TABLE 2

Impact of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity

DMARDsInfluenza vaccinePPSV23PCV7/13Live zoster vaccineRecombinant zoster vaccineHepatitis B vaccineHuman papillomavirus vaccine
MethotrexateDecrease14,15Decrease14,24Decrease28No effect17,34Not studiedNot studiedNo effect40,41
TNF inhibitorsNo effect14No effect14,24No effect28,29Study pending, contraindicated35Study pendingDecrease3739No effect40,41
AbataceptNo effect16No effect16Decrease30Study pending, contraindicatedStudy pendingNot studiedNot studied
Janus kinase inhibitorsNo effect17Decrease17No effect31,32Not studied, contraindicatedStudy pendingNot studiedNot studied
RituximabDecrease14,18,19Decrease19,25Decrease30,33Not studied, contraindicatedNo effect36Not studiedNot studied
IL-6 inhibitorsNo effect20No effect20No effect30Not studied, contraindicatedNot studiedNot studiedNot studied
IL-17 inhibitorsNo effect2123No effect26Not studiedNot studied, contraindicatedNot studiedNot studiedNot studied
IL-12/23 inhibitorsNot studiedNo effect27Not studiedNot studied, contraindicatedNot studiedDecrease38Not studied
  • DMARDs = disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; IL = interleukin; PCV7/13 = 7- or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PPSV23 = 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; TNF = tumor necrosis factor