Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: METHODS: We performed an observational, longitudinal, prospective study including 100 patients with MG of a referral center for MG in our country, conducted from April 2021 to November 2021 during the vaccination campaign. The mRNA-1273 vaccine was scheduled for all participants. Blood samples were collected before vaccination and 3 months after a second dose. Clinical changes in MG were measured using the MG activities of daily life score at baseline and 1 week after the first and second doses. A surveillance of all symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was conducted throughout the study. Humoral and cellular immune responses after vaccination were assessed using a spike-antibody ELISA and interferon gamma release assay in plasma. The primary outcomes were clinically significant changes in MG symptoms after vaccination, adverse events (AEs), and seroconversion and T-cell immune response rates. RESULTS: Ninety-nine patients completed the full vaccination schedule, and 98 had 2 blood samples taken. A statistically significant worsening of symptoms was identified after the first and second doses of the mRNA-1273 vaccine, but this was not clinically relevant. Mild AEs occurred in 14 patients after the first dose and in 21 patients after the second dose. Eighty-seven patients developed a humoral response and 72 patients showed a T-cell response after vaccination. A combined therapy with prednisone and other immunosuppressive drugs correlated with a lower seroconversion ratio (OR = 5.97, 95% CI 1.46-24.09, p = 0.015) and a lower T-cell response ratio (OR = 2.83, 95% CI 1.13-7.13, p = 0.024). DISCUSSION: Our findings indicate that the mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 is safe in patients with MG and show no negative impact on the disease course. Patients achieved high humoral and cellular immune response levels. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides Class IV evidence that patients with MG receiving the mRNA-1273 vaccine did not show clinical worsening after vaccination and that most of the patients achieved high cellular or immune response levels.
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Authors | David Reyes-Leiva, Joaquín López-Contreras, Esther Moga, Francesc Pla-Juncà, Elionor Lynton-Pons, Ricardo Rojas-Garcia, Janina Turon-Sans, Luis Querol, Montse Olive, Rodrigo Álvarez-Velasco, Marta Caballero-Ávila, Álvaro Carbayo, Ana Vesperinas-Castro, Pere Domingo, Isabel Illa, Eduard Gallardo, Elena Cortés-Vicente |
Journal | Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation
(Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm)
Vol. 9
Issue 4
(07 2022)
ISSN: 2332-7812 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 35728947
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Observational Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. |
Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Viral
- 2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273
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Topics |
- 2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273
(adverse effects, immunology)
- Antibodies, Viral
(blood)
- COVID-19
(prevention & control)
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunity, Humoral
- Longitudinal Studies
- Myasthenia Gravis
(complications)
- Prospective Studies
- SARS-CoV-2
- T-Lymphocytes
(immunology)
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