Frequency and timing of adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines; A multi-country cohort event monitoring study

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INTRODUCTION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, EMA set-up a large-scale cohort event monitoring (CEM) system to estimate incidence rates of patient-reported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of different COVID-19 vaccines across the participating countries. This study aims to give an up to date and in-depth analysis of the frequency of patient-reported ADRs after the 1st, 2nd, and booster vaccination, to identify potential predictors in developing ADRs and to describe time-to-onset (TTO) and time-to-recovery (TTR) of ADRs.

METHODS: A CEM study was rolled out in a period ranging from February 2021 to February 2023 across multiple European countries; The Netherlands, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain. Analysis consisted of a descriptive analyses of frequencies of COVID-19 vaccine-related ADRs for 1st, 2nd and booster vaccination, analysis of potential predictors in developing ADRs with a generalized linear mixed-effects model, analysis of TTO and TTR of ADRs and a sensitivity analysis for loss to follow-up (L2FU).

RESULTS: A total of 29,837 participants completed at least the baseline and the first follow-up questionnaire for 1st and 2nd vaccination and 7,250 participants for the booster. The percentage of participants who reported at least one ADR is 74.32% (95%CI 73.82-74.81). Solicited ADRs, including injection site reactions, are very common across vaccination moments. Potential predictors for these reactions are the brand of vaccine used, the patient's age, sex and prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. The percentage of serious ADRs in the study is low for 1st and 2nd vaccination (0.24%, 95%CI 0.19--0.31) and booster (0.26%, 95%CI 0.15, 0.41). The TTO was 14 h (median) for dose 1 and slightly longer for dose 2 and booster dose. TTR is generally also within a few days. The effect of L2FU on estimations of frequency is limited.

CONCLUSION: Despite some limitations due to study design and study-roll out, CEM studies can allow prompt and almost real-time observations of the safety of medications directly from a patient-centered perspective, which can play a crucial role for regulatory bodies during an emergency setting such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Vaccine - 42(2024), 9 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 2357-2369

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Raethke, Monika [VerfasserIn]
van Hunsel, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Luxi, Nicoletta [VerfasserIn]
Lieber, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Bellitto, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Mulder, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Ciccimarra, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Riefolo, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Thurin, Nicolas H [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Debabrata [VerfasserIn]
Morton, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Villalobos, Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Batel Marques, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Farcas, Andreea [VerfasserIn]
Sonderlichová, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Belitser, Svetlana [VerfasserIn]
Klungel, Olaf [VerfasserIn]
Trifirò, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Sturkenboom, Miriam C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse drug reactions
COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccination
Cohort event monitoring
Journal Article
Pandemic
SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.001

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NLM369380886