TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety of herpes zoster vaccine in the Shingles prevention study
T2 - A randomized trial
AU - Simberkoff, Michael S.
AU - Arbeit, Robert D.
AU - Johnson, Gary R.
AU - Oxman, Michael N.
AU - Boardman, Kathy D.
AU - Williams, Heather M.
AU - Levin, Myron J.
AU - Schmader, Kenneth E.
AU - Gelb, Lawrence D.
AU - Keay, Susan
AU - Neuzil, Kathleen
AU - Greenberg, Richard N.
AU - Griffin, Marie R.
AU - Davis, Larry E.
AU - Morrison, Vicki A.
AU - Annunziato, Paula W.
PY - 2010/5/4
Y1 - 2010/5/4
N2 - Background: The herpes zoster vaccine is effective in preventing herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in immunocompetent older adults. However, its safety has not been described in depth. Objective: To describe local adverse effects and short- and longterm safety profiles of herpes zoster vaccine in immunocompetent older adults. Design: Randomized, placebo-controlled trial with enrollment from November 1998 to September 2001 and follow-up through April 2004 (mean, 3.4 years). A Veterans Affairs Coordinating Center generated the permutated block randomization scheme, which was stratified by site and age. Participants and follow-up study personnel were blinded to treatment assignments. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00007501) Setting: 22 U.S. academic centers. Participants: 38 546 immunocompetent adults 60 years or older, including 6616 who participated in an adverse events substudy. Intervention: Single dose of herpes zoster vaccine or placebo. Measurements: Serious adverse events and rashes in all participants and inoculation-site events in substudy participants during the first 42 days after inoculation. Thereafter, vaccination-related serious adverse events and deaths were monitored in all participants, and hospitalizations were monitored in substudy participants. Results: After inoculation, 255 (1.4%) vaccine recipients and 254 (1.4%) placebo recipients reported serious adverse events. Local inoculation-site side effects were reported by 1604 (48%) vaccine recipients and 539 (16%) placebo recipients in the substudy. A total of 977 (56.6%) of the vaccine recipients reporting local side effects were aged 60 to 69 years, and 627 (39.2%) were older than 70 years. After inoculation, herpes zoster occurred in 7 vaccine recipients versus 24 placebo recipients. Long-term follow-up (mean, 3.39 years) showed that rates of hospitalization or death did not differ between vaccine and placebo recipients. Limitations: Participants in the substudy were not randomly selected. Confirmation of reported serious adverse events with medical record data was not always obtained. Conclusion: Herpes zoster vaccine is well tolerated in older, immunocompetent adults. Primary Funding Source: Cooperative Studies Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development; grants from Merck to the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program; and the James R. and Jesse V. Scott Fund for Shingles Research.
AB - Background: The herpes zoster vaccine is effective in preventing herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in immunocompetent older adults. However, its safety has not been described in depth. Objective: To describe local adverse effects and short- and longterm safety profiles of herpes zoster vaccine in immunocompetent older adults. Design: Randomized, placebo-controlled trial with enrollment from November 1998 to September 2001 and follow-up through April 2004 (mean, 3.4 years). A Veterans Affairs Coordinating Center generated the permutated block randomization scheme, which was stratified by site and age. Participants and follow-up study personnel were blinded to treatment assignments. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00007501) Setting: 22 U.S. academic centers. Participants: 38 546 immunocompetent adults 60 years or older, including 6616 who participated in an adverse events substudy. Intervention: Single dose of herpes zoster vaccine or placebo. Measurements: Serious adverse events and rashes in all participants and inoculation-site events in substudy participants during the first 42 days after inoculation. Thereafter, vaccination-related serious adverse events and deaths were monitored in all participants, and hospitalizations were monitored in substudy participants. Results: After inoculation, 255 (1.4%) vaccine recipients and 254 (1.4%) placebo recipients reported serious adverse events. Local inoculation-site side effects were reported by 1604 (48%) vaccine recipients and 539 (16%) placebo recipients in the substudy. A total of 977 (56.6%) of the vaccine recipients reporting local side effects were aged 60 to 69 years, and 627 (39.2%) were older than 70 years. After inoculation, herpes zoster occurred in 7 vaccine recipients versus 24 placebo recipients. Long-term follow-up (mean, 3.39 years) showed that rates of hospitalization or death did not differ between vaccine and placebo recipients. Limitations: Participants in the substudy were not randomly selected. Confirmation of reported serious adverse events with medical record data was not always obtained. Conclusion: Herpes zoster vaccine is well tolerated in older, immunocompetent adults. Primary Funding Source: Cooperative Studies Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development; grants from Merck to the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program; and the James R. and Jesse V. Scott Fund for Shingles Research.
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U2 - 10.7326/0003-4819-152-9-201005040-00004
DO - 10.7326/0003-4819-152-9-201005040-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 20439572
AN - SCOPUS:77952526262
SN - 0003-4819
VL - 152
SP - 545
EP - 554
JO - Annals of Internal Medicine
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
IS - 9
ER -
