Table 1.

Patient characteristics according to prevaccination COVID-19

CharacteristicsPrior COVID-19 (n = 99)Control cohort (n = 362)P
Prior COVID-19    
 Diagnosed by PCR 82 (82)   
  Positive serostatus prior to vaccination 33 (41)   
  Negative serostatus prior to vaccination 18 (22)   
 Detected by prevaccine serological test 17 (30)   
 Asymptomatic infection 16 (16)   
 URTD symptoms 19 (19)   
 LRTD symptoms 76 (76)   
 Oxygen requirement 18 (18)   
 ICU admission 5 (5)   
 Time from COVID-19 to vaccination, median (range), d 185 (33-422)   
Serological status prior to vaccination   NT 
 Positive 50 (50)  
 Negative 18 (18) 362 (100)  
 NT 31 (31)  
Time from serology to vaccination, median (range), d 0 (0-330) 0 (0-14) .6 
Type of vaccine   .001 
 Moderna mRNA-1273 76 (76) 328 (90)  
 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 22 (22) 30 (8)  
 Adenoviral vector based 1 (1) 4 (1)  
Age, y   .84 
 Median (range) 59 (20-88) 59 (18-88)  
 18-40 6 (6) 66 (18)  
 41-50 19 (19) 45 (12)  
 51-60 26 (26) 73 (20)  
 61-70 26 (26) 110 (31)  
 >71 22 (22) 68 (19)  
Males 56 (56) 203 (56) .99 
Baseline disease   .06 
 AL/MDS 25 (25) 141 (39)  
 B-cell NHL 21 (21) 69 (19)  
 MM 15 (15) 45 (12)  
 CLL 17 (17) 31 (9)  
 HD 6 (6) 36 (10)  
 MPN 11 (11) 29 (8)  
 Others 4 (4) 11 (3)  
Type of stem cell transplant   .01 
 Allo-HSCT 29 (29) 186 (51)  
 ASCT 6 (6) 24 (7)  
Disease status at vaccination   .001 
 Complete remission 59 (59) 264 (73)  
 Partial remission 16 (16) 19 (5)  
 Not in response 20 (20) 51 (14)  
 First-line therapy 4 (4) 28 (8)  
Treatment given during vaccination 39 (39) 119 (43) .5 
Treatment planned after vaccination 38 (38) 98 (27) .05 
Time from last treatment to COVID-19 vaccine   .03 
 Untreated 16 (16) 30 (8)  
 Active treatment 39 (39) 119 (33)  
 ≥6 mo to 1 y 6 (6) 25 (7)  
 ≥1 y 37 (37) 187 (52)  
Immunosuppressant drugs at vaccination 22 (22) 81 (22) .3 
Corticosteroids at vaccination 16 (16) 52 (14) .6 
Daratumumab 5 (5) 13 (4) .6 
Venetoclax 3 (3) 6 (2) .4 
Anti-CD20 mAb 19 (19) 56 (15) .9 
BTKI therapy 10 (10) 17 (5) .05 
Other TKI therapy 2 (2) 12 (3) .7 
Lenalidomide maintenance 6 (6) 23 (6) .99 
Ruxolitinib therapy 4 (4) 6 (2) .3 
Blood count before vaccination (×109/mL)    
 Absolute neutrophil count, median (range) 3.08 (0.72-31.0) 3.03 (.06-22.1) .9 
 Absolute lymphocyte count, median (range) 1.91 (0.5-41.3) 1.82 (0.28-194.2) .6 
 Absolute lymphocyte count < 1 × 109/mL 9 (9) 54 (15) .2 
Time from second dose to serology, median (range), d 21 (14-51) 21 (14-57) .8 
Time between vaccine doses, median (range), d 28 (18-91) 28 (19-91) .78 
SCoV2-R-A detection at 3 wk after full vaccination 92 (93) 281 (78) <.0001 
Follow-up after complete vaccination, median (range), d 28 (15-109) 27 (16-89) .9 
COVID-19 after vaccination 2 (0.6) .99 
CharacteristicsPrior COVID-19 (n = 99)Control cohort (n = 362)P
Prior COVID-19    
 Diagnosed by PCR 82 (82)   
  Positive serostatus prior to vaccination 33 (41)   
  Negative serostatus prior to vaccination 18 (22)   
 Detected by prevaccine serological test 17 (30)   
