Benefit-Risk Assessment of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Children Aged 6 Months to 4 Years in the Omicron Era

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BACKGROUND: There is no risk and benefit assessment of COVID-19 vaccination for children younger than 5 years using a single health outcomes scale. The objective of this study is to compare the expected risk and benefits of the mRNA primary series of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to 4 years in the United States using a single health outcome scale in the Omicron era.

METHODS: The expected benefits and risks of the primary two-dose series of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to 4 years were stratified by sex, the presence of underlying medical conditions, the presence of infection-induced immunity, and the type of mRNA vaccine (BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273). A scoping literature review was conducted to identify the indicators in the decision tree model. The benefit-risk ratio was the outcome of interest.

RESULTS: The benefit-risk ratios ranged from 200.4 in BNT162b2 for males aged 6-11 months with underlying medical conditions and without infection-induced immunity to 3.2 in mRNA-1273 for females aged 1-4 years without underlying medical conditions and with infection-induced immunity.

CONCLUSIONS: The expected benefit of receiving the primary series of mRNA vaccines outweighed the risk among children ages 6 months to 4 years regardless of sex, presence of underlying medical conditions, presence of infection-induced immunity, or type of mRNA vaccines. However, the continuous monitoring of the COVID-19 epidemiology as well as vaccine effectiveness and safety is important.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society - 13(2024), 2 vom: 26. Feb., Seite 129-135

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kitano, Taito [VerfasserIn]
Salmon, Daniel A [VerfasserIn]
Dudley, Matthew Z [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, David A [VerfasserIn]
Engineer, Lilly [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Children
EPK39PL4R4
Journal Article
MRNA Vaccines
Quality-adjusted life years
RNA, Messenger
Review
Risk
Safety
Vaccine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.02.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jpids/piae002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367266482