Vogrig Alberto, Tartaglia Sara, Dentoni Marta, Fabris Martina, Bax Francesco, Belluzzo Marco, Verriello Lorenzo, Bagatto Daniele, Gastaldi Matteo, Tocco Pierluigi, Zoccarato Marco, Zuliani Luigi, Pilotto Andrea, Padovani Alessandro, Villagrán-García Macarena, Davy Vincent, Gigli Gian Luigi, Honnorat Jérôme, Valente Mariarosaria
Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Clinical Neurology, Department of Head-Neck and Neuroscience, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASU FC), Udine, Italy.
Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 5;15:1344184. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1344184. eCollection 2024.
COVID-19 vaccines have been approved due to their excellent safety and efficacy data and their use has also permitted to reduce neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2. However, clinical trials were underpowered to detect rare adverse events. Herein, the aim was to characterize the clinical spectrum and immunological features of central nervous system (CNS) immune-related events following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
Multicenter, retrospective, cohort study (December 1, 2020-April 30, 2022). Inclusion criteria were (1) CNS disorders developing after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (probable causal relationship as per 2021 Butler criteria) (2); evidence for an immune-mediated etiology, as per (i) 2016 Graus criteria for autoimmune encephalitis (AE); (ii) 2015 Wingerchuk criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders; (iii) criteria for myelitis.
Nineteen patients were included from 7 tertiary referral hospitals across Italy and France (one of them being a national referral center for AE), over almost 1 year and half of vaccination campaign. Vaccines administered were mRNA-based (63%) and adenovirus-vectored (37%). The median time between vaccination and symptoms onset was 14 days (range: 2-41 days). CSF was inflammatory in 74%; autoantibodies were detected in 5%. CSF cytokine analysis (n=3) revealed increased CXCL-10 (IP-10), suggesting robust T-cell activation. The patients had AE (58%), myelitis (21%), acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) (16%), and brainstem encephalitis (5%). All patients but 2 received immunomodulatory treatment. At last follow-up (median 130 days; range: 32-540), only one patient (5%) had a mRS>2.
CNS adverse events of COVID-19 vaccination appear to be very rare even at reference centers and consist mostly of antibody-negative AE, myelitis, and ADEM developing approximately 2 weeks after vaccination. Most patients improve following immunomodulatory treatment.
由于新冠病毒疫苗具有出色的安全性和有效性数据,已获批准使用,其应用也有助于减少新冠病毒的神经并发症。然而,临床试验检测罕见不良事件的能力不足。在此,目的是描述新冠病毒疫苗接种后中枢神经系统(CNS)免疫相关事件的临床谱和免疫学特征。
多中心、回顾性队列研究(2020年12月1日至2022年4月30日)。纳入标准为:(1)新冠病毒疫苗接种后发生的中枢神经系统疾病(根据2021年巴特勒标准可能存在因果关系);(2)根据以下标准有免疫介导病因的证据:(i)2016年Graus自身免疫性脑炎(AE)标准;(ii)2015年Wingerchuk视神经脊髓炎谱系障碍标准;(iii)脊髓炎标准。
在意大利和法国的7家三级转诊医院(其中一家是AE国家转诊中心)纳入了19例患者,研究历时近一年半的疫苗接种活动。所接种的疫苗中,基于mRNA的占63%,腺病毒载体的占37%。接种疫苗至症状出现的中位时间为14天(范围:2 - 41天)。74%的患者脑脊液呈炎性;5%检测到自身抗体。脑脊液细胞因子分析(n = 3)显示CXCL - 10(IP - 10)升高,提示T细胞强烈激活。患者患有AE(58%)、脊髓炎(21%)、急性播散性脑脊髓炎(ADEM)(16%)和脑干脑炎(5%)。除2例患者外,所有患者均接受了免疫调节治疗。在最后一次随访时(中位时间130天;范围:32 - 540天),只有1例患者(5%)改良Rankin量表评分>2分。
即使在转诊中心,新冠病毒疫苗接种后的中枢神经系统不良事件似乎也非常罕见,主要包括抗体阴性的AE、脊髓炎和接种疫苗约2周后发生的ADEM。大多数患者经免疫调节治疗后病情改善。