ANA PAULA LUPPINO ASSAD
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P ICHC, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/17 - Laboratório de Investigação em Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/17 - Laboratório de Investigação em Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Severity and mortality of COVID-19 in patients with systemic sclerosis: a Brazilian multicenter study(2022) OLIVEIRA, Sandra Maximiano de; MARTINS, Lucas Victoria de Oliveira; LUPINO-ASSAD, Ana Paula; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina; MORAES, Daniela Aparecida de; DEL-RIO, Ana Paula Toledo; OLIVEIRA, Maria Carolina; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava; KAYSER, CristianeIntroduction: COVID-19 may be associated with greater severity and mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, severity and mortality of COVID-19 in a Brazilian cohort of SSc patients. Methods: This multicenter, retrospective, observational study included 1,042 SSc patients followed in four centers of Sao Paulo between March 2020 and June 2021. Diagnosis of COVID-19 was established by proper positive RT-PCR testing or by highly suspicious infection. Patients were grouped into mild (outpatient setting treatment and no need for oxygen support) and moderate-to-severe (hospitalization and/or need for oxygen support) COVID-19. Results: Of the 1,042 SSc patients, 118 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19. Interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) was present in 65.6% of the total cohort and in 46.3% of SSc patients with COVID-19. There were 78 (66.1%) cases of mild COVID-19, and 40 (33.9%) cases of moderate-to-severe disease, with 6 (5.1%) deaths. By univariate analysis, pulmonary arterial hypertension (OR 9.50, p=0.006), SSc-ILD (OR 3.90, p=0.007), FVC <80% (OR 2.90, p=0.01), cardiac involvement (OR 5.53, p=0.003), and use of rituximab (OR 3.92, p=0.039), but not age, gender, comorbidities or use of corticosteroids, were predictors of worse outcome for COVID-19. Using multivariate analysis, only SSc-ILD was significantly associated to a higher risk of moderate-to-severe COVID-19 (OR 2.73, 95% CI 1.12-6.69, p=0.02). Forty percent of the patients remained with symptoms after presenting COVID-19, predominantly dyspnea and/or cough (17%). Conclusion: In this cohort of patients with SSc, those with SSc-ILD were highly impacted by COVID-19, with a higher risk of moderate-to-severe COVID-19 infection and death.
- Strong response after fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases patients with poor response to inactivated vaccine(2022) AIKAWA, Nadia E.; KUPA, Leonard V. K.; SILVA, Clovis A.; SAAD, Carla G. S.; PASOTO, Sandra G.; YUKI, Emily F. N.; FUSCO, Solange R. G.; SHINJO, Samuel K.; ANDRADE, Danieli C. O.; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival D.; PEREIRA, Rosa M. R.; CHASIN, Anna C. S.; SHIMABUCO, Andrea Y.; LUPPINO-ASSAD, Ana P.; LEON, Elaine P.; LOPES, Marta H.; ANTONANGELO, Leila; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana C.; BONFA, EloisaObjectives. To assess immunogenicity of a heterologous fourth dose of an mRNA (BNT162b2) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) patients with poor/non-response to inactivated vaccine (Sinovac-CoronaVac). Methods. A total of 164 ARD patients who were coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poor/non-responders (negative anti-SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG and/or neutralizing antibodies-NAb) to the third dose of Sinovac-CoronaVac received an additional heterologous dose of mRNA (BNT162b2) 3 months after last dose. IgG and NAb were evaluated before and after the fourth dose. Results. Significant increases were observed after the fourth dose in IgG (66.4 vs 95.1%, P < 0.001), NAb positivity (5.5 vs 83.5%, P < 0.001) and geometric mean titre (29.5 vs 215.8 AU/ml, P < 0.001), and 28 (17.1%) remained poor/non-responders. Patients with negative IgG after a fourth dose were more frequently under rituximab (P = 0 .001) . Negative NAb was associated with older age (P = 0.015), RA (P = 0 .002) , SSc (P = 0 .026) , LEF (P = 0 .01 6) and rituximab use (P = 0.007) . In multiple logistic regression analysis, prednisone dose >= 7.5 mg/day (OR =0.34; P = 0.047) , LEF (OR =0.32, P = 0.036) and rituximab use (OR =0.19, P = 0.022) were independently associated with negative NAb after the fourth vaccine dose. Conclusions. This is the largest study to provide evidence of a remarkable humoral response after the fourth dose of heterologous mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in ARD patients with poor/non-response to the third dose of an inactivated vaccine. We further identified that treatment, particularly rituximab and prednisone, impaired antibody response to this additional dose.
