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ArticleTransfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis2023

Assessment of the impact of pathogen reduction technologies on the neutralizing activity of COVID-19 convalescent plasma.

Salwa Hindawi, Tarek Elgemmezi, Sherif A El-Kafrawy, Hani Samadani, Mayasim Tilmisani, Omar Assiri, Mohammad Raml, Esam I Azhar, Maha Badawi

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Article 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 1 paper.

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Salwa HindawiDepartment of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: sihindawi@yahoo.com.
Tarek ElgemmeziBlood Transfusion Services, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sherif A El-KafrawySpecial Infectious Agents Unit BSL3, King Fahd Medical Research Center and Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Hani SamadaniBlood Transfusion Services, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mayasim TilmisaniBlood Transfusion Services, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Omar AssiriBlood Transfusion Services, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad RamlBlood Transfusion Services, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Esam I AzharSpecial Infectious Agents Unit BSL3, King Fahd Medical Research Center and Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Maha BadawiDepartment of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) could improve the clinical outcome of COVID-19 patients when high-titer CCP is administered in early stages of disease. However, CCP donors have a risk profile like first-time donors, pathogen reduction treatment (PRT) may mitigate such risk but should not impact CCP quality. The current study aims to assess the impact of PRT-technologies available in Saudi Arabia on the neutralizing activity of CCP. STUDY

designand Methods: CCP was collected from eligible donors by plasmapheresis. The neutralization titer was determined with an in-house microneutralization assay (MNA) using a local SARS-CoV-2 clinical isolate. Selected units were split and subject to PRT with amotosalen/UVA (AS) or Riboflavin/UVB (RB) (pairwise side-by-side comparison) followed by a second MNA analysis. 51 CCP units were collected, 27 were included in the analysis reaching the minimum MNA titer of 1:40 (4 reached high titer (≥1:250)). 27 CCP units were treated with AS and 14 with RB, the median MNA pre-treatment titer was 1:80 (1:40-640). The impact of AS and RB PRT on CCP neutralizing activity was not significantly different, nor in the total analysis neither in the pairwise comparison (94.6 vs 96.4 % retention, p > 0.05). No correlation of titer and blood group was observed, but a trend for increasing MNA titer with donor age, choosing donors with an age > 45 years would increase the number of high-titer CCP donors. The difference in impact of AS and RB on CCP MNA titer was below the limit of detection of the assay (0.5-fold).

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COVID-19Antibodies, ViralBiological AssayCOVID-19 SerotherapyHumansImmunization, PassiveMiddle AgedPlasmaRiboflavinSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralRiboflavinConvalescent plasmaCOVID-19Neutralization assayPathogen reduction

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PMID36922242
PMCPMC9984302

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