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Eviatar T, Pappo A, Freund T, Friedlander Y, Elkayam O, Hagin D, Heshin-Bekenstein M. Cellular immune response to the anti-SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in pediatric autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease patients and controls. Clin Exp Immunol 2024; 217:167-172. [PMID: 38767466 PMCID: PMC11239557 DOI: 10.1093/cei/uxae044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
Abstract
This paper aims to compare the cellular immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine of pediatric patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease (pAIIRD) and healthy controls. A prospective longitudinal study was conducted between April 2021 and December 2022 at the Tel Aviv Medical Center. Children <18 years, with pediatric-onset AIIRD and healthy controls, who have received at least two doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine, were included. Humoral response was evaluated by serum levels of anti-SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain antibodies. Cellular response was evaluated by flow cytometry, measuring IFNγ and TNFα production by CD4+ T cells following stimulation with SARS-CoV-2 Spike peptide mix. The study included 20 pAIIRD patients and 11 controls. The mean age of participants was 12.6 ± 2.94 years, with 58.1% females. The cellular response to the BNT162b2 vaccine was statistically similar in both groups. However, the humoral response was statistically lower in pAIIRD compared with the healthy control group. There was no statistically significant correlation between the humoral response and cellular response. During the study period, 43.75% of AIIRD children and 72.7% of controls had a breakthrough COVID-19 infection (P = 0.48). Bivariate models examining the effect of the cellular response and presence of an AIIRD on breakthrough infections found no effect. Compared with healthy controls, pAIIRD demonstrated similar cellular responses. Patients showed reduced humoral response compared with healthy adolescents, but similar breakthrough infection rates. These findings may support the importance of the cellular response in protecting against COVID-19 infections.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tali Eviatar
- Rheumatology Department, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Schneider Children’s Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Rheumatology Department, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Pediatric Rheumatology Service, Dana Children’s Hospital of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Lai P, Chen H, Yan Y, Du M, Zhao Z, Wang D, Liang J, Geng L, Xu X, Sun L. The effect of COVID-19 infection on patients with rheumatic diseases in China. Clin Rheumatol 2024; 43:1199-1206. [PMID: 38285376 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-023-06825-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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OBJECTIVES At the end of 2022, the COVID-19 outbreak erupted in China, and BA.5.2 or BF.7 subtypes of Omicron novel variations were implicated in more than 90% of the cases. We created a real-world questionnaire survey to better understand how this new variant pandemic was affecting rheumatic patients in China. METHODS During the COVID-19 outbreak in China, the subjects of this study were rheumatic patients and non-rheumatic individuals (control group), who were matched for sex and age. Professional physicians carefully questioned the participants before administering a questionnaire as part of the study. This study focused on the general baseline characteristics, clinical symptoms and treatment after COVID-19 infection, and the target populations' awareness of COVID-19. RESULTS The study included 1130 participants, of whom 572 were assigned to the rheumatic group and 558 to the control group. The percentage of vaccinated controls was significantly higher than that of rheumatic patients (90.1% vs. 62.8%, p < 0.001), while the rate of COVID-19 infection was not significantly different between the two groups (82.3% vs. 86.6%, p = 0.051). Patients with rheumatic disease experienced substantially more days of fever following infection (2.87 ± 3.42 vs. 2.18 ± 1.65, p = 0.002) compared to individuals in the control group. The rheumatic patients had a greater prevalence of cough (67.1% vs. 54.0%, p < 0.001), somnipathy (13.8% vs. 6.0%, p < 0.001), and conjunctivitis/ophthalmodynia (5.3% vs. 2.1%, p = 0.008), while dry throat/throat pain/weakness (49.9% vs. 59.4%, p = 0.003), myalgia/osteodynia (33.3% vs. 41.8%, p = 0.003), and dyspnea (14.0% vs. 25.3%, p < 0.001) were more likely to occur in non-rheumatic group after infection. Human immunoglobulin (2.1% vs. 0.2%, p = 0.006), glucocorticoids (19.5% vs. 1.6%, p < 0.001), oxygen support (6.8% vs. 2.1%, p < 0.001), and traditional Chinese medicine (21.9% vs. 16.6%, p = 0.037) were all more frequently used by rheumatic patients with COVID-19 infection. People in the control group were more confused about whether to use masks in following social activities after contracting COVID-19 (14.7% vs. 7.6%, p = 0.001). In the control group, more individuals than patients with rheumatic disease (25.1% vs. 13.4%, p < 0.001) expressed an interest to receive the vaccine again. After being exposed to COVID-19, the majority of rheumatic patients (66.9%) reported no discernible change, only 29.1% reported a worsening of their symptoms, and the remaining 4% indicated an improvement. CONCLUSIONS After the COVID-19 outbreak in China, the proportion of patients with rheumatic diseases infected with the virus was similar to that of normal individuals. But the clinical symptoms, follow-up treatment requirements, and awareness of the COVID-19 among rheumatic patients were distinct from those among non-rheumatic patients, necessitating the use of individualized diagnosis and treatment plans as well as health advice by medical professionals in clinical work. Key Points • Despite there were different comorbidities and vaccination rates, the rate of COVID-19 infection in patients with rheumatic disease was similar to that of normal individuals. • After COVID-19 infection, rheumatic patients and normal controls had different clinical symptoms and drug usage. • After being exposed to COVID-19, the majority of rheumatic patients felt no significant change in the primary disease, while the normal controls was more likely to accept a new vaccine injection and confused about whether to use masks in following social activities.
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- Peng Lai
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China
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- The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, 299 Qingyang Road, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China
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Zhao X, Wu H, Li S, Gao C, Wang J, Ge L, Song Z, Ni B, You Y. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SLE. Mod Rheumatol 2024; 34:247-264. [PMID: 36961736 DOI: 10.1093/mr/road030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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Little is known about the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and autoimmune diseases, especially in the case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE patients met with many questions during the pandemic in COVID-19, such as how to minimize risk of infection, the complex pathological features and cytokine profiles, diagnosis and treatment, rational choice of drugs and vaccine, good nursing, psychological supervision, and so on. In this study, we review and discuss the multifaceted effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients living with SLE using the available literature. Cross-talk in implicated inflammatory pathways/mechanisms exists between SLE and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and SARS-CoV-2 displays similar clinical characteristics and immuno-inflammatory responses to SLE. Current epidemiological data inadequately assess the risk and severity of COVID-19 infection in patients with SLE. More evidence has shown that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine cannot prevent COVID-19. During the pandemic, patients with SLE had a higher rate of hospitalization. Vaccination helps to reduce the risk of infection. Several therapies for patients with SLE infected with COVID-19 are discussed. The cases in the study can provide meaningful information for clinical diagnosis and management. Our main aim is to help preventing infection and highlight treatment options for patients with SLE infected with COVID-19.
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- Xingwang Zhao
- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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Ferri C, Raimondo V, Giuggioli D, Gragnani L, Lorini S, Dagna L, Bosello SL, Foti R, Riccieri V, Guiducci S, Cuomo G, Tavoni A, De Angelis R, Cacciapaglia F, Zanatta E, Cozzi F, Murdaca G, Cavazzana I, Romeo N, Codullo V, Pellegrini R, Varcasia G, De Santis M, Selmi C, Abignano G, Caminiti M, L'Andolina M, Olivo D, Lubrano E, Spinella A, Lumetti F, De Luca G, Ruscitti P, Urraro T, Visentini M, Bellando-Randone S, Visalli E, Testa D, Sciascia G, Masini F, Pellegrino G, Saccon F, Balestri E, Elia G, Ferrari SM, Tonutti A, Dall’Ara F, Pagano Mariano G, Pettiti G, Zanframundo G, Brittelli R, Aiello V, Dal Bosco Y, Foti R, Di Cola I, Scorpiniti D, Fusaro E, Ferrari T, Gigliotti P, Campochiaro C, Francioso F, Iandoli C, Caira V, Zignego AL, D'Angelo S, Franceschini F, Matucci-Cerinic M, Giacomelli R, Doria A, Santini SA, Fallahi P, Iannone F, Antonelli A. Impact of COVID-19 and vaccination campaign on 1,755 systemic sclerosis patients during first three years of pandemic. Possible risks for individuals with impaired immunoreactivity to vaccine, ongoing immunomodulating treatments, and disease-related lung involvement during the next pandemic phase. J Transl Autoimmun 2023; 7:100212. [PMID: 37854035 PMCID: PMC10580042 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtauto.2023.100212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Introduction The impact of COVID-19 pandemic represents a serious challenge for 'frail' patients' populations with inflammatory autoimmune systemic diseases such as systemic sclerosis (SSc). We investigated the prevalence and severity of COVID-19, as well the effects of COVID-19 vaccination campaign in a large series of SSc patients followed for the entire period (first 38 months) of pandemic. Patients and method This prospective survey study included 1755 unselected SSc patients (186 M, 1,569F; mean age 58.7 ± 13.4SD years, mean disease duration 8.8 ± 7.3SD years) recruited in part by telephone survey at 37 referral centers from February 2020 to April 2023. The following parameters were carefully evaluated: i. demographic, clinical, serological, and therapeutical features; ii. prevalence and severity of COVID-19; and iii. safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. Results The prevalence of COVID-19 recorded during the whole pandemic was significantly higher compared to Italian general population (47.3 % vs 43.3 %, p < 0.000), as well the COVID-19-related mortality (1.91 % vs 0.72 %, p < 0.001). As regards the putative prognostic factors of worse outcome, COVID-19 positive patients with SSc-related interstitial lung involvement showed significantly higher percentage of COVID-19-related hospitalization compared to those without (5.85 % vs 1.73 %; p < 0.0001), as well as of mortality rate (2.01 % vs 0.4 %; p = 0.002). Over half of patients (56.3 %) received the first two plus one booster dose of vaccine; while a fourth dose was administered to 35.6 %, and only few of them (1.99 %) had five or more doses of vaccine. Of note, an impaired seroconversion was recorded in 25.6 % of individuals after the first 2 doses of vaccine, and in 8.4 % of patients also after the booster dose. Furthermore, the absence of T-cell immunoreactivity was observed in 3/7 patients tested by QuantiFERON® SARSCoV-2 Starter Set (Qiagen). The efficacy of vaccines, evaluated by comparing the COVID-19-related death rate recorded during pre- and post-vaccination pandemic periods, revealed a quite stable outcome in SSc patients (death rate from 2.54 % to 1.76 %; p = ns), despite the significant drop of mortality observed in the Italian general population (from 2.95 % to 0.29 %; p < 0.0001). Conclusions An increased COVID-19 prevalence and mortality rate was recorded in SSc patients; moreover, the efficacy of vaccines in term of improved outcomes was less evident in SSc compared to Italian general population. This discrepancy might be explained by concomitant adverse prognostic factors: increased rate of non-responders to vaccine in SSc series, low percentage of individuals with four or more doses of vaccine, ongoing immunomodulating treatments, disease-related interstitial lung disease, and/or reduced preventive measures in the second half of pandemic. A careful monitoring of response to COVID-19 vaccines together with adequate preventive/therapeutical strategies are highly recommendable in the near course of pandemic in this frail patients' population.
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- Clodoveo Ferri
- Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena & RE., School of Medicine, Modena, Italy
- Rheumatology Clinic ‘Madonna Dello Scoglio’ Cotronei, Crotone, Italy
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- Rheumatology Clinic ‘Madonna Dello Scoglio’ Cotronei, Crotone, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena & RE., School of Medicine, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy
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- MASVE Interdepartmental Hepatology Center, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Center for Research and Innovation CRIA-MASVE, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- AOU Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
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- Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Clinical & Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Ospedale Policlinico S. Martino-University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- UOD Reumatologia- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, ASP- Vibo Valentia-Tropea Hospital, Italy
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- Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Crotone, Italy
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- Rheumatology, Università Del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena & RE., School of Medicine, Modena, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena & RE., School of Medicine, Modena, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological & Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, "M. Scarlato" Hospital, Scafati, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Immunology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, School of Medicine, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Service (UONPIA) Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Rheumatology Clinic ‘Madonna Dello Scoglio’ Cotronei, Crotone, Italy
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- AOU Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological & Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Clinical & Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy
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- U.O.S. Reumatologia, Ospedale Castrovillari, Cosenza, Italy
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- MASVE Interdepartmental Hepatology Center, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Center for Research and Innovation CRIA-MASVE, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Clinical and Research Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Rheumatology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Basic, Clinical, Intensive and Perioperative Biotechnological Sciences, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
- Synlab Lazio, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena & RE., School of Medicine, Modena, Italy
- Rheumatology Clinic ‘Madonna Dello Scoglio’ Cotronei, Crotone, Italy
- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy
- MASVE Interdepartmental Hepatology Center, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Center for Research and Innovation CRIA-MASVE, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Department of Ospedale S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
- AOU Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
- Rheumatology, Sapienza-University of Rome, Roma, Italy
- Rheumatology, University of Florence, Italy
- University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy
- Clinical Immunology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Clinical & Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
- UO Reumatologia - DETO, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Rheumatology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Ospedale "Villa Salus", Mestre, Italy
- Ospedale Policlinico S. Martino-University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Rheumatology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- ASO S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
- Rheumatology, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
- U.O.C. Medicina Interna 'M.Valentini" P.O, Annunziata, Cosenza, Italy
- U.O.S. Reumatologia, Ospedale Castrovillari, Cosenza, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
- AOR San Carlo di Potenza, Potenza, Italy
- UOD Reumatologia- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, ASP- Vibo Valentia-Tropea Hospital, Italy
- Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Crotone, Italy
- Rheumatology, Università Del Molise, Campobasso, Italy
- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological & Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
- Rheumatology Unit, "M. Scarlato" Hospital, Scafati, Italy
- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, School of Medicine, Pisa, Italy
- Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Service (UONPIA) Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, Torino, Italy
- U.O.T. Specialistica Ambulatoriale ASP 201, Cosenza, Italy
- Clinical and Research Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
- Department of Basic, Clinical, Intensive and Perioperative Biotechnological Sciences, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
- Synlab Lazio, Roma, Italy
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Scirocco C, Ferrigno S, Andreoli L, Fredi M, Lomater C, Moroni L, Mosca M, Raffeiner B, Carrara G, Landolfi G, Rozza D, Zanetti A, Scirè CA, Sebastiani GD. COVID-19 prognosis in systemic lupus erythematosus compared with rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis: results from the CONTROL-19 Study by the Italian Society for Rheumatology. Lupus Sci Med 2023; 10:e000945. [PMID: 37848262 PMCID: PMC10582885 DOI: 10.1136/lupus-2023-000945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Data concerning SARS-CoV-2 in patients affected by SLE are contradicting.The aim of this study was to investigate disease-related differences in COVID-19 prognosis of patients affected by rheumatic diseases before vaccination; we tested the hypothesis that patients with SLE may have a different outcome compared with those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or spondyloarthritis (SPA). METHODS We analysed data from the national CONTROL-19 Database with a retrospective, observational design, including rheumatic patients affected by COVID-19. The principal outcome measure was hospitalisation with death or mechanical ventilation. Differences between SLE, RA and SPA were analysed by univariable and multivariable logistic regression models. RESULTS We included 103 patients with SLE (88.2% female, mean age 48.9 years, 50.4% active disease), 524 patients with RA (74.4% female, mean age 60.6 years, 59.7% active disease) and 486 patients with SPA (58.1% female, mean age 53.2 years, 58% active disease).Outcome prevalence was not different between patients with SLE and those with RA (SLE 24.5%, RA 25.6%), while patients with SPA showed a more favourable outcome compared with those with SLE (SPA 15.9%); data from the multivariable analysis confirmed this result.In SLE, age >65 years (OR 17.3, CI 5.51 to 63.16, p<0.001), hypertension (OR 6.2, CI 2.37 to 17.04, p<0.001) and prednisone (PDN) use (OR 3.8, CI 1.43 to 11.39, p=0.01) were associated with severe outcomes, whereas hydroxychloroquine use was found to be protective (OR 0.3, CI 0.14 to 0.91, p=0.03). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that patients with SLE and RA do not show a different COVID-19 outcome, while patients with SPA have a more favourable disease course compared with those with SLE. Risk of hospitalisation with ventilation or death was associated with age >65 years, hypertension and PDN use in patients with SLE.
