1. Effects of immunosuppressive drugs on COVID-19 severity in patients with autoimmune hepatitis
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Efe, C, Lammert, C, Tascilar, K, Dhanasekaran, R, Ebik, B, Higuera-de la Tijera, F, Caliskan, A, Peralta, M, Gerussi, A, Massoumi, H, Catana, A, Purnak, T, Rigamonti, C, Aldana, A, Khakoo, N, Nazal, L, Frager, S, Demir, N, Irak, K, Melekoglu-Ellik, Z, Kacmaz, H, Balaban, Y, Atay, K, Eren, F, Alvares-da-Silva, M, Cristoferi, L, Urzua, A, Eskazan, T, Magro, B, Snijders, R, Barutcu, S, Lytvyak, E, Zazueta, G, Demirezer-Bolat, A, Aydin, M, Heurgue-Berlot, A, De Martin, E, Ekin, N, Yildirim, S, Yavuz, A, Biyik, M, Narro, G, Kiyici, M, Akyildiz, M, Kahramanoglu-Aksoy, E, Vincent, M, Carr, R, Gunsar, F, Reyes, E, Harputluoglu, M, Aloman, C, Gatselis, N, Ustundag, Y, Brahm, J, Vargas, N, Guzelbulut, F, Garcia, S, Aguirre, J, Anders, M, Ratusnu, N, Hatemi, I, Mendizabal, M, Floreani, A, Fagiuoli, S, Silva, M, Idilman, R, Satapathy, S, Silveira, M, Drenth, J, Dalekos, G, Assis, D, Bjornsson, E, Boyer, J, Yoshida, E, Invernizzi, P, Levy, C, Montano-Loza, A, Schiano, T, Ridruejo, E, Wahlin, S, Caliskan, AR, Catana, AM, Aldana, AJG, Alvares-da-Silva, MR, Zazueta, GM, Narro, GC, Carr, RM, Reyes, EC, Gatselis, NK, Vargas, NCE, Garcia, SR, Satapathy, SK, Drenth, JPH, Dalekos, GN, Assis, DN, Boyer, JL, Yoshida, EM, Montano-Loza, AJ, Schiano, TD, Efe, C, Lammert, C, Tascilar, K, Dhanasekaran, R, Ebik, B, Higuera-de la Tijera, F, Caliskan, A, Peralta, M, Gerussi, A, Massoumi, H, Catana, A, Purnak, T, Rigamonti, C, Aldana, A, Khakoo, N, Nazal, L, Frager, S, Demir, N, Irak, K, Melekoglu-Ellik, Z, Kacmaz, H, Balaban, Y, Atay, K, Eren, F, Alvares-da-Silva, M, Cristoferi, L, Urzua, A, Eskazan, T, Magro, B, Snijders, R, Barutcu, S, Lytvyak, E, Zazueta, G, Demirezer-Bolat, A, Aydin, M, Heurgue-Berlot, A, De Martin, E, Ekin, N, Yildirim, S, Yavuz, A, Biyik, M, Narro, G, Kiyici, M, Akyildiz, M, Kahramanoglu-Aksoy, E, Vincent, M, Carr, R, Gunsar, F, Reyes, E, Harputluoglu, M, Aloman, C, Gatselis, N, Ustundag, Y, Brahm, J, Vargas, N, Guzelbulut, F, Garcia, S, Aguirre, J, Anders, M, Ratusnu, N, Hatemi, I, Mendizabal, M, Floreani, A, Fagiuoli, S, Silva, M, Idilman, R, Satapathy, S, Silveira, M, Drenth, J, Dalekos, G, Assis, D, Bjornsson, E, Boyer, J, Yoshida, E, Invernizzi, P, Levy, C, Montano-Loza, A, Schiano, T, Ridruejo, E, Wahlin, S, Caliskan, AR, Catana, AM, Aldana, AJG, Alvares-da-Silva, MR, Zazueta, GM, Narro, GC, Carr, RM, Reyes, EC, Gatselis, NK, Vargas, NCE, Garcia, SR, Satapathy, SK, Drenth, JPH, Dalekos, GN, Assis, DN, Boyer, JL, Yoshida, EM, Montano-Loza, AJ, and Schiano, TD
- Abstract
Background: We investigated associations between baseline use of immunosuppressive drugs and severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Patients and methods: Data of AIH patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 were retrospectively collected from 15 countries. The outcomes of AIH patients who were on immunosuppression at the time of COVID-19 were compared to patients who were not on AIH medication. The clinical courses of COVID-19 were classified as (i)-no hospitalization, (ii)-hospitalization without oxygen supplementation, (iii)-hospitalization with oxygen supplementation by nasal cannula or mask, (iv)-intensive care unit (ICU) admission with non-invasive mechanical ventilation, (v)-ICU admission with invasive mechanical ventilation or (vi)-death and analysed using ordinal logistic regression. Results: We included 254 AIH patients (79.5%, female) with a median age of 50 (range, 17-85) years. At the onset of COVID-19, 234 patients (92.1%) were on treatment with glucocorticoids (n = 156), thiopurines (n = 151), mycophenolate mofetil (n = 22) or tacrolimus (n = 16), alone or in combinations. Overall, 94 (37%) patients were hospitalized and 18 (7.1%) patients died. Use of systemic glucocorticoids (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.73, 95% CI 1.12-25.89) and thiopurines (aOR 4.78, 95% CI 1.33-23.50) for AIH was associated with worse COVID-19 severity, after adjusting for age-sex, comorbidities and presence of cirrhosis. Baseline treatment with mycophenolate mofetil (aOR 3.56, 95% CI 0.76-20.56) and tacrolimus (aOR 4.09, 95% CI 0.69-27.00) were also associated with more severe COVID-19 courses in a smaller subset of treated patients. Conclusion: Baseline treatment with systemic glucocorticoids or thiopurines prior to the onset of COVID-19 was significantly associated with COVID-19 severity in patients with AIH.
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- 2022