Arthritis drugs and COVID: study probes immune response
NCT ID NCT04584541
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at how immunosuppressive medications used for rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis affect the body's ability to fight COVID-19. Researchers measured viral load and immune responses in 150 patients and their infected family members. The goal was to understand if these drugs change how the immune system handles the virus.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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150 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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Feb 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: cases * Patient with spondyloarthritis fulfilling the ASAS criteria * Patients with rheumatoid arthritis fulfilling the ACR/EULAR criteria and * Immunosuppressive therapy: Methotrexate, leflunomide, anti-TNF, Anti-IL6R, abatacept, rituximab, Jak inhibitors (tofacitinib or baricitinib) And * infected with the SarS-Cov-2 (positive PCR and/or serology and/or CT-scan) Controls: * Family cluster member confined to the same location as the index subject * Infected with the SarS-Cov-2 (positive PCR and/or serology and/or CT-scan) Exclusion Criteria: cases and controls * Pregnant woman * Breastfeeding woman * Immunosuppressed subject for members of the familiar cluster of the index subject * Patient with no social security * Patients whose freedom is limited by the judicial or administrative authority * Patients under legal protection
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cochin hospital
Paris, 75014, France
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