- Immunogenicity decay and case incidence six months post Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases patients(2022) SILVA, Clovis A.; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana C.; KUPA, Leonard V. K.; YUKI, Emily F. N.; PASOTO, Sandra G.; SAAD, Carla G. S.; FUSCO, Solange R. G.; PEREIRA, Rosa M. R.; SHINJO, Samuel K.; HALPERN, Ari S. R.; BORBA, Eduardo F.; SOUZA, Fernando H. C.; GUEDES, Lissiane K. N.; MIOSSI, Renata; BONFIGLIOLI, Karina R.; DOMICIANO, Diogo S.; SHIMABUCO, Andrea Y.; ANDRADE, Danieli C. O.; SEGURO, Luciana P. C.; FULLER, Ricardo; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival D.; ASSAD, Ana P. L.; MORAES, Julio C. B.; GOLDENSTEIN-SCHAINBERG, Claudia; GIARDINI, Henrique A. M.; SILVA, Henrique C.; MARTINS, Victor A. O.; VILLAMARIN, Lorena E. B.; NOVELLINO, Renata S.; SALES, Lucas P.; ARAUJO, Carlo S. R.; SILVA, Matheus S. R.; FILHO, Dilson M. N.; LOPES, Marta H.; DUARTE, Alberto J. S.; KALLAS, Esper G.; AIKAWA, Nadia E.; BONFA, EloisaCharacterising the response to SARS-CoV-2 post vaccination is critical in the appraisement of the induced immune response, performance and protective potential. Here the authors present data from a phase 4 clinical trial in autoimmune rheumatic disease patients 6 months post second dose of Sinovac-CoronaVac inactivated vaccine that show a marked reduction in antibody particularly in males or those under treatment with immune targeting therapies but saw no rise in COVID-19 disease. The determination of durability and vaccine-associated protection is essential for booster doses strategies, however data on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 immunity are scarce. Here we assess anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunogenicity decay and incident cases six months after the 2(nd) dose of Sinovac-CoronaVac inactivated vaccine (D210) in 828 autoimmune rheumatic diseases patients compared with 207 age/sex-balanced control individuals. The primary outcome is the presence of anti-S1/S2 SARS-CoV-2 IgG at 6 months compared to 6 weeks after 2nd vaccine dose for decay evaluation. Secondary outcomes are presence of neutralizing antibodies, percent inhibition by neutralizing, geometric mean titers and cumulative incident cases at 6 months after 2nd dose. Anti-S1/S2 IgG positivity and titers reduce to 23.8% and 38% in patients (p < 0.001) during the six-month follow up and 20% and 51% in controls (p < 0.001), respectively. Neutralizing antibodies positivity and percent inhibition declines 41% and 54% in patients (p < 0.001) and 39.7% and 47% in controls (p < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis show males (OR = 0.56;95% CI0.40-0.79), prednisone (OR = 0.56; 95% CI0.41-0.76), anti-TNF (OR = 0.66;95% CI0.45-0.96), abatacept (OR = 0.29; 95% CI0.15-0.56) and rituximab (OR = 0.32;95% CI0.11-0.90) associate with a substantial reduction in IgG response at day 210 in patients. Although cellular immunity was not assessed, a decrease of COVID-19 cases (from 27.5 to 8.1/100 person-years; p < 0.001) is observed despite the concomitant emergence and spread of the Delta variant. Altogether we show a reduction in immunity 6-months of Sinovac-CoronaVac 2nd dose, particularly in males and those under immunosuppressives therapies, without a concomitant rise in COVID-19 cases. (CoronavRheum clinicaltrials.gov:NCT04754698).
