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Safety and Immunogenicity Following the Second and Third Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents with Juvenile-Onset Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Prospective Multicentre Study.

Merav Heshin-Bekenstein, Amit Ziv, Natasa Toplak, Siman Lazauskas, Danielle Kadishevich, Efrat Ben-Nun Yaari, Adi Miller-Barmak, Yonatan Butbul Aviel, Esther Saiag, Sara Pel and 3 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Merav Heshin-BekensteinPediatric Rheumatology Service, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel.
Amit ZivSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Natasa ToplakDepartment of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-4696-1646
Siman LazauskasPediatric Department, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel.
Danielle KadishevichPediatric Department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba 4428164, Israel.
Efrat Ben-Nun YaariPediatric Department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba 4428164, Israel.
Adi Miller-BarmakPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 3109601, Israel.
Yonatan Butbul AvielPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 3109601, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-2151-7327
Esther SaiagHospital Management, Information and Operation Branch, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Sara PelRheumatology Department, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel.
Ori ElkayamSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Yosef UzielSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Victoria FurerSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5193-4207
Tel Aviv University · ILTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · ILMeir Medical Center · ILRambam Health Care Campus · ILUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo explore the long-term safety and dynamics of the immune response induced by the second and third doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents with juvenile-onset autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRDs) compared with healthy controls.

methodsThis international prospective study included adolescents with AIIRDs and controls vaccinated with two (AIIRDs n = 124; controls n = 80) or three (AIIRDs n = 64; controls n = 30) doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine, evaluated for vaccine side-effects, disease activity, COVID-19 breakthrough infection rates and severity, and anti-spike S1/S2 IgG antibody titers in a sample from both groups.

resultsThe vaccination safety profile was favorable, with most patients reporting mild or no side-effects. The rheumatic disease remained stable at 98% and 100% after the second and third doses, respectively. The two-dose vaccine induced comparable seropositivity rates among patients (91%) and controls (100%), (

conclusionThe safety profile of three doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine was excellent, with adequate humoral response and similar efficacy among patients and controls. These results support the recommendation for vaccinating adolescents with juvenile-onset AIIRDs against COVID-19.

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adolescentbiologicsCOVID-19immunomodulatory medicationsjuvenile-onset rheumatic diseasespediatric rheumatologysafetyvaccines

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PMID37112731
PMCPMC10145688
OpenAlexW4363674826

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