Table 2

Humoral and cellular immune responses before and after revaccination

AllNon-RTXRTX
N=66N=33N=33
BeforeAfterP value*BeforeAfterBeforeAfterP value†
Seroconversion (anti-Spike S1 IgG)
Negative, N (%)66 (100)33 (50.8)<0.000133 (100)6 (18.7)33 (100)27 (81.8)<0.0001
Positive, N (%)0 (0)32 (49.2)0 (0)26 (78.8)0 (0)6 (18.2)
Missing, N010100
Neutralising capacity
Negative, N (%)50 (89.3)31 (50.0)<0.000124 (80.0)6 (20.0)26 (100)25 (78.1)<0.0001
Positive, N (%)6 (10.7)31 (50.0)6 (20.0)24 (80.0)0 (0)7 (21.9)
Missing, N1043371
Anti-spike S1 IFN-gamma
Negative, N (%)22 (40.7)16 (26.7)0.0812 (54.5)12 (40.0)10 (31.2)4 (13.3)0.039
Positive, N (%)32 (59.3)44 (73.3)10 (45.5)18 (60.0)22 (68.8)26 (86.7)
Missing, N12611313
  • The number of patients with non-missing data constitute the denominator in all cross-tabulations.

  • *McNemar test for paired categorical data before and after third vaccination.

  • †Fisher exact test comparing proportions after third vaccination.

  • IFN, interferon ; RTX, rituximab.