Table 1.
Tacrolimus | Mycophenolate mofetil | Methotrexate | Ciclosporin | Prednisolone | HIV treatments | Cancer treatments* | Total† | |
Comirnaty | ||||||||
Myocarditis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 29 |
Pericarditis | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 44 |
Myopericarditis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Spikevax | ||||||||
Myocarditis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pericarditis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Myopericarditis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total*† | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 42 | 82 |
Reports of myocarditis or pericarditis were searched in the EudraVigilance database following COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, either COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna (Spikevax) or Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty). Medications were used as a proxy for immunocompromised subgroups: transplant recipients (tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, methotrexate, prednisolone, ciclosporin and steroids (including prednisolone)), HIV infection and patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Numbers in bold font represent totals.
*Hydrocortisone excluded as no indications given within reports and the drug is commonly used to treat other conditions.
†Reports may contain more than one concomitant medication and/or more than one event.
mRNA, messenger RNA.