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ArticleEJNMMI reports2024

Response to COVID-19 vaccination imaged by PD-L1 PET scanning.

Michael P MacManus, Tim Akhurst, Sharon R Lewin, Fiona Hegi-Johnson

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4 authors.

Michael P MacManusDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne, Vic, 3000, Australia. michael.macmanus@petermac.org.
Tim AkhurstThe Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Sharon R LewinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.
Fiona Hegi-JohnsonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne, Vic, 3000, Australia.

Funding

AstraZeneca Australia NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDuring a phase 0 clinical trial of an investigational programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) PET tracer in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), three patients received booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines before PD-L1 imaging.

methodsFive patients underwent whole-body PET/CT imaging with a novel PD-L1 tracer, constructed by attaching

resultsTwo recently-vaccinated patients, in remission of NSCLC and receiving non-immunosuppressive cancer therapies (immunotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitor respectively), showed increasing PD-L1 tracer uptake in ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. No asymmetric nodal uptake was seen in a third recently-vaccinated patient who was receiving immunosuppressive chemotherapy, or in two patients not recently-vaccinated.

conclusionImmune response to mRNA BNT162b2 vaccination may involve regulation by PD-L1 positive immune cells in local draining lymph nodes in immunocompetent patients.

trial registrationThis trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Registration number ACTRN12621000171819. Date of Trial Registration 8/2/2021. Date of enrolment of 1st patient 11/4/2021. URL of trial registry record: https://www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au/anzctr/trial/ACTRN12621000171819 .

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COVID-19Lung cancerPD-L1Positron emission tomographyVaccination

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PMCPMC11156812

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