The comparative efficacy, safety and tolerability of herpes zoster vaccines
Trial overview
Incidence rate for relative HZ incidence.
Timeframe: During the entire duration of the follow-up
Incidence rate for relative PHN.
Timeframe: During the entire duration of the follow-up
Incidence rate of injection site reactions.
Timeframe: During the entire duration of the follow-up
Relative incidence of systemic reactions.
Timeframe: Entire study duration
Relative incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs).
Timeframe: Longest duration of follow up
Relative incidence serious adverse events (SAEs).
Timeframe: Up to 42 days
- Older adults ≥50 years of age (studies can be included when adults younger than 50 are included, so long as this is not the majority).
- Any HZ vaccine (including all preparations, schedules, dosing and routes of administration)
- Studies conducted in patients <50 years of age (wherein the majority of included patients are >50 years)
- Patients with prior HZ infection
- Any HZ vaccine (including all preparations, schedules, dosing and routes of administration)
- Any HZ vaccine, including those that vary from the main intervention only with regards to the preparation, schedule, dose and/or route of administration
- Placebo or no intervention
- Incidence of HZ (entire duration of follow-up or repeated measures) a) Number of cases and person years b) Incidence rate per arm
- Incidence of PHN (entire duration of follow-up) a) Number of cases and person years b) Incidence rate per arm
- Incidence of other HZ complications (number/proportion of events or number/proportion of patients with event or incidence rate)
- HZ Burden of Illness mean score
- Injection site/local reactions (number/proportion with event)
- Systemic/general reactions (number/proportion with event/ mean duration of symptoms)
- Vaccine associated systemic/general reactions (number/proportion with event/ mean duration of symptoms)
- Total discontinuations (number/proportion with event)
- Serious Adverse Events (number/proportion of events or number/proportion of patients with event)
- Randomized controlled trials
- Conference proceedings that report original data
- Pooled analyses of included trials where new data are available for outcomes of interest
Older adults ≥50 years of age (studies can be included when adults younger than 50 are included, so long as this is not the majority).
- Patients with prior HZ infection
- Studies conducted in immunocompromised patients (wherein no healthy patients were included)
- Systematic reviews
- Observational studies
- Guidelines
- Non-interventional studies
- Pooled analyses where no new data are reported compared to original trials
Studies conducted in patients <50 years of age (wherein the majority of included patients are >50 years)
Trial location(s)
This study does not involve prospective enrollment of participants.
Study documents
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Results overview
Refer to study documents
Plain language summaries
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