Table 2.

COVID-19 vaccines in patients with hematologic malignancy: summary of studies evaluating the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in >10 patients with hematologic malignancy

ReferencePatient populationVaccine type/ vaccine regimenEndpointResults
65  200 cancer patients FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines Seroconversion  
    Overall 94% 
    Type of vaccine  
     BNT162b2 95% 
     mRNA-1273 94% 
     Ad26.COV2.S 85% 
    Type of cancer therapy  
     Anti-CD20 70% 
     Stem cell transplant 73% 
     CAR-T cell 
     Hormonal 100% 
     Immune checkpoint inhibitor 97% 
71  80 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    Type of treatment  
     CAR-T cell 36% 
     Allogeneic stem cell transplant 75% 
   ELISpot positivity  
    Type of treatment  
     CAR-T cell 50% 
     Allogeneic stem cell transplant 19% 
72  32 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 and Ad26-COV2.S boost Seroconversion  
    Overall 31% 
    Type of HM  
     CLL or lymphoma 16.7% 
73  270 HM patients Double-dose mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 76.3% 
    Treatment status  
     Off-therapy >6 mo 91.7% 
     On-therapy/off-therapy <6 mo 63.7% 
     Treatment-naïve 96.7% 
    Type of treatment  
     BTK 86.2% 
     IMIDs 100% 
     Anti-CD20 alone 18.5% 
     CHI ±anti-CD20 27.8% 
   Cellular response  
    Overall 79% 
    Treatment status  
     Off-therapy >6 mo 85.7% 
     On-therapy/off-therapy < 6 mo 78% 
     Treatment-naïve 86.7% 
    Type of treatment  
     BTK 81.5% 
     IMIDs 92.3% 
     Anti-CD20 alone 80% 
     CHI ±anti-CD20 50% 
69  49 HM patients Booster BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 65% 
    Treatment status  
     Off-treatment >24 mo 92.9% 
     Completed anti-CD20 42.9% 
     Prior anti-CD20 <7 mo 71.4% 
     BTK 61.1% 
81  100 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 49% 
    Treatment status  
     Anti-CD20 <12 mo prior 26% 
    After booster dose 41.7% 
75  160 HM patients FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines Seroconversion Overall 39.4% 
    Treatment status  
     B-cell/plasma cell-depleting mAb 29% 
     Active disease 27% 
     In remission 49% 
     Watch & wait 67% 
     CHI >12 mo prior 69% 
     CHI < 12 mo prior 24% 
70  239 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    Overall 47% 
   Cellular response Cellular response 
    Overall 53% 
83  123 HM patients BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    1 dose 43.4% 
    Double-dose 71.4% 
76  58 HM patients Single dose BNT162b2 or AZD1222 Neutralizing antibodies  
    ≥30% 14% 
    ≥50% 5% 
77  102 HM patients Single dose BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 61.8% 
    Treatment  
     Anti-CD20 <12 mo 5.9% 
     Anti-CD20 >12 mo 63.6% 
66  857 HM patients Single-dose and double-dose BNT162b2 Median anti-S IgG level (AU/mL)  
    Overall 6 961 
    Age  
     >60 y 1 140 
    Treatment  
     Treatment-naïve 5 761 
     Ruxolitinib 10 
     BTKi 
     Anti-CD20 17 
     Hydroxycarbamide 1 825 
     IMID 679 
     TKIs 10 537 
     Anagrelide/interferon 6 927 
     Auto SCT 6 203 
     Allogeneic SCT 6 304 
78  315 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    Overall 75% 
    HM subtype  
     Aggressive NHL 71% 
     Indolent NHL 60% 
     Hodgkin lymphoma 94% 
     Multiple myeloma 76% 
     CLL 47% 
     Acute leukemia 80% 
     MDS 94% 
     MPN 84% 
     CML 91% 
82  1 445 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 75% 
    HM subtype  
     ALL 88.2% 
     AML 91.2% 
     Burkitt lymphoma 100% 
     CLL 64.2% 
     CML 97.1% 
     Diffuse large B cell lymphoma 78.8% 
     Follicular lymphoma 77.6% 
     Hairy cell leukemia 100% 
     Hodgkin lymphoma 98.5% 
     Mantle cell lymphoma 44.4% 
     Marginal zone lymphoma 61.8% 
     MDS/MPN 97.1% 
     Multiple myeloma 95.1% 
     Primary CNS lymphoma 50% 
     Primary mediastinal large B-NHL 100% 
     Smoldering myeloma 100% 
     T cell lymphoma 84.6% 
     Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia 74.2% 
79  585 cancer patients Double-dose BNT162b2 or AZD1222 Seroconversion  
    Overall 78% 
    Cancer subtype  
     HM 59% 
     Solid cancer 85% 
85  132 HM patients BNT162b2 Neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies inhibition titer  
    Median 32.5% 
    ≥30% 50.8% 
    ≥50% 43.9% 
ReferencePatient populationVaccine type/ vaccine regimenEndpointResults
65  200 cancer patients FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines Seroconversion  
    Overall 94% 
