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. 2022 Aug 16;11:46. doi: 10.1186/s40164-022-00299-6

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies

Study Country/Year Number of doses Total number of patients (Number of patients with serologic response data) Number of control group (Number of controls with serologic response data) Underlying disease Age Gender (%female) Type of vaccine received Time to serologic response evaluation post vaccination Antibody detection method; criteria for determining seropositivity (if avaliable)
Agnieszka Matkowska-Kocjan [23] Poland/2021 2 65 (57) Allo-HSCT No ALL, CML, AML, AA, MDS, HL, others 21 (18–31) 40.0% BNT162b2 14–21 days

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 QuantiVac ELISA IgG test (Euroimmun/PerkinElmer subsidiary, Waltham, MA, USA);

 ≥ 35.2 BAU/mL

Alexis Maillard [45] France/2022 2 687 (687) Allo-HSCT No myeloid malignancies, lymphoid malignancies, nonmalignant disease 59 (46–66) 41.0%

BNT162b2;

mRNA-1273

33 days (27–52)

1. Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant-test (Abbott S IgG);

 ≥ 50AU/ml

2. Roche Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 S (Roche S tAb);

 ≥ 0.8U/ml

3 181 (181) Allo-HSCT 60.5 (49.5–66.9) 39.4% Not reported

3. DiaSorin Liaison SARS-CoV-2 TrimericS IgG (DiaSorin TriS IgG)

 ≥ 13AU/ml

4. Siemens SARS-CoV-2 IgG (Siemens sCOVG);

 ≥ 1.0 U/ml

5. Wantai SARS-CoV-2 IgG ELISA (Wantai S IgG)

 ≥ 0.75 AU/ml

Amandine Le Bourgeois [46] France/2021 2 117 (117) Allo-HSCT No AML, MDS, MF, MDS/MF, CML, BPDCN, NHL, HL, ALL, MM, NNAA, porphyria 57 (20–75) 40.0% BNT162b2 35 (18–77) days

Elecsys anti–SARS-CoV-2-S (Roche Elecsys, Rotkreuz, Switzerland);

 ≥ 0.8 U/mL

Amandine Le Bourgeois-2 [44] France/2021 3 80 (80) Allo-HSCT 25 (25) Healthy controls myeloid, lymphoid, others 57 (20–75) 43.8% BNT162b2 94.5 (55–220) days

Elecsys anti–SARS-CoV-2-S (Roche Elecsys, Rotkreuz, Switzerland);

 ≥ 0.8 U/mL

Anne-Claire Mamez [43] Switzerland/2021 2 63 (63) Allo-HSCT No Acute leukemia, MDS/MPS, lymphoid diseases, hemoglobinopathie 54 (18–78) 38.0% BNT162b2; mRNA-1273 38 (13–98) days

Semi-quantitative Elecsys ® Anti-SARSCoV-2 immunoassay (Roche);

 ≥ 0.8 U/mL

Binod Dhakal [47] US/2021 1, 2

71 (71) Allo-HSCT; 45 (45) Auto-HSCT;

14 (14) CAR T

No lymphoma, myeloma, some were not reported 25–77 not reported BNT162b2; mRNA-1273; Ad26.COV2.S  ≥ 2 weeks Enzyme immunoassay testing antibodies to the S1 domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (EUROIMMUN)
Caroline Pabst [24] Germany/2022 1, 2 167 (167) Allo-HSCT 134 (134) Healthy controls AML, MDS, MPN, AA, ALL, MM, lymphoma 60 (19–79) 38.9% BNT162b2; mRNA-1273; ChAdOx1 Not reported Surrogate virus neutralization test (Medac, Wedel, Germany)
José Luis Piñana[25] Spain/2021 2

311 (311) Allo-HSCT

86 (86) Auto-HSCT

No AML, MDS, NHL, MM, CLL, HD, MPN, ALL, others

Allo: 56.7 (18–80)

Auto: 64.6 (19–78)