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- Chiara Scirocco
- Rheumatology Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of 'Systems Medicine', University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Unit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Unit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital IRCCS, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Bolzano Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Conway R, Nikiphorou E, Demetriou CA, Low C, Leamy K, Ryan JG, Kavanagh R, Fraser AD, Carey JJ, O'Connell P, Flood RM, Mullan RH, Kane DJ, Stafford F, Robinson PC, Liew JW, Grainger R, McCarthy GM. Outcomes of COVID-19 in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease in Ireland over the first 2 years of the pandemic. Ir J Med Sci 2023; 192:2495-2500. [PMID: 36622628 PMCID: PMC9827440 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-022-03265-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Poor COVID-19 outcomes occur with higher frequency in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). Better understanding of the factors involved is crucial to informing patients and clinicians regarding risk mitigation. AIM To describe COVID-19 outcomes for people with RMD in Ireland over the first 2 years of the pandemic. METHODS Data entered into the C19-GRA provider registry from Ireland between 24th March 2020 and 31st March 2022 were analysed. Differences in the likelihood of hospitalisation and mortality according to demographic and clinical variables were investigated. RESULTS Of 237 cases included, 59.9% were female, 95 (41.3%) were hospitalised, and 22 (9.3%) died. Hospitalisation was more common with increasing age, gout, smoking, long-term glucocorticoid use, comorbidities, and specific comorbidities of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, and cancer. Hospitalisation was less frequent in people with inflammatory arthritis and conventional synthetic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use. Hospitalisation had a U-shaped relationship with disease activity, being more common in both high disease activity and remission. Mortality was more common with increasing age, gout, smoking, long-term glucocorticoid use, comorbidities, and specific comorbidities of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and obesity. Inflammatory arthritis was less frequent in those who died. CONCLUSION Hospitalisation or death were more frequently experienced by RMD patients with increasing age, certain comorbidities including potentially modifiable ones, and certain medications and diagnoses amongst other factors. These are important 'indicators' that can help risk-stratify and inform the management of RMD patients.
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- Richard Conway
- Department of Rheumatology, St. James's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
- Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Department of Rheumatology, King's College Hospital, London, UK
- Centre for RMDs, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
- National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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Ughi N, Bernasconi DP, Gagliardi C, Del Gaudio F, Dicuonzo A, Maloberti A, Giannattasio C, Rossetti C, Valsecchi MG, Epis OM. Trends in severe outcomes in SARS-CoV-2-positive hospitalized patients with rheumatic diseases: a monocentric observational and case-control study in northern Italy. Reumatismo 2023; 75. [PMID: 37462130 DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2023.1542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Rheumatic disease patients are at greater risk of infection due to their disease, comorbidities, and immunosuppressive therapy. COVID-19 outcomes in this patient setting appeared to be similar to those of the general population. However, data on this topic were mainly related to small studies on a limited number of patients. Consequently, to date, this field remains poorly explored, particularly in the pre-vaccine era. This monocentric study aimed to describe the intrahospital mortality in rheumatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 consecutively hospitalized from 21 February to 31 December 2020, before anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration spread, compared with non-rheumatic patients. Of 2491 included patients, 65 [3%, median (interquartile range) age 75 (64.76-82.239 years, 65% women] were suffering from rheumatic diseases. A total of 20 deaths were reported [case fatality rate 31%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 19-42] compared with 433 deaths (19%, 95% CI: 17-20) in patients without rheumatic diseases (p=0.024). However, the rheumatic disease was not associated with a significant increase in univariate mortality hazards (hazard ratio 1.374, 95% CI: 0.876-2.154), and after adjustment (hazard ratio 1.199, 95% CI: 0.759-1.894) by age, sex and Charlson comorbidity index. The incidence of intensive care unit admission, death, and discharge in the case-control study was comparable between rheumatic and non-rheumatic patients. The presence of rheumatic diseases in SARS-CoV-2-hospitalized patients did not represent an independent risk factor for severe disease or mortality.
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- N Ughi
- Division of Rheumatology, Multispecialist Medical Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
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- Bicocca Bioinformatics Biostatistics and Bioimaging Center-B4, School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Multispecialist Medical Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
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- Functional Department for Higher Education, Research, and Development, Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
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- Functional Department for Higher Education, Research, and Development, Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
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- Division of Cardiology 4, Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan; School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan .
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- Division of Cardiology 4, Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan; School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan .
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- Functional Department for Higher Education, Research, and Development, Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
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- Bicocca Bioinformatics Biostatistics and Bioimaging Center-B4, School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Multispecialist Medical Department, Niguarda Hospital, Milan.
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Chevalier K, Genin M, Jean TP, Avouac J, Flipo RM, Georgin-Lavialle S, El Mahou S, Pertuiset E, Pham T, Servettaz A, Marotte H, Domont F, Chazerain P, Devaux M, Mekinian A, Sellam J, Fautrel B, Rouzaud D, Ebstein E, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Richez C, Hachulla E, Mariette X, Seror R. CovAID: Identification of factors associated with severe COVID-19 in patients with inflammatory rheumatism or autoimmune diseases. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1152587. [PMID: 37035330 PMCID: PMC10075312 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1152587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Introduction Autoimmune/inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) patients might be at-risk of severe COVID-19. However, whether this is linked to the disease or to its treatment is difficult to determine. This study aimed to identify factors associated with occurrence of severe COVID-19 in AIRD patients and to evaluate whether having an AIRD was associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19 or death. Materials and methods Two databases were analyzed: the EDS (Entrepôt des Données de Santé, Clinical Data Warehouse), including all patients followed in Paris university hospitals and the French multi-center COVID-19 cohort [French rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD)]. First, in a combined analysis we compared patients with severe and non-severe COVID-19 to identify factors associated with severity. Then, we performed a propensity matched score case-control study within the EDS database to compare AIRD cases and non-AIRD controls. Results Among 1,213 patients, 195 (16.1%) experienced severe COVID-19. In multivariate analysis, older age, interstitial lung disease (ILD), arterial hypertension, obesity, sarcoidosis, vasculitis, auto-inflammatory diseases, and treatment with corticosteroids or rituximab were associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19. Among 35,741 COVID-19 patients in EDS, 316 having AIRDs were compared to 1,264 Propensity score-matched controls. AIRD patients had a higher risk of severe COVID-19 [aOR = 1.43 (1.08-1.87), p = 0.01] but analysis restricted to rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis found no increased risk of severe COVID-19 [aOR = 1.11 (0.68-1.81)]. Conclusion In this multicenter study, we confirmed that AIRD patients treated with rituximab or corticosteroids and/or having vasculitis, auto-inflammatory disease, and sarcoidosis had increased risk of severe COVID-19. Also, AIRD patients had, overall, an increased risk of severe COVID-19 compares general population.
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- Kevin Chevalier
- Department of Rheumatology, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR 1184: Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- University of Lille, CHU Lille, ULR 2694–METRICS: Evaluation des Technologies de Santé et des Pratiques Médicales, Lille, France
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- Hospital Sainte Marguerite, Rheumatology, Marseille, France
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- Hospital Robert Debré, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology, Reims, France
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- University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Rheumatology, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France
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- University Hospitals Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France
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- Hopital de la Croix Saint-Simon, Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Paris, France
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- Saint-Germain-en-Laye Intercommunal Hospital Center, Internal Medicine, Poissy, France
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- Hospital Saint-Antoine AP-HP, Internal Medicine, Paris, France
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- Hospital Saint-Antoine AP-HP, Rheumatology, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universite – APHP, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM UMRS 1136, Paris, France
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- Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Internal Medicine, Paris, France
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- Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Rheumatology, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Referral Centre for Centre for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases North and North-West of France (CeRAINO), CHU Lille, University of Lille, INSERM, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR 1184: Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR 1184: Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Nas K, Güçlü E, Keskin Y, Dilek G, Kalçık Unan M, Can N, Tekeoğlu İ, Kamanlı A. Clinical course and prognostic factors of COVID-19 infection in patients with chronic inflammatory-rheumatic disease: A retrospective, case-control study. Arch Rheumatol 2023; 38:44-55. [PMID: 37235113 PMCID: PMC10208609 DOI: 10.46497/archrheumatol.2023.9289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the prognosis of novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection in patients with the chronic inflammatory-rheumatic disease and evaluate the effects of immunosuppressive drugs on the prognosis, clinical characteristics, laboratory findings and hospitalization periods of the rheumatic patients with COVID-19 infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between April 2020 and March 2021, a total of 101 patients (30 males, 71 females; mean age: 48±14.4 years; range, 46 to 48 years) with the rheumatic diseases diagnosed with COVID-19 infection were included. A total of 102 age- and sex-matched patients (35 males, 67 females; mean age: 44±14.4 years; range, 28 to 44 years) who were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection and had no history of rheumatic disease in the same period were included as the control group. Data including demographic characteristics of the patients, presence of any symptoms of COVID-19 disease, laboratory data at the time of diagnosis, and treatments administered were collected. RESULTS The rate of hospitalization was higher in 38 (37%) patients without rheumatic diseases than in 31 (31%) patients with rheumatic diseases (p=0.324). The rate of lung infiltration on radiographic examination was higher in patients without rheumatic diseases (40% vs. 49%) (p=0.177). COVID-19 infection symptoms such as anosmia 45 (45%), ageusia 51 (50%), shortness of breath 45(45%), nausea 29 (29%), vomiting 16 (16%), diarrhea 25 (25%) and myalgia-arthralgia 81 (80%) were higher in patients with rheumatic diseases. In terms of laboratory values, lymphocyte count (p=0.031) was statistically higher in patients without rheumatic diseases. Hydroxychloroquine (35%), oseltamivir 10 (10%), antibiotics 27 (26%), acetylsalicylic acid 52 (51%), and supplementary oxygen 25 (25%) treatments which used to cure COVID 19 infection were administered more in patients without rheumatic diseases. The number of treatments administered was higher in patients without rheumatic diseases (p<0.001). CONCLUSION Patients with the chronic inflammatory-rheumatic disease have more symptoms due to COVID-19 infection, but the disease course is not poor and hospitalization rates are lower.
