Objectives: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the severity of COVID-19 and identify factors associated with severe disease outcomes in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), a chronic inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD). Methods: We utilized patient data from the French national multicenter RMD COVID-19 cohort (NCT04353609). The primary outcome was to describe COVID-19 characteristics in patients with SpA based on disease severity of COVID-19 (mild, moderate or severe) with serious infection including moderate and severe cases. The secondary outcome was to identify the factors associated with serious COVID-19 classification. Results: Among the 626 patients with SpA (56% female, mean age 49 ± 14 years) from the French RMD cohort, COVID-19 severity was mild in 508 (81%), moderate in 93 (15%), and severe in 25 (4%) patients. Clinical signs and symptoms of COVID-19 were reported in 587 (94%) patients, with the most frequent presented symptom of fever (63%) and cough (62%), followed by flu-like symptoms (53%), agueusia (39%), anosmia (37%), dyspnea (32%) and diarrhea (19.9%). COVID-19 severity was associated with corticosteroid therapy (OR = 3.08 [95% CI: 1.44–6.58], P = 0.004) and age (OR = 1.06 [95% CI: 1.04–1.08], P < 0.001) while use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi, OR = 0.27 [95% CI: 0.09–0.78], P = 0.01) was associated with less severe disease. We did not identify an association between NSAID use and COVID-19 severity. Conclusions: In this study, the majority of patients with SpA had a favorable COVID-19 outcome. We confirmed age and corticosteroids therapy had a negative impact on disease outcomes while TNFi use was protective. © 2023 Société française de rhumatologieRead less <