Table 1

Baseline characteristics

PID (N=6)RTX (N=13)csDMARD/bDMARD (N=31)
Sex, n (%)
Female1 (17)12 (92)20 (65)
Male5 (83)1 (8%)11 (35%)
Mean age (years) (SD)42 (8.80)56 (14.50)53 (12.97)
Mean BMI (kg/m²) (SD)25 (5.45)30 (8.24)25 (5.72)
Smoking status, n (%)
Non-smoker3 (50)9 (69)12 (39)
Ex-smoker2 (33)4 (31)11 (35)
Smoker1 (17)8 (26)
Vaccination type for initial immunisation, n (%)
mRNA5 (83)10 (77)27 (87)
mRNA+vector1 (17)4 (13)
Vector2 (15)
Unknown1 (8)
Mean time from completed basic immunisation to BL (days) (SD)186 (33)176 (43)179 (27)
Underlying IMID, n (%)
Agammaglublinaemia1 (17)
CVID4 (67)
SCID1 (17)
Antisynthetase syndrome1 (8)
GPA5 (38)
Interstitial lung disease1 (8)1 (3)
MPA1 (8)
RA5 (38)6 (19)
axSpA2 (6)
Juvenile arthritis1 (3)
IgA vasculitis1 (3)
Adult-onset Still’s disease4 (13)
Polymyalgia rheumatica2 (6)
PsA9 (29)
Giant cell arteritis1 (3)
Sarcoidosis2 (6)
SLE1 (3)
Systemic sclerosis1 (3)
Ongoing immunotherapy
IgG intravenous4 (67)
IgG subcutaneous2 (33)
RTX13 (100)
csDMARD5 (38)14 (45)
Low-dose steroids (<10 mg/day)8 (61)9 (29)
High-dose steroids (≥10 mg/day)1 (3)
TNF inhibitors11 (35)
Abatacept4 (13)
IL-1 inhibitors4 (13)
IL-6 inhibitors1 (3)
IL-17 inhibitors4 (13)
IL-12/23 inhibitors3 (10)
  • axSpA, axial spondyloarthritis; bDMARD, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; BL, baseline; BMI, body mass index; csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; CVID, common variable immunodeficiency; GPA, granulomatosis with polyangiitis; IL, interleukin; IMID, immune-mediated inflammatory disease; MPA, microscopic polyangiitis; PID, primary immunodeficiency; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RTX, rituximab; SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.