Reduced Vaccine Response to HZ/su in SLE

Inclusion Criteria: * Males or females ≥ 50 years of age at time of consent * ≥ 4 of the 1997 ACR13 or the 2012 SLICC/ACR criteria for SLE (14, 15) * Clinically stable SLE * Stable dose of one or more of the following immunosuppressive treatment ≥ 4 weeks * Corticosteroid use: ≥ 5mg/day of prednisolone equivalent * Antimalarials (≤ 400 mg/day) * Azathioprine (≤ 3 mg/kg/day) * Mycophenolate mofetil (≤ 3 mg/day) * Tacrolimus (≤ 5mg/day) * Methotrexate (≤ 20mg/week) * Cyclosphosphamide (≤ 1mg/BSA/month) * Must be eligible for the indication of adjuvanted herpes zoster subunit vaccine * Must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form including writing consent for data protection Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or lactating females * Acute infection with temperature \>38C at the time of vaccination * Previous anaphylactic response to vaccine components or to egg * History of Guillain-Barre syndrome or demyelinating syndromes * Any condition including laboratory abnormality which places the subject at unacceptable risk * Subjects who decline to participate