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CTRI Number  CTRI/2021/07/035307 [Registered on: 30/07/2021] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 25/04/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   To understand the immunogenicity of Covisheild vaccine in patients with rheumatological disease by discontinuing methotrexate temporarily after taking second dose of vaccine  
Scientific Title of Study   Effect Of Discontinuation of Methotrexate, post 2nd dose on Immunogenicity Of ChAdOx1 nCoV -19 Corona Virus (COVISHIELD)Vaccination in Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic diseases who continued their Methotrexate doses after 1st dose : A Single Centre Randomized Clinical Trial  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Padmanabha Shenoy D  
Designation  Consultant Rheumatologist  
Affiliation  Dr Shenoys Care Private Limited 
Address  Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 2nd floor Rheumatology 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin
Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 2nd floor Rheumatology 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin
Ernakulam
KERALA
682040
India 
Phone  9446567000   
Fax    
Email  drdpshenoy@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Padmanabha Shenoy D  
Designation  Consultant Rheumatologist  
Affiliation  Dr Shenoys Care Private Limited 
Address  Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 2nd floor Rheumatology 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin
Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 2nd floor Rheumatology 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin
Ernakulam
KERALA
682040
India 
Phone  9446567000   
Fax    
Email  drdpshenoy@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr RASHWITH U 
Designation  DrNB Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology 1ST year trainee 
Affiliation  Dr Shenoys Care Private Limited  
Address  SreeSudheenderaMedical Mission Hospital Kacheripady, Chittoor Road, Ernakulam Kochi
Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin
Ernakulam
KERALA
682018
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  yogeshumesh3@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence CARE 
Address  Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin-682040, State:Kerala(32),  
Type of Sponsor  Private hospital/clinic 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL   nil 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Padmanabha Shenoy D  Dr Shenoy’s Care Private Limited  Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence ( CARE), 2nd floor Rheumatology 16/554-2, NH 47, Nettoor, Cochin-682040, State:Kerala(32),
Ernakulam
KERALA 
9446567000

drdpshenoy@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
SreeSudheendra Ethics Committee   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M061||Adult-onset Stills disease, (2) ICD-10 Condition: M45||Ankylosing spondylitis, (3) ICD-10 Condition: B972||Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere, (4) ICD-10 Condition: B972||Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere, (5) ICD-10 Condition: M315||Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica, (6) ICD-10 Condition: M06||Other rheumatoid arthritis, (7) ICD-10 Condition: M058||Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, (8) ICD-10 Condition: M36||Systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Methotrexate - as oral or IV from 2.5 to 30 mg   The patients with AIRD randomized to other group which continue Methotrexate temporarily for 2 weeks post 2nd dose of Covisheild vaccine  
Intervention  Methotrexate - as oral or IV form 2.5 to 30 mg   The patients with AIRD randomized to other group which discontinue Methotrexate temporarily for 2 weeks post 2nd dose of Covisheild vaccine  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  85.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Inclusion Criteria
Patient above 18 years of age.
Patients willing to give consent for the study
Patients with a prior diagnosis of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease and on methotrexate ,
stable dose for atleast the past 2 months
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients who had covid-19 infection in the past.
Patients who are not willing for blood sample collection.
Patients with h/o allergy to vaccine components Prior GBS/demyelinating syndromes
Any live vaccine taken within prior 4 weeks or inactivated vaccine in last 2 weeks before study. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Stratified block randomization 
Method of Concealment   Other 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare the immunogenicity of Covishield vaccination in patients with Auto immune Rheumatic Diseases on methotrexate discontinuation temporarily for 2 weeks after second dose of vaccine versus those who continued methotrexate, in patients who continued their methotrexate doses after 1st dose.
To see the effect of short term discontinuation of Methotrexate on AIRD disease activity. 
To compare the immunogenicity of Covishield vaccination in patients with Auto immune Rheumatic Diseases on methotrexate discontinuation temporarily for 2 weeks after second dose of vaccine versus those who continued methotrexate, in patients who continued their methotrexate doses after 1st dose. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
nil  nil 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="230"
Sample Size from India="230" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   04/07/2022 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="6"
Days="30" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Closed to Recruitment of Participants 
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

EffectOf Discontinuationof Methotrexate,post 2nd dose on Immunogenicity Of ChAdOx1 nCoV -19 Corona Virus (COVISHIELD)Vaccination in Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic diseases who continued their Methotrexate doses after 1st dose : A Single Centre Randomized Clinical Trial

     OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether temporary  discontinuation of Methotrexate (MTX) for 2 week a fter second dose of Covishield vaccination  improves the immunogenicity  in patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic diseases who have continued Methotrexate after 1st dose.

 

we study the effect of temporary discontinuation of MTX for 2 weeks post Covishield

vaccine doses on the humoral and cellular immunogenicity at the end of 1 month post 2nd dose of vaccination.

.Objective 

·         To investigate whether temporary discontinuation of Methotrexate for 2 weeks after 2nd dose of covishield vaccination improves the immunogenicity in patients with AIRD who had continued their Methotrexate doses after 1st dose.

·         To see the effect of short term discontinuation of Methotrexate on AIRD disease activity.





     Outcomes

 

·         The anti spike/neutralising antibody titrewill be  assessed1 month after the second dose of vaccine, and will be compared between 2 groups who continued methotrexate after 2nd dose and other group who discontinued Methotrexate for 2 weeks post 2nd doseand to see if there is statistically significant difference among the two groups studied.

·         Any significant change in disease activity associated with discontinuation of methotrexate for 2 weeks will be noted.

.Reference 

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2.Smolen JS, Landewe R, Breedveld FC et al (2014) EULAR recommendations for the

management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying

antirheumatic drugs: 2013 update. Ann Rheum Dis 73(3):492–509

3.Impact of temporary methotrexate discontinuation for 2 weeks on immunogenicity of seasonal

influenza vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised clinical trial Park JK,

et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2018;77:898–904. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213222

4. Doran MF, Crowson CS, Pond GR, et al. Frequency of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with controls: a population-based study. Arthritis Rheum 2002;46:2287–93. 2 Au K, Reed G, Curtis JR, et al. High disease activity is associated with an increased risk of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2011;70:785–91.

5.Akkara Veetil BM, Bongartz T (2011) Perioperative care for patients with rheumatic diseases. Nat Rev Rheumatol 8(1):32–41

6.Tada M, Inui K, Sugioka Y, Mamoto K, Okano T, Kinoshita T, Hidaka N, Koike T (2016) Delayed wound healing and postoperative surgical site infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with or without biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. ClinRheumatol 35(6):1475–1481

7.Park JK, et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2018;77:898–904

8.Nived et al |

9. Effect of short-term methotrexate discontinuation on rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: post-hoc analysis of two randomized trials JinKyun Park1 & Min Jung Kim1 &Yunhee Choi2 & Kevin Winthrop3 &YeongWook Song1 &Eun Bong Lee1

10.Methotrexate Hampers Immunogenicity to BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in

Immune-Mediated Inflammatory DiseaseRebecca H. Haberman et al

          11 .Methotrexate and glucocorticoids , but not anticytokine therapy, impair the immunogenicity of 

          a single dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID19 vaccine in patients with chronic inflammatory

arthritis.Serena Bugatti et al

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