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12-05-2024 | SARS-CoV-2 | Original Research

Comprehensive procedure for injecting Evusheld® for hematological diseases in a single institute

Authors: Osamu Imataki, Shunsuke Yoshida, Tomoya Ishida, Makiko Uemura, Haruyuki Fujita, Norimitsu Kadowaki

Published in: Annals of Hematology | Issue 8/2024

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Abstract

Tixagevimab and cilgavimab (EVA, Evusheld®), monoclonal antibody combination treatments, consisted of two neutralizing antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). EVA showed prophylactic and therapeutic effects against coronavirus disease 2019. The Japanese Society of Hematology recommended EVA for such patients with active treatment, but each institution decided on comprehensive administration. We develop a systematic procedure for comprehensive EVA injection prophylactically in patients with hematological malignancies without any over/under-indication. We listed all patients with the required indications from November 2022 to March 2023. We included 178 cases, 84 females and 94 males, with a median age of 70 (range: 19–90) years. Underlying diseases are myeloid neoplasms in 36 (20%), lymphoid neoplasms in 75 (73%), and others. Indications were intensively hematological malignancy treatment, rituximab treatment within 12 months, burton kinase inhibitor treatment, after chimeric antigen receptor T cell immunotherapy, and after stem cell transplantation in 74 (41%), 73 (41%), 3 (2%), 5 (3%), and 23 (13%) cases, respectively. Of the 178 cases, 22 (12.4%) refused EVA injection. Further, 42 and 136 cases were administered outpatient and inpatient, respectively. Over 95% of the listed cases received EVA injection within 3 months. No severe toxicities were observed among them (N = 156), and 8 (5.2%) cases had breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection, which was significantly lower (P = 0.02) than those without EVA (4 [18.2%] of 22 cases). Both groups showed no moderate or severe infection cases. This single-center experience showed that comprehensive EVA injection management effectively generated safer completion with preferable clinical impact.
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Metadata
Title
Comprehensive procedure for injecting Evusheld® for hematological diseases in a single institute
Authors
Osamu Imataki
Shunsuke Yoshida
Tomoya Ishida
Makiko Uemura
Haruyuki Fujita
Norimitsu Kadowaki
Publication date
12-05-2024
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Annals of Hematology / Issue 8/2024
Print ISSN: 0939-5555
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0584
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-024-05792-y

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