Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults

ABSTRACT: Objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relative vaccine effectiveness (rVE) of the MF59-adjuvanted trivalent (aTIV) and non-adjuvanted quadrivalent (QIVe) egg-based standard-dose vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza. Methods: This test-negative case-contr...

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Main Authors: Alexander Domnich, Donatella Panatto, Elena Pariani, Christian Napoli, Maria Chironna, Ilaria Manini, Caterina Rizzo, Andrea Orsi, Giancarlo Icardi
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Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122200580X
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author Alexander Domnich
Donatella Panatto
Elena Pariani
Christian Napoli
Maria Chironna
Ilaria Manini
Caterina Rizzo
Andrea Orsi
Giancarlo Icardi
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Donatella Panatto
Elena Pariani
Christian Napoli
Maria Chironna
Ilaria Manini
Caterina Rizzo
Andrea Orsi
Giancarlo Icardi
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description ABSTRACT: Objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relative vaccine effectiveness (rVE) of the MF59-adjuvanted trivalent (aTIV) and non-adjuvanted quadrivalent (QIVe) egg-based standard-dose vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza. Methods: This test-negative case-control study was conducted in a hospital setting during four recent Italian influenza seasons (from 2018/19 to 2021/22). The clinical outcome was severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) with laboratory confirmation diagnosed among subjects aged ≥65 years. rVE of aTIV versus QIVe was estimated through propensity score matching followed by logistic regression. Results: The influenza virus circulated to a significant extent only during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. The final population included 512 vaccinated older adults, of which 83 were cases and 429 were test-negative controls. aTIV and QIVe users differed substantially from the point of view of several baseline characteristics. The propensity score adjusted rVE of aTIV vs QIVe was 59.2% (95% CI: 14.6%, 80.5%), 54.7% (95% CI: -28.7%, 84.0%) and 56.9% (95% CI: -7.8%, 82.8%) against any influenza, A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2), respectively. Conclusion: aTIV was more effective than QIVe in preventing laboratory-confirmed SARI. The benefits of aTIV may be obscured by confounding indication.
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spelling doaj.art-d59f1e22c44344a683bb1fe4c54d37752022-12-22T03:54:20ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122022-12-01125164169Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adultsAlexander Domnich0Donatella Panatto1Elena Pariani2Christian Napoli3Maria Chironna4Ilaria Manini5Caterina Rizzo6Andrea Orsi7Giancarlo Icardi8Hygiene Unit, San Martino Policlinico Hospital - IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy; Corresponding author.Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Genoa, ItalyInteruniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Genoa, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, ItalySant'Andrea Hospital, University La Sapienza, Rome, ItalyInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyInteruniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Genoa, Italy; Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, ItalyDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, ItalyHygiene Unit, San Martino Policlinico Hospital - IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Genoa, ItalyHygiene Unit, San Martino Policlinico Hospital - IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Interuniversity Research Center on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI-IT), Genoa, ItalyABSTRACT: Objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relative vaccine effectiveness (rVE) of the MF59-adjuvanted trivalent (aTIV) and non-adjuvanted quadrivalent (QIVe) egg-based standard-dose vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza. Methods: This test-negative case-control study was conducted in a hospital setting during four recent Italian influenza seasons (from 2018/19 to 2021/22). The clinical outcome was severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) with laboratory confirmation diagnosed among subjects aged ≥65 years. rVE of aTIV versus QIVe was estimated through propensity score matching followed by logistic regression. Results: The influenza virus circulated to a significant extent only during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. The final population included 512 vaccinated older adults, of which 83 were cases and 429 were test-negative controls. aTIV and QIVe users differed substantially from the point of view of several baseline characteristics. The propensity score adjusted rVE of aTIV vs QIVe was 59.2% (95% CI: 14.6%, 80.5%), 54.7% (95% CI: -28.7%, 84.0%) and 56.9% (95% CI: -7.8%, 82.8%) against any influenza, A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2), respectively. Conclusion: aTIV was more effective than QIVe in preventing laboratory-confirmed SARI. The benefits of aTIV may be obscured by confounding indication.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122200580XInfluenzaInfluenza vaccinesAdjuvanted influenza vaccineVaccine effectivenessOlder adults
spellingShingle Alexander Domnich
Donatella Panatto
Elena Pariani
Christian Napoli
Maria Chironna
Ilaria Manini
Caterina Rizzo
Andrea Orsi
Giancarlo Icardi
Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Influenza
Influenza vaccines
Adjuvanted influenza vaccine
Vaccine effectiveness
Older adults
title Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults
title_full Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults
title_fullStr Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults
title_full_unstemmed Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults
title_short Relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized Italian older adults
title_sort relative effectiveness of the adjuvanted vs non adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccines against severe laboratory confirmed influenza among hospitalized italian older adults
topic Influenza
Influenza vaccines
Adjuvanted influenza vaccine
Vaccine effectiveness
Older adults
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122200580X
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