Effectiveness of nirsevimab immunoprophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus-related outcomes in hospital and primary care settings: a retrospective cohort study in infants in Catalonia (Spain)

Background In Catalonia, infants under 6 months old were eligible to receive nirsevimab, a novel monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We aimed to analyse nirsevimab's effectiveness across primary and hospital care outcomes.Methods Retrospective cohort study from 1 Octo...

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Autores: Coma, E, Martinez-Marcos, M, Hermosilla, E, Mendioroz, J, Reñé, A, Fina, F, Perramon-Malavez, A, Prats, C, Cereza, G, Ciruela, P, Pineda, V, Antón, A, Ricós-Furió, G, Soriano-Arandes, A, Cabezas, C
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT)
Repositorio:r-I3PT. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí
OAI Identifier:oai:i3pt.fundanetsuite.com:p4932
Acceso en línea:https://i3pt.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/4932
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85196784733&doi=10.1136%2farchdischild-2024-327153&partnerID=40&md5=d433352883007ea1f4a9c47ad8381d70
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Immunisation
Child Health
Infectious Disease Medicine
Respiratory Medicine
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Sumario:Background In Catalonia, infants under 6 months old were eligible to receive nirsevimab, a novel monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We aimed to analyse nirsevimab's effectiveness across primary and hospital care outcomes.Methods Retrospective cohort study from 1 October 2023 to 31 January 2024, including all infants born between April and September 2023. We established two cohorts based on nirsevimab administration (immunised and non-immunised). We followed individuals until the earliest moment of an outcome-RSV infection, primary care attended bronchiolitis and pneumonia, hospital emergency visits due to bronchiolitis, hospital admission or intensive care unit (ICU) admission due to RSV bronchiolitis-death or the end of the study. We used the Kaplan-Meier estimator and fitted Cox regression models using a calendar time scale to estimate HRs and their 95% CIs.Results Among 26 525 infants, a dose of nirsevimab led to an adjusted HR for hospital admission due to RSV bronchiolitis of 0.124 (95% CI: 0.086 to 0.179) and an adjusted HR for ICU admission of 0.099 (95% CI: 0.041 to 0.237). Additionally, the adjusted HRs observed for emergency visits were 0.446 (95% CI: 0.385 to 0.516) and 0.393 (95% CI: 0.203 to 0.758) for viral pneumonia, 0.519 (95% CI: 0.467 to 0.576) for bronchiolitis attended in primary care and 0.311 (95% CI: 0.200 to 0.483) for RSV infection.Conclusion We demonstrated nirsevimab's effectiveness with reductions of 87.6% and 90.1% in hospital and ICU admissions, respectively. These findings offer crucial guidance for public health authorities in implementing RSV immunisation campaigns.