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Author: Thomopoulos, Thomas P.; Rosati, Margherita; Terpos, Evangelos; Stellas, Dimitris; Hu, Xintao; Karaliota, Sevasti; Bouchla, Anthi; Katagas, Ioannis; Antoniadou, Anastasia; Mentis, Andreas; Papageorgiou, Sotirios G.; Politou, Marianna; Bear, Jenifer; Donohue, Duncan; Kotanidou, Anastasia; Kalomenidis, Ioannis; Korompoki, Eleni; Burns, Robert; Pagoni, Maria; Grouzi, Elisavet; Labropoulou, Stavroula; Stamoulis, Kostantinos; Bamias, Aristotelis; Tsiodras, Sotirios; Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios; Pavlakis, George N.; Pappa, Vasiliki; Felber, Barbara K.
Title: Kinetics of Nucleocapsid, Spike and Neutralizing Antibodies, and Viral Load in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Treated with Convalescent Plasma
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  • Document date: 2021_9_15
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    Snippet: COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. Despite meticulous research, only dexamethasone has shown consistent mortality reduction. Convalescent plasma (CP) infusion might also develop into a safe and effective treatment modality on the basis of recent studies and meta-analyses; however, little is known regarding the kinetics of antibodies in CP recipients. To evaluate the kinetics, we followed 31 CP recipients longitudinally enrolled at a median of 3 days post symptom o
    Document: COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. Despite meticulous research, only dexamethasone has shown consistent mortality reduction. Convalescent plasma (CP) infusion might also develop into a safe and effective treatment modality on the basis of recent studies and meta-analyses; however, little is known regarding the kinetics of antibodies in CP recipients. To evaluate the kinetics, we followed 31 CP recipients longitudinally enrolled at a median of 3 days post symptom onset for changes in binding and neutralizing antibody titers and viral loads. Antibodies against the complete trimeric Spike protein and the receptor-binding domain (Spike-RBD), as well as against the complete Nucleocapsid protein and the RNA binding domain (N-RBD) were determined at baseline and weekly following CP infusion. Neutralizing antibody (pseudotype NAb) titers were determined at the same time points. Viral loads were determined semi-quantitatively by SARS-CoV-2 PCR. Patients with low humoral responses at entry showed a robust increase of antibodies to all SARS-CoV-2 proteins and Nab, reaching peak levels within 2 weeks. The rapid increase in binding and neutralizing antibodies was paralleled by a concomitant clearance of the virus within the same timeframe. Patients with high humoral responses at entry demonstrated low or no further increases; however, virus clearance followed the same trajectory as in patients with low antibody response at baseline. Together, the sequential immunological and virological analysis of this well-defined cohort of patients early in infection shows the presence of high levels of binding and neutralizing antibodies and potent clearance of the virus.

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