Transverse Myelitis Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: A Pharmacoepidemiological Study in the World Health Organization's Database.


Journal

Annals of neurology
ISSN: 1531-8249
Titre abrégé: Ann Neurol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7707449

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2022
Historique:
revised: 26 08 2022
received: 11 05 2022
accepted: 29 08 2022
pubmed: 3 9 2022
medline: 19 11 2022
entrez: 2 9 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Transverse myelitis (TM) has recently been associated by health authorities with Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson), one of the 5 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or European Medicines Agency (EMA) labeled severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines. It is unknown whether a similar association exists for the other FDA or EMA labeled SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer/BioNTech], mRNA-1273 [Moderna], ChAdOx1nCov-19 [Oxford-AstraZeneca], and NVX-CoV2373 [Novavax]). This study aimed to evaluate the association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccine class and TM. This observational, cross-sectional, pharmacovigilance cohort study examined individual case safety reports from VigiBase, the World Health Organization's pharmacovigilance database. We first conducted a disproportionality analysis with the information component (IC) using the reports of TM that occurred within 28 days following exposure to the FDA or EMA labeled SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, from December 1, 2020 (first adverse event related to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine) to March 27, 2022. Second, we analyzed the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-associated TM cases reported in VigiBase. TM was significantly associated both with the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based (n = 364; IC Findings from this observational, cross-sectional pharmacovigilance study showed that mRNA-based and vector-based FDA/EMA labeled SARS-CoV-2 vaccines can be associated with TM. However, because TM remains a rare event, with a previously reported rate of 0.28 cases per 1 million vaccine doses, the risk-benefit ratio in favor of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus remains unchallenged. Rather, this study suggests that clinicians should consider the diagnosis of TM in patients presenting with early signs of spinal cord dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. ANN NEUROL 2022;92:1080-1089.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Transverse myelitis (TM) has recently been associated by health authorities with Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson), one of the 5 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or European Medicines Agency (EMA) labeled severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines. It is unknown whether a similar association exists for the other FDA or EMA labeled SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer/BioNTech], mRNA-1273 [Moderna], ChAdOx1nCov-19 [Oxford-AstraZeneca], and NVX-CoV2373 [Novavax]). This study aimed to evaluate the association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccine class and TM.
METHODS
This observational, cross-sectional, pharmacovigilance cohort study examined individual case safety reports from VigiBase, the World Health Organization's pharmacovigilance database. We first conducted a disproportionality analysis with the information component (IC) using the reports of TM that occurred within 28 days following exposure to the FDA or EMA labeled SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, from December 1, 2020 (first adverse event related to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine) to March 27, 2022. Second, we analyzed the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-associated TM cases reported in VigiBase.
RESULTS
TM was significantly associated both with the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based (n = 364; IC
CONCLUSIONS
Findings from this observational, cross-sectional pharmacovigilance study showed that mRNA-based and vector-based FDA/EMA labeled SARS-CoV-2 vaccines can be associated with TM. However, because TM remains a rare event, with a previously reported rate of 0.28 cases per 1 million vaccine doses, the risk-benefit ratio in favor of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 virus remains unchallenged. Rather, this study suggests that clinicians should consider the diagnosis of TM in patients presenting with early signs of spinal cord dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. ANN NEUROL 2022;92:1080-1089.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36054163
doi: 10.1002/ana.26494
pmc: PMC9538824
doi:

Substances chimiques

Ad26COVS1 JT2NS6183B
BNT162 Vaccine 0
COVID-19 Vaccines 0
NVX-CoV2373 adjuvated lipid nanoparticle 2SCD8Q63PF
RNA, Messenger 0
Viral Vaccines 0

Types de publication

Observational Study Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1080-1089

Informations de copyright

© 2022 American Neurological Association.

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Auteurs

Sophie Nguyen (S)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.
Department of Neurology, MS Expert Centre, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Etienne Bastien (E)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Basile Chretien (B)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Marion Sassier (M)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Gilles Defer (G)

Department of Neurology, MS Expert Centre, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Ahmad Nehme (A)

Department of Neurology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Véronique Lelong-Boulouard (V)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Joachim Alexandre (J)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.
Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, INSERM U1086 "Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Cancers Prevention and Treatment" (ANTICIPE), Caen, France.

Sophie Fedrizzi (S)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.

Pierre-Marie Morice (PM)

Department of Pharmacology, University Teaching Hospital of Caen-Normandie, Caen, France.
Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, INSERM U1086 "Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Cancers Prevention and Treatment" (ANTICIPE), Caen, France.

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