Effects of COVID-19 vaccination on disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis on targeted therapy in the COVIDSER study

  • Published on 03/07/2025
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José M Álvaro-Gracia1, Carlos Sanchez-Piedra2, Dante Culqui3, Rosa Rosello4, Alicia Garcia-Dorta5, Cristina Campos6, Sara Manrique-Arija7, Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos8, Inmaculada Ros-Vilamajo9, Carlos Rodríguez-Lozano10, Mercedes Freire-González11, Rafael Caliz12, Cristina Bohorquez13, Lourdes Mateo Soria14, Noemí Busquets15, Isabel Castrejon16,17, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso3, Enrique González-Dávila18 and Federico Diaz-Gonzalez5,19

1 Rheumatology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
2 Spanish Agency of Health Technology Assessment, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
3 Research Unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain
4 Rheumatology Department, Hospital General San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
5 Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
6 Rheumatology Department, Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
7 Rheumatology Department, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
8 Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
9 Rheumatology, Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
10 Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Insulsar Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
11 Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña Biblioteca, A Coruna, Spain
12 Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
13 Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain
14 Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
15 Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain
16 Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
17 Research Unit, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
18 Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
19 Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Psychiatry, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

Correspondence to Dr Federico Diaz-Gonzalez; federico.diaz.gonzalez@gmail.com

Abstract

Objective To investigate the influence of COVID-19 vaccination on disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients under targeted therapies.
Patients and methods 1765 vaccinated patients COVID-19, 1178 (66.7%) with RA and 587 (33.3%) with PsA from the COVID-19 registry in patients with rheumatic diseases (COVIDSER) project, were included. Demographics, disease characteristics, Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (DAS28)...

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