Patients with lupus benefit from COVID-19 vaccine booster nyulangone
shot. Previous research had shown that these antibody levels were lower among many initially vaccinated patients with rheumatic diseases, including SLE, who were taking immune-suppressing drugs, sparking fears of waning immunity to COVID-19 over time.
"Our study results offer people living with systemic lupus erythematosus clinical confirmation that vaccines are highly effective at guarding against severe COVID-19, despite their increased risk of catching the disease," says study co-lead investigator and rheumatologist Amit Saxena, MD, MS. However, researchers caution that further monitoring of patients is needed to determine if there is any antibody"cutoff" level below which SLE patients become more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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