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Escalante, Miguel

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7251-6634

Mayo Clinic

King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College

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Flares in autoimmune rheumatic diseases in the post-COVID-19 vaccination period—a cross-sequential study based on COVAD surveys
Jagtap, Kshitij , Naveen, R, Day, Jessica , Sen, Parikshit , Vaidya, Binit , Nune, Arvind , Nikiphorou, Elena , Tan, Ai Lyn , Agarwal, Vishwesh , Saha, Sreoshy , Ziadé, Nelly , Velikova, Tsvetelina , Milchert, Marcin , Parodis, Ioannis , Kuwana, Masataka , Makol, Ashima , Patel, Aarat , Pauling, John D , Wincup, Chris , Tehozol, Erick Adrian Zamora , Chibuzo, Okwara Celestine , Katchamart, Wanruchada , Goo, Phonpen Akawatcharangura , Shumnalieva, Russka , Kibbi, Lina El , Halabi, Hussein , Shaharir, Syahrul Sazliyana , Hasan, A T M Tanveer , Dey, Dzifa , Gutiérrez, Carlos Enrique Toro , Caballero‐Uribe, Carlo V. , Salim, Babur , Gheita, Tamer A. , Group, COVAD Study, Kardeş, Sinan , Schreiber, Karen, Vince, Melinda Nagy, Singh, Yogesh Preet , Ranjan, Rajiv , Jain, Avinash , Pandya, Sapan C , Sharma, Aman , Manoj, Manesh , Patro, Pradeepta Sekhar , Ajmani, Sajal , Chowdhury, Abhra Chandra , Shenoy, Padnamabha, Bommakanti, Keerthi Talari, Shukla, Anuj , Ghodke, Akanksha, Fazal, Zoha Zahid , Yıldırım, Reşit , Atzeni, Fabiola , Bocci, Elena Bartoloni, Sebastiani, Marco, Orsolini, Giovanni , Angelis, Rossella De , Danielli, Maria Giovanna, Grignaschi, Silvia, Alluno, Alessia, Ioannone, Florenzo, Prieto‐González, Sergio , Nakashima, Ran , Sato, Shinji , Kaneko, Yuko , Gono, Takahisa, Tomaras, Stylianos , Aharonov, Or, Bouchti, I. El , Baba, Zineb, Maurier, François, Meyer, Alain , Limaye, Vidya , Hudson, Marie , Landon‐Cardinal, Océane , Zuleta, Wilmer Gerardo Rojas, Cajas, Javier, Silva, José António Pereira, Ima-Edomwonyi, Uyi, Dedeke, Ibukunoluwa, Madu, Nwankwo Henry, Yerima, Abubakar , Becky, A, Koussougbo, Oruma Devi, Palalane, Elisa, Chinchay, Lyn , Bernaola, José Proaño, Pimentel, Victorio, Fathi, Hanan Mohammed, Harifi, Ghita, Cabriza, Karoll, Losanto, Jonathan, Colaman, Nelly, Cachafeiro-Vilar, Antonio , Bautista, Generoso Guerra , Ho, Enrique Julio Giraldo, Nunez, Lilith Stange, Vergara, M Cristian, Báez, Jossiell Then , Alonzo, Hugo, Pastelin, Carlos Benito Santiago, Obiols, Alejandro Quiñónez, Chávez, Nilmo , Ordóñez, Andrea Bran , Argueta, Sandra, Llerena, Gil Alberto Reyes, Sierra-Zorita, Radames, Arrieta, Dina , Hidalgo, Eduardo Romero, Saénz, Ricardo, Escalante, Miguel , Calapaqui, Wendy, Quezada, Ivonne, Arredondo, Gabriela, Chinoy, Hector , Agarwal, Vikas , Gupta, Latika, Ravichandran, Naveen , Gupta, Latika , Naveen, R , Shinjo, Samuel Katsuyuki , Ziade, Nelly , Joshi, Mrudula , Velikova, Tsvetelina , Milchert, Marcin , Parodis, Ioannis , Gracia-Ramos, Abraham Edgar , Cavagna, Lorenzo , Kuwana, Masataka , Knitza, Johannes , Makol, Ashima , Pauling, John D , Wincup, Chris , Barman, Bhupen , Zamora Tehozol, Erick Adrian , Rojas Serrano, Jorge , García-De La Torre, Ignacio , Colunga-Pedraza, Iris J , Merayo-Chalico, Javier , Chibuzo, Okwara Celestine , Katchamart, Wanruchada , Shumnalieva, Russka , Chen, Yi-Ming , Hoff, Leonardo Santos , El Kibbi, Lina , Halabi, Hussein , Sazliyana Shaharir, Syahrul , Hasan, A T M Tanveer , Dey, Dzifa , Gutiérrez, Carlos Enrique Toro , Caballero-Uribe, Carlo Vinicio , Lilleker, James B , Salim, Babur , Gheita, Tamer , Chatterjee, Tulika , Saavedra, Miguel A , Distler, Oliver , Chinoy, Hector , Agarwal, Vikas , Aggarwal, Rohit , Gupta, Latika , Agarwal, Vishwesh , Day, Jessica , Tan, Ai Lyn , Nune, Arvind , Sen, Parikshit , Saha, Sreoshy , Jagtap, Kshitij , De Angelis, Rossella , Singh, Yogesh Preet , Shinjo, Samuel Katsuyuki , Joshi, Mrudula , Gracia‐Ramos, Abraham Edgar , Torre, Ignacio García‐De La , Colunga-Pedraza, I. J. , Chen, Yi‐Ming , Chatterjee, Tulika , Distler, Oliver , Group, COVAD Study, Griger, Zoltán , Andréoli, Laura , Lini, Daniele , Schreiber, Karen , Pilania, Rakesh Kumar , Gupta, Vikas , Kavadichanda, Chengappa G. , Phatak, Sanat B. , Goswami, Rudra P , Mathew, Ashish Jacob , Asranna, Ajay , Pande, Arun K. , Chandwar, Kunal , Boro, Hiya , Cansu, Döndü Üsküdar , Gasparyan, Armen Yuri , Papa, Nicoletta Del , Sambataro, Gianluca , Govoni, Marcello , Parisi, Simone , Bocci, Elena Bartoloni, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico , Fusaro, Enrico , Sebastiani, Marco, Quartuccio, Luca , Franceschini, Franco , Sainaghi, Pier Paolo , Venerito, Vincenzo , Giollo, Alessandro , Fornaro, Marco , Traboco, Lisa S , Wibowo, Suryo Anggoro Kusumo , Loarce‐Martos, Jesus , Gonzalez, Raquel Aranega, Yoshida, Akira , Kimura, Naoki, Proft, Fabian Nikolai , Holzer, Marie‐Therese , Gromova, Margarita Aleksandrovna , Hmamouchi, Ihsane , Baba, Zineb, Giannini, Margherita , Maurier, F. , Campagne, Julien , Langguth, Daman , Needham, Merrilee , Srivastav, Nilesh , Arbeláez-Cortés, Álvaro , Cajas, Javier, Silva, José António Pereira, Fonseca, João Eurico , Zimba, Olena , Doskaliuk, Bohdana , Ima-Edomwonyi, Uyi, Emorinken, Airenakho , Olaosebikan, Hakeem , So, Ho , Ugarte‐Gil, Manuel F. , Mohammed, Reem Hamdy A , Harifi, Ghita , Fuentes-Silva, Yurilís , Salinas, Rodrigo Nicolás Garcia , Aggarwal, Rohit

