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When Should I Get My Next COVID-19 Vaccine? Data From the Surveillance of Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines in Systemic Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (SUCCEED) Study

J RheumatolPublished Prospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Ours is the first pan-Canadian IMID assessment of how vaccine history and other factors affect serologic COVID-19 vaccine responses.

Study context

Population
Adults with immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMID) (RA, inflammatory bowel disease, SLE, AS and SpA, psoriasis and PsA) after COVID-19 vaccination
Outcome
Serologic response: log-transformed anti-RBD IgG titers; Antinucleocapsid (anti-N) IgG also measured
Follow-up
Enrollment, 2 to 4 weeks and 3, 6, and 12 months after latest vaccine dose
Methodological detailspan-Canadian, multivariate generalized estimating equation regressions
  • pan-Canadian
  • Multivariate generalized estimating equation regressions

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Factors associated with log-transformed anti-RBD titers
  • Positive associations with female sex, number of doses, and self-reported COVID-19 infections in 2021 to 2023
  • Negative associations with prednisone, anti-TNF agents, and rituximab
  • Time since last vaccination negatively associated, particularly after 210 days

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Anti-N positivity associated with a self-reported infection in the 3 months prior to testing
94%
Anti-N positivity, March 2021 to February 2022
5% to 15%
Anti-N positivity as of March 2023 (post-Omicron)
30% to 35% or higher
Anti-N positivity in IMID remained lower than Canada's general population seroprevalence (> 50% in 2022 and > 75% in 2023)

Original publication

When Should I Get My Next COVID-19 Vaccine? Data From the Surveillance of Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines in Systemic Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (SUCCEED) Study. J Rheumatol. Published 15 April 2024. doi:10.3899/jrheum.2023-1214

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