City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
Zeynep Busra Zengin , Luis A Meza , Jasnoor Malhotra , Sabrina Salgia , Jennifer Ely , Joann Hsu , Erin Kelley , Heather Mead , Nazli Dizman , Alex Chehrazi-Raffle , Ameish Govindarajan , Ramya Muddasani , Neal Shiv Chawla , Tanya B. Dorff , Yung Lyou , Ewa Karczewska , Jeffrey M. Trent , Ravi Salgia , John Altin , Sumanta K. Pal
Background: Short-term effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination is widely demonstrated, but the emerging real-world data suggest that immunity may wane over-time (Levin et al. NEJM 2021). Herein we aimed to explore the long-term efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccination among pts with genitourinary cancer. Methods: In this study, pts with genitourinary malignancies (prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers) who had not received COVID-19 vaccination were included. Blood samples were collected prior to and after one dose of either an adenovirus- or mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine at the 2- and 6-month timepoints. Additional blood samples from pts receiving systemic treatment were collected at 3 consecutive therapy cycles following vaccination. Antibody titers were assessed using the SCoV-2 Detect IgG ELISA assay and results were reported as immune status ratios (ISR). T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire sequencing was performed using the MiXCR software (MiLabs) and custom strips were used to assess TCR abundance and homology clustering. Results: A total of 183 pts were enrolled, and 136 pts provided baseline blood samples. Among these, 59 (8:51 F:M) provided samples for both the 2- and 6-month timepoints by the 10/6/2021 data cut-off. In this subset of pts, median age was 66 (range 48-85) and 33 (55.9%), 25 (42.4%), and 1 (1.7%) pts had prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer, respectively. A majority of the pts (93.2%) were on systemic treatment with 23.7% on immune checkpoint inhibitors, 18.6% on targeted agents, and 1.7% on chemotherapy. The most commonly administered vaccines were BNT162b2 (61.0%) followed by mRNA-1273 (37.3%) and Ad26.COV2.S (1.7%). The mean (±standard deviation) ISR values at baseline and 2 months were 0.68±1.59 and 6.62±1.75, respectively. At the 6-month timepoint, mean ISR was 5.46±1.61; this was significantly lower than the 2-month antibody titers (p < 0.0001), and reflects a reduction of 17.6%. Further data on TCR sequencing will be presented at the meeting. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first data assessing the long-term serologic outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pts with cancer. Our data suggest waning immunity over time in cancer pts. Strategies to prolong host immunity against SARS COV-2 (e.g., booster vaccination) are likely warranted.
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