Real-world study of the effectiveness of BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) COVID-19 vaccine in the Kingdom of Morocco

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BACKGROUND: The Kingdom of Morocco approved BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on 22 January 2021 in a two-dose, three-to-four-week interval schedule. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine real-world BBIBP-CorV vaccine effectiveness (VE) against serious or critical hospitalization of individuals RT-PCR-positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the first five months of BBIBP-CorV use in Morocco.

METHODS: The study was conducted among adults 18-99 years old who were tested by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 infection between 1 February and 30 June 2021. RT-PCR results were individually linked with outcomes from the COVID-19 severe or critical hospitalization dataset and with vaccination histories from the national vaccination registration system. Individuals with partial vaccination (< 2 weeks after dose two) or in receipt of any other COVID-19 vaccine were excluded. Unadjusted and adjusted VE estimates against hospitalization for serious or critical illness were made by comparing two-dose vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in logistic regression models, calculated as (1-odds ratio) * 100%.

RESULTS: There were 348,190 individuals able to be matched across the three databases. Among these, 140,892 were fully vaccinated, 206,149 were unvaccinated, and 1,149 received homologous BBIBP-CorV booster doses. Unadjusted, full-series, unboosted BBIBP-CorV VE against hospitalization for serious or critical illness was 90.2% (95%CI: 87.8-92.0%). Full-series, unboosted VE, adjusted for age, sex, and calendar day of RT-PCR test, was 88.5% (95%CI: 85.8-90.7%). Calendar day- and sex-adjusted VE was 96.4% (95%CI: 94.6-97.6%) for individuals < 60 years, and was 53.3% (95%CI: 39.6-63.9%) for individuals 60 years and older. There were no serious or critical illnesses among BBIBP-CorV-boosted individuals.

CONCLUSIONS: Effectiveness of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV was consistent with phase III clinical trial results. Two doses of BBIBP-CorV was highly protective against COVID-19-associated serious or critical hospitalization in working-age adults under real-world conditions and moderately effective in older adults. Booster dose vaccination was associated with complete protection, regardless of age, although only a small proportion of subjects received booster doses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

BMC public health - 22(2022), 1 vom: 20. Aug., Seite 1584

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Yaowen [VerfasserIn]
Belayachi, Jihane [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yunkai [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Rodewald, Lance [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongling [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yanna [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Weiyun [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Su, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Tianfang [VerfasserIn]
Obtel, Majdouline [VerfasserIn]
Mhayi, Abdelkader [VerfasserIn]
Razine, Rachid [VerfasserIn]
Abouqal, Redouane [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuntao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiaoming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BBIBP-CorV
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Effectiveness
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Vaccine

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Date Completed 23.08.2022

Date Revised 06.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12889-022-14016-9

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NLM34506142X