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ArticleInternational journal of hematology2023

Pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab/cilgavimab for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the Omicron BA.5 wave at a single institution in Japan.

Ichiro Kawashima, Hideto Hyuga, Ayato Nakadate, Minori Matsuura, Yuma Sakamoto, Jun Suzuki, Takuma Kumagai, Megumi Suzuki, Megumi Koshiishi, Takeo Yamamoto and 3 more

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Article in International journal of hematology, 2023. 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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Ichiro KawashimaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Hideto HyugaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Ayato NakadateDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Minori MatsuuraDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Yuma SakamotoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Jun SuzukiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Takuma KumagaiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Megumi SuzukiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Megumi KoshiishiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Takeo YamamotoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Kei NakajimaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Masaru TanakaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan.
Keita KiritoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Yamanashi, 1110, Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi-Ken, 409-3898, Japan. kirito@yamanashi.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5682-2132
University of Yamanashi Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab/cilgavimab was considered a useful strategy to protect immunocompromised patients from COVID-19 based on the phase 3 PROVENT trial conducted between November 2020 and March 2021. However, after late 2021, the dominant substrains of COVID-19 changed to Omicron substrains, which showed resistance to tixagevimab/cilgavimab. Therefore, it is important to re-evaluate the real-world efficacy of tixagevimab/cilgavimab for the prevention of COVID-19 in the Omicron era. To this end, we retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of tixagevimab/cilgavimab prophylaxis for COVID-19 during the Omicron BA.5 wave in Japan. A total of 240 consecutive patients with hematologic malignancies received tixagevimab/cilgavimab at our institution from October 18, 2022, to January 31, 2023. Among them, the cumulative incidence of COVID-19 at 90 days was 6.4%. A total of 10/14 (71.4%) had mild infection, and 4/14 (28.5%) had severe infection. No patient died due to COVID-19. Adverse events consisted of deep vein thrombosis in 2 patients. Our analysis indicated that pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab/cilgavimab might have clinical effectiveness in reducing the severity of COVID-19 in Japanese HM patients, even in the Omicron BA.5 surge. It also suggested that tixagevimab/cilgavimab may be associated with cardiovascular complications.

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COVID-19Pre-Exposure ProphylaxisAntibodies, MonoclonalClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicHumansJapanRetrospective StudiesAntibodies, MonoclonalcilgavimabtixagevimabAnti-CD20 antibodyB-cell-depleting therapyCOVID-19Hematological malignanciesTixagevimab/cilgavimab

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