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- Kemal Nas
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Türkiye
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Schulze-Koops H, Skapenko A, Krause A, Krueger K, Lorenz HM, Sewerin P, Specker C, Wagner UG, Voormann A, Mueller-Ladner U, Voll RE. Correspondence to 'Risk factors for hospital admissions related to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases'. Ann Rheum Dis 2023; 82:e1. [PMID: 33127664 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Hendrik Schulze-Koops
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Osteology, Immanuel Hospital Berlin-Wannsee Branch, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department and Hiller-Research-Unit fpr Rheumatology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Kliniken Essen-Mitte-KEM, Essen, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department for Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie eV, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Kihara M, Sugihara T, Asano J, Sato M, Kaneko H, Muraoka S, Ohshima S, Nanki T. Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with underlying rheumatic diseases in Japan: data from a multicenter observational study using the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Clin Rheumatol 2022; 41:3661-3673. [PMID: 35974224 PMCID: PMC9380979 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-022-06305-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION To describe clinical characteristics of patients in Japan with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and pre-existing rheumatic disease and examine the possible risk factors associated with severe COVID-19. METHODS Adults with rheumatic disease and a COVID-19 diagnosis who were registered in the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (C19-GRA) physician-reported registry from Japan between 15 May 2020 and 12 May 2021 were included. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess factors associated with severe COVID-19 progression, defined as death or requiring oxygen inhalation. RESULTS In total, 222 patients were included in the study. Rheumatoid arthritis (48.2%), gout (14.4%), and systemic lupus erythematosus (8.1%) were the most common types of rheumatic disease, 55.1% of patients were in remission and 66.2% had comorbid disease. Most patients were hospitalised (86.9%) for COVID-19, 43.3% received oxygen, and 9.0% died. Older age (≥ 65 years), corticosteroid use, comorbid diabetes, and lung diseases are associated with higher risk for severe COVID-19 progression (odds ratio (OR) 3.52 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.69-7.33], OR 2.68 [95% CI 1.23-5.83], OR 3.56 [95% CI 1.42-8.88], and OR 2.59 [95% CI 1.10-6.09], respectively). CONCLUSIONS This study described clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with rheumatic diseases in Japan. Several possible risk factors for severe COVID-19 progression were suggested. Key points • Clinical characteristics of 222 adult patients in Japan with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and pre-existing rheumatic diseases were described. • Most patients were hospitalised (86.9%) for COVID-19 in Japan, 43.3% received oxygen, and 9.0% died. • The COVID-19 characteristics of patients with rheumatic diseases did not show any obvious different pattern from those of the general population in Japan. • In this study, older age (≥ 65 years), corticosteroid use, comorbid diabetes, and lung diseases are associated with higher risk for severe COVID-19 progression.
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- Mari Kihara
- Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Office of Pharmacovigilance II, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Department of Lifetime Clinical Immunology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Office of New Drug IV, Tokyo, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Department of Clinical Biostatistics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Centre, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ebara Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Hospitals Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Centre, Kawachinagano, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Izadi Z, Gianfrancesco MA, Aguirre A, Strangfeld A, Mateus EF, Hyrich KL, Gossec L, Carmona L, Lawson‐Tovey S, Kearsley‐Fleet L, Schaefer M, Seet AM, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Rush S, Al‐Emadi S, Sparks JA, Hsu TY, Patel NJ, Wise L, Gilbert E, Duarte‐García A, Valenzuela‐Almada MO, Ugarte‐Gil MF, Ribeiro SLE, de Oliveira Marinho A, de Azevedo Valadares LD, Giuseppe DD, Hasseli R, Richter JG, Pfeil A, Schmeiser T, Isnardi CA, Reyes Torres AA, Alle G, Saurit V, Zanetti A, Carrara G, Labreuche J, Barnetche T, Herasse M, Plassart S, Santos MJ, Rodrigues AM, Robinson PC, Machado PM, Sirotich E, Liew JW, Hausmann JS, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Costello W, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J. Development of a Prediction Model for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: Results From the Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry. ACR Open Rheumatol 2022; 4:872-882. [PMID: 35869686 PMCID: PMC9350083 DOI: 10.1002/acr2.11481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Some patients with rheumatic diseases might be at higher risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We aimed to develop a prediction model for COVID-19 ARDS in this population and to create a simple risk score calculator for use in clinical settings. METHODS Data were derived from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry from March 24, 2020, to May 12, 2021. Seven machine learning classifiers were trained on ARDS outcomes using 83 variables obtained at COVID-19 diagnosis. Predictive performance was assessed in a US test set and was validated in patients from four countries with independent registries using area under the curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. A simple risk score calculator was developed using a regression model incorporating the most influential predictors from the best performing classifier. RESULTS The study included 8633 patients from 74 countries, of whom 523 (6%) had ARDS. Gradient boosting had the highest mean AUC (0.78; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.67-0.88) and was considered the top performing classifier. Ten predictors were identified as key risk factors and were included in a regression model. The regression model that predicted ARDS with 71% (95% CI: 61%-83%) sensitivity in the test set, and with sensitivities ranging from 61% to 80% in countries with independent registries, was used to develop the risk score calculator. CONCLUSION We were able to predict ARDS with good sensitivity using information readily available at COVID-19 diagnosis. The proposed risk score calculator has the potential to guide risk stratification for treatments, such as monoclonal antibodies, that have potential to reduce COVID-19 disease progression.
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic DiseasesLisbonPortugal
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- The University of Manchester and National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University and NHS Foundation TrustManchesterUK
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- INSERM, Sorbonne Universite and Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP‐HPParisFrance
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- The University of Manchester and National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester Academic Health Science CentreManchesterUK
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- The University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science CentreManchesterUK
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- University of CaliforniaSan Francisco and San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBoston
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- University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles
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- Universidad Científica del Sur and Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara IrigoyenEsSalud, LimaPeru
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- Justus‐Liebig University Giessen, Campus KerckhoffGiessenGermany
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- Jena University Hospital and Friedrich Schiller University JenaJenaGermany
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- Rheumatology im Veedel (Private Practice)CologneGermany
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- Italian Society for Rheumatology and University of Milano‐BicoccaMilanItaly
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- Italian Society for Rheumatology and University of Milano‐BicoccaMilanItaly
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- FHU ACRONIM, Centre for Autoimmune Systemic Rare Diseases, Bordeaux University HospitalBordeauxFrance
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- Filière des Maladies Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares, Hôpital Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de LilleLilleFrance
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- Filière des Maladies Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares, Hôpital Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de LilleLilleFrance
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- Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, and Instituto de Medicina Molecular Faculdade Medicina and Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese RegisterLisbonPortugal
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- Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Nova Medical School, and Hospital dos LusiadasLisbonPortugal
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- The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health ServiceHerstonQueenslandAustralia
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- University College London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustLondonUK
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Canadian Arthritis Patient AllianceTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Boston University School of MedicineBostonMassachusetts
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's HospitalBostonMassachusetts
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Hejazian SS, Hejazian SM, Farnood F, Abedi Azar S. Dysregulation of immunity in COVID-19 and SLE. Inflammopharmacology 2022; 30:1517-1531. [PMID: 36028612 PMCID: PMC9417079 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-022-01047-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The immune response plays a crucial role in preventing diseases, such as infections. There are two types of immune responses, specific and innate immunity, each of which consists of two components: cellular immunity and humoral immunity. Dysfunction in any immune system component increases the risk of developing certain diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease in the human body, develops an immune response against its own components. In these patients, due to underlying immune system disorders and receipt of immunosuppressive drugs, the susceptibility to infections is higher than in the general population and is the single largest cause of mortality in this group. COVID-19 infection, which first appeared in late 2019, has caused several concerns in patients with SLE. However, there is no strong proof of additional risk of developing COVID-19 in patients with SLE, and in some cases, studies have shown less severity of the disease in these individuals. This review paper discusses the immune disorders in SLE and COVID-19.
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- Seyyed Sina Hejazian
- Kidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Kidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Kidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Moghadam FS, Kianfar N, Dasdar S, Samii R, Farimani Z, Azar PM, Balighi K, Abedini R, Soori T, Farid AS, Mahmoudi H, Daneshpazhooh M. Adverse outcome and severity of COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune bullous diseases: A historical cohort study. Dermatol Ther 2022; 35:e15672. [PMID: 35768959 PMCID: PMC9349909 DOI: 10.1111/dth.15672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns regarding the outcome of this infection in patients with autoimmune bullous dermatoses (AIBDs) due to effect of drugs used to treat these disorders. This investigation was performed from the onset of the pandemic to June 1, 2021. Patients with AIBDs who contracted COVID-19 were evaluated. A generalized linear model was employed to find the predictors of severe COVID-19 among patients with AIBDs. Ninety-three patients with AIBDs with a mean age of 50.3 years were evaluated. The most COVID-19 related symptoms were tiredness (76.3%) myalgia (69%), and cough (63.4%). During follow-up, the rate of hospitalization and death were 45.2% and 4.3%, respectively. Previous comorbidities (β = 0.61) and mean prednisolone dosage above 10 mg/day in the last 3 months (β = 1.10) significantly increased COVID-19 severity. Also, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (β = -1.50) and each passing month from the last rituximab dose decreased severity (β = -0.02). Notably, 19.3% of the patients developed AIBD flare-ups following COVID-19 infection. Higher prednisone dose and the shorter interval from the last rituximab infusion were determinants of severe COVID-19. Physicians should assess the risk versus the benefits when prescribing the medications. Moreover, vaccination could successfully attenuate COVID-19 severity.
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research CenterTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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Izadi Z, Gianfrancesco MA, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Rush S, Ja C, Taylor T, Shidara K, Danila MI, Wysham KD, Strangfeld A, Mateus EF, Hyrich KL, Gossec L, Carmona L, Lawson-Tovey S, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schaefer M, Al-Emadi S, Sparks JA, Hsu TYT, Patel NJ, Wise L, Gilbert E, Duarte-García A, Valenzuela-Almada MO, Ugarte-Gil MF, Ljung L, Scirè CA, Carrara G, Hachulla E, Richez C, Cacoub P, Thomas T, Santos MJ, Bernardes M, Hasseli R, Regierer A, Schulze-Koops H, Müller-Ladner U, Pons-Estel G, Tanten R, Nieto RE, Pisoni CN, Tissera YS, Xavier R, Lopes Marques CD, Pileggi GCS, Robinson PC, Machado PM, Sirotich E, Liew JW, Hausmann JS, Sufka P, Grainger R, Bhana S, Gore-Massy M, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J. Environmental and societal factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic disease: an observational study. THE LANCET. RHEUMATOLOGY 2022; 4:e603-e613. [PMID: 35909441 PMCID: PMC9313519 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(22)00192-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background Differences in the distribution of individual-level clinical risk factors across regions do not fully explain the observed global disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. We aimed to investigate the associations between environmental and societal factors and country-level variations in mortality attributed to COVID-19 among people with rheumatic disease globally. Methods In this observational study, we derived individual-level data on adults (aged 18-99 years) with rheumatic disease and a confirmed status of their highest COVID-19 severity level from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA) registry, collected between March 12, 2020, and Aug 27, 2021. Environmental and societal factors were obtained from publicly available sources. The primary endpoint was mortality attributed to COVID-19. We used a multivariable logistic regression to evaluate independent associations between environmental and societal factors and death, after controlling for individual-level risk factors. We used a series of nested mixed-effects models to establish whether environmental and societal factors sufficiently explained country-level variations in death. Findings 14 044 patients from 23 countries were included in the analyses. 10 178 (72·5%) individuals were female and 3866 (27·5%) were male, with a mean age of 54·4 years (SD 15·6). Air pollution (odds ratio 1·10 per 10 μg/m3 [95% CI 1·01-1·17]; p=0·0105), proportion of the population aged 65 years or older (1·19 per 1% increase [1·10-1·30]; p<0·0001), and population mobility (1·03 per 1% increase in number of visits to grocery and pharmacy stores [1·02-1·05]; p<0·0001 and 1·02 per 1% increase in number of visits to workplaces [1·00-1·03]; p=0·032) were independently associated with higher odds of mortality. Number of hospital beds (0·94 per 1-unit increase per 1000 people [0·88-1·00]; p=0·046), human development index (0·65 per 0·1-unit increase [0·44-0·96]; p=0·032), government response stringency (0·83 per 10-unit increase in containment index [0·74-0·93]; p=0·0018), as well as follow-up time (0·78 per month [0·69-0·88]; p<0·0001) were independently associated with lower odds of mortality. These factors sufficiently explained country-level variations in death attributable to COVID-19 (intraclass correlation coefficient 1·2% [0·1-9·5]; p=0·14). Interpretation Our findings highlight the importance of environmental and societal factors as potential explanations of the observed regional disparities in COVID-19 outcomes among people with rheumatic disease and lay foundation for a new research agenda to address these disparities. Funding American College of Rheumatology and European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology.
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- Zara Izadi
- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester-NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- INSERM, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Rheumatology Department, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester-NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Robert D and Patricia E Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine and Department of Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- INSERM, CHU Lille, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de référence des maladies autoimmunes systémiques rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France, U1286-INFINITE-Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeux, France
- UMR-CNRS 5164, ImmunoConcEpT, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM 959, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Centre National de Références Maladies Autoimmunes systémiques rares, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Centre National de Références Maladies Autoinflammatoires et Amylose Inflammatoire, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department, Sorbonne Universites, Groupe Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Nord, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint-Etienne, INSERM U1059, Lyon University, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Lisboa, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar-Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Hospital Francisco Lopez Lima, General Roca, Argentina
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- Department of Rheumatology, Grupo Oroño-Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Rheumatology and Immunology Section, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Clínica Médica, Unidad de Reumatología del Hospital Córdoba and Sanatorio Parque de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- University of Queensland Medical School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- University College London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Northwick Park Hospital, London North-West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Kirillova A, Lado A, Blatt N. Application of Monoclonal Antibody Drugs in Treatment of COVID-19: a Review. BIONANOSCIENCE 2022; 12:1436-1454. [PMID: 35729973 PMCID: PMC9198616 DOI: 10.1007/s12668-022-00997-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Coronavirus infection can have various degrees of severity and outcomes. In some cases, it causes excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, a so-called cytokine storm, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome. Unfortunately, the exact pathophysiology and treatment, especially for severe cases of COVID-19, are still uncertain. Results of preliminary studies showed that immunosuppressive therapy, such as interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1, and TNF-α antagonists commonly used in rheumatology, can be considered as treatment options for COVID-19, especially in severe cases. The review focused on the most common and currently studied monoclonal antibody drugs, as well as up-to-date data on the pathogenesis of COVID-19, host immune response against SARS-CoV-2 and its association with cytokine storm. It also covered effects of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1, and TNF-α blockers on the course of coronavirus infection and outcome in patients treated for the main autoimmune disease and subsequently infected with COVID-19.
