SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals with rheumatic disease : results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registry

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OBJECTIVE: While COVID-19 vaccination prevents severe infections, poor immunogenicity in immunocompromised people threatens vaccine effectiveness. We analysed the clinical characteristics of patients with rheumatic disease who developed breakthrough COVID-19 after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2.

METHODS: We included people partially or fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 who developed COVID-19 between 5 January and 30 September 2021 and were reported to the Global Rheumatology Alliance registry. Breakthrough infections were defined as occurring ≥14 days after completion of the vaccination series, specifically 14 days after the second dose in a two-dose series or 14 days after a single-dose vaccine. We analysed patients' demographic and clinical characteristics and COVID-19 symptoms and outcomes.

RESULTS: SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported in 197 partially or fully vaccinated people with rheumatic disease (mean age 54 years, 77% female, 56% white). The majority (n=140/197, 71%) received messenger RNA vaccines. Among the fully vaccinated (n=87), infection occurred a mean of 112 (±60) days after the second vaccine dose. Among those fully vaccinated and hospitalised (n=22, age range 36-83 years), nine had used B cell-depleting therapy (BCDT), with six as monotherapy, at the time of vaccination. Three were on mycophenolate. The majority (n=14/22, 64%) were not taking systemic glucocorticoids. Eight patients had pre-existing lung disease and five patients died.

CONCLUSION: More than half of fully vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections requiring hospitalisation were on BCDT or mycophenolate. Further risk mitigation strategies are likely needed to protect this selected high-risk population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

RMD open - 8(2022), 1 vom: 15. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liew, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Gianfrancesco, Milena [VerfasserIn]
Harrison, Carly [VerfasserIn]
Izadi, Zara [VerfasserIn]
Rush, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Lawson-Tovey, Saskia [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsohn, Lindsay [VerfasserIn]
Ja, Clairissa [VerfasserIn]
Hyrich, Kimme L [VerfasserIn]
Gossec, Laure [VerfasserIn]
Strangfeld, Anja [VerfasserIn]
Carmona, Loreto [VerfasserIn]
Schäfer, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Frãzao-Mateus, Elsa [VerfasserIn]
Bulina, Inita [VerfasserIn]
Stafford, Frances [VerfasserIn]
Tufan, Abdurrahman [VerfasserIn]
Graver, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Yardımcı, Gözde Kübra [VerfasserIn]
Zepa, Julija [VerfasserIn]
Al Emadi, Samar [VerfasserIn]
Cook, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Abutiban, Fatemah [VerfasserIn]
Dey, Dfiza [VerfasserIn]
Katigbak, Genevieve [VerfasserIn]
Kaufman, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Kowalski, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Martínez, Marco Ulises [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Naomi J [VerfasserIn]
Reyes-Cordero, Greta [VerfasserIn]
Salido, Evelyn [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Ellison [VerfasserIn]
Snow, David [VerfasserIn]
Sparks, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Wise, Leanna [VerfasserIn]
Bhana, Suleman [VerfasserIn]
Gore-Massy, Monique [VerfasserIn]
Grainger, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Hausmann, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Sirotich, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Sufka, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Wallace, Zachary [VerfasserIn]
Machado, Pedro M [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Philip C [VerfasserIn]
Yazdany, Jinoos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antirheumatic agents
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccination

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Date Completed 08.04.2022

Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002187

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339176008