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Transplant: No or Few Antibodies after COVID Vaccination

Transplants | Last Active: Mar 7, 2022 | Replies (193)
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@hello1234

Hi @athenalee ! Great to see you in this discussion! 🙂 Have you seen any info regarding transplant patients taking the J&J vaccine? (As you know, I am on the exact same medication as you and I am one year out from transplant too).... Do you know if J&J is a possibility for us too?

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athenalee | @athenalee | Sep 10, 2021

Hey @hello1234, hope you’re doing well. My transplant team said we should get a booster only by the same manufacturer as our original shots.

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nanmargaret | @nanmargaret | Sep 13, 2021

@hello1234
Here is an article about a JH study comparing mRNA and J&J response in tx patients from Aug 2021
https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/Fulltext/2021/08000/Antibody_Response_to_the_Janssen_COVID_19_Vaccine.35.aspx
In this very small study J&J evoked much less response. (Need to clarify if this was an initial dose or a third, following two mRNA doses?)
It is encouraging, though, that @diana61 had a robust response to J&J as a third vaccine! As did the transplant doctor/patient in the video.
I'm in the JH study and had a third dose of Moderna, which again produced NO antibodies 🙁
I live in Gainesville FL and am having to be more cautious than ever with the high rates of infection and lack of masking by many.

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