Cohort information

ITALY WP4
Organization University of Bologna
Name of cohort CONTRAST (SOT Lung)
Referring partner UNIBO
Cohort Information Country(-ies), cities, regions or centers involved Bologna, Italy
Time of data collection 03/2021 Ongoing
Enrolment Inactive
Study setting Single center
Population Age Adults,Elderly
Type Both
Total number of patients 53
Type of frailty (WP4) SOT_lung
Data collection Clinical data True
Serological data True
Genetic data False
Sample collection True
Sample collected Whole blood Yes
PBMC No
Dry-spot blood No
Plasma No
Serum Yes
Stool No
NP swabs Yes
Other Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Description UNIBO will participate in the recruitment of the following SARS-CoV-2 and non-SARS-CoV-2 fragile populations: HIV positive, solid organ transplant recipients, hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and solid cancer. CONTRAST is an observational cohort study, with a retrospective phase (2015-2020) and a prospective phase (2021-2025) with a minimum follow-up expected for each patient of 1 year. Patients will be studied longitudinally to define the ""net state of immunosuppression"" of each patient to be correlated with the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the course of infection in the short, medium and long term, and the immune response to following a SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccine.
Publications - Evaluation of the Kinetics of Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: The Prospective Multicenter ORCHESTRA Cohort [Microorganisms]
- Relationship between immune response to SARS-CoV2 vaccines and development of breakthrough infection in solid organ transplant recipients: the CONTRAST cohort [Clinical Infectious Diseases]
- Using machine learning to predict antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. The multicentre ORCHESTRA cohort [Clinical Microbiology and Infection]