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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Sep 7;80(10):1255–1265. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221244

Table 1:

Impact of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity:

Influenza Pneumococcal Herpes Zoster Hepatitis B Human papilloma virus Tetanus SARS-CoV-2 (mRNA)
Methotrexate 14,22,24 50,51 OK (ZVL)52 OK117,132,133 121 82,84,85
TNF-inhibitors OK14,16,20,27,28 OK14,56 OK (ZVL) 64 103105 OK 117,132 OK121,124* OK 84,85,88
Rituximab ↓↓1417,1921,24,134 ↓↓14,18,4547 18,121 ↓↓81,8284
Abatacept 24,26 45,46 OK (SQ) 122
↓(IV)123
84
JAK-inhibitor OK30 30 OK (tofacitinib)120
↓(baricitinib)53
82,84
IL-6R inhibitor OK31 OK31 OK125 OK54
IL-12/23 inhibitor OK32 OK54 105 OK84 OK 82
IL-17 inhibitor OK3335 OK55 OK55 OK84

OK: No significant/meaningful effect on vaccine immunogenicity (may include reduction in absolute post-vaccination titers if rates of protective titers are unchanged.) ↓: Reduces vaccine immunogenicity. ↓↓: Significantly reduces vaccine immunogenicity. For OK, ↓, and ↓↓: if no control group is available, data are compared to expected vaccine responses in the general population. Empty cells indicate a lack of data. TNF = tumor necrosis factor, JAK = Janus kinase, IL = interleukin, ZVL = zoster vaccine live, RZV = recombinant zoster vaccine, SQ = subcutaneous