Study reveals vaccine response in Immune-Compromised patients
NCT ID NCT05286242
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how people with autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis or blistering skin conditions respond to COVID-19 vaccines while on B-cell depleting therapies. Researchers measured antibody levels and T-cell activity over time to understand vaccine effectiveness in this group. The goal is to help doctors make better vaccination decisions for immunodeficient patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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196 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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May 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
There will be four groups of participants overall: * Patients with autoimmune neurologic/autoimmune blistering disease (AIBD) who are on B-cell depleting therapy (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies) * Patients with autoimmune neurologic/AIBD who are on other types of immunomodulators * Patients with autoimmune neurologic/AIBD who are untreated * Healthy controls
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Subjects with neurologic/immunologic condition: * at least 18 years of age * Known diagnosis of autoimmune neurologic disease (e.g. multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) -associated disorder) or autoimmune blistering disease (AIBD). * EITHER: * Treated with an anti-CD20 (rituximab, ocrelizumab) medications for \>6 months at the time of vaccination (B-cell depletion therapy, BCDT) * On no immunomodulatory therapy for their autoimmune condition for \>6 months at the time of vaccination * Treated with a non-BCDT immunotherapy * No relapse of neurologic/immunologic disease for \>6 months prior to the time of enrollment * Subject is eligible and willing to receive COVID-19 vaccination in accordance with local and national guidelines, or subject intends to receive booster COVID-19 vaccination in accordance with recommendations from their primary medical team. * No active skin condition (e.g. open sores) preventing blood draw Healthy Controls: * at least 18 years of age * No evidence of neurological/immunologic disease/illness/condition * Subject is eligible and willing to receive COVID-19 vaccination in accordance with local and national guidelines, or subject intends to receive booster COVID-19 vaccination in accordance with recommendations from their primary medical team. * No active skin condition (e.g. open sores) preventing blood draw/skin biopsy Exclusion Criteria: * Use of high dose steroids for treatment of neurologic/immunologic disease within 1 month of COVID-19 vaccination * Anti-CD20 B-cell depleting therapy infused within 2 weeks of first study visit * Inability to comply with the requirements of the protocol, in the opinion of the primary investigator
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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