ReviewTransfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis2023
COVID 19 convalescent plasma: Is there still a place for CCP?
Review in Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Association between COVID-19 convalescent plasma antibody levels and COVID-19 outcomes stratified by clinical status at presentation.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Patient and donor antibody profiles in early COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy in the COnV-ert trial.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Trial
- Convalescent plasma therapy and long-term SARS-COV-2 antiviral immune response in a prospective cohort of patients with COVID-19.Current research in microbial sciences · 2025Article
- Hyperimmune Plasma and Immunoglobulins against COVID-19: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Evaluation of Neutralizing Capacity of Tixagevimab plus Cilgavimab (AZD7442) against Different SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Case Report Study with Comparison to a Vaccinated Population.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Struggling with COVID-19 in Adult Inborn Errors of Immunity Patients: A Case Series of Combination Therapy and Multiple Lines of Therapy for Selected Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundConvalescent plasma has been used for a long time for the treatment of various infectious diseases. The principle is to collect antibody-containing plasma from recovered patients and to transfuse the plasma to infectious patients thereby modifying their immune system. This approach was also used in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic when no specific drugs were available for the treatment of the disease. DESIGN AND
methodsThis short narrative review reports on relevant studies of collection and transfusion of Covid-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) from 2020 until August 2022. Clinical patients' outcome parameters such as need for ventilation, length of hospital stay and mortality were analysed.
resultsHeterogenous patient groups were studied resulting in difficult comparability of the studies. High titer of transfused neutralizing antibodies, early onset of CCP treatment and moderate disease activity were identified as key parameters for effective treatment. Special subgroups of patients were identified to benefit from CCP treatment. No relevant side effects were observed during and after collection and transfusion of CCP.
conclusionsTransfusion of CCP plasma is an option for the treatment of special subgroups of patients suffering from SARS-CoV-2 infection. CCP can be easily used in low-to-middle income countries where no specific drugs are available for treatment of the disease. Further clinical trials are necessary to define the role of CCP in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 disease.
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