The protective effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors in COVID-19 in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases compared to the general population-A comparison of two German registries

Copyright © 2024 Hasseli, Hanses, Stecher, Specker, Weise, Borgmann, Hasselberger, Hertenstein, Hower, Hoyer, Koll, Krause, von Lilienfeld-Toal, Lorenz, Merle, Nunes de Miranda, Pletz, Regierer, Richter, Rieg, Roemmele, Ruethrich, Schmeiser, Schulze-Koops, Strangfeld, Vehreschild, Voit, Voll, Vehreschild, Müller-Ladner and Pfeil..

Objectives: To investigate, whether inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) inpatients are at higher risk to develop a severe course of SARS-CoV-2 infections compared to the general population, data from the German COVID-19 registry for IRD patients and data from the Lean European Survey on SARS-CoV-2 (LEOSS) infected patients covering inpatients from the general population with SARS-CoV-2 infections were compared.

Methods: 4310 (LEOSS registry) and 1139 cases (IRD registry) were collected in general. Data were matched for age and gender. From both registries, 732 matched inpatients (LEOSS registry: n = 366 and IRD registry: n = 366) were included for analyses in total.

Results: Regarding the COVID-19 associated lethality, no significant difference between both registries was observed. Age > 65°years, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and the use of rituximab were associated with more severe courses of COVID-19. Female gender and the use of tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors (TNF-I) were associated with a better outcome of COVID-19.

Conclusion: Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) patients have the same risk factors for severe COVID-19 regarding comorbidities compared to the general population without any immune-mediated disease or immunomodulation. The use of rituximab was associated with an increased risk for severe COVID-19. On the other hand, the use of TNF-I was associated with less severe COVID-19 compared to the general population, which might indicate a protective effect of TNF-I against severe COVID-19 disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in medicine - 11(2024) vom: 19., Seite 1332716

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hasseli, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Hanses, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Stecher, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Specker, Christof [VerfasserIn]
Weise, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Borgmann, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Hasselberger, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Hertenstein, Bernd [VerfasserIn]
Hower, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Hoyer, Bimba F [VerfasserIn]
Koll, Carolin [VerfasserIn]
Krause, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
von Lilienfeld-Toal, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Lorenz, Hanns-Martin [VerfasserIn]
Merle, Uta [VerfasserIn]
Nunes de Miranda, Susana M [VerfasserIn]
Pletz, Mathias W [VerfasserIn]
Regierer, Anne C [VerfasserIn]
Richter, Jutta G [VerfasserIn]
Rieg, Siegbert [VerfasserIn]
Roemmele, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Ruethrich, Maria M [VerfasserIn]
Schmeiser, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Schulze-Koops, Hendrik [VerfasserIn]
Strangfeld, Anja [VerfasserIn]
Vehreschild, Maria J G T [VerfasserIn]
Voit, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Voll, Reinhard E [VerfasserIn]
Vehreschild, Jörg Janne [VerfasserIn]
Müller-Ladner, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Pfeil, Alexander [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
General population
Inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Journal Article
Severe disease
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors

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Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmed.2024.1332716

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NLM370000374