Publications

View and download slide summaries of the latest original articles focusing on therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases including rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology. All materials produced by the team are subsequently reviewed and approved by individual Steering Committee members.

September 2025

Immunogenicity of adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with upadacitinib: 60-week results from a randomised controlled trial substudy

RMD Open 2025;11:e005-21 Doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-005521

Winthrop KL,

Klaff J,

Penn SK,

Liu Y,

García C,

Mysler E,

Wells AF,

Bu X,

Fish I,

Chen M,

Cunningham AL

Most patients vaccinated with RZV while using UPA 15mg QD and background MTX achieved satisfactory humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) at Weeks 4, 16 and 60. Winthrop et al. evaluated the immunogenicity of RZV through Week 60 in patients with RA who were receiving UPA 15mg QD and background MTX.

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April 2022

Valutazione della risposta alla vaccinazione anti-pneumococcica coniugata 13-valente in pazienti con artrite reumatoide trattati con upadacitinib: risultati di uno studio di estensione di fase 2 in aperto

RMD Open. 2022;8(1):e002110 doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002110

Li Y,

Klaff J,

Kivitz A

Vaccine sub-study of the BALANCE-EXTEND upadacitinib trial finds that approximately two-thirds of patients receiving upadacitinib 15 mg once-daily achieve a satisfactory humoral response to pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate (PCV-13) vaccine, despite receiving concomitant methotrexate (MTX).It is well known that a weakened immune response, comorbidities and immunosuppressant drug therapy all contribute to an increased susceptibility to infections in patients with RA. Likewise, the morbidity and mo...