Safety and humoral immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine administered as a fourth dose booster following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and a third dose of BNT162b2 (COV009) : a prospective cohort study

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Objectives: evaluation of the safety and humoral immunogenicity of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 as a fourth dose booster in individuals who have had two initial doses of the vaccine and a third dose of BNT162b2. 

Methods: COV009 is a safety follow-up study of volunteers enroled in the pivotal pre-licensure ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. In this sub-study, 149 eligible participants were given a fourth dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. Primary outcomes were reactogenicity, safety, and humoral immunogenicity. Anti-spike IgG and pseudo-neutralising antibody against multiple variants were measured from pre-first dose to 28 days post-second and post-fourth dose (third dose samples were unavailable). 

Results: a fourth dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 had an acceptable safety profile with no vaccine-related serious adverse events. Humoral responses against various SARS CoV-2 variants post-fourth dose were significantly increased compared with the responses after the second dose (7- to 9-fold increase for anti-spike IgG responses across variants, all p<0.05). Those with lower antibody levels prior to the 4th dose had stronger responses to a 4th dose booster. Seropositivity by anti-nucleocapsid, or higher antibody responses pre-fourth dose correlated with lower infection risks six months thereafter (OR: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.05, 0.50).

Conclusions: the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 fourth dose is well tolerated and boosts humoral immunity; this was evident as an increased humoral response across multiple variants of concern. These data support its use as a booster dose against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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