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高用量インフルエンザワクチンの高齢者における入院に対する有効性 (FLUNITY-HD):個別レベルでの総合分析

  • 0Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark; Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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まとめ

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高用量非活性型インフルエンザワクチン (HD-IIV) は,標準用量 (SD-IIV) よりも,高齢者の重篤なアウトカムに対して,より良い保護を提供します. HD-IIVはインフルエンザや肺炎による入院を 大幅に減少させています

科学分野

  • ゲロントロジー
  • ワクチン学
  • 流行病学について

背景

  • デンマークとスペインで実施された2つの大規模試験では,高用量無活性化インフルエンザワクチン (HD-IIV) と標準用量無活性化インフルエンザワクチン (SD-IIV) を比較した.
  • 研究は高齢者の入院の結果に焦点を当てた.
  • 汎用性を高め,ワクチンの相対効果 (rVE) を評価するために,集団分析 (FLUNITY- HD) が実施された.

研究 の 目的

  • 高齢者におけるHD-IIVとSD-IIVを比較した2つのランダム化試験のデータを集約して分析する.
  • 重篤な臨床結果,主にインフルエンザまたは肺炎の入院に対するHD-IIVの相対的なワクチン有効性 (rVE) を評価する.

主な方法

  • 2つの実用的な,個別のランダム化試験 (DANFLU-2とGALFLU) の,事前に指定された,個別レベルのプール分析.
  • 65歳以上の参加者はランダムに (1:1) HD- IIV (60μg HA抗原) またはSD- IIV (15μg HA抗原) を投与された.
  • ワクチン接種後14日から翌年5月31日まで追跡調査を行った.

主要な成果

  • この分析には466,320人の参加者が含まれており,そのうち233,311人がHD-IIV,233,009人がSD-IIVを受けた.
  • HD- IIVは,インフルエンザまたは肺炎の入院に対して8. 8%の相対的なワクチン有効性 (rVE) を示した (p=0. 0082).
  • HD- IIVでは,心肺疾患の入院 (rVE 6. 3%),検査で確認されたインフルエンザの入院 (rVE 31. 9%),全原因の入院 (rVE 2. 2%) が著しく減少した.

結論

  • HD- IIVは,高齢者のインフルエンザや肺炎の入院に対して,SD- IIVよりも優れた保護性を示した.
  • HD- IIVは,心臓呼吸器系および実験室で確認されたインフルエンザ入院を含む二次エンドポイントの発生率を減少させた.
  • HD-IIVの実施は,適格な集団におけるインフルエンザ予防に重大な公衆衛生上の利益をもたらす可能性があります.

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