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Guidance on the Use of Convalescent Plasma to Treat Immunocompromised Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 76, Issue 11, Pages 2018-2024

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad066

Keywords

passive immunization; plasma; antibodies; immunocompromised host

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This viewpoint provides expert guidance on the use of convalescent plasma for treating immunocompromised patients with COVID-19, including indications, dosage, frequency/schedule, and duration of treatment. English summary rating: 8/10
This viewpoint offers expert guidance for the use of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) convalescent plasma (CCP) to treat immunocompromised patients with acute or protracted COVID-19, addressing indications, dosage, frequency/schedule, and duration of treatment, along with the evidence and associated challenges of use. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) convalescent plasma (CCP) is a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19 in immunocompromised (IC) patients. IC patients have a higher risk of persistent infection, severe disease, and death from COVID-19. Despite the continued clinical use of CCP to treat IC patients, the optimal dose, frequency/schedule, and duration of CCP treatment has yet to be determined, and related best practices guidelines are lacking. A group of individuals with expertise spanning infectious diseases, virology and transfusion medicine was assembled to render an expert opinion statement pertaining to the use of CCP for IC patients. For optimal effect, CCP should be recently and locally collected to match circulating variant. CCP should be considered for the treatment of IC patients with acute and protracted COVID-19; dosage depends on clinical setting (acute vs protracted COVID-19). CCP containing high-titer severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies, retains activity against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, which have otherwise rendered monoclonal antibodies ineffective.

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