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. 2024 May 11;403(10439):1879–1892. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00532-4

Table 2.

Solicited safety events from days 0 to 13—toddler and infant cohorts

Toddlers
Infants
MRV-MNP and placebo-SC, n=60 MRV-SC and placebo-MNP, n=60 MRV-MNP and placebo-SC, n=60 MRV-SC and placebo-MNP, n=60
Acute allergic reaction 0 0 0 0
Local solicited adverse events
MNP application site
Any local solicited event*
Total 50 (83%) 18 (30%) 46 (77%) 18 (30%)
Mild (grade 1) 50 (83%) 18 (30%) 46 (77%) 18 (30%)
Tenderness
Total 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0 0
Mild (grade 1) 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0 0
Erythema
Total 10 (17%) 9 (15%) 18 (30%) 14 (23%)
Mild (grade 1) 10 (17%) 9 (15%) 18 (30%) 14 (23%)
Induration
Total 46 (77%) 9 (15%) 39 (65%) 6 (10%)
Mild (grade 1) 46 (77%) 9 (15%) 39 (65%) 6 (10%)
SC injection site
Any local solicited event*
Any reaction 8 (13%) 5 (8%) 2 (3%) 4 (7%)
Mild (grade 1) 6 (10%) 5 (8%) 2 (3%) 4 (7%)
Moderate (grade 2) 2 (3%) 0 0 0
Systemic solicited adverse events
Fever
Total 5 (8%) 11 (18%) 8 (13%) 4 (7%)
Mild (grade 1) 1 (2%) 9 (15%) 5 (8%) 4 (7%)
Moderate (grade 2) 4 (7%) 1 (2%) 3 (5%) 0
Severe (grade 3) 0 1 (2%) 0 0
Any systemic solicited event
Total 27 (45%) 30 (50%) 31 (52%) 24 (40%)
Mild (grade 1) 24 (40%) 23 (38%) 28 (47%) 23 (38%)
Moderate (grade 2) 3 (5%) 7 (12%) 3 (5%) 1 (2%)

Data are n (%), where n=number of participants experiencing event by maximum severity grading. MRV=measles and rubella vaccine. MNP=microneedle patch. SC=subcutaneous.

*

Tenderness, erythema, and induration.

Vomiting, diarrhoea, irritability, drowsiness, reduced feeding, and rash.