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Evaluation of Immunologic Response Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Cancer

Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm
COVID-19 Infection
Interventions
Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Other: Survey Administration
Registration Number
NCT05228275
Lead Sponsor
Children's Oncology Group
Brief Summary

This study evaluates immunologic response following COVID-19 vaccination in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. Vaccines work by stimulating the body's immune cells to respond against a specific disease. The immune response produces protection from that disease. Effects from cancer and from treatments for cancer can reduce the body's natural disease fighting ability (called immunity). Factors such as vaccine type, timing of vaccine dosing related to treatment for cancer and number of vaccine doses or "boosts" (extra vaccine shots) may strengthen or diminish the body's protective immune response. This study may help researchers learn more about how the body's immune system responds to the COVID-19 vaccine when the vaccination is given during or after cancer treatment.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Characterize the immunologic response following severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus (CoV)-2 vaccination in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer who are currently receiving or who recently completed treatment with immunosuppressive therapy.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Describe the rate of post-vaccination symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections. II. Assess the durability of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine over 2 years.

III. Describe the longer-term impacts of vaccine immune response including subsequent COVID-19-related serious illness.

IV. To help guide future vaccine dosing and timing, at each SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose administration determine the degree of:

IVa. Lymphopenia (absolute lymphocyte count cells/mm\^3); IVb. Helper T-cell suppression (CD4 count); IVc. B-cell suppression (CD19 count). V. Provide a mechanism for data collection and banking of biospecimens for use in research regarding immune response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive COVID-19 vaccine per standard of care. Patients also complete a survey at 1 month and undergo collection of blood samples at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. Patients may complete an additional survey at 1 month after each vaccine boost and undergo collection of blood samples before each vaccine boost, 1 month after each vaccine boost, and at the time of COVID-19 infection.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
549
Inclusion Criteria
  • >= 6 months and =< 37 years of age at time of enrollment

  • Patient plans to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose one of the food and drug administration (FDA) approved/FDA-emergency use authorization (EUA) approved COVID-19 vaccines OR patient already received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose =< 24 months prior to enrollment using one of the FDA approved/FDA-EUA approved COVID-19 vaccines.

    • Note: for this observational study, the decision to vaccinate is according to local discretion and should be made prior to consideration of enrollment
  • Must have a diagnosis of cancer

  • Patient must be undergoing or have previously received one of the following cancer treatments within 12 months before their first COVID-19 vaccine dose:

    • Dosing with chemotherapy or immunotherapy agent, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors and small molecule inhibitors targeting cancer
    • Dosing with monoclonal antibodies targeting B-cell antigens (e.g., Rituximab), or Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors or Janus Kinase inhibitors
    • Stem cell infusion for bone marrow transplant or CAR-T infusion for cellular therapy
  • A patient enrolling prior to their first COVID-19 vaccine dose is eligible only if it is feasible to collect required baseline study specimens within protocol mandated time period prior to the initial COVID-19 vaccine dose; or a patient who already received a COVID-19 vaccine is eligible only if feasible to collect at least one post-first-dose follow-up specimen (i.e., at minimum, collection of the 24m PFD follow-up specimen must be feasible as per timing requirements

    • Note: for this observational study, the vaccine timing and regimen will proceed according to local discretion. Patients enrolled prior to their first COVID-19 vaccine dose who do not receive initial vaccine dose within 3 months after enrollment will be taken off study
  • All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent

  • All institutional, FDA, and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

Exclusion Criteria
  • Documented SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody infusion or convalescent plasma after COVID-19 infection within last 90 days

    • Note: patients with previous COVID-19 infection are eligible as long as requirements are met. Patients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) therapy (i.e., post bone marrow transplantation [BMT] or chimeric antigen receptor [CAR]-T) are eligible
  • Patients undergoing radiation therapy only are ineligible

    • Reminder: before the planned initial COVID-19 vaccine dose, patient must be undergoing or have received cancer treatments

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Observational (survey, biospecimen collection)Survey AdministrationPatients receive COVID-19 vaccine per standard of care. Patients also complete a survey at 1 month and undergo collection of blood samples at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. Patients may complete an additional survey at 1 month after each vaccine boost and undergo collection of blood samples before each vaccine boost, 1 month after each vaccine boost, and at the time of COVID-19 infection.
Observational (survey, biospecimen collection)Biospecimen CollectionPatients receive COVID-19 vaccine per standard of care. Patients also complete a survey at 1 month and undergo collection of blood samples at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. Patients may complete an additional survey at 1 month after each vaccine boost and undergo collection of blood samples before each vaccine boost, 1 month after each vaccine boost, and at the time of COVID-19 infection.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific protective antibodies24 months following initial vaccination with a protocol-approved COVID-19 vaccine

Will report the proportion of patients with a serologic response to a protocol-approved COVID-19 vaccine, captured using a test for SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies via immunoassay, and will report a corresponding 95% confidence interval.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (72)

Children's Hospital of Alabama

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Kingman Regional Medical Center

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Kingman, Arizona, United States

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

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Oakland, California, United States

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

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San Diego, California, United States

Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

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Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Children's National Medical Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

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Fort Myers, Florida, United States

University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville

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Gainesville, Florida, United States

Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

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Hollywood, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

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Miami, Florida, United States

Nemours Children's Hospital

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Orlando, Florida, United States

Sacred Heart Hospital

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Pensacola, Florida, United States

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

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Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States

Tampa General Hospital

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

University of Illinois

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Maine Children's Cancer Program

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Scarborough, Maine, United States

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

C S Mott Children's Hospital

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Bronson Methodist Hospital

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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Corewell Health Children's

🇺🇸

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Mercy Hospital Saint Louis

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha

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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

University of Nebraska Medical Center

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Las Vegas Urology - Pebble

🇺🇸

Henderson, Nevada, United States

Las Vegas Urology - Pecos

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

GenesisCare USA - Las Vegas

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Las Vegas Urology - Cathedral Rock

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Las Vegas Urology - Smoke Ranch

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada - Town Center

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Hope Cancer Care of Nevada-Pahrump

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Pahrump, Nevada, United States

Renown Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Reno, Nevada, United States

Radiation Oncology Associates

🇺🇸

Reno, Nevada, United States

Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Albany Medical Center

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Albany, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center-Einstein Campus

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Bronx, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Hospital

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Bronx, New York, United States

Children's Hospital at Montefiore

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Dayton Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Drexel University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Rhode Island Hospital

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

🇺🇸

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

East Tennessee Childrens Hospital

🇺🇸

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

Driscoll Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

University of Virginia Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Overlake Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Madigan Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center Green Bay

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Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield

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Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer Center at Sturgeon Bay

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Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States

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