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. 2022 Mar 28;6(7):2014–2034. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006333

Table 2.

Summary of pooled seropositivity rates for patients with hematologic malignancies by underlying disease type and number of vaccine doses

No. of patients Single-arm studies Malignancy arm of comparator studies Control arm of comparator studies Intervention vs control cohort
Pooled response rate (95% CI) I2 (%) P Pooled response rate (95% CI) I2 (%) P Pooled response rate (95% CI) I2 (%) P OR (95% CI) P I2 (%) P
Overall: Patients with hematologic malignancies
 After second dose 4733 0.62 (0.55-0.70) 92 <.01 0.66 (0.57-0.75) 93 <.01 0.99 (0.97-1.00) 53 0.01 0.04 (0.02-0.08) <.01 70 <.01
 After first dose 2331 0.51 (0.38-0.64) 92 <.01 0.37 (0.23-0.51) 90 <.01 0.78 (0.62-0.95) 98 <.01 0.10 (0.04-0.29) <.01 86 <.01
Myeloma
 After second dose 1218 0.80 (0.64-0.95) 85 <.01 0.76 (0.70-0.82) 90 <.01 0.98 (0.95-1.00) 71 <.01 0.09 (0.03-0.29) <.01 49 .08
 After first dose 685 0.43 (0.18-0.68) 91 <.01 0.29 (0.09-0.48) 81 <.01 0.64 (0.42-0.87) 76 <.01 0.23 (0.05-0.99) .05 49 .11
CLL
 After second dose 1446 0.51 (0.37-0.65) 91 <.01 0.51 (0.34-0.68) 56 .06 1.00 (0.99-1.00) 0 .07 0.01 (0.01-0.03) <.01 0 .9
 After first dose 111 Single study 0.18 (0.00-1.00) 89 <.01 0.92 (0.52-1.00) 0 .32 0.03 (0.00-0.80) .05 0 .60
Lymphoma
 After second dose 1227 0.52 (0.28-0.75) 97 <.01 0.55 (0.35-0.76) 84 <.01 0.99 (0.98-1.00) 0 .72 0.02 (0.01-0.02) <.01 0 1.0
 After first dose 69 No studies available 0.33 (0.00-1.00) 93 <.01 0.95 (0.09-1.00) 71 .06 0.01 (0.0-1.24) .05 0 .7
HSCT and cellular therapies
 After second dose 401 0.61 (0.42-0.80) 88 .05 Single study Single study Single study
 After first dose 21 Single study No studies available No studies available No studies available
Acute leukemia and MDS
 After second dose 113 0.93 (0.80-1.00) 29 .24 Single study Single study Single study
 After first dose 13 Single study Single study Single study Single study
MPN and CML
 After second dose 281 0.88 (0.72-1.00) 70 .01 0.87 (0.81-0.92) 0 .83 0.99 (0.98-1.00) 0 .90 0.07 (0.0-1.55) .06 0 .77
 After first dose 222 0.71 (0.30-1.00) 76 .01 0.54 (0.37-0.71) 0 .46 0.85 (0.51-1.00) 90 <.01 0.13 (0.01-1.71) .09 88 <.01

AEs, adverse events; CLL, chronic lymphotic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MPN, myeloproliferative neoplasms.