Article ; Online: Cytokine release syndrome-like serum responses after COVID-19 vaccination are frequent and clinically inapparent under cancer immunotherapy.
Nature cancer
2022 Volume 3, Issue 9, Page(s) 1039–1051
Abstract: Patients with cancer frequently receive immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), which may modulate immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines. Recently, cytokine release syndrome (CRS) was observed in a patient with cancer who received BTN162b2 vaccination under ...
| Abstract | Patients with cancer frequently receive immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), which may modulate immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines. Recently, cytokine release syndrome (CRS) was observed in a patient with cancer who received BTN162b2 vaccination under ICI treatment. Here, we analyzed adverse events and serum cytokines in patients with 23 different tumors undergoing (n = 64) or not undergoing (n = 26) COVID-19 vaccination under ICI therapy in a prospectively planned German single-center cohort study (n = 220). We did not observe clinically relevant CRS (≥grade 2) after vaccination (95% CI 0-5.6%; Common Terminology of Adverse Events v.5.0) in this small cohort. Within 4 weeks after vaccination, serious adverse events occurred in eight patients (12.5% 95% CI 5.6-23%): six patients were hospitalized due to events common under cancer therapy including immune related adverse events and two patients died due to conditions present before vaccination. Despite absence of CRS symptoms, a set of pairwise-correlated CRS-associated cytokines, including CXCL8 and interleukin-6 was >1.5-fold upregulated in 40% (95% CI 23.9-57.9%) of patients after vaccination. Hence, elevated cytokine levels are common and not sufficient to establish CRS diagnosis. |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19 ; COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects ; Cohort Studies ; Cytokine Release Syndrome ; Cytokines ; Humans ; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ; Immunotherapy/adverse effects ; Interleukin-6 ; Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Vaccination |
| Chemical Substances | COVID-19 Vaccines ; Cytokines ; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ; Interleukin-6 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-06-17 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ISSN | 2662-1347 |
| ISSN (online) | 2662-1347 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s43018-022-00398-7 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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