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- Aleksandra Kirillova
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Esalatmanesh K, Azadbakht J, Hajialilo M, Soroush M, Esalatmanesh R, Soleimani Z, Khabbazi A. Clinical course, chest computed tomography severity score and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with rheumatic diseases. THE EGYPTIAN RHEUMATOLOGIST 2022; 44:245-250. [PMID: 37521094 PMCID: PMC8730740 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2021.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aim of the work To assess the clinical manifestations, imaging findings and outcomes of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with rheumatic diseases. Patients and methods In a three-center study, patients with rheumatic diseases who developed COVID-19 were included. Patients were classified into two groups, i) inflammatory arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritis (SpA) and undifferentiated arthritis, ii) connective tissue diseases (CTDs) including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis and others. COVID-19 outcomes were assessed based on chest computed tomography severity score (CT-ss), the level of care, the number of patients who died and flare of underlying rheumatic disease. Results One hundred ninety-six patients with a mean age of 47.9 ± 15.1 years, 73.5% female, were included. Underlying rheumatic diseases were RA (57.7%), SLE and other CTDs (17.9%), SpA (11.2%), vasculitis (11.2%) and undifferentiated arthritis (2%). Myalgia, malaise and fever were the most common clinical manifestations of COVID-19. Pneumonia on computerized tomography (CT), hospitalization, admission in intensive care unit and need to mechanical ventilation were observed in 75.5, 37.2%, 10.7% and 6.6% of patients, respectively. Treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and glucocorticoids, diabetes and underlying pulmonary disease were predictors of moderate to severe pneumonia and hospitalization. Fifteen (7.6%) patients died. Flare of underlying rheumatic disease occurred in 16.3% of patients. Flare of disease in patients with CTDs was significantly more than other rheumatic diseases. Conclusions In rheumatic patients, treatment with NSAIDs or prednisolone, diabetes and pulmonary disease are risk factors of moderate to high CT-ss and hospitalization during COVID-19.
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- Kamal Esalatmanesh
- Department of Rheumatology, Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Rheumatology, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, University Street, Tabriz, Iran
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- Rheumatology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Rheumatology, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, University Street, Tabriz, Iran
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Abutiban F, Saleh K, Hayat S, Tarakmah H, Al-Herz A, Ghanem A. COVID-19 outcomes among rheumatic disease patients in Kuwait: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (C19-GRA) physician registry. Int J Rheum Dis 2022; 25:743-754. [PMID: 35543332 PMCID: PMC9347605 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.14332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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PURPOSE We aimed to assess the characteristics of inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD) patients in Kuwait diagnosed with COVID-19 and the factors linked with hospitalization, complications, and mortality. METHODS Data of IRD patients from Kuwait diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 2020 and March 2021, submitted to the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry, were included in our analysis. Data on patients' age, gender, smoking, diagnosis, IRD activity, and other comorbidities were collected. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 25, was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS A total of 52 patients were included, with a mean age of 55 years (±14). The majority of patients were ≤65 years (77%), female (77%), non-smokers (80.8%), and diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (67.0%). Of the included patients, 19.2%, 9.6%, and 7.7% reported having methotrexate monotherapy, antimalarials monotherapy, and interleukin-6 inhibitors monotherapy immediately before COVID-19, respectively. Most of the included patients (92.3%) were either in remission or had minimal/low disease activity, while others (7.7%) had moderate disease activity. Forty-three patients (82.7%) were hospitalized, while 11 patients (25.6%) required ventilation (invasive or non-invasive). Ten of the ventilated patients (90.9%) received glucocorticoids as part of the local protocol to treat severe COVID symptoms, and 4 patients (7.69%) died. The duration till symptom-free ranged between 0 to 30 days, with a mean value of 10 days (±6.5). CONCLUSION The current study provides timely real-world evidence regarding characteristics and potential risk factors linked to poor COVID-19-related outcomes in the IRD population in Kuwait.
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- Fatemah Abutiban
- Department of Medicine, Jaber Alahmed Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medicine, Farwaniyah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medicine, Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medicine, Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medicine, AlAmiri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medicine, Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Özgen Z, Aksoy H, Akın Çakıcı Ö, Koku Aksu AE, Erdem O, Kara Polat A, Gürel MS. COVID-19 Severity and SARS-Cov-2 Vaccine Safety in Pemphigus Patients. Dermatol Ther 2022; 35:e15417. [PMID: 35243732 PMCID: PMC9111561 DOI: 10.1111/dth.15417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are safety concerns in the treatment of pemphigus patients with immunosuppressants, particularly Rituximab (RTX), in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the beginning, the reports were more pessimistic. However, few reports have recently pointed to manageable courses in this patient group. Therefore, we investigated the disease characteristics and demographic features of pemphigus patients in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the impact of immunosuppressants on the course of COVID-19 in pemphigus patients. Also, we tried to find out the rate of flares due to COVID-19 and SARS-Cov-2 vaccines. METHOD This multicenter study included 247 patients with pemphigus from three tertiary dermatology clinics with the specialized outpatient clinic for autoimmune blistering diseases. Patients were asked standardized questions in person or via telephone calls. Also, demographic data were collected from patients' files. RESULTS 244 of 247 patients took the survey between August and September 2021. The data of 3 patients were obtained from the National Health System. We collected the data of all pemphigus patients who visited the clinics at least once in the past three years. Among 51 patients having COVID-19, 40 had a non-serious disease, whereas 11 required hospitalization. One patient died because of COVID-19 infection. LIMITATION The number of patients is limited, and data depends mainly on patients' statements. CONCLUSION RTX treatment does not require additional safety cautions than other immunosuppressives. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Züleyha Özgen
- Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- İstanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Başakşehir Çam and Sakura State Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- İstanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Sachdeva S, Manaktala P, Malik FA, Gupta U, Desai R. COVID-19 in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: Is There a Need to Worry? J Clin Rheumatol 2022; 28:e401-e406. [PMID: 33902097 DOI: 10.1097/rhu.0000000000001746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), first described in December 2019, has infected more than 33 million people and claimed more than 1 million deaths worldwide. Rheumatic diseases are chronic inflammatory diseases, the prevalence and impact of which in COVID-19 patients are poorly known. We performed a pooled analysis of published data intending to summarize clinical presentation and patient outcomes in those with established rheumatic disease diagnosis and concurrent COVID-19. METHODS PubMed and Google Scholar were searched to identify studies reporting data about rheumatic disease patients who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection and published until July 22, 2020. Random-effects models were used to estimate the pooled incidence and rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and mortality among these patients, and interstudy heterogeneity was identified using I2 statistics with greater than 75% value indicating substantial interstudy variation. RESULTS Twenty studies were included, giving a total sample size of 49,099 patients positive for SARS-CoV-2. Of 49,099 COVID-19 patients, a total of 1382 were also diagnosed with a rheumatic disease in the past. The random-effects pooled prevalence of COVID-19 among rheumatic disease patients was found to be 0.9%. The rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and mortality were 70.7%, 11.6%, and 10.2%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Although the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection is not dramatically high in rheumatic disease patients, concurrent COVID-19 does seem to play a role in determining disease severity and outcomes to some extent. Further studies are needed to give conclusive evidence about whether this subset of the population is at a higher risk of COVID-19 and related outcomes compared with the population at large.
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- Sonali Sachdeva
- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Division Cardiology, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA
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Hashemi-Shahri SM, Tabatabaei SMN, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Mohammadi M, Okati-Aliabad H, Tabatabaei SM, Ansari H, Abbasi M, Sheikhzadeh K, Baygi MZ, Sartipi M, Sanei-Sistani S, Khorashad ARS, Ansari-Moghadam F, Torab N, Khalili T, Miri-Aliabad G. Epidemiological and clinical risk factors related to severe COVID-19 in Iran: a multi-center study. BMC Infect Dis 2022; 22:184. [PMID: 35197013 PMCID: PMC8864589 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07165-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Iran was one of the first countries to be affected by COVID-19. Identifying factors associated with the severity of COVID-19 is effective in disease management. This study investigated the epidemiological and clinical features and factors related to the severity of COVID-19 in one of the less privileged areas in Iran. Methods In a multi-center study, all patients admitted to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences hospitals in southeastern Iran were investigated from February 29 to April 31, 2020. Demographic, epidemiological, and clinical data of patients were extracted from medical records. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to explore the risk factors associated with the severity of COVID-19. Results Among the 413 patients, 55.5% were male, and 145 (35.10%) were in a severe condition at admission time. Multivariate analysis showed that the adjusted odds of the disease severity increased in patients with older age (OR 2.27; 95% CI 1.41–3.65), substance abuse (OR 2.49; 95% CI 1.14–5.43), having one underlying disease (OR 1.52; 95% CI 0.90–2.55), having two underlying disease (OR 2.31; 95% CI 1.19–4.50), and having three or more underlying disease (OR 2.60; 95% CI 1.19–5.66). Conclusions COVID-19 was more severe in older patients, patients with a history of substance abuse, and patients with the underlying disease. Understanding the factors affecting the disease severity can help the clinical management of COVID-19, especially in less privileged areas where fewer resources are available.
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- Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Shahri
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran.
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Campus, Hesabi Square, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Children and Adolescent Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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Kahveci A, Gümüştepe A, Güven N, Ataman Ş. The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the management of rheumatic disease: a national clinician-based survey. Rheumatol Int 2022; 42:601-608. [PMID: 35165770 PMCID: PMC8853340 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-022-05102-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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This study aims to investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the management of rheumatic diseases (RD). An online survey included 10 questions were designed to assess potential differences in rheumatology practice. The survey was conducted between March 2021 and June 2021. Marginal homogeneity test was used to compare frequencies of outpatient clinic patients between the pre-pandemic and pandemic. Other results were analyzed by descriptive statistics. One hundred three clinicians (75.7% in rheumatology practice for at least five years) responded to the survey. Almost 70% examined < 30 patients per day during the pandemic while nearly 70% examined ≥ 30 patients per day before the pandemic (p < 0.001). They indicated following reasons for decreasing outpatient clinic activity were concerns regarding COVID-19 transmission risk of the patients (95%) and the clinicians (53%), being able to supply chronic medications directly from the pharmacy (85%), lockdown (71%), limited outpatient appointments (64%) and using telemedicine (20%). The frequencies of rheumatology daily routine procedures were decreased as follows; patient hospitalization for diagnosing (80%) and treatment (78%), labial salivary gland biopsy (63%), Schirmer’s test/salivary flow rate test (56%), nail bed video-capillaroscopy (52%), musculoskeletal ultrasonography (51%) and Pathergy test (50%). Clinicians hesitated to use rituximab (63%) mostly, followed by cyclophosphamide (53%), glucocorticoids (43%), tofacitinib (41%), mycophenolate mofetil (36%), and azathioprine (33%). In this first national survey, the prominent differences in the management of RD have decreased outpatient clinic activity, reduced rheumatology daily procedures, and hesitancy to use some rheumatic drugs.
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Al-Adhoubi NK, Ali M, Wahshi HA, Salmi IA, Al-Balushi F, Lawati TA, Mohammed A, Muqbali AA, Kalbani HA, Al-Abrawi S, Khamis F. COVID-19 Mortality in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Real Concern. Curr Rheumatol Rev 2022; 18:234-242. [PMID: 35418287 DOI: 10.2174/1573397118666220412114514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) is a worldwide pandemic that has devastated the world in a way that has not been witnessed since the Spanish Flu in 1918. In this study, we aim to investigate the outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases infected with COVID-19 in Oman. METHODS A multi-center retrospective cohort study included patients with underlying rheumatological conditions and COVID-19 infection. Data were collected through the electronic record system and by interviewing the patients through a standard questionnaire. RESULTS 113 patients with different rheumatic diseases were included with the following rheumatological diagnoses: rheumatoid arthritis (40.7%), systemic lupus erythematosus (23.1%), psoriatic arthritis (8%), Behcet's disease (7%), ankylosing spondylitis (6.2%), other vasculitides, including Kawasaki disease (4.4%), and other diagnoses (10.6%). The mean (SD) age of patients was 43 (14) years, and 82.3% were female. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was confirmed by PCR test in 84.1% of the patients. The most common symptoms at the time of presentation were fever (86%), cough (81%), headache (65%), and myalgia (60%). Hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection was reported in 24.1% of the patients, and 52.2% of these patients had received some form of treatment. In this cohort, the intake of immunosuppressive and immunomodulating medications was reported in 91.1% of the patients. During the COVID-19 infection, 68% of the patients continued taking their medications. Comorbidities were present in 39.8% of the patients. Pregnancy was reported in 2% of the patients. The 30 days mortality rate was found to be 3.5%. Diabetes, obesity, and interstitial lung diseases (ILD) were the strongest risk factor for mortality (p-value 0.000, 0.000, and 0.001, respectively). Rituximab was given in 3.8% of the patients, and it was significantly associated with increased mortality among the patients (p-value <0.001). CONCLUSION COVID-19 infection in patients with rheumatic diseases have an increased mortality rate in comparison to the general population, with diabetes, morbid obesity, chronic kidney diseases, interstitial lung disease, cardiovascular disease, obstructive lung disease, and liver diseases as comorbidities being the most severe risk factors associated with death. Greater care should be provided to this population, including the prompt need for vaccination.
