Tandem high-dose influenza vaccination is associated with more durable serologic immunity in patients with plasma cell dyscrasias

Andrew R. Branagan, Eamon Duffy, Geliang Gan, Fangyong Li, Connor Foster, Rakesh Verma, Lin Zhang, Terri L. Parker, Stuart Seropian, Dennis L. Cooper, Debra Brandt, Jeremy Kortmansky, Davit Witt, Thomas M. Ferencz, Kavita M. Dhodapkar, Madhav V. Dhodapkar

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Abstract

Patients with plasma cell dyscrasias (PCDs) experience an increased burden of influenza, and current practice of single-dose annual influenza vaccination yields suboptimal protective immunity in these patients. Strategies to improve immunity to influenza in these patients are clearly needed. We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial comparing tandem Fluzone High-Dose influenza vaccination with standard-of-care influenza vaccination. Standard-of-care vaccination was single-dose age-based vaccination (standard dose,,65 years; high dose, $65 years), and patients in this arm received a saline placebo injection at 30 days. A total of 122 PCD patients were enrolled; 47 received single-dose standard-of-care vaccination, and 75 received 2 doses of Fluzone High-Dose vaccine. Rates of hemagglutinin inhibition (HAI) titer seroprotection against all 3 strains (H1N1, H3N2, and influenza B) were significantly higher for patients after tandem high-dose vaccination vs control (87.3% vs 63.2%; P 5.003) and led to higher seroprotection at the end of flu season (60.0% vs 31.6%; P 5.04). These data demonstrate that tandem high-dose influenza vaccination separated by 30 days leads to higher serologic HAI titer responses and more durable influenza-specific immunity in PCD patients. Similar vaccine strategies may also be essential to achieve protective immunity against other emerging pathogens such as novel coronavirus in these patients. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02566265.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1535-1539
Number of pages5
JournalBlood Advances
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 9 2021
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology

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