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1. 1 Vaccine Safety Evaluation: Post-marketing Surveillance Conference New Zealand Experience with Meningococcal Vaccine Post-marketing Surveillance
Stewart Reid
11th April 2007
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3. 3 Meningococcal disease isolate serogroup and dominant subtype 1990 -2005{not including PCR positive cases}
4. 4 The problem Major epidemic
Strain specific outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccine - MeNZB
Clinical trials in Auckland
5. 5 The Problem (cont) Licensure application - ~1100 recipients ~3300 doses*
Substantial experience with other OMV vaccines Norway, Cuba and Walter Reed outer membrane protein vaccine
6. 6 The Problem (cont) Intention to vaccinate 1,000,000 New Zealanders aged 6m -19y
No National Immunisation Register (NIR)
Only monitoring - Centre for Adverse Reaction Monitoring (CARM) - passive reporting
7. 7 The Solution Safety Monitoring System
National Immunisation Register (NIR)
- with same patient identifier used in hospitals
Several data sources
8. 8 Several data sources CARM
Passive reporting system Intensive Vaccine Monitoring Programme (IVMP)
Hospital based monitoring
All event
Rare event
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10. 10 Several data sources CARM
Passive reporting system Intensive Vaccine Monitoring Programme (IVMP)
Hospital based monitoring
All event
Rare event
11. 11 Rare events to be monitored Anaphylaxis
Encephalopathy/encephalitis
Flaccid paralysis
Thrombocytopenia
Hypotonic hypo-reponsive episodes
Seizures
Petechial rashes
catch all categories e.g. all intensive care admissions within 7 days/ unusual events thought to be related to immunisation/deaths
12. 12 Hospital Based MonitoringRare Event Events of interest
A priori determined case definitions
Independent case ascertainment Clinical Review Committee (CRC)
13. 13 Hospital Based MonitoringRare Event (cont) Background disease rates
Thresholds stop/go points
Minimum data sets
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15. 15 Under 5 ThresholdMinimum dataset All 4 Northern District Health Boards to rest of country
16 months 4 years 30,000 1st doses
6-16 months 7,500 1st doses
6 weeks 5 months 4,000 1st doses
At each of these points substantial data was available on those vaccinated in Counties Manukau DHB.
16. 16 Independent Safety Monitoring Board Separation of data collection and analysis from assessment
Independent assessment - Independent safety Monitoring Board (ISMB)
17. 17 Safety Monitoring Plan Discussed with Chair ISMB during development
Reviewed and approved by ISMB
Included
monitoring methods,
case definitions,
background disease rates,
cluster investigation protocol and
causality assessment discussion
18. 18 Conclusion AS of June 2006 > 3,000,000 doses given
ISMB review concluded
outstanding programme of sensitive and objective safety monitoring
no evidence of any significant adverse health event associated with the vaccine
19. 19 Acknowledgements Meningococcal Management Team (MMT) and Advisors
Professor Diana Lennon, Dr Jane OHallahan, Dr Philipp Oster, Professor Kim Mulholland.
Sue Crengle, Diana Martin, Liane Penney, Teuila Percival, Stewart Reid, Joanna Stewart
MVS Trial Team, Auckland University
Laboratory staff, Institute of Environmental Science and Research
Independent Safety Monitoring Board and Clinical Review Committee
MVS Safety Team, Ministry of Health
Anne McNicholas, Yvonne Galloway, Paul Stehr-Green et al,
Centre for Adverse Reaction Monitoring (CARM) Dr Michael Tatley et al
Safety monitoring teams at participating hospitals
Rest of MVS team, Ministry of Health
All vaccinators and others involved in the programme.
20. 20 References Strategy -
Sexton K, Lennon D, et al. 2 articles
NZMJ 20 August 2004, Vol 117 No 1200
http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/117-1200/1026/
http://www.immunise.moh.govt.nz/documents/nzmj-vaccinestrategy.pdf
Safety Monitoring Plan NZ Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/5220/$File/safety-monitoring-plan.pdf
21. 21 Back up slides
22. 22 Observed vs expected cases Total population e.g. Acute flaccid paralysis
23. 23 Observed vs expected cases Vaccinees only e.g. seizures
24. 24 Immunisation Safety Surveillance A system that comprehensively monitors vaccine safety
Should identify events caused by vaccination
Enable causality assessment for events which may be caused by vaccination,
Increase public confidence in vaccine programs helping to avoid reductions in coverage caused by unsubstantiated fears of vaccine reactions.
25. 25 Independent Safety Monitoring Board Reviewed all safety data during the period of hospital based monitoring
Independent with Australian chair and four other members, one from USA
Advise on cessation of vaccination because of safety risk
Advise on further investigation of possible safety risks
26. 26 Target population Reside in Counties Manukau, Auckland, Waitemata and Northland DHBs.
Target Cohorts
100,000 aged 5 19 years in CMDHB and Auckland DHBs
100,000 aged 0 - 4 years in all 4 DHBs
27. 27 Consent for MeNZB 08 July 2004 consent for individuals aged 6 months or older valid for 2 years
03 February 2005
consent for individuals aged 6 weeks or older.
12 January 2006
consent for 4th dose of the vaccine to infants who received the first dose when aged less than 6 months of age.
21 July 2006
renewal of Provisional Consent under Section 23 of the
Medicines Act 1981, valid for 2 years from 8 July 2006.
28. 28 Medicines Act 1981 section 23 The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, in accordance with this section, give his provisional consent to the sale or supply or use of a new medicine where s/he is of the opinion that it is desirable that the medicine be sold, supplied, or used on a restricted basis for the treatment of a limited number of patients.
29. 29 Intensive Vaccine Monitoring Programme Prospective observational cohort study of MeNZB vaccine
30. 30 IVMP sentinel practice monitoring Monitoring cohort
Infants < 19 months who have an immunisation in the practice
All Immunisations
31. 31 IVMP sentinel practice monitoring Monitoring cohort
Selection of practices
35 large medical centres (known as sentinel group practices)
MedTech32Ž Practice Management Software
Population geographically & socio-demographically diverse
32. 32 IVMP sentinel practice monitoring Monitoring cohort
Selection of practices
Data collection
Software extraction from existing PMS data fields
All immunisations (MeNZB & other)
All health consultation details for the six weeks following an immunisation
Secure electronic transfer from PMS
Background mode
no additional work required at practice !!
33. 33 IVMP sentinel practice monitoring Monitoring cohort
Selection of practices
Data collection
Events assessment
Events assessed as unrelated (incidents) or related (reactions)
Standardised coding and entry into IVMP database
WHO National Centres causal relationship (after Karch & Lasagna)
WHOART (event terminology)
Grouped by related event terms (modified for clinical AEFIs)
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35. 35 Key Findings Low opt-out rate (10/17921)
No unexpected AEFIs identified
Low rate of reactogenicity
Reaction profile similar to Routine immunisations
36. 36 ConclusionIVMP is a novel & valuable Pharmacovigilance tool Source of representative & unbiased data
Minimal participant compliance burden
EDT technologies result in resource savings and efficiencies
Real life & real time vaccine campaign monitoring
Feedback in real time to Programme leaders
Reassurance to public
Database available for long term follow-up