2023
Omicron variant infection in inflammatory rheumatological conditions – outcomes from a COVID-19 naive population in Aotearoa New Zealand
Brooks J, Montgomery A, Dalbeth N, Sapsford M, Kee R, Cooper A, Quincey V, Bhana S, Gore-Massy M, Hausmann J, Liew J, Machado P, Sufka P, Sirotich E, Robinson P, Wallace Z, Yazdany J, Grainger R. Omicron variant infection in inflammatory rheumatological conditions – outcomes from a COVID-19 naive population in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 2023, 38: 100843. PMID: 37520279, PMCID: PMC10372177, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory rheumatic diseasesSARS-CoV-2 infectionHospitalisation/deathOmicron variant infectionConnective tissue diseaseRheumatic diseasesVariant infectionCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variantSingle vaccine doseCOVID-19 hospitalisationMultivariable adjusted modelsCOVID-19 vaccination statusMultivariable logistic regressionCOVID-19 vaccinationHigh vaccination ratesRituximab useVaccine doseInflammatory arthritisVaccination statusClinical factorsTissue diseaseDisease characteristicsVaccination ratesRisk factors
2022
Obstetric outcomes in women with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 in the context of vaccination status
Maguire S, Al-Emadi S, Alba P, Aguiar M, Al Lawati T, Alle G, Bermas B, Bhana S, Branimir A, Bulina I, Clowse M, Cogo K, Colunga I, Cook C, Cortez K, Dao K, Gianfrancesco M, Gore-Massey M, Gossec L, Grainger R, Hausman J, Hsu T, Hyrich K, Isnardi C, Kawano Y, Kilding R, Kusevich D, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew J, McCarthy E, Montgumery A, Moyano S, Nasir N, Padjen I, Papagoras C, Patel N, Pera M, Pisoni C, Pons-Estel G, Quiambao A, Quintana R, Ruderman E, Sattui S, Savio V, Sciascia S, Sencarova M, Morales R, Siddique F, Sirotich E, Sparks J, Strangfeld A, Sufka P, Tanner H, Tissera Y, Wallace Z, Werner M, Wise L, Worthing A, Zell J, Zepa J, Machado P, Yazdany J, Robinson P, Conway R. Obstetric outcomes in women with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 in the context of vaccination status. Rheumatology 2022, 62: 1621-1626. PMID: 36124987, PMCID: PMC11181869, DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstetric outcomesPreterm birthVaccination statusPregnant womenUnvaccinated womenCOVID-19Exact testCOVID-19 vaccination statusCOVID-19 vaccine dosesCOVID-19 vaccinationCOVID-19 infectionFisher's exact testCOVID-19 diagnosisVaccine doseHospital admissionRheumatic diseasesMore dosesVaccine dosesPharmacological treatmentMusculoskeletal diseasesPregnancyDescriptive studyWomenOutcomesGreater numberSARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals with rheumatic disease: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registry
Liew J, Gianfrancesco M, Harrison C, Izadi Z, Rush S, Lawson-Tovey S, Jacobsohn L, Ja C, Hyrich K, Gossec L, Strangfeld A, Carmona L, Schäfer M, Frãzao-Mateus E, Bulina I, Stafford F, Tufan A, Graver C, Yardımcı G, Zepa J, Al Emadi S, Cook C, Abutiban F, Dey D, Katigbak G, Kaufman L, Kowalski E, Martínez-Martínez M, Patel N, Reyes-Cordero G, Salido E, Smith E, Snow D, Sparks J, Wise L, Bhana S, Gore-Massy M, Grainger R, Hausmann J, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Machado P, Robinson P, Yazdany J. SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals with rheumatic disease: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registry. RMD Open 2022, 8: e002187. PMID: 35387864, PMCID: PMC8987210, DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-cell depleting therapyBreakthrough infectionsRheumatic diseasesSARS-CoV-2Clinical characteristicsSARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infectionsPre-existing lung diseaseSARS-CoV-2 infectionBreakthrough COVID-19Cell-depleting therapyTwo-dose seriesTime of vaccinationSecond vaccine doseHigh-risk populationMessenger RNA vaccinesCOVID-19 symptomsSingle-dose vaccineCOVID-19Vaccination seriesSystemic glucocorticoidsVaccine doseVaccine effectivenessSecond doseVaccinated individualsLung disease