Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season

Enhanced Passive Safety Surveillance was used to detect safety signals before the peak period of immunization with quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccines (IIV4) in Finland (standard dose [SD]) and Germany (high dose [HD]) in the 2023–24 season. The primary objective was to evaluate adverse drug...

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Main Authors: Marina Amaral de Avila Machado, Sophie Gallo, Alexander Goldstein, Parth Vachhani, Reddappa Maniganahally Byrareddy, Anu Kantele, Hanna Välimaa, Jörg Schelling
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2475616
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author Marina Amaral de Avila Machado
Sophie Gallo
Alexander Goldstein
Parth Vachhani
Reddappa Maniganahally Byrareddy
Anu Kantele
Hanna Välimaa
Jörg Schelling
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Sophie Gallo
Alexander Goldstein
Parth Vachhani
Reddappa Maniganahally Byrareddy
Anu Kantele
Hanna Välimaa
Jörg Schelling
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description Enhanced Passive Safety Surveillance was used to detect safety signals before the peak period of immunization with quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccines (IIV4) in Finland (standard dose [SD]) and Germany (high dose [HD]) in the 2023–24 season. The primary objective was to evaluate adverse drug reactions (ADRs) occurring ≤7 days following IIV4 vaccination. Enrolled participants were vaccinated in routine clinical care settings and encouraged to report ADRs. Exposure data and ADR reports were collected in a near real-time manner using an electronic system. Vaccinee reporting rate (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated as the number of vaccinees reporting ≥ 1 ADR divided by total number of vaccinees. In Finland for SD-IIV4, among 1,003 vaccinees aged ≥ 6 months, 81 reported a total of 192 suspected ADRs occurring ≤ 7 days following vaccination (vaccinee RR 8.08%; 95% CI 6.46, 9.94). In Germany for HD-IIV4, among 1,075 vaccinees aged ≥ 60 years, 15 reported 46 ADRs that occurred in ≤ 7 days of vaccination (vaccinee RR 1.40%; 95% CI 0.78, 2.29). No safety signal was detected during this surveillance. The 2023–24 season surveillance did not suggest any clinically significant changes in safety profile compared with previously reported safety data for SD-IIV4 and HD-IIV4.
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spelling doaj-art-2e98f7bd124c448c97aecbf371c6463b2025-08-20T02:56:24ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2025-12-0121110.1080/21645515.2025.2475616Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 seasonMarina Amaral de Avila Machado0Sophie Gallo1Alexander Goldstein2Parth Vachhani3Reddappa Maniganahally Byrareddy4Anu Kantele5Hanna Välimaa6Jörg Schelling7Epidemiology & Benefit-Risk, Sanofi, Toronto, CanadaMedical Operations, Sanofi, Lyon, FrancePatient Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Sanofi, Moscow, RussiaPatient Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Sanofi, Bengaluru, IndiaPatient Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Sanofi, Bengaluru, IndiaMeilahti Vaccine Research Center MeVac, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandMeilahti Vaccine Research Center MeVac, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandHausärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis Martinsried, Martinsried, GermanyEnhanced Passive Safety Surveillance was used to detect safety signals before the peak period of immunization with quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccines (IIV4) in Finland (standard dose [SD]) and Germany (high dose [HD]) in the 2023–24 season. The primary objective was to evaluate adverse drug reactions (ADRs) occurring ≤7 days following IIV4 vaccination. Enrolled participants were vaccinated in routine clinical care settings and encouraged to report ADRs. Exposure data and ADR reports were collected in a near real-time manner using an electronic system. Vaccinee reporting rate (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated as the number of vaccinees reporting ≥ 1 ADR divided by total number of vaccinees. In Finland for SD-IIV4, among 1,003 vaccinees aged ≥ 6 months, 81 reported a total of 192 suspected ADRs occurring ≤ 7 days following vaccination (vaccinee RR 8.08%; 95% CI 6.46, 9.94). In Germany for HD-IIV4, among 1,075 vaccinees aged ≥ 60 years, 15 reported 46 ADRs that occurred in ≤ 7 days of vaccination (vaccinee RR 1.40%; 95% CI 0.78, 2.29). No safety signal was detected during this surveillance. The 2023–24 season surveillance did not suggest any clinically significant changes in safety profile compared with previously reported safety data for SD-IIV4 and HD-IIV4.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2475616EflueldaVaxigrip Tetrainfluenza vaccinequadrivalent split-virion inactivated influenza vaccineadverse drug reactionsenhanced safety surveillance
spellingShingle Marina Amaral de Avila Machado
Sophie Gallo
Alexander Goldstein
Parth Vachhani
Reddappa Maniganahally Byrareddy
Anu Kantele
Hanna Välimaa
Jörg Schelling
Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Efluelda
Vaxigrip Tetra
influenza vaccine
quadrivalent split-virion inactivated influenza vaccine
adverse drug reactions
enhanced safety surveillance
title Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season
title_full Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season
title_fullStr Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season
title_short Enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard-dose and high-dose influenza vaccines in Finland and Germany 2023–24 season
title_sort enhanced passive safety surveillance of standard dose and high dose influenza vaccines in finland and germany 2023 24 season
topic Efluelda
Vaxigrip Tetra
influenza vaccine
quadrivalent split-virion inactivated influenza vaccine
adverse drug reactions
enhanced safety surveillance
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21645515.2025.2475616
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