Interstitial lung disease following COVID-19 vaccination : a disproportionality analysis using the Global Scale Pharmacovigilance Database (VigiBase)

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Despite several case reports, population-based studies on interstitial lung disease (ILD) following COVID-19 vaccination are lacking. Given the unprecedented safety issue of COVID-19 vaccination, it is important to assess the worldwide patterns of ILD following COVID-19 vaccination. This study aimed to investigate the signals of COVID-19 vaccine-associated ILD compared with other vaccinations using disproportionality analysis.

METHODS: We analysed the VigiBase database during the period between 13 December 2020 and 26 January 2023. We adopted the case/non-case approach to assess the disproportionality signal of ILD for COVID-19 vaccines via 1:10 matching by age and sex. We compared COVID-19 vaccines with all other vaccines as the reference group.

RESULTS: Among 1 233 969 vaccine-related reports, 679 were reported for ILD. The majority of ILD cases were related to tozinameran (376 reports, 55.4%), Vaxzevria (129 reports, 19.0%) and elasomeran (78 reports, 11.5%). The reporting OR of ILD following COVID-19 vaccination was 0.86 (95% CI 0.64 to 1.15) compared with all other vaccines.

CONCLUSION: No significant signal of disproportionate reporting of ILD was observed for COVID-19 vaccines compared with all other vaccines. Moreover, when compared with the influenza vaccines that are known to cause ILD, no signal was observed. This study results might help decision-making on the subsequent COVID-19 vaccination strategy of ILD. Further large and prospective studies are required for more conclusive evidence.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

BMJ open respiratory research - 10(2023), 1 vom: 11. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Min-Taek [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Ju Won [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyeon Ji [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jong-Min [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Jae Chol [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Kang-Mo [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Sun-Young [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Drug induced lung disease
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 20.12.2023

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001992

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365725366