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Anti-Spike antibodies 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine booster dose in patients on hemodialysis: the prospective SENCOVAC study

26-jul-2022 | Revista: Clinical Kidney Journal

Borja Quiroga  1 , María José Soler  2   3 , Alberto Ortiz  3   4 , Carlos Jesús Jaravaca Mantecón  5 , Nathasha Nava Pérez  5 , Marta Serra Martín  6 , Yurika Sato  6 , Antonio José Marin Franco  7 , Diana Flor Pazmiño Zambrano  7 , Rafael Lucena Valverde  8 , Mayra Ortega Diaz  8 , Carmen Calderón González  9 , Juan Manuel Cazorla López  10 , Mónica Pereira  4 , Emilio González Parra  4 , Ana Sánchez Horrillo  1 , Carmen Sánchez González  1 , Néstor Toapanta  2 , Secundino Cigarrán Guldris  11 , Rosa Sánchez Hernández  12 , Soledad Pizarro Sánchez  13 , María Muñiz Rincón  14 , Nuria Garcia-Fernández  15 , Natalia Blanco Castro  16 , Rocío Collantes Mateo  17 , Manuel Augusto Quiroz Morales  18 , Beatriz Escamilla-Cabrera  19 , Isabel Berdud Godoy  20 , Beatriz Gil-Casares Casanova  21 , Alba Leyva  22 , José Rojas  22 , Ron T Gansevoort  23 , Patricia de Sequera  3   8 , SENCOVAC collaborative network


Background: Patients on hemodialysis are at high-risk for complications derived from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present analysis evaluated the impact of a booster vaccine dose and breakthrough severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections on humoral immunity 3 months after the booster dose.

Methods: This is a multicentric and prospective study assessing immunoglobulin G anti-Spike antibodies 6 and 9 months after initial SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients on hemodialysis that had also received a booster dose before the 6-month assessment (early booster) or between the 6- and 9-month assessments (late booster). The impact of breakthrough infections, type of vaccine, time from the booster and clinical variables were assessed.

Results: A total of 711 patients [67% male, median age (range) 67 (20-89) years] were included. Of these, 545 (77%) received an early booster and the rest a late booster. At 6 months, 64 (9%) patients had negative anti-Spike antibody titers (3% of early booster and 29% of late booster patients, P = .001). At 9 months, 91% of patients with 6-month negative response had seroconverted and there were no differences in residual prevalence of negative humoral response between early and late booster patients (0.9% vs 0.6%, P = .693). During follow-up, 35 patients (5%) developed breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection. Antibody titers at 9 months were independently associated with mRNA-1273 booster (P = .001), lower time from booster (P = .043) and past breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection (P < .001).

Conclusions: In hemodialysis patients, higher titers of anti-Spike antibodies at 9 months were associated with mRNA-1273 booster, lower time from booster and past breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Clin Kidney J. 2022 Jul 26;15(10):1856-1864.  doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfac169

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