Rheumatology | March 24, 2023 | Volume: 62 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 3838-3848

10.1093/rheumatology/kead144 Get It

Abstract Objective Flares of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) following COVID-19 vaccination are a particular concern in vaccine-hesitant individuals. Therefore, we investigated the incidence, predictors and patterns of flares following vaccination in individuals living with AIRDs, using global COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases (COVAD) surveys. Methods The COVAD surveys were used to extract data on flare demographics, comorbidities, COVID-19 history, and vaccination details for patients with AIRDs. Flares following vaccination were identified as patient-reported (a), increased immunosuppression (b), clinical exacerbations (c) and worsening of PROMIS scores (d). We studied flare characteristics and used regression models to differentiate flares among various AIRDs. Results Of 15 165 total responses, the incidence of flares in 3453 patients with AIRDs was 11.3%, 14.8%, 9.5% and 26.7% by definitions a–d, respectively. There was moderate agreement between patient-reported and immunosuppression-defined flares (K = 0.403, P = 0.022). Arthritis (61.6%) and fatigue (58.8%) were the most commonly reported symptoms. Self-reported flares were associated with higher comorbidities (P = 0.013), mental health disorders (MHDs) (P < 0.001) and autoimmune disease multimorbidity (AIDm) (P < 0.001). In regression analysis, the presence of AIDm [odds ratio (OR) = 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7; P = 0.003), or a MHD (OR = 1.7; 95% CI: 1.1, 2.6; P = 0.007), or being a Moderna vaccine recipient (OR = 1.5; 95% CI: 1.09, 2.2; P = 0.014) were predictors of flares. Use of MMF (OR = 0.5; 95% CI: 0.3, 0.8; P = 0.009) and glucocorticoids (OR = 0.6; 95% CI: 0.5, 0.8; P = 0.003) were protective. A higher frequency of patients with AIRDs reported overall active disease post-vaccination compared with before vaccination (OR = 1.3; 95% CI: 1.1, 1.5; P < 0.001). Conclusion Flares occur in nearly 1 in 10 individuals with AIRDs after COVID vaccination; people with comorbidities (especially AIDm), MHDs and those receiving the Moderna vaccine are particularly vulnerable. Future avenues include exploring flare profiles and optimizing vaccine strategies for this group.
Vaccine hesitancy decreases in rheumatic diseases, long-term concerns remain in myositis: a comparative analysis of the COVAD surveys
Sen, Parikshit , Naveen, R, Houshmand, Nazanin , Moghadam‐Kia, Siamak , Joshi, Mrudula , Saha, Sreoshy , Jagtap, Kshitij , Agarwal, Vishwesh , Nune, Arvind , Nikiphorou, Elena , Tan, Ai Lyn , Ziadé, Nelly , Velikova, Tsvetelina , Milchert, Marcin , Parodis, Ioannis , Gracia‐Ramos, Abraham Edgar , Kuwana, Masataka , Patel, Aarat , Pauling, John D , Wincup, Chris , Tehozol, Erick Adrian Zamora , Colunga-Pedraza, I. J. , Chibuzo, Okwara Celestine , Katchamart, Wanruchada , Goo, Phonpen Akawatcharangura , Shumnalieva, Russka , Kibbi, Lina El , Halabi, Hussein , Vaidya, Binit , Shaharir, Syahrul Sazliyana , Hasan, A T M Tanveer , Dey, Dzifa , Gutiérrez, Carlos Enrique Toro , Caballero‐Uribe, Carlo V. , Salim, Babur , Gheita, Tamer A. , Chatterjee, Tulika , Day, Jessica , Chinoy, Hector , Group, COVAD Study, Kardeş, Sinan , Lini, Daniele , Screiber, Karen, Vince, Melinda Nagy, Singh, Yogesh Preet , Pandya, Sapan C , Sharma, Aman , Manoj, Manesh , Patro, Pradeepta Sekhar , Ajmani, Sajal, Chowdhury, Abhra Chandra , Shenoy, Padnamabha, Asranna, Ajay, Bommakanti, Keerthi Talari, Shukla, Anuj , Pande, Arun K. , Ghodke, Akanksha, Fazal, Zoha Zahid , Yıldırım, Reşit, Sambataro, Gianluca , Atzeni, Fabiola , Parisi, Simone , Bocci, Elena