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Table 1 Main characteristics of included studies and subjects

From: Immunogenicity and safety of heterologous versus homologous prime-boost schedules with an adenoviral vectored and mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a systematic review

First author

Year

Country

Design

Vaccination schedule

Prime-boost interval (days)

N

Age (years)

Male (n,%)

Boost-outcomes interval

Outcomes

Louise Benning [21]

2021

Germany

Prospective cohort

ChAd/ChAd

82 (82–83)a

17

55 (33–60)a

6 (35)

20 (19–21)a

Anti-S1 IgG, SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies, IgG antibodies against different SARS-CoV-2 target antigens

    

ChAd/BNT

83 (77–84)a

35

30 (24–45)a

12 (34)

20 (19–21)a

    

BNT/BNT

20 (20–20)a

82

45 (33–56)a

19 (23)

20 (19–21)a

Joana Barros-Martins [12]

2021

Germany

Retrospective cohort

ChAd/ChAd

73 (45–85)a

32

41 (21–64)a

12 (38)

16 (13–22)a

Anti-S IgG, Anti-S IgA, Neutralizing Antibodies, frequency and phenotype of B cells and T cells

    

ChAd/BNT

74 (62–84)a

55

39 (22–61)a

15 (27)

17 (13–23)a

    

BNT/BNT

22 (18–28)a

21

38 (23–59)a

9 (43)

30 (15–65)a

Xinxue Liu [14]

2021

UK

RCT

ChAd/ChAd

28

90c

25d

57.6 (50.1–69.1)ac

55.3 (50.7–64.1)ad

52 (58)c

12 (48)d

28

Anti spike IgG, Normalised NT50(Live virus neutralising antibody), NT50(Pseudotype virus neutralising antibody), SFC per million PBMCs, Adverse events

    

ChAd/BNT

28

90c

24d

57.6 (50.1–69.1)ac

58.9 (51.8–68.3)ad

50 (56)c

15 (63)d

28

    

BNT/BNT

28

93c

26d

57.7 (50.2–69.3)ac

54.7 (50.1–67.2)ad

44 (47)c

14 (54)d

28

    

BNT/ChAd

28

90c

25d

56.1 (50.5–68.9)ac

55.8 (51.4–67.0)ad

49 (54)c

15 (60)d

28

Alexandre Vallée [28]

2021

France

Retrospective, cross-sectional

ChAd/BNT

84 (3)a

130

37 (13)a

26 (20)

38 (7)a

Anti spike IgG

    

BNT/BNT

27 (6)a

67

32 (11)a

8 (12)

42 (9)a

Tina Schmidt [26]

2021

Germany

Cohort

ChAd/ChAd

10.8 ± 1.4weekb

55

48.6 ± 11.9b

20 (36)

14 (2)a

Spike-specific IgG, neutralizing antibody, spike-specific CD4 and CD9 T cells, B cells, Adverse events

    

ChAd/BNT

11.2 ± 1.3weekb

97

40.8 ± 11.1b

26 (27)

14 (1)a

    

BNT/BNT

4.3 ± 1.1weeksb

64

44.7 ± 14.3b

18 (28)

14 (1.25)a

David Hillus [13]

2021

Germany

Prospective cohort

ChAd/ChAd

83 (71–84)a

36c

36d

51 (33–59)ac

51 (33–59)ad

13 (36)c

13 (36)d

24 (20–28)a

full spike-IgG, S1-IgG, RBD-IgG, neutralising antibody, IFN-γ

    

ChAd/BNT

71 (70–73)a

104c

94d

37 (29–51)c

37 (29–48)ad

26 (25)c

23 (24)d

21 (20–21)a

    

BNT/BNT

21 (21–21)a

159c

101d

34 (29–43)c

35 (30–47)ad

72 (45)c

28 (28)d

28 (27–31)a

Dorit Fabricius [15]

2021

Germany

Cohort

BNT/BNT

German guidelines

15

47 (26–64)a

3 (20)

