Real-world effectiveness of live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIV) and inactivated influenza vaccines (IIV) in children from 2003 to 2023: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis.
Anke L Stuurman, Joshua Enxing, Aura V Gutiérrez, Christen M Gray, Ingrid T Sepúlveda-Pachón, Egbe Ubamadu, Allyn Bandell, Sylvia Taylor, Georges El Azzi, Wilhelmine Meeraus
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Abstract
Introduction: Circulating influenza strains, vaccine effectiveness (VE), and vaccine recommendations vary over time. A systematic literature review (SLR), random effects meta-analysis (REMA), and network meta-analysis (NMA) estimated absolute VE (aVE) and relative VE (rVE) of LAIV and IIV in children/adolescents from initial LAIV approval in 2003.
Methods: Northern Hemisphere studies (2003-2023) with children ≤19 yrs were included. A modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale assessed risk-of-bias. REMA estimated aVE and three-node NMA (LAIV-IIV-unvaccinated) estimated rVE over three periods: 2003-04 to 2008-09 (pre-2009 A(H1N1) pandemic); 2010-11 to 2016-17 (post-2009 pandemic); 2017-18 to 2022-23 (post-LAIV strain-selection optimization).
Results: One hundred and nine studies included. aVE of LAIV and IIV against any influenza was similar (~50%) in each period. Effectiveness of LAIV vs. IIV against influenza types/subtypes was comparable except (1) greater effectiveness with IIV for A(H1N1) in 2010-11 to 2016-17 (rVE -46% [95% CI: -57, -33]); (2) greater effectiveness with LAIV for influenza B in 2017-18 to 2022-23 (rVE 196% [95% CI: 73, 406]). In 2017-18 to 2022-23, effectiveness of LAIV and IIV against A(H1N1) was similar (rVE 10% [95% CI: -35, 87]).
Conclusions: LAIV and IIV have demonstrated comparable effectiveness against any influenza in children.
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