Allo: 40.0%

Auto: 43.0%

mRNA-1273; BNT162b2; ChAdOx1;

Ad26.COV2.S

3–6 weeks

1. Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG Quant II chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (Abbott, Sligo, Ireland)

2. Liaison SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG chemiluminescent assay (DiaSorin S.p.A., Saluggia, Italy)

3. Euroimmun SARS-CoV-2 IgG ELISA (Euroimmun, Lübeck, Germany)

4. MAGLUMI 2019-nCoV IgG chemiluminescent assay (SNIBE—Shenzhen New Industries Biomedical Engineering Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China)

5. COVID-19 ELISA IgG (Vircell Spain S.L.U., Granada, Spain)

Kalpana Parvathaneni [41] US/2021 2 12 (12) CAR T 8 (8) Healthy controls B-ALL, DLBCL, NHL, MCL, CLL 53 (16–74) 25.0% BNT162b2; mRNA-1273 Up to 28 days Not reported
Katie Healy [35] Sweden/2021 2 74 (69) Allo-HSCT/CAR T 82 (82) Healthy controls Not reported 60 (51–67) 45.0% BNT162b2 14 days

Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S assay (Roche Diagnostics);

 ≥ 0.80 U/mL

Lorenzo Canti [26] Belgium/2021 1 40 (37) Allo-HSCT 40 (40) Healthy controls Not reported 60 (26–76) 52.5% BNT162b2 21 days WANTAI SARS-Cov-2 Ab ELISA (Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise, Beijing, China)
2 40 (37) Allo-HSCT 40 (40) Healthy controls 28 days
Lorenzo Canti-2 [39] Belgium/2022 3 38 (38) Allo-HSCT No Not reported 60 (26–76) 50.0% BNT162b2 28 days WANTAI SARS-Cov-2 Ab ELISA (Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise, Beijing, China)
Martina Chiarucci [27] Italy/2021 2 12 (12) Allo-HSCT; 38 (38) Auto-HSCT 45 (0) Healthy controls Auto-HSCT: MM, NHL, HL; Allo-HSCT: AML, ALL, MDS 61 (21–72) 44.0% BNT162b2 30 days Anti-SARSCoV-2 IgG CLIA (LIAISON ® SARS-CoV-2 TrimericS IgG assay, Diasorin, Saluggia, Italy)
Marika Watanabe [28] Japan/2022 2 25 (25) Allo-HSCT 19 (19) Healthy controls AML, ALL, malignant lymphoma, others

55

(23–71)

44.0% BNT162b2 14 days (+ / − 7 days)

QuaResearch COVID-19 Human IgM IgG ELISA kit (Spike Protein-S1) (Cellspect, Inc., RCOEL961S1, Iwate, Japan);

 > 0.26 (optical density value)

Maciej Majcherek [29] Poland/2022 2

64 (63) Allo-HSCT;

29 (26) Auto-HSCT;

No AML, MM, NHL, HL, MDS, ALL

Allo-HSCT: 52 (20–68);

Auto-HSCT: 58 (26–69)

Allo-HSCT: 45.0%;

Auto-HSCT: 48.0%

BNT162b2 2–4 weeks Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) “Alinity I” (Abbott Diagnostics)
Monika Lindemann [30] Germany/2021 2 117 (117) Allo-HSCT 35 (35) Healthy controls Acute leukemia, MDS, MPN, lymphoma, others 59 (21–77) 52.1%

BNT162b2;

mRNA-1273; ChAdOx1

31 (11–137) days CE marked Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG semi-quantitative ELISA (Euroimmun, Lübeck, Germany);
Muhammad Bilal Abid [48] US/2022 3

26 (26) Allo-HSCT; 30 (30) Auto-HSCT;

10 (10) CAR T

No Lymphoma, myeloma 31–81 32.0%

BNT162b2;

mRNA-1273;

At least 14 days

AdviseDx SARS-CoV-2 IgG II assay;

