Patrick Durez, ACR 2022: Factors associated with disease flare following COVID vaccination in inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

The EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) physician-reported registry registered patients with pre-existing rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. touchIMMUNOLOGY were delighted to speak with Prof Patrick Durez (Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium) to discuss the aims, methodology and findings of this study looking at factors associated with disease flare following COVID vaccination.

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The abstract ‘Factors Associated with Disease Flare Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in People with Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases – Results from the Physician-Reported EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) Registry‘ (Abstract number: 2274) was presented at the ACR Convergence, November 10–14, 2022.

Questions

1. What factors underlie the concern regarding disease flare in rheumatoid arthritis patients following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2? (0:18)
2. What is the The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) physician-reported registry and what are its aims? (0:58)
3. What were the aims and methodology of this registry study? (2:03)
4. What were the findings in terms of incidence of and risk factors for disease flare? (2:39)
5. How will these data be used to inform vaccination strategies? (3:11)

Disclosures: Patrick Durez has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Victoria Jones.

Filmed in coverage of the ACR Convergence 2022.