A Population-Based Analysis of the Risk of Glomerular Disease Relapse after COVID-19 Vaccination

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BACKGROUND: Although case reports have described relapses of glomerular disease after COVID-19 vaccination, evidence of a true association is lacking. In this population-level analysis, we sought to determine relative and absolute risks of glomerular disease relapse after COVID-19 vaccination.

METHODS: In this retrospective population-level cohort study, we used a centralized clinical and pathology registry (2000-2020) to identify 1105 adult patients in British Columbia, Canada, with biopsy-proven glomerular disease that was stable on December 14, 2020 (when COVID-19 vaccines first became available). The primary outcome was disease relapse, on the basis of changes in kidney function, proteinuria, or both. Vaccination was modeled as a 30-day time-varying exposure in extended Cox regression models, stratified on disease type.

RESULTS: During 281 days of follow-up, 134 (12.1%) patients experienced a relapse. Although a first vaccine dose was not associated with relapse risk (hazard ratio [HR]=0.67; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.33 to 1.36), exposure to a second or third dose was associated with a two-fold risk of relapse (HR=2.23; 95% CI, 1.06 to 4.71). The pattern of relative risk was similar across glomerular diseases. The absolute increase in 30-day relapse risk associated with a second or third vaccine dose varied from 1%-2% in ANCA-related glomerulonephritis, minimal change disease, membranous nephropathy, or FSGS to 3%-5% in IgA nephropathy or lupus nephritis. Among 24 patients experiencing a vaccine-associated relapse, 4 (17%) had a change in immunosuppression, and none required a biopsy.

CONCLUSIONS: In a population-level cohort of patients with glomerular disease, a second or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine was associated with higher relative risk but low absolute increased risk of relapse.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Dec;33(12):2128-2131. - PMID 36332972

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 33(2022), 12 vom: 04. Dez., Seite 2247-2257

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Canney, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Atiquzzaman, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Cunningham, Amanda M [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Yuyan [VerfasserIn]
Er, Lee [VerfasserIn]
Hawken, Steven [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yinshan [VerfasserIn]
Barbour, Sean J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Clinical epidemiology
Glomerular disease
Glomerulonephritis
Journal Article
Recurrence
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccination

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.12.2022

Date Revised 02.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Dec;33(12):2128-2131. - PMID 36332972

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1681/ASN.2022030258

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348468474