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ReviewEClinicalMedicine2023

Vaccines and therapeutics for immunocompromised patients with COVID-19.

Shmuel Shoham, Carolina Batista, Yanis Ben Amor, Onder Ergonul, Mazen Hassanain, Peter Hotez, Gagandeep Kang, Jerome H Kim, Bhavna Lall, Heidi J Larson and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Review in EClinicalMedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Vaccinations in patients with interstitial lung diseases: a narrative review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  11. Real-world effectiveness of remdesivir in immunocompromised patients hospitalized due to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Insights to inform pharmacy practice.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2026
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 15 institutions in 11 countries.

Shmuel ShohamJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Carolina BatistaMédecins Sans Frontières, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Yanis Ben AmorCenter for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Onder ErgonulKoc University Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mazen HassanainCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Peter HotezTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Gagandeep KangChristian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Jerome H KimInternational Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea.
Bhavna LallUniversity of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Heidi J LarsonLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Denise NanicheISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Timothy SheahanUniversity of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Nathalie Strub-WourgaftISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Samba O SowCenter for Vaccine Development, Bamako, Mali.
Annelies Wilder-SmithLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Prashant YadavCenter for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA.
Maria Elena BottazziTexas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Lancet Commission on COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics Task Force
Baylor College of Medicine · USBarcelona Institute for Global Health · ESCentre Pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali · MLChristian Medical College, Vellore · INColumbia University · USDrugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative · CHHeidelberg University · DEINSEAD · FRInternational Vaccine Institute · KRJohns Hopkins University · USKing Saud University · SAKoç University · TRLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Houston · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted immunocompromised patients. This diverse group is at increased risk for impaired vaccine responses, progression to severe disease, prolonged hospitalizations and deaths. At particular risk are people with deficiencies in lymphocyte number or function such as transplant recipients and those with hematologic malignancies. Such patients' immune responses to vaccination and infection are frequently impaired leaving them more vulnerable to prolonged high viral loads and severe complications of COVID-19. Those in turn, have implications for disease progression and persistence, development of immune escape variants and transmission of infection. Data to guide vaccination and treatment approaches in immunocompromised people are generally lacking and extrapolated from other populations. The large clinical trials leading to authorisation and approval of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and therapeutics included very few immunocompromised participants. While experience is accumulating, studies focused on the special circumstances of immunocompromised patients are needed to inform prevention and treatment approaches.

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COVID-19ImmunocompromisedMalignancySARS-CoV-2Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID37070102
PMCPMC10091856
OpenAlexW4366237423

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.