    Type of vaccine  
     BNT162b2 95% 
     mRNA-1273 94% 
     Ad26.COV2.S 85% 
    Type of cancer therapy  
     Anti-CD20 70% 
     Stem cell transplant 73% 
     CAR-T cell 
     Hormonal 100% 
     Immune checkpoint inhibitor 97% 
71  80 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    Type of treatment  
     CAR-T cell 36% 
     Allogeneic stem cell transplant 75% 
   ELISpot positivity  
    Type of treatment  
     CAR-T cell 50% 
     Allogeneic stem cell transplant 19% 
72  32 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 and Ad26-COV2.S boost Seroconversion  
    Overall 31% 
    Type of HM  
     CLL or lymphoma 16.7% 
73  270 HM patients Double-dose mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 76.3% 
    Treatment status  
     Off-therapy >6 mo 91.7% 
     On-therapy/off-therapy <6 mo 63.7% 
     Treatment-naïve 96.7% 
    Type of treatment  
     BTK 86.2% 
     IMIDs 100% 
     Anti-CD20 alone 18.5% 
     CHI ±anti-CD20 27.8% 
   Cellular response  
    Overall 79% 
    Treatment status  
     Off-therapy >6 mo 85.7% 
     On-therapy/off-therapy < 6 mo 78% 
     Treatment-naïve 86.7% 
    Type of treatment  
     BTK 81.5% 
     IMIDs 92.3% 
     Anti-CD20 alone 80% 
     CHI ±anti-CD20 50% 
69  49 HM patients Booster BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 65% 
    Treatment status  
     Off-treatment >24 mo 92.9% 
     Completed anti-CD20 42.9% 
     Prior anti-CD20 <7 mo 71.4% 
     BTK 61.1% 
81  100 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 49% 
    Treatment status  
     Anti-CD20 <12 mo prior 26% 
    After booster dose 41.7% 
75  160 HM patients FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines Seroconversion Overall 39.4% 
    Treatment status  
     B-cell/plasma cell-depleting mAb 29% 
     Active disease 27% 
     In remission 49% 
     Watch & wait 67% 
     CHI >12 mo prior 69% 
     CHI < 12 mo prior 24% 
70  239 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    Overall 47% 
   Cellular response Cellular response 
    Overall 53% 
83  123 HM patients BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    1 dose 43.4% 
    Double-dose 71.4% 
76  58 HM patients Single dose BNT162b2 or AZD1222 Neutralizing antibodies  
    ≥30% 14% 
    ≥50% 5% 
77  102 HM patients Single dose BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 61.8% 
    Treatment  
     Anti-CD20 <12 mo 5.9% 
     Anti-CD20 >12 mo 63.6% 
66  857 HM patients Single-dose and double-dose BNT162b2 Median anti-S IgG level (AU/mL)  
    Overall 6 961 
    Age  
     >60 y 1 140 
    Treatment  
     Treatment-naïve 5 761 
     Ruxolitinib 10 
     BTKi 
     Anti-CD20 17 
     Hydroxycarbamide 1 825 
     IMID 679 
     TKIs 10 537 
     Anagrelide/interferon 6 927 
     Auto SCT 6 203 
     Allogeneic SCT 6 304 
78  315 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 Seroconversion  
    Overall 75% 
    HM subtype  
     Aggressive NHL 71% 
     Indolent NHL 60% 
     Hodgkin lymphoma 94% 
     Multiple myeloma 76% 
     CLL 47% 
     Acute leukemia 80% 
     MDS 94% 
     MPN 84% 
     CML 91% 
82  1 445 HM patients Double-dose BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Seroconversion  
    Overall 75% 
    HM subtype  
     ALL 88.2% 
     AML 91.2% 
     Burkitt lymphoma 100% 
     CLL 64.2% 
     CML 97.1% 
     Diffuse large B cell lymphoma 78.8% 
     Follicular lymphoma 77.6% 
     Hairy cell leukemia 100% 
     Hodgkin lymphoma 98.5% 
     Mantle cell lymphoma 44.4% 
     Marginal zone lymphoma 61.8% 
     MDS/MPN 97.1% 
     Multiple myeloma 95.1% 
     Primary CNS lymphoma 50% 
     Primary mediastinal large B-NHL 100% 
     Smoldering myeloma 100% 
     T cell lymphoma 84.6% 
     Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia 74.2% 
79  585 cancer patients Double-dose BNT162b2 or AZD1222 Seroconversion  
    Overall 78% 
    Cancer subtype  
     HM 59% 
     Solid cancer 85% 
85  132 HM patients BNT162b2 Neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies inhibition titer  
    Median 32.5% 
    ≥30% 50.8% 
    ≥50% 43.9% 

AML, acute myeloid leukemia; CAR-T, chimeric antigen receptor; CHI, chemoimmunotherapy; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; ELISpot, enzyme-linked immunospot; IMIDs, immunomodulatory imide drugs; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MPN, myeloproliferative disease; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; SCT, stem cell transplantion; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

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