- Increment of immunogenicity after third dose of a homologous inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in a large population of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases(2022) AIKAWA, Nadia Emi; KUPA, Leonard de Vinci Kanda; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina; SAAD, Carla Goncalves Schahin; YUKI, Emily Figueiredo Neves; PASOTO, Sandra Gofinet; ROJO, Priscila Tagliaferro; PEREIRA, Rosa Maria Rodrigues; SHINJO, Samuel Katsuyuki; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava; ANDRADE, Danieli Castro Oliveira; HALPERN, Ari Stiel Radu; FULLER, Ricardo; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos; GUEDES, Lissiane Karine Noronha; ASSAD, Ana Paula Luppino; MORAES, Julio Cesar Bertacini de; LOPES, Michelle Remiao Ugolini; MARTINS, Victor Adriano de Oliveira; BETANCOURT, Lorena; RIBEIRO, Carolina Torres; SALES, Lucas Peixoto; BERTOGLIO, Isabela Maria; BONOLDI, Virginia Lucia Nazario; MELLO, Renata Lys Pinheiro; BALBI, Gustavo Guimaraes Moreira; SARTORI, Ana Marli Christovam; ANTONANGELO, Leila; SILVA, Clovis Artur; BONFA, EloisaObjective To determine the immunogenicity of the third dose of CoronaVac vaccine in a large population of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) and the factors associated with impaired response. Methods Adult patients with ARD and age-balanced/sex-balanced controls (control group, CG) previously vaccinated with two doses of CoronaVac received the third dose at D210 (6 months after the second dose). The presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG and neutralising antibodies (NAb) was evaluated previously to vaccination (D210) and 30 days later (D240). Patients with controlled disease suspended mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for 7 days or methotrexate (MTX) for 2 weekly doses after vaccination. Results ARD (n=597) and CG (n=199) had comparable age (p=0.943). Anti-S1/S2 IgG seropositivity rates significantly increased from D210 (60%) to D240 (93%) (p<0.0001) in patients with ARD. NAb positivity also increased: 38% (D210) vs 81.4% (D240) (p<0.0001). The same pattern was observed for CG, with significantly higher frequencies for both parameters at D240 (p<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analyses in the ARD group revealed that older age (OR=0.98, 95% CI 0.96 to 1.0, p=0.024), vasculitis diagnosis (OR=0.24, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.53, p<0.001), prednisone >= 5 mg/day (OR=0.46, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.77, p=0.003), MMF (OR=0.30, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.61, p<0.001) and biologics (OR=0.27, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.46, p<0.001) were associated with reduced anti-S1/S2 IgG positivity. Similar analyses demonstrated that prednisone >= 5 mg/day (OR=0.63, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.90, p=0.011), abatacept (OR=0.39, 95% CI 0.20 to 0.74, p=0.004), belimumab (OR=0.29, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.67, p=0.004) and rituximab (OR=0.11, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.30, p<0.001) were negatively associated with NAb positivity. Further evaluation of COVID-19 seronegative ARD at D210 demonstrated prominent increases in positivity rates at D240 for anti-S1/S2 IgG (80.5%) and NAb (59.1%) (p<0.0001). Conclusions We provide novel data on a robust response to the third dose of CoronaVac in patients with ARD, even in those with prevaccination COVID-19 seronegative status. Drugs implicated in reducing immunogenicity after the regular two-dose regimen were associated with non-responsiveness after the third dose, except for MTX.
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in patients with systemic sclerosis: impact of disease subtype and therapy(2022) SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina; LUPPINO-ASSAD, Ana Paula; MIOSSI, Renata; SILVA, Henrique Carrico da; YUKI, Emily F. V. N.; PASOTO, Sandra G.; SAAD, Carla G. S.; SILVA, Clovis A.; KUPA, Leonard V. K.; DEVEZA, Giordano B. H.; PEDROSA, Tatiana N.; AIKAWA, Nadia E.; BONFA, EloisaObjective. To analyse the safety, immunogenicity and factors affecting antibody response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination in patients with SSc. Methods. This is a phase 4 prospective study within a larger trial of two doses of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CoronaVac) in 51 SSc patients compared with 153 controls. Anti-SARS-CoV-2-IgG and neutralizing antibodies (NAb) were assessed at each vaccine shot (D0/D28) and 6 weeks after the second dose(D69), only in individuals with negative baseline IgG/NAb and those who did not have coronavirus-19(COVID19) during follow-up. Vaccine safety was also assessed in all participants. Results. Patients and controls had comparable median ages [48(38.5-57) vs 48(38-57) years, P =0.945]. Patients had mostly diffuse SSc (68.6%) and the majority (74.5%) had interstitial lung disease. Most patients were under immunosuppressive therapy (72.5%), mainly MMF (52.9%). After full vaccination (D69), anti-SARS-CoV-2-IgG frequency (64.1% vs 94.2%, P < 0.001) and NAb positivity (53.8% vs 76.9%; P =0.006) were moderate, although lower than controls. The first dose response (D28) was low and comparable for both seroconvertion rates (SC) (P =0.958) and NAb positivity (P =0.537). SSc patients under MMF monotherapy vs other (no therapy/other DMARDs) had lower immunogenicity (SC: 31.3% vs 90%, P < 0.001) and NAb(18.8% vs 85%, P < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis confirmed that MMF use, but not disease subtype, is associated with insufficient seroconversion [odds ratio (OR)=0.056(95% CI: 0.009, 0.034), P =0.002] and NAb positivity [OR =0.047(95% CI: 0.007, 0.036), P =0.002]. No moderate/severe side-effects were observed. Conclusion. CoronaVac has an excellent safety profile and moderate response to anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in SSc. Vaccine antibody response is not influenced by disease subtype and is greatly affected by MMF, reinforcing the need for additional strategies to up-modulate vaccine response in this subgroup of patients.
