Table 2

Participant immunomodulatory therapy,* stratified by humoral immune response to the first dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine

Detectable antibody
(n=91)
Undetectable antibody
(n=32)
P value
Medication, n (%)
Non-biologic
 Azathioprine9 (10)4 (12)0.7
 Hydroxychloroquine27 (30)10 (31)0.9
 Mycophenolate†3 (3)8 (25)0.001
 Sulfasalazine4 (4)1 (3)0.9
 Tacrolimus0 (0)2 (6)0.07
 Leflunomide2 (2)2 (6)0.3
 Methotrexate10 (11)3 (9)0.9
Biologic
 Abatacept3 (3)3 (9)0.5
 Belimumab5 (5)5 (16)0.1
 Interleukin inhibitor‡6 (7)0 (0)0.3
 Rituximab2 (2)4 (12)0.04
 TNF inhibitor§16 (18)1 (3)0.07
 Tofacitinib2 (2)1 (3)0.9
  • *Since participants could report more than one medication, the total N in this table is greater than the stated cohort size.

  • †Mycophenolic acid or mycophenolate mofetil.

  • ‡Interleukin inhibitors: tocilizumab, ustekinumab and ixekizumab.

  • §TNF inhibitors: adalimumab certolizumab, etanercept and infliximab.

  • mRNA, messenger RNA; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.