 > 50.0 AU/mL

Noga Shem-Tov [31] Israel/2021 2 176 (152) Allo-HSCT

272 (272)

Healthy

controls

AML, MDS, MPD, ALL, NHL, HL, CLL, AA 58.4 ± 14.0 (mean ± SD) 36.8% BNT162b2 2–4 weeks Mount Sinai Hospital Clinical Laboratory SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Test;
Patrice Chevallier [32] France/2021 1 112 (112) Allo-HSCT 26 (26) Healthy controls AML, MDS, MF, MDS/MF, CML, BPDCN, NHL, HL, ALL, MM, AA, porphyria 57 (20–75) 40.2% BNT162b2 16–35 days

Roche Elecsys;

 ≥ 0.8 U/ml

Peter Bergman [49] Sweden/2021 2

87 (70) Allo-HSCT;

3 (2) CAR T

90 (78) Healthy controls not reported 74% < 65 47.0% BNT162b2 14 days

Elecsys ® AntiSARS-CoV-2 S (Roche Diagnostics);

 ≥ 0.8 U/ml

Rabah Redjoul [37] France/2021 2 88 (88) Allo-HSCT No

Myeloid malignancy, lymphoid malignancy

and nonmalignant

26–77 46.6% BNT162b2 28 (IQR 26–31) days IgG II Quant Assay (Abbot Laboratories, Wiesbaden, Germany);
Ron Ram [36] Israel/2021 2

66 (57) Allo-HSCT;

14 (14) CAR T

No AML, MDS, ALL, DLBCL, other lymphoma, MPN, others 65 (23–83) 45.0% BNT162b2 7–14 days

Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S assay on the Cobas e411 (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland);

 ≥ 0.80 U/mL

Roni Tamari [33] US/2021 1

149 (149) Allo-HSCT; 61 (61) Auto-HSCT;

7 (7) CAR T

69 (54) Healthy controls Acute leukemia, MDS/MPN, chronic leukemia, MM and amyloid, lymphoma, AA, SA, BPDCN 66.4 (25.8–84.1) 40.6% BNT162b2; mRNA-1273 3 months

AdviseDx SARS-CoV-2 IgG II assay;

 > 50.0 AU/mL

Sandra Easdale [34] UK/2021 1 55 (55) Allo-HSCT No ALL, AML, AA, MDS, NHL, HL, MF 50 (18–73) 38.2% BNT162b2; ChAdOx1 14–84 days Ortho Clinical Diagnostic Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody methods (Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, USA);
Saurabh Dahiya [40] US/2022 2 14 (14) CAR T 4 (4) Healthy controls LBCL, MCL, FL 50.5 (24–87) 33.0% BNT162b2; mRNA-1273 4 weeks
3 6 (6) CAR T No Not reported Not reported  ~ 1 month
Thomas A. Fox [42] UK/2021 2 11 (11) CAR T No B-ALL, NHL, CLL, WM Not reported Not reported

BNT162b2;

ChAdOx1

1 month

Quantitative double-antigen sandwich immunoassays (Roche, Basel, Switzerland);

 > 0.4 µ/ml

Thomas Gastinne [38] France/2021 1, 2 23 (23) CAR T 25 (25) Healthy controls Lymphoma, ALL 62 (21–79) 39.1% BNT162b2 29 (16–32) days after 1st dose and 52 (21–99) days after 2nd dose Several serological techniques but mainly the Roche Elecsys assay

Age is expressed as median (range) or median ± quartile

AA aplastic anemia, AML acute myeloid leukemia, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-ALL B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, BPDCN blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, CML chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, DLBCL diffuse large B cell lymphoma, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma, HL Hodgkin lymphoma, LBCL large B-cell lymphoma, MCL mantle cell lymphoma, FL follicular lymphoma, MM multiple myeloma, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, MF myelofibrosis, MPN myeloproliferative neoplasia, MPS Myeloproliferative syndrome, NNAA nonlymphoid and nonmyeloid aplastic anemia, SA systemic mastocytosis, WM Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia