Prospective Observational Study of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies: Adverse Events, Breakthrough Infections and Survival Outcomes
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Recognition of Adverse Events
2.4. Detection of Breakthrough COVID-19 Infection
2.5. Statistical Analysis and Outcomes
3. Results
3.1. Adverse Events after the Primary Course of Vaccination
3.2. Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections
3.3. Thoracic Malignancies Treatment Outcomes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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N = 98 | |
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Age in years, median (range) | 63.5 (24–81) |
Sex, n (%) | |
Male | 54 (55%) |
Female | 44 (45%) |
Cancer type, n (%) | |
NSCLC * | 87 (89%) |
SCLC ** | 6 (6%) |
MPM *** | 5 (5%) |
Stage, n (%) | |
Limited | 8 (8%) |
Locoregionally advanced | 2 (2%) |
Metastatic | 88 (90%) |
Anticancer therapy, n (%) | |
Chemotherapy | 16 (16%) |
Chemotherapy + ICI | 20 (20%) |
ICI alone | 27 (28%) |
Targeted therapy | 35 (36%) |
Receiving systemic therapy at the time of vaccination, n (%) | |
Yes | 88 (90%) |
No | 10 (10%) |
Positive SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies prior to vaccination, n (%) † | |
No | 79 (81%) |
Yes | 19 (19%) |
No. of vaccine doses received | |
First dose | 98 (100%) |
Second dose | 95 (97%) |
Third dose | 57 (58%) |
Type of primary vaccination received, n (%) | |
mRNA-based BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) | 91 (91%) |
mRNA-based mRNA-1273 (Moderna) | 3 (4%) |
Vector-based vaccine AZD1222 (AstraZeneca) | 4 (5%) |
Type of booster 3rd dose vaccination received, n (%) | |
mRNA-based BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) | 57 (100%) |
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Janzic, U.; Janzic, A.; Agbarya, A.; Bidovec-Stojkovic, U.; Mohorcic, K.; Caks, M.; Korosec, P.; Rijavec, M.; Skof, E. Prospective Observational Study of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies: Adverse Events, Breakthrough Infections and Survival Outcomes. Biomedicines 2024, 12, 535. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030535
Janzic U, Janzic A, Agbarya A, Bidovec-Stojkovic U, Mohorcic K, Caks M, Korosec P, Rijavec M, Skof E. Prospective Observational Study of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies: Adverse Events, Breakthrough Infections and Survival Outcomes. Biomedicines. 2024; 12(3):535. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030535
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanzic, Urska, Andrej Janzic, Abed Agbarya, Urska Bidovec-Stojkovic, Katja Mohorcic, Marina Caks, Peter Korosec, Matija Rijavec, and Erik Skof. 2024. "Prospective Observational Study of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies: Adverse Events, Breakthrough Infections and Survival Outcomes" Biomedicines 12, no. 3: 535. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030535
APA StyleJanzic, U., Janzic, A., Agbarya, A., Bidovec-Stojkovic, U., Mohorcic, K., Caks, M., Korosec, P., Rijavec, M., & Skof, E. (2024). Prospective Observational Study of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Thoracic Malignancies: Adverse Events, Breakthrough Infections and Survival Outcomes. Biomedicines, 12(3), 535. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030535