J Infect Dis. Comparative Reactogenicity of Enhanced Influenza Vaccines in Older Adults

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J Infect Dis. 2020 May 14. pii: jiaa255. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa255. [Epub ahead of print]
Comparative Reactogenicity of Enhanced Influenza Vaccines in Older Adults.


Cowling BJ¹, Thompson MG², Ng TWY¹, Fang VJ¹, Perera RAPM¹, Leung NHL¹, Chen Y¹, So HC¹, Ip DKM¹, Iuliano AD².

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Abstract

BACKGROUND:

We analysed data from a randomized controlled trial on the reactogenicity of three enhanced influenza vaccines compared to standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccine.
METHODS:

We enrolled community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong, and randomly allocated them to receive 2017/18 northern hemisphere formulations of: standard-dose vaccine (FluQuadri, Sanofi Pasteur); MF59-adjuvanted vaccine (FLUAD, Seqirus); high-dose vaccine (Fluzone High Dose, Sanofi Pasteur); or recombinant-hemagglutinin vaccine (Flublok, Sanofi Pasteur). Local and systemic reactions were evaluated at Days 1, 3, 7 and 14 after vaccination.
RESULTS:

Reported reactions were generally mild and short-lived. Systemic reactions occurred in similar proportions of participants by vaccine. Some local reactions were slightly more frequently reported among recipients of the MF59-adjuvanted vaccine and the high-dose vaccine compared to standard dose recipients. Participants reporting feverishness one day after vaccination had mean-fold-rises in post-vaccination hemagglutination inhibition titers that were 1.85-fold higher (95% CI: 1.01, 3.38) for A(H1N1) compared to those who did not report feverishness.
CONCLUSIONS:

Some acute local reactions were more frequent following vaccination with MF59-adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines compared to standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccine, while systemic symptoms occurred at similar frequencies in all groups. The association between feverishness and immunogenicity should be further investigated in a larger population.
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KEYWORDS:

influenza; reactogenicity; vaccination


PMID:32407535DOI:10.1093/infdis/jiaa255