Durability of Antibody Response after Primary Pneumococcal Double-Dose Prime-Boost Vaccination in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients and Candidates: 18-Month Follow-Up in a Non-Blinded, Randomised Clinical Trial

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Background: Pneumococcal prime-boost vaccination is recommended for solid organ transplant recipients and candidates. The long-term durability of the antibody (AB) response is unknown. The same applies to a dose-dependent immune response. Methods: We studied the durability of the vaccine response after 18 months in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and patients on the kidney transplant waiting list (WLPs). Both groups received either a normal dose (ND) or a double dose (DD) of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. The average pneumococcal AB geometric mean concentration (GMC) was evaluated. A level ≥ 1 mg/L was considered protective against invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Results: Sixty WLPs and 70 KTRs were included. The proportion of participants protected declined from 52% to 33% in WLPs and from 29% to 16% in KTRs, with the previously significant dose-effect in WLPs no longer present (40% DD vs. 27% ND; p = 0.273). Average pneumococcal AB GMCs remained significantly above baseline levels (all groups p ≤ 0.001). Drug-induced immunosuppression diminished the vaccine dose-effect. Conclusions: At follow-up, the pneumococcal prime-boost vaccination still provided significantly elevated average pneumococcal AB GMCs in both populations. Though the proportion of participants protected against IPD in WLP-DD and WLP-ND were statistically comparable, a DD may still be recommended for WLPs (EudraCT: 2016-004123-23).

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer1091
TidsskriftVaccines
Vol/bind10
Udgave nummer7
Antal sider13
ISSN2076-393X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from Odense University Hospital (A1399); the Grosserer L. F. Foghts foundation (21.262); the Aase and Ejnar Danielsen foundation (10-001896); the Region of Southern Denmark’s PhD foundation (SDUSF-2016-131); the University of Southern Denmark’s PhD foundation; the Helen and Ejnar Bjørnows foundation (04121); the Juchum foundation (34599); the Augustinus foundation (17-0185), and the “Lægevidenskabens Fremme” foundation (16-212). None of the funding sources had a role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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