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Rituximab and COVID-19 vaccination

Optimal time for COVID-19 vaccination in rituximab-treated dermatologic patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20221213001
Enrollment
113
Registered
2022-12-13
Start date
2022-08-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

immune-mediated dermatologic diseases treated with rituximab COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity Rituximab vaccination COVID-19 vaccines immune-mediated dermatologic diseases

Interventions

Immune-mediated dermatologic disease patient who received rituximab prior to COVID-19 vaccination,Immune-mediated dermatologic disease patient who have never received rituximab prior to COVID-19 vacci
Basic Science,Basic Science
Rituximab users,Non-rituximab users

Sponsors

Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Being participants of our previous prospective cohort study or the one conducted parallel to ours by rheumatologists in the same institution, which evaluated immunogenicity of various types of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with immune-mediated dermatologic diseases (TCTR20220317008) 2. Subjects who received at least one course of rituximab using any protocols before vaccination were included as an exposed group. 3. Rituximab-naive subjects were recruited as an unexposed group. *exposed and unexposed group were matched for age and sex.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects received rituximab or were diagnosed with COVID-19 between the first dose vaccination to the vaccine's immunogenicity assessment date 2. The vaccine's immunogenicity data were missing

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Humoral immune response 28 days post-vaccination Seroconversion rates (positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 IgG, SARS-CoV-2-specific surrogate viral neutralization or micro-neutralization assays)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
N/A N/A N/A

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactChutima Sereeaphinan

Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

czircons@gmail.com0817622887

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026