Repeated SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: induction of high-avidity anti-RBD neutralizing antibodies.
Teresita CarusoFrancesca SalaniSilvia CataneseFederico PratesiChiara MercinelliGiuseppe MottaVirginia GenovesiAdele BonatoGalimberti SaraGianluca MasiPaola MiglioriniPublished in: International journal of clinical oncology (2023)
The data indicate that in cancer patients mRNA vaccine induces high avidity anti-RBD antibodies and neutralizing antibodies that increase after the third dose. The process of induction and selection of high-affinity antibodies is apparently unaffected by the treatment with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies.