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. 2023 Dec;11(12):1075–1088. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00349-1

Table 2.

Adverse events and reactions that occurred after any dose in the safety population*

Participants without a SARS-CoV-2 vaccination history
Participants with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccination history
Total
Vaccine group (n=6910) Placebo group (n=6904) Rate difference (95% CI) p value Vaccine group (n=8590) Placebo group (n=8586) Rate difference (95% CI) p value Vaccine group (n=15 500) Placebo group (n=15 490) Rate difference (95% CI) p value
Solicited adverse events within 7 days of either dose
Any 709 (10·3%) 725 (10·5%) −0·24 (−1·40 to 0·92) 0·64 1262 (14·7%) 1242 (14·5%) 0·27 (−1·20 to 1·74) 0·67 1971 (12·7%) 1967 (12·7%) 0·03 (−1·69 to 1·76) 0·96
Grade ≥3 41 (0·6%) 38 (0·6%) 0·04 (−0·24 to 0·33) 0·74 45 (0·5%) 35 (0·4%) 0·14 (−0·15 to 0·43) 0·26 86 (0·6%) 73 (0·5%) 0·19 (−0·22 to 0·59) 0·30
Solicited adverse reactions within 7 days of either dose
Any 675 (9·8%) 685 (9·9%) −0·15 (−1·29 to 0·98) 0·76 1220 (14·2%) 1202 (14·0%) 0·20 (−0·99 to 1·39) 0·70 1895 (12·2%) 1887 (12·2%) 0·04 (−0·79 to 0·88) 0·91
Grade ≥3 41 (0·6%) 38 (0·6%) 0·04 (−0·24 to 0·33) 0·74 42 (0·5%) 31 (0·4%) 0·13 (−0·09 to 0·35) 0·20 83 (0·5%) 69 (0·4%) 0·09 (−0·09 to 0·27) 0·26
Adverse events within 30 days after any dose
Any 898 (13·0%) 901 (13·1%) −0·05 (−1·34 to 1·23) 0·92 1525 (17·8%) 1515 (17·6%) 0·11 (−1·20 to 1·41) 0·85 2423 (15·6%) 2416 (15·6%) 0·04 (−0·89 to 0·96) 0·93
Grade ≥3 53 (0·8%) 46 (0·7%) 0·1 (−0·22 to 0·42) 0·48 80 (0·9%) 66 (0·8%) 0·16 (−0·15 to 0·48) 0·25 133 (0·9%) 112 (0·7%) 0·14 (−0·09 to 0·36) 0·18
Adverse reactions within 30 days after any dose
Any 685 (9·9%) 701 (10·2%) −0·24 (−1·39 to 0·91) 0·64 1239 (14·4%) 1223 (14·2%) 0·18 (−1·02 to 1·38) 0·74 1924 (12·4%) 1924 (12·4%) −0·01 (−0·85 to 0·83) 0·98
Grade ≥3 42 (0·6%) 39 (0·6%) 0·04 (−0·25 to 0·33) 0·74 43 (0·5%) 31 (0·4%) 0·14 (−0·08 to 0·36) 0·16 85 (0·5%) 70 (0·5%) 0·10 (−0·08 to 0·28) 0·23
Medically attended adverse events during the safety observation period
Any 61 (0·9%) 45 (0·7%) 0·23 (−0·10 to 0·56) 0·12 359 (4·2%) 376 (4·4%) −0·02 (−0·89 to 0·49) 0·52 420 (2·7%) 421 (2·7%) −0·01 (−0·42 to 0·41) 0·96
Grade ≥3 27 (0·4%) 21 (0·3%) 0·09 (−0·14 to 0·31) 0·39 107 (1·2%) 104 (1·2%) 0·03 (−0·34 to 0·41) 0·84 134 (0·9%) 125 (0·8%) 0·06 (−0·17 to 0·29) 0·58
Adverse events of special interest during the safety observation period
Any 43 (0·6%) 42 (0·6%) 0·01 (−0·28 to 0·31) 0·92 33 (0·4%) 36 (0·4%) −0·04 (−0·25 to 0·18) 0·72 76 (0·5%) 78 (0·5%) −0·01 (−0·19 to 0·17) 0·87
Grade ≥3 3 (<0·1%) 2 (<0·1%) 0·01 (−0·06 to 0·09) >0·99 11 (0·1%) 9 (0·1%) 0·02 (−0·09 to 0·14) 0·66 14 (0·1%) 11 (0·1%) 0·02 (−0·05 to 0·09) 0·55
Serious adverse events during the safety observation period
Any 40 (0·6%) 32 (0·5%) 0·12 (−0·16 to 0·39) 0·35 120 (1·4%) 122 (1·4%) −0·02 (−0·43 to 0·38) 0·89 160 (1·0%) 154 (1·0%) 0·04 (−0·22 to 0·29) 0·74
Vaccination-related 0 0 NA .. 0 0 NA .. 0 0 NA ..

Data are n (%), unless otherwise stated. Any refers to all participants with any grade of adverse events or reactions. NA=not applicable.

*

Participants who received at least one dose of vaccine or placebo, based on actual administrations.