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- Rheumatology Unit, Al Nahdha Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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- Adult Rheumatology Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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- Ministry of Health, Rheumatology Unit, Kims Oman Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Conway R, Nikiphorou E, Demetriou CA, Low C, Leamy K, Ryan JG, Kavanagh R, Fraser AD, Carey JJ, O’Connell P, Flood RM, Mullan RH, Kane DJ, Ambrose N, Stafford F, Robinson PC, Liew JW, Grainger R, McCarthy GM. OUP accepted manuscript. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2022; 61:SI151-SI156. [PMID: 35258593 PMCID: PMC8992296 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Richard Conway
- Correspondence to: Richard Conway, Department of Rheumatology, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. E-mail:
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- Department of Rheumatology
- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital
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- Department of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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- Department of Rheumatology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Limerick
- Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick
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- Department of Rheumatology, Galway University Hospitals
- School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway
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- Department of Rheumatology, Beaumont Hospital
- School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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- Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital
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- Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital
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- Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght University Hospital
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- Department of Rheumatology, Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
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- Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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Bermas BL, Gianfrancesco M, Tanner HL, Seet AM, Aguiar MC, Al Adhoubi NK, Al Emadi S, Cunha BM, Flood R, Kusevich DA, McCarthy EM, Patel NJ, Ruderman EM, Sattui SE, Sciascia S, Siddique F, Valenzuela-Almada MO, Wise LM, Worthing AB, Zell J, Bhana S, Costello W, Duarte-Garcia A, Grainger R, Gossec L, Hausmann JS, Hyrich K, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sparks JA, Sufka P, Wallace ZS, Machado PM, Strangfeld A, Clowse MEB, Yazdany J, Robinson PC. COVID-19 in Pregnant Women With Rheumatic Disease: Data From the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. J Rheumatol 2022; 49:110-114. [PMID: 34470798 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy outcomes in patients with rheumatic disease who were pregnant at the time of infection. METHODS Since March 2020, the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance has collected cases of patients with rheumatic disease with COVID-19. We report details of pregnant women at the time of COVID-19 infection, including obstetric details separately ascertained from providers. RESULTS We report on 39 patients, including 22 with obstetric detail available. The mean and median age was 33 years, range 24-45 years. Rheumatic disease diagnoses included rheumatoid arthritis (n = 9), systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 9), psoriatic arthritis/other inflammatory arthritides (n = 8), and antiphospholipid syndrome (n = 6). Most had a term birth (16/22), with 3 preterm births, 1 termination, and 1 miscarriage; 1 woman had yet to deliver at the time of report. One-quarter (n = 10/39) of pregnant women were hospitalized following COVID-19 diagnosis. Two of 39 (5%) required supplemental oxygen (both hospitalized); no patients died. The majority did not receive specific medication treatment for their COVID-19 (n = 32/39, 82%), and 7 patients received some combination of antimalarials, colchicine, anti-interleukin 1β, azithromycin, glucocorticoids, and lopinavir/ritonavir. CONCLUSION Women with rheumatic diseases who were pregnant at the time of COVID-19 had favorable outcomes. These data have limitations due to the small size and methodology; however, they provide cautious optimism for pregnancy outcomes for women with rheumatic disease particularly in comparison to the increased risk of poor outcomes that have been reported in other series of pregnant women with COVID-19.
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- Bonnie L Bermas
- B.L. Bermas, MD, UTSouthwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- M. Gianfrancesco, MPH, PhD, A.M. Seet, MPH, J. Yazdany, MPH, MD, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- H.L. Tanner, MBChB, FRACP, University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Queensland, Australia
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- M. Gianfrancesco, MPH, PhD, A.M. Seet, MPH, J. Yazdany, MPH, MD, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- M.C. Aguiar, MD, Hospital General Agustin O'Horan, Merida, Mexico
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- N.K. Al Adhoubi, MD, FRCP, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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- S. Al Emadi, MBBS, FRCPC, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- B.M. Cunha, MD, PhD, Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasília, Brazil
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- R. Flood, MB, BCh, BAO, Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
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- D.A. Kusevich, MD,PhD, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, and Anikina Clinic, Vidnoe, Russia
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- E.M. McCarthy, MB, MRCPI, Manchester University Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- N.J. Patel, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- E.M. Ruderman, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- S.E. Sattui, MD, MS, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA
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- S. Sciascia, MD, PhD, Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases/Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, S. Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- F. Siddique, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- M.O. Valenzuela-Almada, MBBS, A. Duarte-Garcia, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- L.M. Wise, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- A.B. Worthing, MD, Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, and Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- J. Zell, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- S. Bhana, MD, Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, New York, USA
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- W. Costello, Irish Children's arthritis network (iCan), Tipperary, Ireland
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- M.O. Valenzuela-Almada, MBBS, A. Duarte-Garcia, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- R. Grainger, MBChB, PhD, FRACP, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- L. Gossec, MD, PhD, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Rheumatology Department, Paris, France
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- J.S. Hausmann, MD, Program in Rheumatology, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- K. Hyrich, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, and National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- S. Lawson-Tovey, BA, National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- J.W. Liew, MS, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- E. Sirotich, BSc, Department of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- J.A. Sparks, MD, MMSc, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- P. Sufka, MD, Healthpartners, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Z.S. Wallace, MD, MSc, Rheumatology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- P.M. Machado, MD, PhD, Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- A. Strangfeld, MD, Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- M.E.B. Clowse, MD, MPH, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- M. Gianfrancesco, MPH, PhD, A.M. Seet, MPH, J. Yazdany, MPH, MD, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- P.C. Robinson, MBChB, PhD, FRACP, Associate Professor, University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Queensland, Australia, and Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital & Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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Cook C, Cox H, Fu X, Zhang Y, Stone JH, Choi HK, Wallace ZS. Perceived Risk and Associated Shielding Behaviors in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic. ACR Open Rheumatol 2021; 3:834-841. [PMID: 34498436 PMCID: PMC8653208 DOI: 10.1002/acr2.11340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the perceived risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and outcomes as well as shielding practices among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS We surveyed participants with RA in a large health care system between July 16 and November 8, 2020. Participants reported RA treatment, COVID-19 risk perception, and shielding practices (eg, masks, social distancing, and quarantining). We examined the association of demographic and disease-specific factors with risk perception and the association of risk perception with shielding practices. RESULTS Of 494 participants, 195 (40%), 169 (34%), and 130 (26%) strongly agreed, agreed, or were uncertain/disagreed that their RA put them at higher risk for COVID-19 or poor outcomes, respectively. Younger age (odds ratio [OR]: 0.98), having a comorbidity (OR: 1.60), and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) use (OR: 1.75) were independently associated with a higher perceived risk. Among those who strongly agreed, agreed, or were uncertain/disagreed that they had greater risk, 165 (85%), 118 (70%), and 69 (53%), respectively, practiced all three shielding measures (P < 0.0001). Those who strongly agreed or agreed that they were at higher risk were more likely to use all three shielding practices (OR: 4.16 and 1.97, respectively). bDMARD use and glucocorticoid use were associated with using all three shielding measures (OR: 1.99 and 1.81, respectively). CONCLUSION Perception of COVID-19 risk among patients with RA varies substantially. Factors associated with perceived risk are different from those found to be associated with worse outcomes in observational studies. Greater perceived risk is associated with more strict shielding, which has implications for patient education and mental health.
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- Claire Cook
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General HospitalBoston
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General HospitalBoston
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General HospitalBoston
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and ImmunologyMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusetts
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Specker C, Aries P, Braun J, Burmester G, Fischer-Betz R, Hasseli R, Holle J, Hoyer BF, Iking-Konert C, Krause A, Krüger K, Krusche M, Leipe J, Lorenz HM, Moosig F, Schmale-Grede R, Schneider M, Strangfeld A, Voll R, Voormann A, Wagner U, Schulze-Koops H. Updated recommendations of the German Society for Rheumatology for the care of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases in the context of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic, including recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination. Z Rheumatol 2021; 80:33-48. [PMID: 34491403 PMCID: PMC8422376 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-021-01055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Christof Specker
- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany.
- Klinik für Rheumatologie & Klinische Immunologie, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Pattbergstr. 2, 45239, Essen, Germany.
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Rheumatologie im Struenseehaus, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität und Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Poliklinik, Funktionsbereich und Hiller Forschungszentrum für Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, 1. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik Sektion Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Osteologie und Klinische Immunologie, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Rheumatologisches Praxiszentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität und Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätskrankenhaus Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Sektion Rheumatologie, Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Poliklinik, Funktionsbereich und Hiller Forschungszentrum für Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Programmbereich Epidemiologie und Versorgungsforschung, Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Endokrinologie, Nephrologie, Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., DGRh), Berlin, Germany.
- Sektion Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Klinik IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Pettenkoferstraße 8a, Munich, Germany.
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Hasseli R, Ladner UM. [COVID-19 and inflammatory rheumatic diseases]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2021; 146:1564-1568. [PMID: 34826845 DOI: 10.1055/a-1616-8742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Older age, cardiovascular comorbidities, chronic lung diseases, and GC use were identified as independent risk factors for severe courses of COVID-19 resulting in the need of hospitalization. Glucocorticoid dosis of > 10 mg over a longer period of time should be very carefully used as there are various immunomodulatory alternatives. Of particular note, disease activity of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) was also identified as an independent predictor of COVID-19 related hospitalization.Already in the early phase of the pandemic case reports of fatal courses of IRD patients under treatment with rituximab were reported. Meanwhile, several data could demonstrate higher rates of hospitalization and COVID-19-related deaths. Whether a similar effect is detectable regarding Janus kinase inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is currently under investigation.Preliminary data indicate that all available COVID-19 vaccines in Europe are not associated with higher rates of disease flares or differences of side effect profiles compared to the general population. There is no recommendation to discontinue or reduce immunomodulatory treatment in general to achieve better immune response. In the case of Rituximab, consideration should be given to postponing or switching to alternative therapies, taking into account the risk of reactivation of the underlying disease on the one hand and the improvement of a potential vaccine response on the other.
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- Rebecca Hasseli
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff Bad Nauheim
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- Abteilung für Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff Bad Nauheim
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Sattui SE, Conway R, Putman MS, Seet AM, Gianfrancesco MA, Beins K, Hill C, Liew D, Mackie SL, Mehta P, Neill L, Gomez G, Salinas MIH, Maldonado FN, Mariz HA, de Sousa Studart SA, Araujo NC, Knight A, Rozza D, Quartuccio L, Samson M, Bally S, Maria AT, Chazerain P, Hasseli R, Müller-Ladner U, Hoyer BF, Voll R, Torres RP, Luis M, Ribeirio SLE, Al-Emadi S, Sparks JA, Hsu TYT, D'Silva KM, Patel NJ, Wise L, Gilbert E, Almada MV, Duarte-García A, Ugarte-Gil M, Jacobsohn L, Izadi Z, Strangfeld A, Mateus EF, Hyrich KL, Gossec L, Carmona L, Lawson-Tovey S, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schaefer M, Sirotich E, Hausmann JS, Sufka P, Bhana S, Liew JW, Grainger R, Machado PM, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J, Robinson PC. Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry: a retrospective cohort study. LANCET RHEUMATOLOGY 2021; 3:e855-e864. [PMID: 34778843 PMCID: PMC8570701 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00316-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Background Patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica might be at a high risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes due to the treatments used, the potential organ damage cause by primary systemic vasculitis, and the demographic factors associated with these conditions. We therefore aimed to investigate factors associated with COVID-19 outcomes in patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, adult patients (aged ≥18 years) diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 12, 2020, and April 12, 2021, who had a history of primary systemic vasculitis (antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody [ANCA]-associated vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, Behçet's syndrome, or other vasculitis) or polymyalgia rheumatica, and were reported to the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry were included. To assess COVID-19 outcomes in patients, we used an ordinal COVID-19 severity scale, defined as: (1) no hospitalisation; (2) hospitalisation without supplemental oxygen; (3) hospitalisation with any supplemental oxygen or ventilation; or (4) death. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs), adjusting for age, sex, time period, number of comorbidities, smoking status, obesity, glucocorticoid use, disease activity, region, and medication category. Analyses were also stratified by type of rheumatic disease. Findings Of 1202 eligible patients identified in the registry, 733 (61·0%) were women and 469 (39·0%) were men, and their mean age was 63·8 years (SD 17·1). A total of 374 (31·1%) patients had polymyalgia rheumatica, 353 (29·4%) had ANCA-associated vasculitis, 183 (15·2%) had giant cell arteritis, 112 (9·3%) had Behçet's syndrome, and 180 (15·0%) had other vasculitis. Of 1020 (84·9%) patients with outcome data, 512 (50·2%) were not hospitalised, 114 (11·2%) were hospitalised and did not receive supplemental oxygen, 239 (23·4%) were hospitalised and received ventilation or supplemental oxygen, and 155 (15·2%) died. A higher odds of poor COVID-19 outcomes were observed in patients who were older (per each additional decade of life OR 1·44 [95% CI 1·31-1·57]), were male compared with female (1·38 [1·05-1·80]), had more comorbidities (per each additional comorbidity 1·39 [1·23-1·58]), were taking 10 mg/day or more of prednisolone compared with none (2·14 [1·50-3·04]), or had moderate, or high or severe disease activity compared with those who had disease remission or low disease activity (2·12 [1·49-3·02]). Risk factors varied among different disease subtypes. Interpretation Among patients with primary systemic vasculitis and polymyalgia rheumatica, severe COVID-19 outcomes were associated with variable and largely unmodifiable risk factors, such as age, sex, and number of comorbidities, as well as treatments, including high-dose glucocorticoids. Our results could be used to inform mitigation strategies for patients with these diseases. Funding American College of Rheumatology and the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology.
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- Sebastian E Sattui
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, SA, Australia
- Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Rheumatology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair, UCL Respiratory, University College London, UK
- Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Scotland, Perth, Scotland, UK
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- Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Assistencia Medica ao Servidor Publico Estadual de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Rheumatology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, School of Rheumatology, Santa Maria della Misericordia Academic Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Service, Metropole Savoie Hospital Center, Chambery, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Multi-Organic Diseases, Saint-Eloi University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Diaconesses Croix Saint Simon Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinic for Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany
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- CEDOC, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Service, Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisboa Occidental Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- School of Medicine, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- University of South California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Rochester, MN, USA
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- School of Medicine, University Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru
- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris France
- Department of Rheumatology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- German Rheumatism Research Center, Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Berlin, Germany
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centre for Rheumatology and Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research, University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, Australia
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Mollaeian A, Kim DS, Haas CJ. COVID-19 Prevalence and Outcomes among Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Taking Hydroxychloroquine; A Retrospective Analysis. Open Rheumatol J 2021. [DOI: 10.2174/1874312902115010069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Introduction:
The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic has resulted in a universal search for potential treatments of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Initial reports of the therapeutic potential of chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and early non-randomized non-controlled studies were followed by subsequent trials refuting such properties. The use of CQ and HCQ in diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), prompted us to examine the prevalence of COVID-19 and proposed prophylactic and therapeutic properties of HCQ in this population.
