Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients

Abstract The impact of distinct disease‐modifying therapies (DMTs) on severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) vaccination efficacy in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is still enigmatic. In this prospective comparative study, we investigated humoral and cellular immune‐resp...

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Main Authors: Susan Trümpelmann, Andreas Schulte‐Mecklenbeck, Olga V. Steinberg, Timo Wirth, Manfred Fobker, Lisa Lohmann, Jan D. Lünemann, Heinz Wiendl, Catharina C. Gross, Luisa Klotz
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Published: Wiley 2022-07-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13256
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author Susan Trümpelmann
Andreas Schulte‐Mecklenbeck
Olga V. Steinberg
Timo Wirth
Manfred Fobker
Lisa Lohmann
Jan D. Lünemann
Heinz Wiendl
Catharina C. Gross
Luisa Klotz
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Andreas Schulte‐Mecklenbeck
Olga V. Steinberg
Timo Wirth
Manfred Fobker
Lisa Lohmann
Jan D. Lünemann
Heinz Wiendl
Catharina C. Gross
Luisa Klotz
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description Abstract The impact of distinct disease‐modifying therapies (DMTs) on severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) vaccination efficacy in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is still enigmatic. In this prospective comparative study, we investigated humoral and cellular immune‐responses in patients with MS receiving interferon beta, natalizumab, and ocrelizumab pre‐vaccination and 6 weeks post second SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination. Healthy individuals and interferon beta‐treated patients generated robust humoral and cellular immune‐responses. Although humoral immune responses were diminished in ocrelizumab‐treated patients, cellular immune‐responses were reduced in natalizumab‐treated patients. Thus, both humoral and cellular immune responses should be closely monitored in patients on DMTs. Whereas patients with a poor cellular immune‐response may benefit from additional vaccination cycles, patients with a diminished humoral immune‐response may benefit from a treatment with SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies in case of an infection.
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spelling doaj.art-f05537ce2aae4b02889d23972f4c58982022-12-22T02:11:26ZengWileyClinical and Translational Science1752-80541752-80622022-07-011571606161210.1111/cts.13256Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patientsSusan Trümpelmann0Andreas Schulte‐Mecklenbeck1Olga V. Steinberg2Timo Wirth3Manfred Fobker4Lisa Lohmann5Jan D. Lünemann6Heinz Wiendl7Catharina C. Gross8Luisa Klotz9Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyCentral Laboratories University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyDepartment of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology University Hospital Münster Münster GermanyAbstract The impact of distinct disease‐modifying therapies (DMTs) on severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) vaccination efficacy in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is still enigmatic. In this prospective comparative study, we investigated humoral and cellular immune‐responses in patients with MS receiving interferon beta, natalizumab, and ocrelizumab pre‐vaccination and 6 weeks post second SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination. Healthy individuals and interferon beta‐treated patients generated robust humoral and cellular immune‐responses. Although humoral immune responses were diminished in ocrelizumab‐treated patients, cellular immune‐responses were reduced in natalizumab‐treated patients. Thus, both humoral and cellular immune responses should be closely monitored in patients on DMTs. Whereas patients with a poor cellular immune‐response may benefit from additional vaccination cycles, patients with a diminished humoral immune‐response may benefit from a treatment with SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies in case of an infection.https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13256
spellingShingle Susan Trümpelmann
Andreas Schulte‐Mecklenbeck
Olga V. Steinberg
Timo Wirth
Manfred Fobker
Lisa Lohmann
Jan D. Lünemann
Heinz Wiendl
Catharina C. Gross
Luisa Klotz
Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients
Clinical and Translational Science
title Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients
title_full Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients
title_fullStr Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients
title_full_unstemmed Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients
title_short Impact of disease‐modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune‐responses following SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in MS patients
title_sort impact of disease modifying therapies on humoral and cellular immune responses following sars cov 2 vaccination in ms patients
url https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13256
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