TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune disease (COVAD) survey protocol
AU - Sen, Parikshit
AU - Gupta, Latika
AU - Lilleker, James B.
AU - Aggarwal, Vishwesh
AU - Kardes, Sinan
AU - Milchert, Marcin
AU - Gheita, Tamer
AU - Salim, Babur
AU - Velikova, Tsvetelina
AU - Gracia-Ramos, Abraham Edgar
AU - Parodis, Ioannis
AU - O'Callaghan, Albert Selva
AU - Nikiphorou, Elena
AU - Tan, Ai Lyn
AU - Cavagna, Lorenzo
AU - Saavedra, Miguel A.
AU - Shinjo, Samuel Katsuyuki
AU - Ziade, Nelly
AU - Knitza, Johannes
AU - Kuwana, Masataka
AU - Cagnotto, Giovanni
AU - Nune, Arvind
AU - Distler, Oliver
AU - Chinoy, Hector
AU - Aggarwal, Vikas
AU - Aggarwal, Rohit
AU - COVAD Study Group
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a cause of unprecedented global morbidity and mortality. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination has emerged as the only tangible solution to reducing poor clinical outcomes, vaccine hesitancy continues to be an obstacle to achieving high levels of vaccine uptake. This represents particular risk to patients with autoimmune diseases, a group already at increased risk of hospitalization and poor clinical outcomes related to COVID-19 infection. Whilst there is a paucity of long-term safety and efficacy data of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with autoimmune diseases, the current evidence strongly suggests that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of adverse effects and disease flares. Herein, we report the protocol of the COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases (COVAD) study, an ongoing international collaborative study involving 29 countries and over 110 investigators.
AB - The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a cause of unprecedented global morbidity and mortality. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination has emerged as the only tangible solution to reducing poor clinical outcomes, vaccine hesitancy continues to be an obstacle to achieving high levels of vaccine uptake. This represents particular risk to patients with autoimmune diseases, a group already at increased risk of hospitalization and poor clinical outcomes related to COVID-19 infection. Whilst there is a paucity of long-term safety and efficacy data of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with autoimmune diseases, the current evidence strongly suggests that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of adverse effects and disease flares. Herein, we report the protocol of the COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases (COVAD) study, an ongoing international collaborative study involving 29 countries and over 110 investigators.
KW - Autoimmune diseases
KW - COVAD
KW - COVID-19
KW - Survey
KW - Vaccination
U2 - 10.1007/s00296-021-05046-4
DO - 10.1007/s00296-021-05046-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 34779868
AN - SCOPUS:85123651276
VL - 42
SP - 23
EP - 29
JO - Rheumatology International
JF - Rheumatology International
SN - 1437-160X
IS - 1
ER -