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ArticleClinical rheumatology2023

Predictors of low spike antibody response in patients with systemic rheumatic disease after an initial course of COVID-19 vaccination.

Mary Grace Whelan, Leah Santacroce, Lucy Masto, Grace Qian, Emily Kowalski, Kathleen Vanni, Sanjat Kanjilal, Michael E Weinblatt, Jeffrey A Sparks, Sara K Tedeschi

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mary Grace WhelanDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Leah SantacroceDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Lucy MastoDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Grace QianDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Emily KowalskiDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Kathleen VanniDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Sanjat KanjilalDivision of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael E WeinblattDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Jeffrey A SparksDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Sara K TedeschiDivision of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Suite 6016, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. stedeschi1@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-1363
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

VERITY: Value and Evidence in Rheumatology using bioInformaTics, and advanced analYticsP30AR072577 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Daniel Hal Solomon · 2017 to 2026
$9.8M
Joint Biology Consortium Resource-based CenterP30AR070253 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Peter A Nigrovic, Jeffrey Andrew Sparks · 2016 to 2026
$9.4M
Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Autoantibodies, Articular Inflammation, and RA-Associated Interstitial Lung DiseaseR01AR077607 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SPARKS, JEFFREY ANDREW · 2021 to 2025
$3.7M
Immunologic and Clinical Sequelae after COVID-19 in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic DiseasesR01AR080659 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Jeffrey Andrew Sparks · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR070253NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR072577NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR077607NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR080659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with rheumatic disease may mount a suboptimal serologic response to COVID-19 vaccination. We evaluated predictors of low antibody response in a clinic-based cohort.

methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study using electronic health record (EHR) data at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Patients with systemic rheumatic disease that had SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody (Ab) tested using the Roche Elecsys immunoassay, February-August 2021, after 2 doses of mRNA vaccine or 1 dose of adenovirus vector vaccine were identified. Demographics, systemic rheumatic disease, vaccination dates, and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were extracted. The primary outcome was low spike Ab (≤ 200 U/mL). Logistic regression models estimated predictors of low spike Ab.

resultsAmong 382 patients, the mean age was 57 years, 77% were female, and 37% had low spike Ab. Older age (OR 1.03, 95% CI [1.02, 1.05]), SLE (OR 4.81 [2.08, 8.43], reference: inflammatory arthritis), prednisone (OR 1.67 [1.03, 2.74]), and rituximab (OR 22.91 [9.85, 53.29]) were significantly associated with higher odds of low spike Ab. Use of csDMARD monotherapy (OR 0.12 [0.04, 0.33]) and JAK inhibitors (OR 0.41 [0.18, 0.92]) were associated with significantly lower odds for low spike Ab. After adjusting for systemic rheumatic disease and DMARDs, SLE and rituximab remained significantly associated with low spike Ab.

conclusionsOver a third of patients with systemic rheumatic disease with spike Ab tested in routine care had low spike Ab after 2 doses of mRNA or 1 dose of adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccine. SLE and rituximab were significant risk factors for low spike Ab. KEY POINTS: • More than one-third of patients with systemic rheumatic disease that had spike Ab tested in routine care had low spike Ab after 2 doses of mRNA or 1 dose of adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccine. • Diagnosis of SLE, use of prednisone, and use of rituximab were significantly associated with greater odds of low spike antibodies. • These data underscore the importance of additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine and prophylactic Evusheld in immunosuppressed patients with systemic rheumatic disease as recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control.

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Antirheumatic AgentsCOVID-19Lupus Erythematosus, SystemicAntibodies, ViralAntibody FormationCOVID-19 VaccinesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrednisoneRituximabSARS-CoV-2VaccinationAntibodies, ViralAntirheumatic AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesPrednisoneRituximabCOVID-19 vaccineLow antibody responseRheumatic disease

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