Methods:
A total of 103 patients with RA and SLE aged 18 to 75 diagnosed with COVID-19 were identified. The patients were categorized as those taking HCQ (cases) and those not on HCQ (controls) for at least 6 months. Primary (mechanical ventilation, length of stay, death) and secondary outcomes were defined, data were collected, and results were compared and statistically analyzed between cases and controls.
Results:
No statistical difference was observed in demographic features, baseline comorbidities, and medications. Primary outcomes’ statistical analysis did not reveal any differences between cases and controls. Statistical analysis of secondary outcomes revealed that cases had a statistically higher chance of being tachypneic (p 0.034). D-Dimer (p 0.017) and LDH levels (p 0.044) were found to be significantly lower in cases versus controls.
Conclusion:
This study highlights the lack of clinical prophylactic and therapeutic efficacy of HCQ against COVID-19 when taken at regular doses for patients with RA and SLE. It also shows that the prevalence of COVID-19 was similar in RA and SLE patients regardless of baseline consumption of HCQ.
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Conway R, Nikiphorou E, Demetriou CA, Low C, Leamy K, Ryan JG, Kavanagh R, Fraser AD, Carey JJ, O'Connell P, Flood RM, Mullan RH, Kane DJ, Robinson PC, Liew JW, Grainger R, McCarthy GM. Predictors of hospitalization in patients with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 in Ireland: data from the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance registry. Rheumatol Adv Pract 2021; 5:rkab031. [PMID: 34622123 PMCID: PMC8244588 DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkab031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Objectives Given the limited data regarding the risk of hospitalization in patients with
rheumatic disease and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ireland, we
used the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA) registry data to study
outcomes and their predictors. The primary objective was to explore
potential predictors of hospitalization. Methods We examined data on patients and their disease-related characteristics
entered in the COVID-19 GRA provider registry from Ireland (from 24 March
2020 to 31 August 2020). Multivariable logistic regression was used to
assess the association of demographic and clinical characteristics with
hospitalization. Results Of 105 patients, 47 (45.6%) were hospitalized and 10 (9.5%)
died. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that age [odds ratio
(OR) = 1.06, 95% CI 1.01, 1.10], number of
co-morbidities (OR = 1.93, 95% CI 1.11,
3.35) and glucocorticoid use (OR = 15.01,
95% CI 1.77, 127.16) were significantly associated with
hospitalization. A diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis was associated with
lower odds of hospitalization (OR = 0.09,
95% CI 0.02, 0.32). Conclusion Increasing age, co-morbidity burden and glucocorticoid use were associated
with hospitalization, whereas a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis was
associated with lower odds of hospitalization.
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park
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- Department of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
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- Department of Rheumatology, Cork University Hospital, Cork
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- Department of Rheumatology, Galway University Hospitals
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- University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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Ramirez GA, Asperti C, Cucca V, Yacoub MR. Challenges to Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with Immune-Mediated Diseases. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:1147. [PMID: 34696255 PMCID: PMC8537812 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9101147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Aberrant deployment of the immune response is a hallmark pathogenic feature of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related disease (COVID-19), possibly accounting for high morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with comorbidities, including immune-mediated disorders. Immunisation with SARS-COV-2 vaccines successfully instructs the immune system to limit viral spread into tissues, mitigate COVID-19 manifestations and prevent its most detrimental inflammatory complications in the general population. Patients with immune-mediated diseases have been excluded from vaccine registration trials, foreclosing the acquisition of specific efficacy and safety data. In this review, we aimed to summarise and critically discuss evidence from real-world studies addressing this issue to provide a comprehensive view of the impact of vaccination practices in patients with allergy, autoimmunity or immunodeficiency. We analysed clinical and laboratory data from 34 studies involving more than 13,000 subjects with various immune disorders who were vaccinated with mRNA- DNA- or inactivated viral particle-based vaccines. These data globally support the safe and effective use of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with immune-mediated diseases, although patient-tailored strategies to determine vaccination timing, vaccine choice and background therapy management are warranted to optimise vaccination outcomes. More data are needed regarding patients with primary immunodeficiencies.
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- Giuseppe A. Ramirez
- Division of Immunology, Transplants and Infectious Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.A.); (V.C.); (M.-R.Y.)
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplants and Infectious Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.A.); (V.C.); (M.-R.Y.)
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplants and Infectious Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.A.); (V.C.); (M.-R.Y.)
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplants and Infectious Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.A.); (V.C.); (M.-R.Y.)
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Hausmann JS, Kennedy K, Simard JF, Liew JW, Sparks JA, Moni TT, Harrison C, Larché MJ, Levine M, Sattui SE, Semalulu T, Foster G, Surangiwala S, Thabane L, Beesley RP, Durrant KL, Mateus EF, Mingolla S, Nudel M, Palmerlee CA, Richards DP, Liew DFL, Hill CL, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Machado PM, Robinson PC, Sufka P, Wallace ZS, Yazdany J, Sirotich E. Immediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases. THE LANCET. RHEUMATOLOGY 2021; 3:e707-e714. [PMID: 34316727 PMCID: PMC8298011 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00175-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The impact and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with rheumatic disease are unclear. We developed the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with rheumatic disease worldwide. METHODS Survey questions were developed by key stakeholder groups and disseminated worldwide through social media, websites, and patient support organisations. Questions included demographics, rheumatic disease diagnosis, COVID-19 diagnosis, adoption of protective behaviours to mitigate COVID-19 exposure, medication access and changes, health-care access and communication with rheumatologists, and changes in employment or schooling. Adults age 18 years and older with inflammatory or autoimmune rheumatic diseases were eligible for inclusion. We included participants with and without a COVID-19 diagnosis. We excluded participants reporting only non-inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as fibromyalgia or osteoarthritis. FINDINGS 12 117 responses to the survey were received between April 3 and May 8, 2020, and of these, 10 407 respondents had included appropriate age data. We included complete responses from 9300 adults with rheumatic disease (mean age 46·1 years; 8375 [90·1%] women, 893 [9·6%] men, and 32 [0·3%] participants who identified as non-binary). 6273 (67·5%) of respondents identified as White, 1565 (16·8%) as Latin American, 198 (2·1%) as Black, 190 (2·0%) as Asian, and 42 (0·5%) as Native American or Aboriginal or First Nation. The most common rheumatic disease diagnoses included rheumatoid arthritis (3636 [39·1%] of 9300), systemic lupus erythematosus (2882 [31·0%]), and Sjögren's syndrome (1290 [13·9%]). Most respondents (6921 [82·0%] of 8441) continued their antirheumatic medications as prescribed. Almost all (9266 [99·7%] of 9297) respondents adopted protective behaviours to limit SARS-CoV-2 exposure. A change in employment status occurred in 2524 (27·1%) of 9300) of respondents, with a 13·6% decrease in the number in full-time employment (from 4066 to 3514). INTERPRETATION People with rheumatic disease maintained therapy and followed public health advice to mitigate the risks of COVID-19. Substantial employment status changes occurred, with potential implications for health-care access, medication affordability, mental health, and rheumatic disease activity. FUNDING American College of Rheumatology.
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- Jonathan S Hausmann
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, and Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Divisions of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Juvenile Arthritis Research, Tonbridge, UK
- European Network for Childhood Arthritis, Tonbridge, UK
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Italian National Association of People with Rheumatic and Rare Diseases, Brindisi, Italy
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- The Israeli association for RMDs patients "Mifrakim Tz'eirim", Haifa, Israel
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- Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, International Relapsing Polychondritis Research Network, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia
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- Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Australia
- Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre for Rheumatology and Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Ramirez GA, Argolini LM, Bellocchi C, Moroni L, Della-Torre E, Farina N, Caporali RF, Beretta L, Gerosa M, Bozzolo EP, Dagna L. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus throughout one year. Clin Immunol 2021; 231:108845. [PMID: 34478882 PMCID: PMC8405598 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2021.108845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Little is known about the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to the care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the long-term. By crossing population data with the results of a web-based survey focused on the timeframes January-April and May-December 2020, we found that among 334/518 responders, 28 had COVID-19 in 2020. Seventeen cases occurred in May-December, in parallel with trends in the general population and loosening of containment policy strength. Age > 40 years (p = 0.026), prednisone escalation (p = 0.008) and infected relatives (p < 0.001) were most significantly associated with COVID-19. Weaker associations were found with asthma, lymphadenopathy and azathioprine or cyclosporine treatment. Only 31% of patients with infected relatives developed COVID-19. Healthcare service disruptions were not associated with rising hospitalisations. Vaccination prospects were generally welcomed. Our data suggest that COVID-19 has a moderate impact on patients with SLE, which might be significantly modulated by public health policies, including vaccination.
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- Giuseppe A Ramirez
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini -CTO, Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Science of Community Health and Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Gaetano Pini -CTO, Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Science of Community Health and Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Izadi Z, Brenner EJ, Mahil SK, Dand N, Yiu ZZN, Yates M, Ungaro RC, Zhang X, Agrawal M, Colombel JF, Gianfrancesco MA, Hyrich KL, Strangfeld A, Carmona L, Mateus EF, Lawson-Tovey S, Klingberg E, Cuomo G, Caprioli M, Cruz-Machado AR, Mazeda Pereira AC, Hasseli R, Pfeil A, Lorenz HM, Hoyer BF, Trupin L, Rush S, Katz P, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Seet AM, Al Emadi S, Wise L, Gilbert EL, Duarte-García A, Valenzuela-Almada MO, Isnardi CA, Quintana R, Soriano ER, Hsu TYT, D’Silva KM, Sparks JA, Patel NJ, Xavier RM, Marques CDL, Kakehasi AM, Flipo RM, Claudepierre P, Cantagrel A, Goupille P, Wallace ZS, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann JS, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Robinson PC, Machado PM, Griffiths CEM, Barker JN, Smith CH, Yazdany J, Kappelman MD. Association Between Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and the Risk of Hospitalization or Death Among Patients With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease and COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open 2021; 4:e2129639. [PMID: 34661663 PMCID: PMC8524310 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Although tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors are widely prescribed globally because of their ability to ameliorate shared immune pathways across immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs), the impact of COVID-19 among individuals with IMIDs who are receiving TNF inhibitors remains insufficiently understood. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between the receipt of TNF inhibitor monotherapy and the risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalization or death compared with other commonly prescribed immunomodulatory treatment regimens among adult patients with IMIDs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cohort study was a pooled analysis of data from 3 international COVID-19 registries comprising individuals with rheumatic diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, and psoriasis from March 12, 2020, to February 1, 2021. Clinicians directly reported COVID-19 outcomes as well as demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals with IMIDs and confirmed or suspected COVID-19 using online data entry portals. Adults (age ≥18 years) with a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, or psoriasis were included. EXPOSURES Treatment exposure categories included TNF inhibitor monotherapy (reference treatment), TNF inhibitors in combination with methotrexate therapy, TNF inhibitors in combination with azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine therapy, methotrexate monotherapy, azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine monotherapy, and Janus kinase (Jak) inhibitor monotherapy. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The main outcome was COVID-19-associated hospitalization or death. Registry-level analyses and a pooled analysis of data across the 3 registries were conducted using multilevel multivariable logistic regression models, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics and accounting for country, calendar month, and registry-level correlations. RESULTS A total of 6077 patients from 74 countries were included in the analyses; of those, 3215 individuals (52.9%) were from Europe, 3563 individuals (58.6%) were female, and the mean (SD) age was 48.8 (16.5) years. The most common IMID diagnoses were rheumatoid arthritis (2146 patients [35.3%]) and Crohn disease (1537 patients [25.3%]). A total of 1297 patients (21.3%) were hospitalized, and 189 patients (3.1%) died. In the pooled analysis, compared with patients who received TNF inhibitor monotherapy, higher odds of hospitalization or death were observed among those who received a TNF inhibitor in combination with azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine therapy (odds ratio [OR], 1.74; 95% CI, 1.17-2.58; P = .006), azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine monotherapy (OR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.30-2.61; P = .001), methotrexate monotherapy (OR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.57-2.56; P < .001), and Jak inhibitor monotherapy (OR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.21-2.73; P = .004) but not among those who received a TNF inhibitor in combination with methotrexate therapy (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.85-1.63; P = .33). Similar findings were obtained in analyses that accounted for potential reporting bias and sensitivity analyses that excluded patients with a COVID-19 diagnosis based on symptoms alone. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this cohort study, TNF inhibitor monotherapy was associated with a lower risk of adverse COVID-19 outcomes compared with other commonly prescribed immunomodulatory treatment regimens among individuals with IMIDs.
