Association of Host Factors With Antibody Response to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients.

Linnik, Janina; Syedbasha, Mohammedyaseen; Kaltenbach, Hans-Michael; Vogt, Dominik; Hollenstein, Yvonne; Kaufmann, Lukas; Cantoni, Nathan; Ruosch-Girsberger, Sabine; Müller, Antonia M S; Schanz, Urs; Pabst, Thomas; Stüssi, Georg; Weisser, Maja; Halter, Jörg; Stelling, Jörg; Egli, Adrian (2022). Association of Host Factors With Antibody Response to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. The journal of infectious diseases, 225(8), pp. 1482-1493. Oxford University Press 10.1093/infdis/jiab391

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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.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology

UniBE Contributor:

Pabst, Thomas Niklaus

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1537-6613

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Rebeka Gerber

Date Deposited:

03 Nov 2022 07:05

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1093/infdis/jiab391

PubMed ID:

34415049

Uncontrolled Keywords:

categorical regression graft-versus-host disease hemagglutination inhibition titer hematopoietic stem cell transplantation immunosuppression influenza sequential model seroconversion vaccination

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/174435

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/174435

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