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Response to: ‘Concerns and needs of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus regarding hydroxychloroquine supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a patient-centred survey’ by Plüß et al
  1. Alexis Mathian,
  2. Zahir Amoura
  1. Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome and Other Autoimmune Disorders, Service de Médecine Interne 2, Institut E3M, Inserm UMRS, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris), Paris, France
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alexis Mathian, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris 75651, France; alexis.mathian{at}psl.aphp.fr

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218069

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    We thank Plüß et al for their interest in our study reporting on the course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a case series of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under long-term treatment with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).1 2 Plüß et al highlight a major point with respect to the consequences of the SARS-CoV2 outbreak on patients with SLE, in particular the difficulties that the latter have experienced in securing HCQ supplies for a licensed indication as a consequence of the off-label use of this drug to treat COVID-19 in the general population.

    Plüß et al report that 70% of patients with SLE in Germany expressed concerns regarding the inability to receive their prescriptions for HCQ which was furthermore underscored by the observation that 46% also reported HCQ …

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    • Handling editor Josef S Smolen

    • Contributors AM and ZA wrote the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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