Bartoloni, Fusaro, Enrico , Sainaghi, Pier Paolo , Orsolini, Giovanni , Angelis, Rossella De , Danielli, Maria Giovanna, Venerito, Vincenzo , Grignaschi, Silvia, Giollo, Alessandro, Alluno, Alessia, Ioannone, Florenzo, Loarce‐Martos, Jesus , Prieto‐González, Sergio , González, Raquel , Yoshida, Akira , Nakashima, Ran , Sato, Shinji , Kimura, Naoki , Kaneko, Yuko , Gono, Takahisa, Tomaras, Stylianos , Aharonov, Or, bouchti, Imane El, Baba, Zineb, Maurier, F. , Meyer, Alain, Limaye, Vidya, Needham, Merrilee , Srivastav, Nilesh , Hudson, Marie , Landon‐Cardinal, Océane, Zuleta, Wilmer Gerardo Rojas, Cajas, Javier, Silva, José António Pereira, Doskaliuk, Bohdana , Ima-Edomwonyi, Uyi, Dedeke, Ibukunoluwa, Emorinken, Airenakho , Madu, Nwankwo Henry, Yerima, Abubakar , Olaosebikan, Hakeem , Becky, A, Koussougbo, Oruma Devi, Palalane, Elisa, So, Ho, Chinchay, Lyn , Bernaola, José Proaño, Pimentel, Victorio, Fathi, Hanan Mohammed, Mohammed, Reem Hamdy A , Harifi, Ghita , Fuentes-Silva, Yurilís , Cabriza, Karoll, Losanto, Jonathan, Colaman, Nelly, Cachafeiro-Vilar, Antonio , Bautista, Generoso Guerra , Ho, Enrique Julio Giraldo, González, Raúl, Nunez, Lilith Stange, Vergara, M Cristian, Báez, Jossiell Then , Alonzo, Hugo, Pastelin, Carlos Benito Santiago, Obiols, Alejandro Quiñónez, Chávez, Nilmo , Ordóñez, Andrea Bran , Argueta, Sandra, Llerena, Gil Alberto Reyes, Sierra-Zorita, Radames, Arrieta, Dina , Hidalgo, Eduardo Romero, Sáenz, Ricardo A., Escalante, Miguel , Morales, Roberto, Calapaqui, Wendy, Quezada, Ivonne, Arredondo, Gabriela, Agarwal, Vikas , Gupta, Latika, Ravichandran, Naveen , Giollo, Alessandro , Grignaschi, Silvia , Gupta, Latika , Naveen, R , Shinjo, Samuel Katsuyuki , Ziade, Nelly , Velikova, Tsvetelina , Milchert, Marcin , Parodis, Ioannis , Gracia-Ramos, Abraham Edgar , Cavagna, Lorenzo , Kuwana, Masataka , Knitza, Johannes , Makol, Ashima , Pauling, John D , Wincup, Chris , Barman, Bhupen , Zamora Tehozol, Erick Adrian , Rojas Serrano, Jorge , García-De La Torre, Ignacio , Colunga-Pedraza, Iris J , Merayo-Chalico, Javier , Katchamart, Wanruchada , Shumnalieva, Russka , Chen, Yi-Ming , Hoff, Leonardo Santos , El Kibbi, Lina , Halabi, Hussein , Vaidya, Binit , Sazliyana Shaharir, Syahrul , Hasan, A T M Tanveer , Dey, Dzifa , Gutiérrez, Carlos Enrique Toro , Caballero-Uribe, Carlo Vinicio , Lilleker, James B , Salim, Babur , Gheita, Tamer , Chatterjee, Tulika , Distler, Oliver , Saavedra, Miguel A , Day, Jessica , Chinoy, Hector , Agarwal, Vikas , Aggarwal, Rohit , Gupta, Latika , Joshi, Mrudula , Agarwal, Vishwesh , Tan, Ai Lyn , Nune, Arvind , Sen, Parikshit , Saha, Sreoshy , Jagtap, Kshitij , Yoshida, Akira , De Angelis, Rossella , Singh, Yogesh Preet , Shinjo, Samuel Katsuyuki , Makol, Ashima , Chen, Yi‐Ming , Distler, Oliver , Group, COVAD Study, Andréoli, Laura , Ranjan, Rajiv , Jain, Avinash , Pilania, Rakesh Kumar , Gupta, Vikas , Kavadichanda, Chengappa G. , Ajmani, Sajal , Phatak, Sanat B. , Goswami, Rudra P , Mathew, Ashish Jacob , Chandwar, Kunal , Boro, Hiya , Cansu, Döndü Üsküdar , Gasparyan, Armen Yuri , Papa, Nicoletta Del , Govoni, Marcello , Bocci, Elena Bartoloni, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico , Sebastiani, Marco , Quartuccio, Luca , Franceschini, Franco , Fornaro, Marco , Traboco, Lisa S , Wibowo, Suryo Anggoro Kusumo , Gonzalez, Raquel Aranega, Proft, Fabian Nikolai , Holzer, Marie‐Therese , Gromova, Margarita Aleksandrovna , Griger, Zoltán , Hmamouchi, Ihsane , Giannini, Margherita , Campagne, Julien , Meyer, Alain , Langguth, Daman , Limaye, Vidya , Landon‐Cardinal, Océane , Arbeláez-Cortés, Álvaro , Fonseca, João Eurico , Zimba, Olena , Ugarte‐Gil, Manuel F. , Salinas, Rodrigo Nicolás Garcia , Saenz, Ricardo, Aggarwal, Rohit

