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ABSTRACT: Background
Influenza vaccination efficacy is reduced after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and patient factors determining vaccination outcomes are still poorly understood.Methods
We investigated the antibody response to seasonal influenza vaccination in 135 HSCT patients and 69 healthy volunteers (HVs) in a prospective observational multicenter cohort study. We identified patient factors associated with hemagglutination inhibition titers against A/California/2009/H1N1, A/Texas/2012/H3N2, and B/Massachusetts/2012 by multivariable regression on the observed titer levels and on seroconversion/seroprotection categories for comparison.Results
Both regression approaches yielded consistent results but regression on titers estimated associations with higher precision. HSCT patients required 2 vaccine doses to achieve average responses comparable to a single dose in HVs. Prevaccination titers were positively associated with time after transplantation, confirming that HSCT patients can elicit potent antibody responses. However, an unrelated donor, absolute lymphocyte counts below the normal range, and treatment with calcineurin inhibitors lowered the odds of responding.Conclusions
HSCT patients show a highly heterogeneous vaccine response but, overall, patients benefited from the booster shot and can acquire seroprotective antibodies over the years after transplantation. Several common patient factors lower the odds of responding, urging identification of additional preventive strategies in the poorly responding groups.Clinical trials registration
NCT03467074.
SUBMITTER: Linnik J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016469 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Linnik Janina J Syedbasha Mohammedyaseen M Kaltenbach Hans-Michael HM Vogt Dominik D Hollenstein Yvonne Y Kaufmann Lukas L Cantoni Nathan N Ruosch-Girsberger Sabine S Müller Antonia M S AMS Schanz Urs U Pabst Thomas T Stüssi Georg G Weisser Maja M Halter Jörg J Stelling Jörg J Egli Adrian A
The Journal of infectious diseases 20220401 8
<h4>Background</h4>Influenza vaccination efficacy is reduced after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and patient factors determining vaccination outcomes are still poorly understood.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated the antibody response to seasonal influenza vaccination in 135 HSCT patients and 69 healthy volunteers (HVs) in a prospective observational multicenter cohort study. We identified patient factors associated with hemagglutination inhibition titers against A/California/2009/ ...[more]