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Hum Vaccin Immunother . Seroconversion rate after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with solid cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother


. 2022 Sep 26;2119763.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2119763. Online ahead of print.
Seroconversion rate after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with solid cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis


Juntao Yin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yangyang Chen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yang Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xingwang Zhang[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Chaoyang Wang[SUP] 4 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Patients with solid cancer have an increased risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and associated mortality than the general population. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the currently available evidence about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with solid cancer. We included prospective studies comparing the immunogenicity and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines between patients with solid cancer and healthy individuals. Relative risks of seroconversion after the first and second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine were separately pooled with the use of random effects meta-analysis. Thirty studies with 11,245 subjects met the inclusion criteria. After first vaccine dose, the pooled RR of seroconversion in patients with solid cancer vs healthy individuals was 0.54 (95% CI 0.38-0.78, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 94%). After a second dose, the pooled RR of seroconversion in patients with solid cancer vs healthy controls was 0.87 (0.86-0.88, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 87%). Our review suggests that, compared with healthy individuals, COVID-19 vaccines show favorable immunogenicity and efficacy in patients with solid cancer. A second dose is associated with significantly improved seroconversion, although it is slightly lower in patients with solid cancer compared with healthy individuals.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; immunogenicity; meta-analysis; solid cancer; vaccine.
 
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