Dynamic re-immunization of off-treatment childhood cancer survivors: An implementation feasibility study.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
There are no universally approved re-vaccination guidelines for non-transplant pediatric cancer survivors. We hypothesized that by utilizing a response-based re-vaccination schedule, we could tailor vaccine schedules in off-treatment cancer survivors. Pre-vaccination antibody levels were obtained in 7 patients at an average of 20 days after the end of treatment date. In those without protective antibody levels, we administered vaccines 3 months after completion of treatment. Revaccinating patients 3 months after the end of treatment date resulted in protective antibody levels for most vaccines. We showed, on a preliminary basis, that vaccinating non-transplanted pediatric cancer survivors can be dynamically implemented in children with recovering immune function.
Publication Title
PLoS One
ISSN
1932-6203
Volume
13
Issue
2
First Page
0191804
Last Page
0191804
Recommended Citation
Han, Jennifer H; Kathryn M Harmoney; Elif Dokmeci; Jacqueline Torrez; Cathy M Chavez; Loretta Cordova de Ortega; John F Kuttesch; Martha Muller; and Stuart S Winter.
"Dynamic re-immunization of off-treatment childhood cancer survivors: An implementation feasibility study.."
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