Rheumatology | February 3, 2023 | Volume: 62 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 3291-3301

10.1093/rheumatology/kead057 Get It

Abstract Objective COVID-19 vaccines have a favorable safety profile in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) such as idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs); however, hesitancy continues to persist among these patients. Therefore, we studied the prevalence, predictors and reasons for hesitancy in patients with IIMs, other AIRDs, non-rheumatic autoimmune diseases (nrAIDs) and healthy controls (HCs), using data from the two international COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases (COVAD) e-surveys. Methods The first and second COVAD patient self-reported e-surveys were circulated from March to December 2021, and February to June 2022 (ongoing). We collected data on demographics, comorbidities, COVID-19 infection and vaccination history, reasons for hesitancy, and patient reported outcomes. Predictors of hesitancy were analysed using regression models in different groups. Results We analysed data from 18 882 (COVAD-1) and 7666 (COVAD-2) respondents. Reassuringly, hesitancy decreased from 2021 (16.5%) to 2022 (5.1%) (OR: 0.26; 95% CI: 0.24, 0.30, P < 0.001). However, concerns/fear over long-term safety had increased (OR: 3.6; 95% CI: 2.9, 4.6, P < 0.01). We noted with concern greater skepticism over vaccine science among patients with IIMs than AIRDs (OR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.08, 3.2, P = 0.023) and HCs (OR: 4; 95% CI: 1.9, 8.1, P < 0.001), as well as more long-term safety concerns/fear (IIMs vs AIRDs – OR: 1.9; 95% CI: 1.2, 2.9, P = 0.001; IIMs vs HCs – OR: 5.4 95% CI: 3, 9.6, P < 0.001). Caucasians [OR 4.2 (1.7–10.3)] were likely to be more hesitant, while those with better PROMIS physical health score were less hesitant [OR 0.9 (0.8–0.97)]. Conclusion Vaccine hesitancy has decreased from 2021 to 2022, long-term safety concerns remain among patients with IIMs, particularly in Caucasians and those with poor physical function.