVaccines2022

Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Have a Very High Risk of Ineffective Response to the BNT162b2 Vaccine.

Andrea Galitzia, Luca Barabino, Roberta Murru, Giovanni Caocci, Marianna Greco, Giancarlo Angioni, Olga Mulas, Sara Oppi, Stefania Massidda, Alessandro Costa and 1 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea GalitziaDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9122-4258
Luca BarabinoDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
Roberta MurruHematology and Transplant Centre, Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, ARNAS G. Brotzu, 09121 Cagliari, Italy.
Giovanni CaocciDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
Marianna GrecoHematology and Transplant Centre, Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, ARNAS G. Brotzu, 09121 Cagliari, Italy.
Giancarlo AngioniLaboratory of Clinical Chemical Analysis and Microbiology, ARNAS G. Brotzu, 09134 Cagliari, Italy.
Olga MulasDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
Sara OppiHematology and Transplant Centre, Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, ARNAS G. Brotzu, 09121 Cagliari, Italy.
Stefania MassiddaHematology and Transplant Centre, Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, ARNAS G. Brotzu, 09121 Cagliari, Italy.
Alessandro CostaDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
Giorgio La NasaDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Italy.
University of Cagliari · ITAzienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with CLL have high rates of either severe disease or death from COVID-19 and a low response rate after COVID-19 vaccination has been reported. We conducted a single-center study with the main objective to evaluate the immunogenicity of the BNT1162b2 mRNA vaccines in 42 patients affected by CLL with the assessment of antibody response after the second and the third dose. After the second dose of vaccine, 13 patients (30%) showed an antibody response. The presence of hypogammaglobulinemia and the use of steroids or IVIG were the main factors associated with poor response. After the third dose, 5/27 (18%) patients showed an antibody response while in non-responders to the second dose, only 1 patient (4%) showed an elicitation of the immune response by the third dose, with no statistically significant difference. Our data, despite the small size of our cohort, demonstrate that patients with CLL have a low rate of effective response to the BNT162b2 vaccine. However, the effective role of a subsequent dose is still unclear, highlighting the need for alternative methods of immunization in this particularly fragile group of patients.

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chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)COVID-19hypogammaglobulinemiaimmunityimmunocompromisedvaccine

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PMID35891328
PMCPMC9317769
OpenAlexW4286718381

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