Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness

Data collection methods

Secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Systematic review and meta-analysis
Study drug and medical condition

Name of medicine

ROTARIX
ROTATEQ

Medical condition to be studied

Intussusception
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Subjects (more than 6 weeks of age) vaccinated with Rotarix and Rotateq vaccines.

Age groups

Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)

Estimated number of subjects

1
Study design details

Main study objective

To provide a single estimate of the relative risk of IS after the 1st and the 2d dose of Rotarix.To provide a single estimate of the relative risk of IS after the 1st and the 2d dose of Rotateq.

Outcomes

Relative risk of Intussusception (IS) following the 1st and the 2nd dose of Rotarix and Rotateq vaccines during the 7 days (Day 0 - Day 6) after vaccination.

Data analysis plan

Two analyses were done- Main analysis including the 6 above-referred publications,- A sensitivity analysis including in addition, Weinstrub et al. 2014.Studies which met the following criteria were included in the main analysis:- Post-marketing studies (no clinical trials),- Risk estimated for the 7-day period after vaccination,- Risk estimated for dose 1 and dose 2, separately,- Data obtained through active and/or passive surveillance on “confirmed” IS cases (Brighton or other method of case adjudication),- Full report or publication available.There was one sensitivity analysis conducted:- Analysis included only SCCS, SCRI and case-control designs.The analyses were done using the risk estimates and its 95% confidence intervals (CI) reported in the publications or reports. No raw data were used.Analyses were done separately for Rotarix and Rotateq.
Documents
Study results
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