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0 0.5 1 1.5 2+ Case 56% Improvement Relative Risk c19hcq.org Sahebari et al. HCQ for COVID-19 PrEP Is pre-exposure prophylaxis with HCQ beneficial for COVID-19? Retrospective 512 patients in Iran Fewer cases with HCQ (p=0.022) Sahebari et al., Reumatologia/Rheumatology, doi:10.5114/reum.2022.119039 Favors HCQ Favors control
Influence of biologic and conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on COVID-19 incidence among rheumatic patients during the first and second wave of the pandemic in Iran
Sahebari et al., Reumatologia/Rheumatology, doi:10.5114/reum.2022.119039
Sahebari et al., Influence of biologic and conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on COVID-19 incidence among.., Reumatologia/Rheumatology, doi:10.5114/reum.2022.119039
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Retrospective 512 rheumatic disease patients in Iran, showing lower risk of COVID-19 with HCQ use.
risk of case, 56.0% lower, RR 0.44, p = 0.02, treatment 10 of 108 (9.3%), control 56 of 368 (15.2%), odds ratio converted to relative risk.
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Sahebari et al., 7 Sep 2022, retrospective, Iran, peer-reviewed, 6 authors.
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Abstract: Original paper Reumatologia 2022; 60, 4: 231–241 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/reum.2022.119039 Influence of biologic and conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on COVID-19 incidence among rheumatic patients during the first and second wave of the pandemic in Iran Maryam Sahebari1 ID , Zahra Mirfeizi1 ID , Zhaleh Shariati-Sarabi1 ID , Malihe Dadgar Moghadam2 ID , Kamila Hashemzadeh1 ID , Mona Firoozabadi1 ID 1 Rheumatic Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Central Khorasan, Iran Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Central Khorasan, Iran 2 Abstract Introduction: During the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, immunosuppressive agents in treating chronic disease have become a concern, and rheumatic patients are not an exception. The controversies about the deteriorating effects of such medications led this study to evaluate the influence of biologic and conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on the incidence of COVID-19 infection in rheumatic patients. Material and methods: In the present cohort-analytical study, 512 patients with rheumatic diseases were enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021). The incidence of COVID-19 infection was diagnosed according to the definition of the Iranian Ministry of Health. The frequency of COVID-19 infection in patients treated with biological and conventional DMARDs and glucocorticosteroids were compared. Results: Among 512 rheumatic patients, 19.9% were definitely infected with COVID-19, and 23.3% of infected patients were hospitalized. Only one patient with vasculitis died during the two outbreaks. Our study showed that adding biologic DMARDs to conventional DMARDs did not increase the risk of COVID-19 infection. However, unlike biologic DMARDs, in conventional DMARDs, methotrexate increased, and hydroxychloroquine decreased COVID-19 infection. Regression analysis showed that prednisolone at a dosage higher than 10 mg/day increased the risk of COVID-19 infection 5-fold; hydroxychloroquine had a protective impact and reduced the risk of infection by 40%. Conclusions: Biologic DMARDs and the type of selected rheumatic diseases in our study did not influence the susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. Prednisolone raised the coronavirus infection, and hydroxychloroquine played a protective role in the current study. Most of our patients showed good adherence to the health protocols. Further studies after worldwide vaccination are now required to reevaluate the influence of rheumatic diseases and DMARDs on COVID-19 infection. Key words: anti-tumor necrosis factor, rituximab, COVID-19, rheumatic diseases.
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