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. 2021 Jun 21;5(12):2624–2643. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004629

Table 3.

Summarized data from all studies listed in Table 1, by average duration of time since last anti-CD20 therapy

Duration of time since anti-CD20 therapy Summarized SP rate, % Summarized SC rate, % Summarized SR rate, %
Pandemic influenza (N = 13 studies, 222 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)*
 Active treatment, <3 mo 0-3330-34,40,61 0-2530-34,40
 3-6 mo 1960 3860 38-4443
 6-12 mo 5040 5040
 >12 mo 66-10040,44 66-10040,44
Seasonal influenza (N = 12 studies, 252 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)
 Active treatment, <3 mo 8-2530,64 030,35
 3-6 mo 56-8062 10-6062
 6-12 mo 69-7763 2535 1742
 >12 mo 23-7944,52 3-4344,52
Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (12 studies, 309 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)
 Active treatment, <3 mo 10062 24-2536,62
 3-6 mo 64-7367 9-3966,67
 6-12 mo 66-9350,69 7-2069 31-6950,65,68,70
 >12 mo 0-947,53 9-7546,53 047
Haemophilus influenzae B (3 studies, 52 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)
 Active treatment, <3 mo
 3-6 mo
 6-12 mo 2938 73-77 after 1-2 doses68
 >12 mo 8546
Hepatitis B (3 studies, 61 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy) §
 Active treatment, <3 mo
 3-6 mo
 6-12 mo
 >12 mo 56-6454,71 5654
Hepatitis A (2 studies, 57 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)
 Active therapy, <3 mo 047
 3-6 mo
 6-12 mo 47 (slightly lower than disease controls of 67)70
 >12 mo
Polio virus (3 studies, 49 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy) ǁ
 Active treatment, <3 mo 2036
 3-6 mo
 6-12 mo
 >12 mo 62, slightly lower than in disease controls (80)46
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV-7) (1 study, 55 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)
 Active treatment, <3 mo 5, compared with 21-50 in disease controls73
 3-6 mo
 6-12 mo
 >12 mo
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (PCV-23) (7 studies, 217 patients treated with anti-CD20 therapy)
 Active treatment, <3 mo 2530 030
 3-6 mo 19 to ≥6 serotypes66
 6-12 mo 33 (to ≥7 serotypes) to 4168 20-2138,69 2965
 >12 mo
*

See Tables 4 and 5 for meta-analyzed data. In all studies, SP, SC, and/or SR rates were similar or lower in anti-CD20–treated patients than healthy controls or disease controls. One study did not report the average duration since last dose of anti-CD20 therapy but had SP and SR rates of 0% and 0% to 9%, respectively.45 One study indicated that patients had received anti-CD20 therapy <12 months ago but did not specify the average time interval, and reported a SP rate of 9%.59

In all studies, SP, SC, and/or SR rates were lower in anti-CD20–treated patients than in healthy controls or disease controls.

In all studies, SP, SC, and/or SR rates were similar or lower in anti-CD20–treated patients than healthy controls or disease controls. Other than in 2 studies47,53 (a study of patients post–autologous stem cell transplant plus rituximab for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and a study of pediatric patients treated with rituximab for relapsing/steroid-dependent idiopathic nephrotic syndrome) where the SP rates were only 0% to 9%, SP rates were moderate to high regardless of the duration that had elapsed from anti-CD20 therapy.

§

One study did not report the interval after anti-CD20 therapy during which patients were vaccinated.72 Overall values for anti-CD20–treated patients were similar to healthy controls ≥55 years and disease controls, but worse than healthy controls ≤35 years.

ǁ

One study did not report the interval after anti-CD20 therapy during which patients received vaccination but had a SR rate of 91%.54

All studies showed that SP, SC, and/or SR rates were lower in anti-CD20–treated patients compared with disease controls.