14 or 21a

Neutralization capacities, anti-spike IgG titers, IFN-γ

    

mRNA-1273/mRNA-1273

German guidelines

13

51 (34–61)a

5 (38)

14 or 21a

    

ChAd/BNT

German guidelines

26

44 (22–64)a

24 (92)

14 or 21a

    

ChAd/mRNA-1273

German guidelines

10

33 (21–47)a

3 (30)

14 or 21a

Matthias Tenbusch [27]

2021

Germany

Cohort

ChAd/BNT

63 (63–77)a

63 (63–63)a

232e

250e

47 (33–55)ae

52 (31–59)a

42 (18)e

90 (36)e

14 (13–15)ad

14 (14)ad

Surrogate neutralization activity

    

BNT/BNT

21 (21–22)a

23 (21–25)a

410e 127e

38 (31–48)ae

41 (27–52)ae

162 (40)e 37 (29)e

14 (13–15)ad

15 (13–15)ad

    

ChAd/ChAd

63 (63–63)a

66e

57 (45–62)ae

23 (35) e

15 (13–15)a

Swantje I. Hammerschmidt [23]

2021

Germany

Cohort

ChAd/ChAd

68 (45–91)a

31

NR

11 (35)

17 (13–23)a

Reciprocal titers of Neutralizing Antibodies

    

ChAd/BNT

68 (45–91)a

54

NR

14 (26)

17 (13–23)a

    

BNT/BNT

21 (18–27)a

30

NR

9 (30)

30 (15–65)a

Rudiger Gross [22]

2022

Germany

Retrospective cohort

ChAd/BNT

56a

26

31 (25–46)a

10 (38)

14–19a

Anti-spike-IgM and IgG, surrogate virus neutralization, 50% pseudovirus neutralization, IFN-γ, IFN-α, IL-2

    

BNT/BNT

21a

14

42 (25–65)a

10 (71)

13–15a

Bruno Pozzetto [25]

2021

France

Cohort

ChAd/BNT

85 (84–85)a

29

34 (27–40)a

9 (31)

30 (28–34)a

RBD and spike S1-specific IgG, IgA, neutralizing activity

    

BNT/BNT

29 (26–31)a

31

41 (33–52)a

8 (26)

28 (27–31)a

Samantha J Westrop [29]

2022

UK

Contemporaneous cohort

ChAd/BNT

73 (64–83)a

237

47 (37–59)a

55 (23)

30 (21–39)a

IgG antibody levels against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S-antibody) and Nucleoprotein (N-antibody)

    

BNT/BNT

76 (70–76)a

135

71 (69–72)a

64 (47)

30 (21–39)a

    

ChAd/ChAd

70 (54–77)a

121

65 (54–69)a

59 (49)

30 (21–39)a

    

BNT/ChAd

79 (65–99)a

123

51 (40–63)a

36 (29)

30 (21–39)a

Swantje I. Hammerschmidt [24]

2022

Germany

Cohort

ChAd/mRNA-1273

80 (62–87)a

42

38 (19–66)a

13 (31)

14

Neutralizing antibodies against the Delta variant

    

mRNA-1273/mRNA-1273

29 (27–42)a

24

34 (23–63)a

11 (44)

14

    

ChAd/ChAd

78 (35–93)a

38

47 (24–69)a

15 (39)

14

  1. Data in columns of “N”, “Age”, and “Male” represented the number of whole cohorts, we add special annotation (i.e. c, d, e) if data represented number of immunology cohorts or one study included more than one cohort
  2. Ab antibody, BNT BNT162b2 vaccine, Pfizer–BioNTech, ChAd ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca, NR not reported, RBD receptor-binding domain, NT50 50% neutralising antibody titre, SFC spot-forming units, PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cell, IFN-γ interferon-γ
  3. aData were presented as the median, median (Q1, Q3), or median (interquartile range)
  4. bData were presented as the mean ± standard deviation
  5. cData represented the number of whole cohorts
  6. dData presented the number of immunology cohorts
  7. eData presented the number of each cohort included in the study