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. 2022 Dec 7;2022(12):CD015477. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015477
Type of vaccine  Study ID Arms 
(number analyzed)
 Intervention Nervous system diseases
RNA‐based vaccine Thomas 2021 Intervention
(21,926)
BNT162b2 
 
NR
Control
(21,921)
Placebo
 
NR
Frenck 2021
 
Intervention
(1131)
BNT162b2
 
NR
Control
(1129)
Placebo
 
NR
Walsh 2020 Intervention
(24)
BNT162b2 
 
NR
Control
(18)
Placebo
 
NR
El Sahly 2021
 
Intervention
(15,166)
mRNA‐1273 2 embolic stroke; 0 ischaemic stroke
Control
(15,151)
Placebo 0 embolic stroke; 1 ischaemic stroke
Ali 2021
 
Intervention
(2482)
mRNA‐1273  NR
Control
(1238)
Placebo NR
Kremsner 2021 Intervention
(2002)
CVnCoV NR
Control
(1980)
Placebo NR
Hall 2021
 
Intervention
(60) mRNA‐1273 boost  NR
Control
(59)
mRNA‐1273/placebo NR
Non‐replicating viral vector Madhi 2021b Intervention
(52) 
ChAdOx1 16
Control
(52)
Placebo  10
Falsey 2021  Intervention
(21,587)
ChAdOx1  34 paresthesia
Control
(10,792)
Placebo 16 paresthesia
Voysey 2021a Intervention
(12,021)
ChAdOx1 1 ischaemic stroke
Control
(11,724)
Placebo 0 ischaemic stroke
Asano 2022 Intervention
(192)
ChAdOx1  NR
Control
(64)
Placebo NR
Kulkarni 2021 Intervention
(300)
SII‐ChAdOx1 NR
Control
(100)
ChAdOx1 NR
Sadoff 2021a Intervention
(323)
Ad26.COV2.S  NR
Control
(163)
Placebo NR
Sadoff 2021b
 
 
 
Intervention
(21,895)
Ad26.COV2.S  NR
Control
(21,888)
Placebo NR
Logunov 2021 Intervention
(16,427)
Gam‐COVID‐Vac  0 haemorrhagic stroke; 1 paraesthesia
Control
(5435)
Placebo 1 haemorrhagic stroke; 1 paraesthesia
Inactivated virus Ella 2021a Intervention
(99)
 BBV152  NR
Control
(73)
Adjuvant NR
Ella 2021b 
 
Intervention
(12,879)
BBV152 NR
Control
(12,874) Adjuvant NR
Zhang 2021 Intervention
(24)
CoronaVac  NR
Control
(24) Adjuvant NR
Zhang 2021 Intervention CoronaVac  NR
Control Adjuvant NR
Bueno 2021 Intervention
(270)
CoronaVac NR
Control
(164)
Adjuvant NR
Han 2021 Intervention
(217)
CoronaVac  NR
Control
(114)
Adjuvant NR
Palacios 2020 Intervention
(6202) CoronaVac  NR
Control
(6194)
Adjuvant NR
Wu 2021a Intervention 
(124) 
 
CoronaVac  NR
Control
(74)
Adjuvant NR
Al Kaabi 2021 Intervention
(13,464)
WIV04 Al Kaabi NR
Intervention
(13,471)
HBO2 NR
Control
(13,453)
Adjuvant NR
 Tanriover 2021
 
Intervention 
(6646) CoronaVac NR
Control (3568) Adjuvant 1 acute cerebellar infarction
Fadlyana 2021 Intervention (405) CoronaVac 51
Control
(135)
Adjuvant 20
Xia 2020 Intervention (84)  WIBP‐CorV NR 
Control
(28)
Adjuvant NR
Xia 2021 Intervention (252) BBIBP‐CorV NR
Control
(252)
Adjuvant NR
Guo 2021 Intervention
(84)
WIBP‐CorV NR
Control
(28)
Adjuvant NR
Protein subunit Formica 2021 Intervention
(258)
NVX‐CoV2373  5
Control
(255)
Placebo  4
Keech 2020 Intervention
(29)
NVX‐CoV2373 NR
Control
(23)
Placebo NR
Shinde 2021 Intervention
(484)
NVX‐CoV2373 0
Control
(484)
Placebo 1
Heath 2021 Intervention
(7569)
NVX‐CoV2373 32
Control
(7570)
Placebo 31
Dunkle 2021 Intervention
(19,965)
NVX‐CoV2373 2 stroke
Control
(9984)
Placebo 0 stroke
Toledo‐Romani 2021 Intervention
(14,675)
FINLAY‐FR‐2 NR
Intervention
(14,679)
FINLAY‐FR‐2/boostwe FR‐1 NR
Control
(14,677)
Placebo NR
Homologous versus heterologous scheme 
 
Li 2021a Intervention
(51)
CoronaVac/Ad5 NR
Control
(50)
CoronaVac NR
 
 
Liu 2021
Intervention
(115) 
ChAdOx1/BNT162b2 NR
Control 
(114) 
ChAdOx1/
ChAdOx1NR
NR
Intervention
(119) 
BNT162b2/ChAdOx1 NR
Control 
(115) 
BNT162b2/BNT162b2 NR
Homologous or heterologous booster versus
heterologous booster
Bonelli 2021 Intervention 
(27)
ChAdOx1 booster 0 neurological complications
Control
(28)
BNT162b2 or mRNA‐1273 booster 0 neurological complications
Sablerolles 2021 Control
(105)
Ad26.COV2.S/no booster NR
Intervention
(106)
Ad26/booster NR
Intervention
(112)
Ad26/booster mRNA‐1273 NR
Intervention
(111)
Ad26/booster BNT162b2 NR
Mok 2021 Intervention
(30)
CoronaVac/booster  NR
Control
(30)
CoronaVac/booster BNT162b2 NR
Li 2021a Intervention
(96)
CoronaVac/boost Ad5 NR
Control
(102) CoronaVac/booster  NR
NR: not reported; RNA: ribonucleic acid.