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- Zara Izadi
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
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- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- Health Data Research UK, London, United Kingdom
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- Dermatology Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Pendleton, Salford, England
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
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- Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal
- European League Against Rheumatism Standing Committee of People With Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe, Kilchberg, Switzerland
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- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
- Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Society for Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany
- University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
- San Francisco VA Healthcare System, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Rheumatology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Mongan Institute, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Rheumatology Unit, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Rheumatology, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- EpiDermE, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France
- Rheumatology Department, Henri-Mondor University Hospital, Créteil, France
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- Rheumatology Department, Chru Hospitals of Tours, Tours, France
- Groupe Innovation and Ciblage Cellulaire, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Mongan Institute, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Irish Children’s Arthritis Network, Bansha, Tipperary, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Rheumatology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- HealthPartners Specialty Center–Rheumatology, St. Paul, Minnesota
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Rheumatology and Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Dermatology Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Pendleton, Salford, England
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- St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
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Bergman M, Saffore CD, Kim KJ, Patel PA, Garg V, Xuan S, Naik HB. Healthcare Resource Use in Patients with Immune-Mediated Conditions Treated with Targeted Immunomodulators During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Claims Analysis. Adv Ther 2021; 38:5302-5316. [PMID: 34515976 PMCID: PMC8436009 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-021-01906-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine medical care may result in altered healthcare resource use in patients with immune-mediated conditions. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of treatment interruptions in patients with and without COVID-19 infections who were treated with targeted immunomodulators (TIMs) in the USA. METHODS Data from the IBM® MarketScan® Research Databases were analyzed in patients with immune-mediated conditions from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2020. Healthcare resource use (HCRU) including hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits, in-person outpatient visits, and respiratory outcomes was assessed in a cohort of patients without COVID-19 who had uninterrupted versus interrupted TIM use. The impact of treatment interruption on HCRU and respiratory outcomes was also evaluated in a cohort of patients with COVID-19. Results from adjusted logistic regression were reported as adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS Approximately 25% of patients in both the COVID-19 (N = 787) and non-COVID-19 cohorts (N = 77,178) experienced interruptions in TIM therapy. In the non-COVID-19 cohort, the likelihood of being hospitalized was 20% less in patients with uninterrupted versus interrupted TIM use (aOR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.71-0.90). Patients with uninterrupted TIM use had a similar likelihood of an ED visit (aOR = 0.99, 95% CI 0.91-1.08) and respiratory outcome (aOR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.71-1.31) versus patients with interrupted TIM use. The likelihood of having an in-person outpatient visit was 87% greater in patients with uninterrupted versus interrupted TIM use (aOR = 1.87, 95% CI 1.81-1.94). Similar findings were observed in the COVID-19 cohort. CONCLUSION This analysis of real-world claims data showed that uninterrupted TIM use was not associated with an increased likelihood of hospitalizations, ED visits, or negative respiratory outcomes compared to interrupted TIM use among patients with immune-mediated conditions, regardless of COVID-19 diagnosis.
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- Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Sparks JA, Wallace ZS, Robinson PC. Coronavirus disease 2019: update on coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes and vaccine efficacy in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2021; 33:412-418. [PMID: 34171857 PMCID: PMC8373387 DOI: 10.1097/bor.0000000000000812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Although the literature to date on COVID-19 outcomes in those with immune-mediated inflammatory disease has been largely reassuring there remain many unanswered questions. These include the impact of specific medications on outcomes and the antibody response after COVID-19 vaccination. RECENT FINDINGS We summarized the current literature related to COVID-19 outcomes in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in rheumatology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and neurology. Overall, we found either no difference or modest differences in risk for severe COVID-19 for people with immune-mediated diseases compared with the general population. When considering disease-specific factors, glucocorticoid use and underlying immune-mediated disease activity were generally associated with worse outcomes. Specific medications varied in associations: tumor necrosis factor inhibitors generally had lower odds for severe COVID-19 outcomes, whereas rituximab use generally had higher odds for severe outcomes. We also detailed the recent reports of antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. SUMMARY Investigations of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases across several organ systems have offered important insight into the COVID-19 disease course. Overall, these studies have provided reassurance to patients and clinicians while also identifying groups who may be at higher risk for poor outcomes.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital & Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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Cieza A, Kamenov K, Al Ghaib OA, Aresu A, Chatterji S, Chavez F, Clyne J, Drew N, Funk M, Guzman A, Guzzi E, Khasnabis C, Mikkelsen B, Minghui R, Mitra G, Narahari P, Nauk G, Priddy A, Sabeh A, Reyes MSC, Vasquez J, Widmer-Iliescu R. Disability and COVID-19: ensuring no one is left behind. Arch Public Health 2021; 79:148. [PMID: 34416912 PMCID: PMC8377454 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda calls for targeted attention to the needs and rights of the most vulnerable populations to ensure a life of dignity and human security for all. In this paper, we argue that persons with disabilities are in a disproportionately vulnerable situation in public health emergencies. By using the example of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), we explain why that is and call for the systematic consideration of the needs and rights of persons with disabilities during the response to the outbreak and during the recovery phase. Otherwise, equity will continue to be merely an aspiration during this COVID-19 emergency - as it will in future health emergencies.
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- UN Partnership on Persons with Disabilities Fund, United Nations Development Program, New York, USA
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- International Disability and Development Consortium, Brussels, Belgium
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- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
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- International Disability Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland
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- World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York, USA
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- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, New York, USA
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- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Disability and Accessibility, New York, USA
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Tharwat S, Mohamed SZ, Nassar MK. Challenges of Egyptian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reumatologia 2021; 59:237-243. [PMID: 34538954 PMCID: PMC8436789 DOI: 10.5114/reum.2021.108620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Egypt is part of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that has contributed to substantial deterioration of healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to assess the challenges faced by Egyptian systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHODS This questionnaire-based study was carried out on 200 patients with SLE from Egypt. The questionnaire provided covered socioeconomic status, lupus disease data, information about COVID-19 infection, and medical and family history of COVID-19 infection. RESULTS The mean age of the participants was 30.1 ±8.4 years. 140/200 (70%) of the participants reported difficulty in obtaining medications during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly antimalarials (60%). The lupus disease condition became worse because of the drug shortage in half of the participants. Wearing protective masks (74%) and using disinfectants of the hands several times per day (67%) were the most reported used measures. Forty patients (20%) had to stop or reduce taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs while 10 patients (5%) had to start taking antimalarials as a prophylaxis against COVID-19 infection. Among those who needed hospitalization, the main cause was lupus activity, and most of them (71%) experienced difficulty in hospital admission. Thirty-two patients (16%) had confirmed COVID-19 infection. About half of them had lupus flare and had to change the medications used for treatment of lupus. CONCLUSIONS The current COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on the healthcare provided to SLE patients in Egypt. Patients with SLE faced a shortage of their medications, especially antimalarials, and difficulty in hospital admission.
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- Samar Tharwat
- Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Mansoura University, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
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- Mansoura Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Mansoura University, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
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Specker C, Aries P, Braun J, Burmester G, Fischer-Betz R, Hasseli R, Holle J, Hoyer BF, Iking-Konert C, Krause A, Krüger K, Krusche M, Leipe J, Lorenz HM, Moosig F, Schmale-Grede R, Schneider M, Strangfeld A, Voll R, Voormann A, Wagner U, Schulze-Koops H. [Updated recommendations of the German Society for Rheumatology for the care of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases in the context of the SARS-CoV‑2/COVID‑19 pandemic, including recommendations for COVID‑19 vaccination]. Z Rheumatol 2021; 80:570-587. [PMID: 34309739 PMCID: PMC8311067 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-021-01056-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Christof Specker
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.
- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Pattbergstr. 2, 45239, Essen, Deutschland.
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Rheumatologie im Struenseehaus, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität und Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Poliklinik, Funktionsbereich und Hiller Forschungszentrum für Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, , Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, 1. Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik Sektion Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Osteologie und Klinische Immunologie, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Rheumatologisches Praxiszentrum München, München, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität und Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätskrankenhaus Mannheim, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Sektion Rheumatologie, Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Poliklinik, Funktionsbereich und Hiller Forschungszentrum für Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, , Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Programmbereich Epidemiologie und Versorgungsforschung, Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland
- Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Endokrinologie, Nephrologie, Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie e. V., Berlin, Deutschland.
- Sektion Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Klinik IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Pettenkoferstr. 8a, 80336, München, Deutschland.
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Sengler C, Eulert S, Minden K, Niewerth M, Horneff G, Kuemmerle-Deschner J, Siemer C, Berendes R, Girschick H, Hühn R, Borte M, Hospach A, Emminger W, Armann J, Klein A, Kallinich T. Clinical manifestations and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infections in children and adolescents with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases: data from the National Paediatric Rheumatology Database in Germany. RMD Open 2021; 7:rmdopen-2021-001687. [PMID: 34312307 PMCID: PMC8316693 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Objectives This study aimed to investigate the clinical manifestations, course and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children and adolescents with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). Due to their underlying disease as well due to therapeutic immunosuppression, these patients may be at risk for a severe course of COVID-19 or for a flare of the underlying disease triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods Demographic, clinical and treatment data from juvenile patients with RMD as well as data about SARS-CoV-2 infection like test date and method, clinical characteristics, disease course, outcome and impact on the disease activity of the RMD were documented on a specific SARS-CoV-2 questionnaire implemented in the National Paediatric Rheumatology Database (NPRD) in Germany. The survey data were analysed descriptively. Results From 17 April 2020 to 16 February 2021, data were collected from 76 patients (52% female) with RMD and laboratory-proven SARS-CoV-2 infection with median age of 14 years, diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (58%), autoinflammatory (24%) and connective tissue disease (8%). Fifty-eight patients (76%) received disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), 41% biological DMARDs and 11% systemic glucocorticoids. Fifty-eight (76%) had symptoms of COVID-19. Disease course of SARS-CoV-2 infection (classified as asymptomatic, mild, moderate, severe, life-threatening) was mild and outcome of COVID-19 (classified as recovered, not yet recovered, permanent damage or deceased) was good (recovered) in the majority of patients. Two patients were hospitalised, one of whom required intensive care and died of cardiorespiratory failure. In 84% of SARS-CoV-2-positive patients, no relevant increase in disease activity of the RMD was observed. Conclusions In our cohort, SARS-CoV-2 infection in juvenile patients with RMD under various medications was mild with good outcome in the majority of cases and does not appear to have a relevant impact on disease activity of the underlying condition.
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- Claudia Sengler
- Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- General Paediatrics, Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany.,Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- German Center for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Kinderkrankenhaus Sankt Marien gGmbH, Landshut, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, Vivantes Clinic in Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany
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- ImmunDefektCentrum Leipzig (IDCL), Klinikum St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
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- Pädiatrie 2, Olgahospital and Women's Clinic, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Universitätskinderklinik Wien, Wien, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- General Paediatrics, Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany.,Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with systemic rheumatic diseases. LANCET RHEUMATOLOGY 2021; 3:e675-e676. [PMID: 34316725 PMCID: PMC8297993 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00243-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Albhaisi S, Wenzel RP. The Value of Medical Registries and Observational Studies Early in Pandemics: The COVID-19 Experience. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 74:1112-1116. [PMID: 34270715 PMCID: PMC8344543 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Whereas randomized clinical trials remain the gold standard for evaluating new therapies for infections, we argue that registries and observational studies early in the Covid-19 pandemic provided invaluable understanding of the natural history and preliminary data on risk factors and possible treatments. We review the data from the current pandemic, the history of registries in general and their value in public health emergencies. Lessons from these experiences should be incorporated into rigorous planning for the next pandemic.
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- Somaya Albhaisi
- Dept of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0341, USA
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- Dept of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0341, USA
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Kahlmann V, Manansala M, Moor CC, Shahrara S, Wijsenbeek MS, Sweiss NJ. COVID-19 infection in patients with sarcoidosis: susceptibility and clinical outcomes. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2021; 27:463-471. [PMID: 34397613 DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Patients with sarcoidosis may be at higher risk of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) as over 90% of the patients have pulmonary involvement and many are treated with immunosuppressive agents. This review will summarize the current literature regarding sarcoidosis and COVID-19, with a particular focus on susceptibility, clinical outcomes, management, and approach to vaccination. RECENT FINDINGS Data about COVID-19 and sarcoidosis include a number of case series and reports, cohort studies, and registries. Literature is not conclusive whether patients with sarcoidosis have increased susceptibility to COVID-19. Patients with moderate to severe impaired pulmonary function may be at increased risk of adverse outcomes and mortality. Whether immunosuppressive medication increases risk of COVID-19 severity or affects vaccination response is not yet clear. Novel approaches, such as telemedicine and home monitoring programs, are promising to ensure continuity of care for patients with sarcoidosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. SUMMARY Current evidence about the risk and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 infection in patient with sarcoidosis, is mainly extrapolated from other immune-mediated diseases. Hence, further research that focuses on the sarcoidosis population is warranted.
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- Vivienne Kahlmann
- Centre of Excellence for Interstitial Lung Diseases and Sarcoidosis, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre of Excellence for Interstitial Lung Diseases and Sarcoidosis, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.,Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Centre of Excellence for Interstitial Lung Diseases and Sarcoidosis, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Strangfeld A, Schäfer M, Gianfrancesco MA, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew JW, Ljung L, Mateus EF, Richez C, Santos MJ, Schmajuk G, Scirè CA, Sirotich E, Sparks JA, Sufka P, Thomas T, Trupin L, Wallace ZS, Al-Adely S, Bachiller-Corral J, Bhana S, Cacoub P, Carmona L, Costello R, Costello W, Gossec L, Grainger R, Hachulla E, Hasseli R, Hausmann JS, Hyrich KL, Izadi Z, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Kearsley-Fleet L, Robinson PC, Yazdany J, Machado PM. Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Ann Rheum Dis 2021; 80:930-942. [PMID: 33504483 PMCID: PMC7843211 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 460] [Impact Index Per Article: 153.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases. METHODS Physician-reported registry of adults with rheumatic disease and confirmed or presumptive COVID-19 (from 24 March to 1 July 2020). The primary outcome was COVID-19-related death. Age, sex, smoking status, comorbidities, rheumatic disease diagnosis, disease activity and medications were included as covariates in multivariable logistic regression models. Analyses were further stratified according to rheumatic disease category. RESULTS Of 3729 patients (mean age 57 years, 68% female), 390 (10.5%) died. Independent factors associated with COVID-19-related death were age (66-75 years: OR 3.00, 95% CI 2.13 to 4.22; >75 years: 6.18, 4.47 to 8.53; both vs ≤65 years), male sex (1.46, 1.11 to 1.91), hypertension combined with cardiovascular disease (1.89, 1.31 to 2.73), chronic lung disease (1.68, 1.26 to 2.25) and prednisolone-equivalent dosage >10 mg/day (1.69, 1.18 to 2.41; vs no glucocorticoid intake). Moderate/high disease activity (vs remission/low disease activity) was associated with higher odds of death (1.87, 1.27 to 2.77). Rituximab (4.04, 2.32 to 7.03), sulfasalazine (3.60, 1.66 to 7.78), immunosuppressants (azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, ciclosporin, mycophenolate or tacrolimus: 2.22, 1.43 to 3.46) and not receiving any disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) (2.11, 1.48 to 3.01) were associated with higher odds of death, compared with methotrexate monotherapy. Other synthetic/biological DMARDs were not associated with COVID-19-related death. CONCLUSION Among people with rheumatic disease, COVID-19-related death was associated with known general factors (older age, male sex and specific comorbidities) and disease-specific factors (disease activity and specific medications). The association with moderate/high disease activity highlights the importance of adequate disease control with DMARDs, preferably without increasing glucocorticoid dosages. Caution may be required with rituximab, sulfasalazine and some immunosuppressants.
