Passive pre-exposure immunization by tixagevimab/cilgavimab in patients with hematological malignancy and COVID-19: matched-paired analysis in the EPICOVIDEHA registry

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  • Francesco Marchesi
  • Jon Salmanton-García
  • Caterina Buquicchio
  • Federico Itri
  • Caroline Besson
  • Julio Dávila-Valls
  • Sonia Martín-Pérez
  • Luana Fianchi
  • Laman Rahimli
  • Giuseppe Tarantini
  • Federica Irene Grifoni
  • Mariarita Sciume
  • Jorge Labrador
  • Raul Cordoba
  • Alberto López-García
  • Nicola S. Fracchiolla
  • Francesca Farina
  • Emanuele Ammatuna
  • Antonella Cingolani
  • Daniel García-Bordallo
  • Stefanie K. Gräfe
  • Yavuz M. Bilgin
  • Michelina Dargenio
  • Tomás José González-López
  • Anna Guidetti
  • Tobias Lahmer
  • Esperanza Lavilla-Rubira
  • Gustavo-Adolfo Méndez
  • Lucia Prezioso
  • Martin Schönlein
  • Jaap Van Doesum
  • Dominik Wolf
  • Ditte Stampe Hersby
  • Ferenc Magyari
  • Jens Van Praet
  • Verena Petzer
  • Carlo Tascini
  • Iker Falces-Romero
  • Oliver A. Cornely
  • Livio Pagano

Only few studies have analyzed the efficacy of tixagevimab/cilgavimab to prevent severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related complications in hematologic malignancies (HM) patients. Here, we report cases of breakthrough COVID-19 after prophylactic tixagevimab/cilgavimab from the EPICOVIDEHA registry). We identified 47 patients that had received prophylaxis with tixagevimab/cilgavimab in the EPICOVIDEHA registry. Lymphoproliferative disorders (44/47, 93.6%) were the main underlying HM. SARS-CoV-2 strains were genotyped in 7 (14.9%) cases only, and all belonged to the omicron variant. Forty (85.1%) patients had received vaccinations prior to tixagevimab/cilgavimab, the majority of them with at least two doses. Eleven (23.4%) patients had a mild SARS-CoV-2 infection, 21 (44.7%) a moderate infection, while 8 (17.0%) had severe infection and 2 (4.3%) critical. Thirty-six (76.6%) patients were treated, either with monoclonal antibodies, antivirals, corticosteroids, or with combination schemes. Overall, 10 (21.3%) were admitted to a hospital. Among these, two (4.3%) were transferred to intensive care unit and one (2.1%) of them died. Our data seem to show that the use of tixagevimab/cilgavimab may lead to a COVID-19 severity reduction in HM patients; however, further studies should incorporate further HM patients to confirm the best drug administration strategies in immunocompromised patients.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer32
TidsskriftJournal of Hematology and Oncology
Vol/bind16
Udgave nummer1
Antal sider5
ISSN1756-8722
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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Funding Information:
EPICOVIDEHA has received funds from Optics COMMIT (COVID-19 Unmet Medical Needs and Associated Research Extension) COVID-19 RFP program by GILEAD Science, United States (Project 2020-8223).

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