- Figueiredo, Jane;
- Levy, Julia;
- Choi, So;
- Xu, Alexander;
- Merin, Noah;
- Hamid, Omid;
- Lemos, Tucker;
- Nguyen, Nathalie;
- Nadri, Maimoona;
- Gonzalez, Alma;
- Mahov, Simeon;
- Darrah, Justin;
- Gong, Jun;
- Paquette, Ronald;
- Mita, Alain;
- Vescio, Robert;
- Salvy, Sarah;
- Mehmi, Inderjit;
- Hendifar, Andrew;
- Natale, Ronald;
- Tourtellotte, Warren;
- Ramanujan, V;
- Huynh, Carissa;
- Sobhani, Kimia;
- Reckamp, Karen;
- Merchant, Akil
Patients with cancer are at increased risk of death from COVID-19 and have reduced immune responses to SARS-CoV2 vaccines, necessitating regular boosters. We performed comprehensive chart reviews, surveys of patients attitudes, serology for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and T cell receptor (TCR) β sequencing for cellular responses on a cohort of 982 cancer patients receiving active cancer therapy accrued between November-3-2020 and Mar-31-2023. We found that 92 · 3% of patients received the primer vaccine, 70 · 8% received one monovalent booster, but only 30 · 1% received a bivalent booster. Booster uptake was lower under age 50, and among African American or Hispanic patients. Nearly all patients seroconverted after 2+ booster vaccinations (>99%) and improved cellular responses, demonstrating that repeated boosters could overcome poor response to vaccination. Receipt of booster vaccinations was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality (HR = 0 · 61, p = 0 · 024). Booster uptake in high-risk cancer patients remains low and strategies to encourage booster uptake are needed.