BACKGROUND: Two rotavirus vaccines are currently approved in the United States: 3-dose RotaTeq (RV5; Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA) is administered at ages 2, 4, and 6 months; and 2-dose Rotarix (RV1; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA) is administered at ages 2 and 4 months. Our objective was to compare rotavirus vaccine series completion and dosing schedule compliance between cohorts of infants who received these vaccines. METHODS: Infants aged less than 1 year who initiated a rotavirus vaccine series between 01 January 2009 and 30 June 2009 were identified in US health insurance claims data. Cohorts were formed based on vaccine brand use. Series completion and compliance with the FDA-approved and ACIP-recommended harmonized schedules were analyzed descriptively and a log binomial model was used to estimate the difference in series completion by vaccine brand while adjusting for demographic variables. RESULTS: Among infants in the RV1 and RV5 cohorts (N=55,584), 84.3% completed a full series. A greater proportion of the RV1 cohort than the RV5 cohort completed their series (91.0% vs. 83.4%; P<0.001; multivariate-adjusted relative risk 1.07; 95% CI 1.06-1.08). In the RV1 and RV5 cohorts, respectively, 75.0% and 59.5% of infants were fully compliant with the FDA-approved administration schedule for their vaccine (P<0.001); 83.3% and 76.4% of infants were fully compliant with the harmonized schedule (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of infants that completed the series was greater and compliance with respective FDA-approved and harmonized dosing schedules was higher among infants vaccinated with RV1 than among infants who received RV5.
BACKGROUND: Two rotavirus vaccines are currently approved in the United States: 3-dose RotaTeq (RV5; Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA) is administered at ages 2, 4, and 6 months; and 2-dose Rotarix (RV1; GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA) is administered at ages 2 and 4 months. Our objective was to compare rotavirus vaccine series completion and dosing schedule compliance between cohorts of infants who received these vaccines. METHODS:Infants aged less than 1 year who initiated a rotavirus vaccine series between 01 January 2009 and 30 June 2009 were identified in US health insurance claims data. Cohorts were formed based on vaccine brand use. Series completion and compliance with the FDA-approved and ACIP-recommended harmonized schedules were analyzed descriptively and a log binomial model was used to estimate the difference in series completion by vaccine brand while adjusting for demographic variables. RESULTS: Among infants in the RV1 and RV5 cohorts (N=55,584), 84.3% completed a full series. A greater proportion of the RV1 cohort than the RV5 cohort completed their series (91.0% vs. 83.4%; P<0.001; multivariate-adjusted relative risk 1.07; 95% CI 1.06-1.08). In the RV1 and RV5 cohorts, respectively, 75.0% and 59.5% of infants were fully compliant with the FDA-approved administration schedule for their vaccine (P<0.001); 83.3% and 76.4% of infants were fully compliant with the harmonized schedule (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The proportion of infants that completed the series was greater and compliance with respective FDA-approved and harmonized dosing schedules was higher among infants vaccinated with RV1 than among infants who received RV5.
Authors: Sarah E Wilson; Hannah Chung; Kevin L Schwartz; Astrid Guttmann; Shelley L Deeks; Jeffrey C Kwong; Natasha S Crowcroft; Laura Wing; Karen Tu Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-02-14 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Catherine A Panozzo; Sylvia Becker-Dreps; Virginia Pate; Michele Jonsson Funk; Til Stürmer; David J Weber; M Alan Brookhart Journal: PLoS One Date: 2013-09-16 Impact factor: 3.240