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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection

From: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine response and rate of breakthrough infection in patients with hematological disorders

Characteristics

SARS-CoV-2 infection (n = 37)

Prior COVID-19, n /n evaluable (%)

0/109

Type of vaccine, n/n evaluable (%)

 Moderna mRNA-1273

24/982 (2.4)

 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2

11/362 (3)

 Adenoviral vector-based

2/50 (4)

Age (years), n/n evaluable (%)

 18–40 years

6/144 (4.2)

 41–60 years

17/495 (3.4)

 61–70 years

6/373 (1.6)

 > 71 years

8/382 (2)

Male, n (%)/n evaluable (%)

25/784 (3.2)

Baseline disease, n/n evaluable (%)

 AML

5/180 (2.7)

 ALL

1/46 (2.1)

 MDS

5/158 (3.1)

 B-cell NHL

5/301 (1.7)

 T cell NHL

3/38 (8)

 Plasma cell disorders

5/236 (2.1)

 CLL

4/158 (2.5)

 HD

6/103 (5.8)

 cMPN

2/139 (1.4)

 Aplastic anemia

0/16

 Non-malignant disorders

1/17 (5.5)

Cell therapy, n /n evaluable (%)

18/501 (3.6)

Type of cell therapy, n /n evaluable (%)

 Allo-HSCT

13/370 (3.5)

 ASCT

5/110 (4.7)

 CAR-T

0/21

Status disease at vaccination, n /n evaluable (%)

 Complete remission

21/825 (2.5)

 Partial remission

6/162 (3.7)

 Active disease

10/407 (2.4)

Time last treatment to COVID-19 vaccine, n /n evaluable (%)

 Untreated

7/172 (4)

 Active treatment

10/509 (1.9)

 ≥ 6 month to 1 year

5/92 (5.4)

 ≥ 1 year

15/620 (2.4)

Immunosuppressant drugs at vaccination, n /n evaluable (%)

13/300 (4.3)

Corticosteroids at vaccination, n /n evaluable (%)

8/255 (3.1)

Daratumumab, n /n evaluable (%)

1/46 (2.1)

Venetoclax, n /n evaluable (%)

0/14

Anti-CD-20 moAb, n /n evaluable (%)

4/241 (1.6)

BTK inhibitor therapy, n /n evaluable (%)

3/63 (4.7)

TKI therapy, n /n evaluable (%)

1/40 (2.5)

Lenalidomide, n /n evaluable (%)

2/120 (1.7)

Ruxolitinib therapy, n /n evaluable (%)

0/14

Absolute lymphocyte counts < 1 × 109/L, n /n evaluable (%)

9/260 (3.4)

Intervals from 2nd dose to SARS-CoV-2 infection, n /n patients at risk (%)

 At 30 days after 2nd dose

14/1361 (1)

 At 60 days after 2nd dose

3/1309 (0.2)

 At 90 days after 2nd dose

8/1227 (0.6)

 At 180 days after 2nd dose

12/518 (2.3)

SCoV2-R-A detection at 3–6 weeks, n /n evaluable (%)

17/30 (57)

Median SCoV2-R-A titer at 3–6 weeks, BAU/mL (range) [27 evaluable patients]

1.83 (0–4854.95)

SARS-CoV-2 infection after the third vaccine dose, n (%)

2/541 (0.3)

SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, n /n evaluable (%)

 PCR

22/37 (60)

 Seroconversion of anti-N antibodies

15/37 (40)

Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, n /n evaluable (%)

18/37 (48.6)

Pneumonia, n /n evaluable (%)

7/37 (19)

Hospital admission, n /n evaluable (%)

12/37 (32)

Oxygen requirement, n /n evaluable (%)

10/37 (27)

ICU admission, n /n evaluable (%)

3/37 (8)

Death, n /n evaluable (%)

3/37 (8)

Median time to death from 2nd vaccine dose, days (range)

82 (59–100)

  1. AML, Acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; B-cell NHL, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma; T cell NHL, T cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; HD, Hodgkin disease; MPN, chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm; Allo-HSCT, allogeneic stem cell transplantation; ASCT, autologous stem cell transplantation; CAR-T, T cell chimeric antigen receptor; moAb, monoclonal antibody; BTK inhibitor, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor; TKIs, tyrosine kinase inhibitors; SCoV2-R-A, SARS-CoV-2-reactive IgG antibodies; Anti-N, SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies; and ICU, intensive care unit