COVID-19 Vaccination Reactogenicity in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
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- Received August 7, 2021
- Accepted in final form September 21, 2021
- First Published November 9, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Farren Basil Shaw Briggs, PhD, ScM,
- Farrah J. Mateen, MD, PhD (fmateen{at}mgh.harvard.edu),
- Hollie Schmidt, MS (hollie{at}acceleratedcure.org),
- Keisha M. Currie, MRC, CRC (keishacurrie{at}yahoo.com),
- Heather M. Siefers, MS (hsiefers{at}iavi.org),
- Slavka Crouthamel, MBA (slavka.crouthamel{at}mammothhospital.com),
- Bruce F. Bebo, PhD (bruce.bebo{at}nmss.org),
- Julie Fiol, MSW, BSN, RN, MSCN (julie.fiol{at}nmss.org),
- Michael K. Racke, MD (michael.k.racke{at}questdiagnostics.com),
- Kevin C. O'Connor, PhD,
- Laura G. Kolaczkowski, BA (laurak4ms{at}gmail.com),
- Phyllis Klein, PhD, RN (pmknp{at}hotmail.com),
- Sara Loud, MS, MBA (sloud{at}acceleratedcure.org) and
- Robert Nicholas McBurney, PhD (rmcburney{at}acceleratedcure.org)
- Farren Basil Shaw Briggs, PhD, ScM,
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US 10,961,581 B2. Method to identify subjects at higher risk for autoimmune disease based on genetic and/or phenotypic screening for epistatic variants in DDX39B (rs2523506) and IL7R (rs6897932)
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1. NIH/NINDS, R01NS121928, Principal Investigator, 2021-2024 2. NIH/NINR, R56NR019306, Principal Investigator, 2021-2023
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- Farrah J. Mateen, MD, PhD (fmateen{at}mgh.harvard.edu),
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I have received consulting fees from Oxford Pharmagenesis Ltd., Genentech, and Biogen unrelated to this work
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I have received investigator initiated grant from Biogen and research support from IQVIA, unrelated to this work.
Research funding from the National Institutes of Health, outside of the current work.
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Research funding in the form of investigator-initiated grants from the National MS Society and Fondation Pierre Fabre, unrelated to this manuscript.
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- Hollie Schmidt, MS (hollie{at}acceleratedcure.org),
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(1) Biogen (2) Genentech
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- Keisha M. Currie, MRC, CRC (keishacurrie{at}yahoo.com),
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- Heather M. Siefers, MS (hsiefers{at}iavi.org),
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- Slavka Crouthamel, MBA (slavka.crouthamel{at}mammothhospital.com),
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- Bruce F. Bebo, PhD (bruce.bebo{at}nmss.org),
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- Julie Fiol, MSW, BSN, RN, MSCN (julie.fiol{at}nmss.org),
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- Michael K. Racke, MD (michael.k.racke{at}questdiagnostics.com),
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Journal of Neuroimmunology, Editor-in-Chief, 2010-2020
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Quest Diagnostics, Medical Director for Neurology, 1 year
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Salary from Quest Diagnostics
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Stock options from Quest Diagnostics
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- Kevin C. O'Connor, PhD,
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
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Consultant/advisor for Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and for Roche,
Received speaking fees from Alexion and Viela Bio, now part of Horizon Therapeutics.
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Received research support from Ra Pharma and is a consultant and equity shareholder of Cabaletta Bio. KOÂC is the recipient of a sponsored research subaward from the University of Pennsylvania, the primary financial sponsor of which is Cabaletta Bio. Received research support from Ra Pharma, now a part of UCB Pharma, and Alexion, now part of AstraZenca, and Viela Bio, now part of Horizon Therapeutics.
Supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through awards R01-AI114780 and R21-AI142198, NIH through the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia of the NIH (Award Number U54-NS115054)
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1. Guthy Jackson Charitable Organization 2. A Neuromuscular Disease Research Program award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) under award number MDA575198.
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Equity shareholder of Cabaletta Bio.
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- Laura G. Kolaczkowski, BA (laurak4ms{at}gmail.com),
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- Phyllis Klein, PhD, RN (pmknp{at}hotmail.com),
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- Sara Loud, MS, MBA (sloud{at}acceleratedcure.org) and
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Biogen Idec 04/2020 - 12/2020 Genentech/Roche 04/2020 - 12/2020
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- Robert Nicholas McBurney, PhD (rmcburney{at}acceleratedcure.org)
(1) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (non- profit) (2) National MS Society (non-profit)
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(1) EMD Serono (Compensation donated to Accelerated Cure Project, Inc.)
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(1) Genentech, Partial funding for independent COVID-19 Impact Study conducted by Accelerated Cure Project and Massachusetts General Hospital (2) Biogen, Partial funding for independent COVID-19 Impact Study conducted by Accelerated Cure Project and Massachusetts General Hospital
(1) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, EA- PPRN-00045, PI, 2019-2021
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(1) National MS Society, SI-2103-37386, PI
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- From the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Science (F.B.S.B.), School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; Department of Neurology (F.J.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Accelerated Cure Project for MS (H.S., S.L., R.N.M.), Waltham, MA; Currie Consultancy (K.M.C.), LLC Eastover, SC; International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (H.M.S.), Frederick, MD; Mammoth Hospital (S.C.), Mammoth Lakes, CA; National Multiple Sclerosis Society (B.F.B., J.F.); Medical Affairs (M.K.R.), Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, NJ; Departments of Neurology and Immunobiology (K.C.O.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and iConquerMS (L.G.K., P.K.), Waltham, MA.
- Correspondence
Dr. Briggs farren.briggs{at}case.edu
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