 Asymptomatic infection 16 (16)   
 URTD symptoms 19 (19)   
 LRTD symptoms 76 (76)   
 Oxygen requirement 18 (18)   
 ICU admission 5 (5)   
 Time from COVID-19 to vaccination, median (range), d 185 (33-422)   
Serological status prior to vaccination   NT 
 Positive 50 (50)  
 Negative 18 (18) 362 (100)  
 NT 31 (31)  
Time from serology to vaccination, median (range), d 0 (0-330) 0 (0-14) .6 
Type of vaccine   .001 
 Moderna mRNA-1273 76 (76) 328 (90)  
 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 22 (22) 30 (8)  
 Adenoviral vector based 1 (1) 4 (1)  
Age, y   .84 
 Median (range) 59 (20-88) 59 (18-88)  
 18-40 6 (6) 66 (18)  
 41-50 19 (19) 45 (12)  
 51-60 26 (26) 73 (20)  
 61-70 26 (26) 110 (31)  
 >71 22 (22) 68 (19)  
Males 56 (56) 203 (56) .99 
Baseline disease   .06 
 AL/MDS 25 (25) 141 (39)  
 B-cell NHL 21 (21) 69 (19)  
 MM 15 (15) 45 (12)  
 CLL 17 (17) 31 (9)  
 HD 6 (6) 36 (10)  
 MPN 11 (11) 29 (8)  
 Others 4 (4) 11 (3)  
Type of stem cell transplant   .01 
 Allo-HSCT 29 (29) 186 (51)  
 ASCT 6 (6) 24 (7)  
Disease status at vaccination   .001 
 Complete remission 59 (59) 264 (73)  
 Partial remission 16 (16) 19 (5)  
 Not in response 20 (20) 51 (14)  
 First-line therapy 4 (4) 28 (8)  
Treatment given during vaccination 39 (39) 119 (43) .5 
Treatment planned after vaccination 38 (38) 98 (27) .05 
Time from last treatment to COVID-19 vaccine   .03 
 Untreated 16 (16) 30 (8)  
 Active treatment 39 (39) 119 (33)  
 ≥6 mo to 1 y 6 (6) 25 (7)  
 ≥1 y 37 (37) 187 (52)  
Immunosuppressant drugs at vaccination 22 (22) 81 (22) .3 
Corticosteroids at vaccination 16 (16) 52 (14) .6 
Daratumumab 5 (5) 13 (4) .6 
Venetoclax 3 (3) 6 (2) .4 
Anti-CD20 mAb 19 (19) 56 (15) .9 
BTKI therapy 10 (10) 17 (5) .05 
Other TKI therapy 2 (2) 12 (3) .7 
Lenalidomide maintenance 6 (6) 23 (6) .99 
Ruxolitinib therapy 4 (4) 6 (2) .3 
Blood count before vaccination (×109/mL)    
 Absolute neutrophil count, median (range) 3.08 (0.72-31.0) 3.03 (.06-22.1) .9 
 Absolute lymphocyte count, median (range) 1.91 (0.5-41.3) 1.82 (0.28-194.2) .6 
 Absolute lymphocyte count < 1 × 109/mL 9 (9) 54 (15) .2 
Time from second dose to serology, median (range), d 21 (14-51) 21 (14-57) .8 
Time between vaccine doses, median (range), d 28 (18-91) 28 (19-91) .78 
SCoV2-R-A detection at 3 wk after full vaccination 92 (93) 281 (78) <.0001 
Follow-up after complete vaccination, median (range), d 28 (15-109) 27 (16-89) .9 
COVID-19 after vaccination 2 (0.6) .99 

Unless noted otherwise, data are n (%).

AL/MDS, acute leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome; allo-HSCT, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; ASCT, autologous stem cell transplantation; BTKI, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; HD, Hodgkin disease; ICU, intensive care unit; LRTD, lower respiratory tract disease; mAb, monoclonal antibody; MM, multiple myeloma; MPN, chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm; NT, not tested; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor; URTD, upper respiratory tract disease.

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