Vaccination in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease (VACCIMIL). The Impact of Antirheumatic Treatment on Antibody Response

Summary

The overall objective of this project is to study the influence of modern anti-inflammatory treatments in established inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) on immune response elicited by pneumococcal vaccination using 13-valent conjugate vaccine and influenza vaccination. In addition, the aim is to study the clinical aspects of vaccination regarding: tolerability in immunosuppressed patients with IRD, impact on existing rheumatic disease, possible association with onset of new autoimmune diseases, long-term immunity following pneumococcal vaccination, efficacy in preventing invasive pneumococcal diseases and influenza related serious infections. Results from this study are expected to bridge the existing knowledge gap and contribute to body of evidence needed for recommendations and implementation of vaccination program in IRD patients.

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2017-12-31

Completion

2018-05-31

Publications

• Nived P, Saxne T, Geborek P, Mandl T, Skattum L, Kapetanovic MC. Antibody response to 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is not impaired in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or primary Sjogren's syndrome without disease modifying treatment. BMC Rheumatol. 2018 Apr 5;2:12. doi: 10.1186/s41927-018-0019-6. eCollection 2018.
• Hesselstrand R, Nagel J, Saxne T, Geborek P, Skattum L, Kapetanovic MC. Immunogenicity and safety of pneumococcal vaccination in patients with systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Apr 1;57(4):625-630. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex471.
• Nived P, Nagel J, Saxne T, Geborek P, Jonsson G, Skattum L, Kapetanovic MC. Immune response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in patients with systemic vasculitis receiving standard of care therapy. Vaccine. 2017 Jun 22;35(29):3639-3646. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.044. Epub 2017 May 25.
• Kapetanovic MC, Nagel J, Nordstrom I, Saxne T, Geborek P, Rudin A. Methotrexate reduces vaccine-specific immunoglobulin levels but not numbers of circulating antibody-producing B cells in rheumatoid arthritis after vaccination with a conjugate pneumococcal vaccine. Vaccine. 2017 Feb 7;35(6):903-908. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.068. Epub 2017 Jan 9.

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