Improved Antibody Response After a Fifth Dose of a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
Date:
05/01/2022
Citation:
Abedon AT, Teles MS, Alejo JL, Kim JD, Mitchell J, Chiang TPY, Avery RK, Tobian AAR, Levan ML, Warren DS, Massie AB, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Werbel WA. Improved Antibody Response After a Fifth Dose of a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series. Transplantation. 2022 May 1;106(5):e262-e263. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004092. Epub 2022 Feb 15. PMID: 35175241; PMCID: PMC9038246.
Abstract
In solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), 2-dose mRNA vaccination offers suboptimal protection, with similar infection rates and modestly decreased mortality when compared with unvaccinated SOTRs.1,2 Encouragingly, a third vaccine dose improves neutralization against variants of concern for some SOTRs, yet others do not mount an antibody response even following a fourth dose.3-6 It is unclear whether continued immune priming can augment vaccine immunogenicity in this population, and the benefit of a fifth dose (D5) remains unstudied. We describe 18 SOTRs who received a D5 vaccine between July 26, 2021, and December 11, 2021, and were followed through January 14, 2022.