conferenceObject Impact of Visceral Involvement in the Characterization and Prognosis of Patients Without Skin Involvement Classified as Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) According to 2013 ACR/EULAR Criteria in a Large Single Cohort(2019) RIBEIRO, Ana; LUPPINO-ASSAD, Ana Paula; SILVA, Henrique; PRADO, Leandro; ANDRADE, Danieli; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava- Predictors of progression to systemic sclerosis: analysis of very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis in a large single-centre cohort(2022) SIQUEIRA, Valdirene S.; HELBINGEN, Mariely F. S.; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina; SILVA, Henrique Carrico da; MIOSSI, Renata; LUPPINO-ASSAD, Ana Paula; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival D.Objective This study analysed the very early disease of SSc (VEDOSS) characteristics in a group of 217 patients with RP and at least one manifestation of SSc in search of predictors for the progression to SSc. Methods This was a cross-sectional single-centre analysis of patients presenting with RP with a specific SSc clinical manifestation or SSc autoantibody or SD pattern at nailfold capillaroscopy (SD-NFC), without skin involvement, who attended a scleroderma outpatient clinic between 2010 and 2019. The performance of VEDOSS and the importance of the combination of VEDOSS characteristics to predict the progression to SSc were evaluated. Results Among 217 patients, 153 (70.5%) were classified as SSc, including 65 (30%) in the first investigation; 69.3% of the SSc patients met VEDOSS criteria compared with 6.3% of patients who did not progress to SSc. The combinations most associated with progression to SSc were RP + puffy fingers (PF) + positive ANA + SD-NFC and/or SSc-specific antibody (VEDOSS level 2), with an odds ratio (OR) of 19.52 (95% CI 4.48, 85.06; P < 0.001) and RP + PF + positive ANA (VEDOSS level 1; 'red flags') (OR 15.45; P < 0.001), while combinations without non-RP clinical symptoms, as RP + SD-NFC (OR 0.03; P < 0.001) and RP + anticentromere + SD-NFC (OR 0.06; P = 0.006) were associated with non-progression to SSc. Conclusion Among patients with RP with at least one manifestation of SSc, without skin involvement, combinations of VEDOSS characteristics were the strongest predictors of progression to SSc at a median follow-up of 4 years.
- Is exposure to environmental factors associated with a characteristic clinical and laboratory profile in systemic sclerosis? A retrospective analysis(2021) AGUILA, Lisbeth A.; SILVA, Henrique Carrico da; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina; BUNJES, Bruna Giusto; LUPPINO-ASSAD, Ana Paula; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival D.To identify environmental factors (EF) in a large cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) analyzing their clinical and laboratory presentation. A cohort of consecutive patients attended at a single Brazilian SSc outpatient clinic was analyzed regarding EF. Data were analyzed according to clinical, demographic and laboratory characteristics, as well as SSc subtype. In a cohort of 662 patients, 70 (10.6%) had known previous exposure to EF, predominantly organic solvents (51.4%), silica (20%), silicone (12.9%) and pesticides (11.4%). In the SSc cohort, patients with EF had a significantly higher frequency of male gender (p < 0.01), African-Brazilian ethnicity (p = 0.01), myopathy (p = 0.02), and pigmentary disorders (p = 0.04), with shorter disease duration (p = 0.01). When SSc subtypes were analyzed separately, there was positive association with male gender in limited (p < 0.01) and diffuse (p < 0.01) SSc, as well as African-Brazilian ethnicity (p = 0.04), severe interstitial lung disease (p < 0.01), myopathy (p = 0.02) and SD pattern at nailfold capillaroscopy (p = 0.01) in limited SSc, and negative association with esophageal hypomotility (p < 0.01) and ANA positivity (p = 0.02) in diffuse SSc. Multiple regression analyses showed that myopathy was independently associated with previous exposure to EF (OR = 2.09; 95% CI 1.15-3.82), especially silica exposure (OR = 3.09; 95% CI 1.67-5.73). This study showed that SSc patients with previous exposure to EF may have some specific clinical characteristics, mainly a higher frequency of myopathy, also showing more severe ILD, preferably in male and African-Brazilian patients, associated with a lower frequency of ANA positivity.
- ABATACEPT AND LOW GAMMA-GLOBULIN LEVELS: NO ASSOCIATION WITH INFECTIOUS RISK OR RA DISEASE ACTIVITY CONTROL(2020) DINIS, V. G.; BONFIGLIOLI, K.; SHIMABUCO, A.; SAAD, C.; DOMICIANO, D. S.; MORAES, J.; NEVES, E.; LUPPINO-ASSAD, A.; SOUZA, F.; SILVA, H. Carrico Da; BONFA, E.; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, A. C.
- PREDICTORS TO PROGRESSION TO SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS IN A GROUP OF SECONDARY RAYNAUD PHENOMENON OBSERVED IN A LARGE SINGLE BRAZILIAN COHORT(2020) SIQUEIRA, V.; HELBINGEN, M.; LUPPINO-ASSAD, A. P.; SILVA, H. Carrico Da; ANDRADE, D.; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, A. C.; SAMPAIO-BARROS, P. D.