Until then, patients who received J&J or any other non-mRNA vaccine should consider an additional dose and talk to their healthcare provider. CDC has indicated that additional guidance will be forthcoming for patients who received the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. LLS recommends that blood cancer patients who received two doses of either Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccine get an additional dose according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised. Get vaccinated, continue to take preventive precautions “However, while vaccination offers protection to the majority of blood cancer patients, some will not mount a full antibody response even with this additional dose.” Gwen Nichols, Chief Medical Officer at LLS. “The additional COVID-19 vaccine dose appears to be improving immune response in many people with blood cancer-one of many conditions that can suppress a person’s immune system,” said Dr. The study was published this week in the journal Cancer Cell (see full study and tables).
The study also showed that patients who had detectable antibodies after the first two vaccine doses had increased levels after the third dose. Rye Brook, N.Y., Septem– More than one in two patients with B-cell blood cancers produced antibodies to a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine despite having no detectable antibodies after the first two doses, according to a new study from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Immune suppressing treatments - an essential component of many patient's cancer care - can blunt vaccine immune response The Trish Greene Back to School Program.
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