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- Anja Strangfeld
- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal
- European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), Kilchberg, Switzerland
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- Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation (CRI) and Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Alliance for Translational and Clinical Research Network (IMIDIATE), Bordeaux, France
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
- Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register (Reuma.pt), Portuguese Society of Rheumatology (SPR), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR), Milan, Italy and Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Société Française de Rhumatologie (SFR), Saint Etienne, France
- Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Nord, CHU Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
- INSERM U1059, Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program and Rheumatology Unit, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de investigación IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211; Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Paris, France
- Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI), Paris, France
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Irish Children's Arthritis Network (iCAN), Tipperary, Ireland
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- Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- AP-HP.Sorbonne Université, Rheumatology department, Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Paris, France
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- Filière des maladies Auto-Immunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares (FAI2R), Lille University, France, Lille University, Lille, France
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, ustus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Program in Rheumatology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital & Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust, London, UK
- Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
- Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK
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Gamboa-Cárdenas RV, Barzola-Cerrón S, Toledo-Neira D, Reátegui-Sokolova C, Pimentel-Quiroz V, Zevallos-Miranda F, Alarcón GS, Ugarte-Gil M. Predictors of hospitalization for COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: results from a community cohort follow-up. Clin Rheumatol 2021; 40:4725-4734. [PMID: 34189675 PMCID: PMC8241466 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-021-05833-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The identification of risk factors for COVID-19 adverse course in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) is of the utmost importance when approaching patient management; however, data are scarce in relation to the Latin American population. The objective of this study was to determine predictors of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients from an ARD community cohort. METHODS A real setting longitudinal study (March to November 2020) in an ARD community cohort was carried out. Potential predictors of hospitalization for COVID-19 examined included (1) sociodemographic variables (age, gender, education, tobacco use, socioeconomic status, and co-inhabitants), (2) comorbidities, (3) time to COVID-19 diagnosis, and (4) ARD's features: clinical (disease type, disease duration, activity), treatment [corticosteroids use/doses, use of synthetic DMARDs (cDMARDs, tsDMARDs, and bDMARDs)], treatment schedule and non-adherence, and the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ). Univariable and multivariable regression analysis were conducted; OR and 95% CI (p < 0.05) were determined. RESULTS One thousand and one hundred forty-eight patients with ARDs were included; 154 had COVID-19; of these 139 (90.3%) were women, aged 52.5 (13.7) years; 33.1% had hypertension and 61.0% an affected organ by ARD. Infection was detected 8.4 (10.1) days after symptoms started; there were 33 hospitalized patients (rate 21.4%). Predictors of hospitalization by multivariable analysis were age (OR: 1.06; CI: 1.01-1.10; p: 0.01), comorbidities: hypertension (OR: 3.95; 95% CI: 1.40-10.95, p: 0.01) and neoplasm (OR: 9.0; 95% CI: 1.6-52.3; p: 0.01), number of organs involved by ARD (OR: 2.26; 95% CI: 1.16-4.41; p: 0.02), and infection diagnosis delay (OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.03-1.80; p: 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In our ARD patients with COVID-19, older age, comorbidities (neoplasm and hypertension), and a delay in COVID-19 diagnosis were predictors of hospitalization. The only ARD-associated predictor feature was the number of organs involved. Key Points • Patients with ARD and COVID-19 have an adverse course in comparison to the general population. • Previous predictors of COVID-19 hospitalization, including known risk factors (such as older age and comorbidities) and systemic manifestations, should be taken into account in the management of these patients. • Delayed diagnosis of COVID-19 impacts negatively on prognosis. • Availability of diagnostic tests is of utmost importance.
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- Rocío-V Gamboa-Cárdenas
- Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru. .,Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Lima, Peru.
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Lima, Peru.,Unidad de Investigación Para La Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru
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- Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.,Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama At Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.,Rheumatology Department, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud, Lima, Peru
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Kobak S. The Perfect Storm: A Rheumatologist's Point of View on COVID-19 Infection. Curr Rheumatol Rev 2021; 17:141-152. [PMID: 33121412 DOI: 10.2174/1573397116666201029155105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The new coronavirus infection (Covid-19) is a pandemic that has affected the whole world and progresses with high morbidity and mortality. It has a high contagion rate and a course capable of rapid lung involvement with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pulmonary insufficiency. A severe clinical picture develops as a result of a "perfect cytokine storm" which results from possible immunological mechanisms triggered by the viral infection. Immune system dysregulation and possible autoinflammatory and autoimmune mechanisms are responsible for a higher amount of cytokines release from immune cells. Although no clear treatment of Covid-19 infection has emerged yet, it is argued that some disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) may be effective in addition to anti-viral treatments. These drugs (anti-malarial drugs, colchicum dispert, biologics) have been well known to rheumatologists for years because they are used in the treatment of many inflammatory rheumatologic diseases. Another important issue is whether DMARDs, which can cause severe immunosuppression, pose a risk for Covid-19 infection and whether they have been discontinued beforehand. Although there are insufficient data on this subject, considering the risk of disease reactivation, patients may continue their DMARDs treatment under the supervision of a rheumatologist. In this article, the possible immunological mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Covid-19 infection and the efficacy and safety of various DMARDs used in the treatment are discussed from a rheumatologist's perspective in the light of recent literature data.
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- Senol Kobak
- Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Istinye University, Liv Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Goldman JD, Robinson PC, Uldrick TS, Ljungman P. COVID-19 in immunocompromised populations: implications for prognosis and repurposing of immunotherapies. J Immunother Cancer 2021; 9:e002630. [PMID: 34117116 PMCID: PMC8206176 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has highly variable disease severity and a bimodal course characterized by acute respiratory viral infection followed by hyperinflammation in a subset of patients with severe disease. This immune dysregulation is characterized by lymphocytopenia, elevated levels of plasma cytokines and proliferative and exhausted T cells, among other dysfunctional cell types. Immunocompromised persons often fare worse in the context of acute respiratory infections, but preliminary data suggest this may not hold true for COVID-19. In this review, we explore the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on mortality in four populations with distinct forms of immunocompromise: (1) persons with hematological malignancies (HM) and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients; (2) solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs); (3) persons with rheumatological diseases; and (4) persons living with HIV (PLWH). For each population, key immunological defects are described and how these relate to the immune dysregulation in COVID-19. Next, outcomes including mortality after SARS-CoV-2 infection are described for each population, giving comparisons to the general population of age-matched and comorbidity-matched controls. In these four populations, iatrogenic or disease-related immunosuppression is not clearly associated with poor prognosis in HM, HCT, SOTR, rheumatological diseases, or HIV. However, certain individual immunosuppressants or disease states may be associated with harmful or beneficial effects, including harm from severe CD4 lymphocytopenia in PLWH and possible benefit to the calcineurin inhibitor ciclosporin in SOTRs, or tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors in persons with rheumatic diseases. Lastly, insights gained from clinical and translational studies are explored as to the relevance for repurposing of immunosuppressive host-directed therapies for the treatment of hyperinflammation in COVID-19 in the general population.
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- Jason D Goldman
- Swedish Center for Research and Innovation, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Washington, USA
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Woman's Hospital Health Service District, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department. of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stockholm, Sweden
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sparks JA, Wallace ZS, Seet AM, Gianfrancesco MA, Izadi Z, Hyrich KL, Strangfeld A, Gossec L, Carmona L, Mateus EF, Lawson-Tovey S, Trupin L, Rush S, Katz P, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Wise L, Gilbert EL, Duarte-García A, Valenzuela-Almada MO, Pons-Estel GJ, Isnardi CA, Berbotto GA, Hsu TYT, D'Silva KM, Patel NJ, Kearsley-Fleet L, Schäfer M, Ribeiro SLE, Al Emadi S, Tidblad L, Scirè CA, Raffeiner B, Thomas T, Flipo RM, Avouac J, Seror R, Bernardes M, Cunha MM, Hasseli R, Schulze-Koops H, Müller-Ladner U, Specker C, Souza VAD, Mota LMHD, Gomides APM, Dieudé P, Nikiphorou E, Kronzer VL, Singh N, Ugarte-Gil MF, Wallace B, Akpabio A, Thomas R, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann JS, Liew JW, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Robinson PC, Machado PM, Yazdany J. Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry. Ann Rheum Dis 2021; 80:1137-1146. [PMID: 34049860 PMCID: PMC8172266 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Objective To investigate baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic (b/ts) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and COVID-19 outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods We analysed the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry (from 24 March 2020 to 12 April 2021). We investigated b/tsDMARD use for RA at the clinical onset of COVID-19 (baseline): abatacept (ABA), rituximab (RTX), Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), interleukin 6 inhibitors (IL-6i) or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi, reference group). The ordinal COVID-19 severity outcome was (1) no hospitalisation, (2) hospitalisation without oxygen, (3) hospitalisation with oxygen/ventilation or (4) death. We used ordinal logistic regression to estimate the OR (odds of being one level higher on the ordinal outcome) for each drug class compared with TNFi, adjusting for potential baseline confounders. Results Of 2869 people with RA (mean age 56.7 years, 80.8% female) on b/tsDMARD at the onset of COVID-19, there were 237 on ABA, 364 on RTX, 317 on IL-6i, 563 on JAKi and 1388 on TNFi. Overall, 613 (21%) were hospitalised and 157 (5.5%) died. RTX (OR 4.15, 95% CI 3.16 to 5.44) and JAKi (OR 2.06, 95% CI 1.60 to 2.65) were each associated with worse COVID-19 severity compared with TNFi. There were no associations between ABA or IL6i and COVID-19 severity. Conclusions People with RA treated with RTX or JAKi had worse COVID-19 severity than those on TNFi. The strong association of RTX and JAKi use with poor COVID-19 outcomes highlights prioritisation of risk mitigation strategies for these people.
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- Jeffrey A Sparks
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA .,Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA .,Clinical Epidemiology Program and Rheumatology Unit, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France.,APHP, Rheumatology Department, Hopital Universitaire Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
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- Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases, Lisbon, Portugal.,Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), European League Against Rheumatism, Kilchberg, Switzerland
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.,San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Robert D and Patricia E Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program and Rheumatology Unit, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program and Rheumatology Unit, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Epidemiology and Health Care Research, German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hospital Universitário Getúlio Vargas, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Rheumatology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Padua, Italy
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- Société Française de Rhumatologie (SFR), Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Nord, Universite de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.CUP, Universite de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique, Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris-Saclay, Saint-Aubin, France
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Sao Joao EPE, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Internal Medicine IV, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, KEM Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
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- Rheumatology Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris University, Paris, France
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru.,Rheumatology Department, Level IV Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, La Victoria, Peru
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Rheumatology Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- UQ Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Irish Children's Arthritis Network (iCan), Tipperary, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Program in Rheumatology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- HealthPartners, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.,Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Health Service District, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Rheumatology and Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK.,National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Fike A, Hartman J, Redmond C, Williams SG, Ruiz-Perdomo Y, Chu J, Hasni S, Ward MM, Katz JD, Gourh P. Risk Factors for COVID-19 and Rheumatic Disease Flare in a US Cohort of Latino Patients. Arthritis Rheumatol 2021; 73:1129-1134. [PMID: 33455077 PMCID: PMC8014137 DOI: 10.1002/art.41656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Objective Latino patients are overrepresented among cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) and are at an increased risk of severe disease. Prevalence of COVID‐19 in Latinos with rheumatic diseases is poorly reported. This study was undertaken to characterize COVID‐19 clinical features and outcomes in Latino patients with rheumatic diseases. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of Latino patients with rheumatic diseases from an existing observational cohort in the Washington, DC area. Patients seen between April 1, 2020 and October 15, 2020 were analyzed in this study. We reviewed demographic characteristics, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities, and use of immunomodulatory therapies. An exploratory classification and regression tree (CART) analysis along with logistic regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors for COVID‐19 and rheumatic disease flare. Results Of 178 Latino patients with rheumatic diseases, 32 (18%) were identified as having COVID‐19, and the incidence rate of infection was found to be 3‐fold higher than in the general Latino population. No patients required intensive care unit–level care. A CART analysis and multivariable logistic regression analysis identified a BMI of >30.35 as a risk factor for COVID‐19 (odds ratio [OR] 3.37 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.5–7.7]; P = 0.004). COVID‐19 positivity was a risk factor for rheumatic disease flare (OR 4.57 [95% CI 1.2–17.4]; P = 0.02). Conclusion Our findings indicate that Latino patients with rheumatic diseases have a higher rate of COVID‐19 compared with the general Latino population. Obesity is a risk factor for COVID‐19, and COVID‐19 is a risk factor for rheumatic disease flare. Latino patients with risk factors should be closely followed up, especially post–COVID‐19 in anticipation of disease flare.
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- Alice Fike
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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