Maria João Fonseca, Stanislava Bratković, Yunus Çolak, Marie Helleberg, Jørgen Vestbo, Sara Burns, Maria Spanggaard, Kasper Løwe Lundgren, Foteini Gkalapi, Katherine Theiss-Nyland
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Abstract
Background: Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face increased risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related outcomes. We assessed the uptake of adjuvanted-RSVPreF3 and its effectiveness against RSV hospitalization in such individuals.
Research design and methods: We assembled a Danish nationwide cohort of individuals aged ≥ 60 years with COPD during the 2024/25 RSV season. Vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals were matched using exact and propensity score matching resulting in balanced groups. Individuals were followed from 21 days post-vaccination until the earliest of event, end of data availability, migration, RSV vaccination, or death. Vaccine effectiveness was estimated as (1 - incidence rate ratio [IRR]) x 100, where IRRs were calculated using observed event counts and accumulated person-time. Confidence intervals (CIs) were based on Poisson distributions.
Results: Among 126,249 eligible individuals, 7,448 (5.9%) received adjuvanted-RSVPreF3. RSV hospitalization rates per 100,000 person-years were 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0-58.0) for vaccinated individuals and 200.6 (165.6 - 240.8) for unvaccinated individuals, yielding an effectiveness of 100.0% (71.1-100.0). Incidences of other RSV-related outcomes were lower among vaccinated individuals.
Conclusions: Adjuvanted-RSVPreF3 is highly effective in preventing RSV hospitalization in individuals aged ≥60 years with COPD. Disease outcomes could be improved by incorporating RSV vaccination into routine COPD management.
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Expert Review of Vaccines (ISSN 1476-0584) provides expert commentary on the development, application, and clinical effectiveness of new vaccines. Coverage includes vaccine technology, vaccine adjuvants, prophylactic vaccines, therapeutic vaccines, AIDS vaccines and vaccines for defence against bioterrorism. All articles are subject to rigorous peer-review.
The vaccine field has been transformed by recent technological advances, but there remain many challenges in the delivery of cost-effective, safe vaccines. Expert Review of Vaccines facilitates decision making to drive forward this exciting field.