Role of targeted therapies in rheumatic patients on COVID-19 outcomes: Results from the COVIDSER study

Álvaro Gracia, J.M.; Sanchez-Costa, J.T.; Manero, J.; Castrejon, I.; García-Villanueva, M.J.; Navío-Marco, M.T.; Erausquin, C.; Bonilla, G.; Diaz-Gonzalez, F.; Ruiz-Lucea, M.E.; Vela, P.; Galindo, M.; González-Dávila, E.; Bohorquez, C.; Pego-Reigosa, J.M.; Pavía, M.; López-Vives, L.; Sanchez-Piedra, C.; Gonzalez-Gay, M.A.; Martinez-Barrio, J.; Rua-Figueroa, I.

doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001925

Resumen: Objectives To analyse the effect of targeted therapies, either biological (b) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), targeted synthetic (ts) DMARDs and other factors (demographics, comorbidities or COVID-19 symptoms) on the risk of COVID-19 related hospitalisation in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Methods The COVIDSER study is an observational cohort including 7782 patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate ORs and 95% CIs of hospitalisation. Antirheumatic medication taken immediately prior to infection, demographic characteristics, rheumatic disease diagnosis, comorbidities and COVID-19 symptoms were analysed. Results A total of 426 cases of symptomatic COVID-19 from 1 March 2020 to 13 April 2021 were included in the analyses: 106 (24.9%) were hospitalised and 19 (4.4%) died. In multivariate-adjusted models, bDMARDs and tsDMARDs in combination were not associated with hospitalisation compared with conventional synthetic DMARDs (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.24 to 1.25 of b/tsDMARDs, p=0.15). Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNF-i) were associated with a reduced likelihood of hospitalisation (OR 0.32, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.82, p=0.018), whereas rituximab showed a tendency to an increased risk of hospitalisation (OR 4.85, 95% CI 0.86 to 27.2). Glucocorticoid use was not associated with hospitalisation (OR 1.69, 95% CI 0.81 to 3.55). A mix of sociodemographic factors, comorbidities and COVID-19 symptoms contribute to patients'' hospitalisation. Conclusions The use of targeted therapies as a group is not associated with COVID-19 severity, except for rituximab, which shows a trend towards an increased risk of hospitalisation, while TNF-i was associated with decreased odds of hospitalisation in patients with rheumatic disease. Other factors like age, male gender, comorbidities and COVID-19 symptoms do play a role. ©
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001925
Año: 2021
Publicado en: RMD Open 7, 3 (2021), e001925 [13 pp,]
ISSN: 2056-5933
Factor impacto JCR: 5.806 (2021)
Categ. JCR: RHEUMATOLOGY rank: 7 / 34 = 0.206 (2021) - Q1 - T1
Factor impacto CITESCORE: 7.1 - Medicine (Q1) - Immunology and Microbiology (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.669 - Immunology and Allergy (Q1) - Immunology (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Area Medicina (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)

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