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ArticleBMJ open2023

Immunogenicity and safety of mixed COVID-19 vaccine regimens in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a single-centre prospective cohort study.

Carol A Hitchon, Christine Mesa, Charles N Bernstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Catherine Card, Sheila F O'Brien, John Kim

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Article in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carol A HitchonInternal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada carol.hitchon@umanitoba.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-5547-3268
Christine MesaNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Charles N BernsteinInternal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Ruth Ann MarrieInternal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1855-5595
Catherine CardNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Sheila F O'BrienEpidemiology and Surveillance, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
John KimNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Public Health Agency of Canada · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CACanadian Blood Services · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAmong persons with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) who received SARS

designSingle-centre prospective cohort study.

settingSpecialty ambulatory clinics in central Canada.

participantsPeople with inflammatory arthritis (n=78; 77% rheumatoid arthritis), systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (n=84; 57% lupus), inflammatory bowel disease (n=93; 43% Crohn's) and multiple sclerosis (n=72; 71% relapsing-remitting) (female 79.4%, white 84.7%, mean (SD) age 56.0 (14.3) years) received COVID-19 vaccinations between March 2021 and September 2022. PRIMARY OUTCOME: Postvaccination anti-spike, anti-receptor binding domain (anti-RBD) and anti-nucleocapsid (anti-NC) IgG antibodies tested by multiplex immunoassays compared across vaccine regimens and with responses in 370 age-matched and sex-matched vaccinated controls. SECONDARY OUTCOMES: COVID-19 infection and self-reported IMID disease activity/state.

resultsMost (216/327, 66.1%) received homologous messenger RNA (mRNA) (BNT162b2 or mRNA1273) vaccines, 2.4% received homologous ChAdOx1 and 30.6% received heterologous vaccines (23.9% ChAdOx1/mRNA, 6.4% heterologous mRNA) for their first two vaccines (V1, V2). Seroconversion rates were 52.0% (91/175) for post-V1 anti-spike and 58.9% (103/175) for anti-RBD; 91.5% (214/234) for post-V2 anti-spike and 90.2% (211/234) for anti-RBD; and were lower than controls (post-V2 anti-spike 98.1% (360/370), p<0.0001). Antibody titres decreased 3 months after V2 but increased 1 month after the third vaccine (V3) and 1 month after the fourth vaccine (V4) (BAU/mL median (IQR), anti-spike 1835 (2448) 1 month post-V2, 629.1 (883.4) 3 months post-V2, 4757.5 (7033.1) 1 month post-V3 and 4356.0 (9393.4) 1 month post-V4; anti-RBD 1686.8 (2199.44) 1 month post-V2, 555.8 (809.3) 3 months post-V2, 4280.3 (6380.6) 1 month post-V3 and 4792.2 (11 673.78) 1 month post-V4). If primed with a vector vaccine, an mRNA vaccine increased antibody titres to those comparable to homologous mRNA vaccines. Anti-RBD and anti-spike titres were higher in anti-NC seropositive (n=31; 25 participants) versus seronegative samples (BAU/mL median (IQR) anti-RBD 11 755.3 (20 373.1) vs 1248.0 (53 278.7); anti-spike 11 254.4 (15 352.6) vs 1313.1 (3106.6); both p<0.001). IMID disease activity/state and rates of self-reported moderate or severe IMID flare were similar across vaccinations.

conclusionHeterologous COVID-19 vaccination improves seroconversion rates following a vector vaccine and does not lead to IMID disease flare. IMIDs benefit from at least three vaccines.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidCOVID-19Antibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesFemaleHumansImmunomodulating AgentsMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesImmunomodulating AgentsCOVID-19GASTROENTEROLOGYIMMUNOLOGYNEUROLOGYRHEUMATOLOGY

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PMID37253487
PMCPMC10230332
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