Individual patient and donor seroprofiles in convalescent plasma treatment of COVID-19 in REMAP-CAP clinical trial - 13/02/25

Summary |
Objectives |
Convalescent plasma (CP) treatment of COVID-19 has shown significant therapeutic effect only when administered early. We investigated the importance of patient and CP seroprofiles on treatment outcome in REMAP-CAP CP trial.
Methods |
We evaluated neutralising antibodies (nAb), anti-spike (S) IgM, IgG, IgG avidity, IgG fucosylation and respiratory viral loads in a sub-set of patients (n=80) and controls (n=51) before and after transfusion, comparing them to those in the CP units (n=157) they received.
Results |
Most patients were SARS-CoV-2 seropositive pre-transfusion (72% nAb; 89% S-IgG seropositivity). The majority (80%) had higher pre-transfusion S-IgG levels (median 1.7×106 arbitrary units (AU); 56%) or S-IgG production rates (median 1.1×106 AU/day; 64%) than they received from CP (median 2.2×105 AU). Only 22% of the patients demonstrated significant (median 24-fold) increase in their S-IgG levels acquired from transfusion. Better outcomes, measured by organ support-free days, were associated with increase in S-IgM levels (p=0.007), decreased S-IgG fucosylation (p<0.001), lower patient age (p<0.001) but not with receiving CP (p=0.337).
Conclusions |
Based on our data, increased S-antibody levels linked to transfused CP were only observed in pre-seroconversion or immunodeficient patients lacking their own SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, representing the groups where CP treatment has previously shown most benefit.
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• | Early convalescent plasma treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients is important. |
• | Seroprofiles of patients and transfused plasma were compared at individual level. |
• | Most patients, with primary SARS-CoV-2 infection, were seropositive pre-transfusion. |
• | Transfused antibody quantity was low compared to endogenous Ab and de novo production. |
• | Pre-seroconversion patients, or presently the immunodeficient, should be treated instead. |
Keywords : Infectious diseases, Transfusion medicine, Critical care, Virology, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Convalescent plasma treatment, Serology, Antibodies
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Vol 90 - N° 2
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