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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal oncology2023

Impaired immunogenicity after vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 in patients with gastrointestinal cancer: does tumor entity matter?

Malte Benedikt Monin, Jens Gabriel Gorny, Moritz Berger, Leona I Baier, Taotao Zhou, Robert Mahn, Farsaneh Sadeghlar, Christian Möhring, Christoph Boesecke, Kahtrin van Bremen and 8 more

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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18 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Malte Benedikt Monin *Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Jens Gabriel Gorny *Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Moritz BergerInstitute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Leona I BaierDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Taotao ZhouDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Robert MahnDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Farsaneh SadeghlarDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Christian MöhringDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Christoph BoeseckeDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Kahtrin van BremenDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Gereon J RiekeDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Stefan SchlabeDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Stefan BreitschwerdtDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Milka MarinovaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Ingo G H Schmidt-WolfDepartment of Integrated Oncology, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Christian P StrassburgDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Anna-Maria Eis-HübingerInstitute of Virology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Maria A Gonzalez-CarmonaDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DEInstitut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: SARS-CoV-2 immunogenicity in patients with gastrointestinal cancer (GI cancer) following second and third vaccination was analyzed. Methods: A total of 125 patients under active anticancer therapy or in follow-up care were included in this prospective study. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike and surrogate neutralization antibodies (NABs) was measured. Results: Four weeks after second vaccination, adequate titers of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike immunoglobulin G (IgG) [≥282.0 binding antibody units (BAU)/mL] were found in 62.2% of patients under treatment versus 96.3% of patients in follow-up care (P<0.01). Sufficient titers of SARS-CoV-2 surrogate NAB (≥85.0%) were found in 32.7% of patients under treatment versus 70.6% in follow-up care (P<0.01). Titers of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike IgG were especially low in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). For SARS-CoV-2 surrogate NAB, patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and with pancreaticobiliary cancer showed the lowest titers (P<0.01). SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike IgG and SARS-CoV-2 surrogate NAB were associated with a correlation coefficient of 0.93. Reaching a titer of SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike IgG ≥482.0 BAU/mL, protective levels of SARS-CoV-2 surrogate NAB (≥85.0%) could be assumed. Following booster vaccination, all patients reached effective antibody titers. Conclusions: Patients with active GI cancer showed impaired immunogenicity after second SARS-CoV-2 vaccination which was overcome by booster vaccination. Our findings were tumor-related and pronounced in patients with CRC and HCC. Waning immunity over time and antibody escape phenomena by variant of concern Omicron must be considered in these especially vulnerable patients.

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gastrointestinal cancerSARS-CoV-2 immunogenicitySARS-CoV-2 surrogate neutralization antibodiesvaccination failureVaccination for SARS-CoV-2

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PMID37435197
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