Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Serological Testing in Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Other Hematologic Malignancies on Monoclonal Antibody Therapies.

COVID-19 M-spike SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactivity hematological malignancy multiple myeloma serology therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

Journal

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2075-4418
Titre abrégé: Diagnostics (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101658402

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Nov 2020
Historique:
received: 04 11 2020
revised: 19 11 2020
accepted: 20 11 2020
entrez: 1 12 2020
pubmed: 2 12 2020
medline: 2 12 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Patients with hematological malignancies (HM), including multiple myeloma (MM), frequently suffer from immune deficiency-associated infectious complications because of both the disease and the treatment. Alarming results from China and the UK confirm the vulnerability of HM patients to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection-driven coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Given that the immunoassay interference from the endogenous monoclonal immunoglobulin (M paraprotein) and treatment antibodies continually challenges the MM management, it is critical to evaluate the SARS-CoV-2 serology tests for suspected interference/cross-reactivity. We compared the degree of interference in three SARS-CoV-2 serology assay platforms in HM patients with and without COVID-19 and on various therapeutic monoclonal antibody (t-mAb) treatments. Further, we confirmed the cross-reactivity in pooled samples from normal and COVID-19 + samples spiked with respective antibodies in vitro. None of the 93 HM patient samples with or without t-MAbs showed cross-reactivity on any of the three serology platforms tested. The tested three serologic assays for SARS-CoV-2 are specific and do not have cross-reactivity with M-components or t-MAbs indicating that they can be used safely in oncology practice and in research exploring the immunologic response to COVID-19 in patients with HM.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Patients with hematological malignancies (HM), including multiple myeloma (MM), frequently suffer from immune deficiency-associated infectious complications because of both the disease and the treatment. Alarming results from China and the UK confirm the vulnerability of HM patients to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection-driven coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Given that the immunoassay interference from the endogenous monoclonal immunoglobulin (M paraprotein) and treatment antibodies continually challenges the MM management, it is critical to evaluate the SARS-CoV-2 serology tests for suspected interference/cross-reactivity.
METHODS METHODS
We compared the degree of interference in three SARS-CoV-2 serology assay platforms in HM patients with and without COVID-19 and on various therapeutic monoclonal antibody (t-mAb) treatments. Further, we confirmed the cross-reactivity in pooled samples from normal and COVID-19 + samples spiked with respective antibodies in vitro.
RESULTS RESULTS
None of the 93 HM patient samples with or without t-MAbs showed cross-reactivity on any of the three serology platforms tested.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The tested three serologic assays for SARS-CoV-2 are specific and do not have cross-reactivity with M-components or t-MAbs indicating that they can be used safely in oncology practice and in research exploring the immunologic response to COVID-19 in patients with HM.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33255154
pii: diagnostics10120992
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10120992
pmc: PMC7760559
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Lenin Mahimainathan (L)

Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Madhusudhanan Narasimhan (M)

Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Rolando Corchado (R)

William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (CUH), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.

Hetalkumari Patel (H)

Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Ankit Kansagra (A)

Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Sridevi Devaraj (S)

Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Praveen Ramakrishnan Geethakumari (PR)

Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation, Harold. C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

Alagarraju Muthukumar (A)

Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.

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