COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series

Objective To assess the safety, immunogenicity and cellular responses following the Moderna Spikevax primary series in rheumatic disease.Methods We conducted a 12-month, prospective, non-randomised, open-label, comparative trial of adults with either rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n=131) on stable treatm...

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Main Authors: Emmanouil Rampakakis, Paul R Fortin, Sasha Bernatsky, Louis Bessette, Ines Colmegna, Elizabeth Hazel, Laëtitia Michou, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Louis Flamand, Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle, Marc-André Langlois, Valeria Valerio, Nathalie Amiable, Mariana Useche, Deirdre McCormack, Pantelis Panopalis
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-10-01
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Online Access:https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/9/4/e003400.full
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author Emmanouil Rampakakis
Paul R Fortin
Sasha Bernatsky
Louis Bessette
Ines Colmegna
Elizabeth Hazel
Laëtitia Michou
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles
Louis Flamand
Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle
Marc-André Langlois
Valeria Valerio
Nathalie Amiable
Mariana Useche
Deirdre McCormack
Pantelis Panopalis
author_facet Emmanouil Rampakakis
Paul R Fortin
Sasha Bernatsky
Louis Bessette
Ines Colmegna
Elizabeth Hazel
Laëtitia Michou
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles
Louis Flamand
Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle
Marc-André Langlois
Valeria Valerio
Nathalie Amiable
Mariana Useche
Deirdre McCormack
Pantelis Panopalis
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description Objective To assess the safety, immunogenicity and cellular responses following the Moderna Spikevax primary series in rheumatic disease.Methods We conducted a 12-month, prospective, non-randomised, open-label, comparative trial of adults with either rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n=131) on stable treatment; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, n=23) on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF); other rheumatic diseases on prednisone ≥10 mg/day (n=8) or age-matched/sex-matched controls (healthy control, HC, n=58). Adverse events (AEs), humoral immune responses (immunogenicity: IgG positivity for anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its receptor binding domain, neutralising antibodies (NAbs)), cellular responses (ELISpot) and COVID-19 infection rates were assessed.Results Frequency of solicited self-reported AEs following vaccination was similar across groups (HC 90%, RA 86%, SLE 90%); among them, musculoskeletal AEs were more frequent in RA (HC 48% vs RA 66% (Δ95% CI CI 3 to 32.6)). Disease activity scores did not increase postvaccination. No vaccine-related serious AEs were reported. Postvaccination immunogenicity was reduced in RA and SLE (RA 90.2%, SLE 86.4%; for both, ΔCIs compared with HC excluded the null). Similarly, NAbs were reduced among patients (RA 82.6%, SLE 81.8%). In RA, age >65 (OR 0.3, 95% CI 0.1 to 0.8) and rituximab treatment (OR 0.003, 95% CI 0.001 to 0.02) were negative predictors of immunogenicity. ELISpot was positive in 16/52 tested RA and 17/26 HC (ΔCI 11.2–53.3). During the study, 11 HC, 19 RA and 3 SLE patients self-reported COVID-infection.Conclusion In COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune Diseases, the Moderna Spikevax primary series was safe. MMF, RA age >65 and rituximab were associated with reduced vaccine-induced protection.
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spelling doaj.art-415d65e64f6946bca59bbd53b7d84efa2024-01-04T04:20:07ZengBMJ Publishing GroupRMD Open2056-59332023-10-019410.1136/rmdopen-2023-003400COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary seriesEmmanouil Rampakakis0Paul R Fortin1Sasha Bernatsky2Louis Bessette3Ines Colmegna4Elizabeth Hazel5Laëtitia Michou6Mary-Ann Fitzcharles7Louis Flamand8Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle9Marc-André Langlois10Valeria Valerio11Nathalie Amiable12Mariana Useche13Deirdre McCormack14Pantelis Panopalis15McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, CanadaClinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, CanadaResearch Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, CanadaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaResearch Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaMcGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaObjective To assess the safety, immunogenicity and cellular responses following the Moderna Spikevax primary series in rheumatic disease.Methods We conducted a 12-month, prospective, non-randomised, open-label, comparative trial of adults with either rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n=131) on stable treatment; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, n=23) on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF); other rheumatic diseases on prednisone ≥10 mg/day (n=8) or age-matched/sex-matched controls (healthy control, HC, n=58). Adverse events (AEs), humoral immune responses (immunogenicity: IgG positivity for anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its receptor binding domain, neutralising antibodies (NAbs)), cellular responses (ELISpot) and COVID-19 infection rates were assessed.Results Frequency of solicited self-reported AEs following vaccination was similar across groups (HC 90%, RA 86%, SLE 90%); among them, musculoskeletal AEs were more frequent in RA (HC 48% vs RA 66% (Δ95% CI CI 3 to 32.6)). Disease activity scores did not increase postvaccination. No vaccine-related serious AEs were reported. Postvaccination immunogenicity was reduced in RA and SLE (RA 90.2%, SLE 86.4%; for both, ΔCIs compared with HC excluded the null). Similarly, NAbs were reduced among patients (RA 82.6%, SLE 81.8%). In RA, age >65 (OR 0.3, 95% CI 0.1 to 0.8) and rituximab treatment (OR 0.003, 95% CI 0.001 to 0.02) were negative predictors of immunogenicity. ELISpot was positive in 16/52 tested RA and 17/26 HC (ΔCI 11.2–53.3). During the study, 11 HC, 19 RA and 3 SLE patients self-reported COVID-infection.Conclusion In COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune Diseases, the Moderna Spikevax primary series was safe. MMF, RA age >65 and rituximab were associated with reduced vaccine-induced protection.https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/9/4/e003400.full
spellingShingle Emmanouil Rampakakis
Paul R Fortin
Sasha Bernatsky
Louis Bessette
Ines Colmegna
Elizabeth Hazel
Laëtitia Michou
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles
Louis Flamand
Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle
Marc-André Langlois
Valeria Valerio
Nathalie Amiable
Mariana Useche
Deirdre McCormack
Pantelis Panopalis
COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series
RMD Open
title COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series
title_full COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series
title_fullStr COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series
title_short COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune rheumatic Diseases (COVIAAD): safety, immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following Moderna Spikevax primary series
title_sort covid 19 vaccine in immunosuppressed adults with autoimmune rheumatic diseases coviaad safety immunogenicity and antibody persistence at 12 months following moderna spikevax primary series
url https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/9/4/e003400.full
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