Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of included RCTs on intradermal versus intramuscular administration of influenza vaccine

From: Immunogenicity and safety of intradermal influenza vaccine in immunocompromized patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Authors

Country

Interventions

Units of treatment ID/IM

Immunogenicity

 

Reported reactions

Population

Quality score

Seroprotection

Seroconversion

Injection sitea

Systemicb

Jadad scale

Chalmers scale

A/H1N1

A/H3N2

B

A/H1N1

A/H3N2

B

     
  

ID

IM

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

  

ID/IM

ID/IM

ID/IM

ID/IM

ID/IM

ID/IM

ID/IM

ID/IM

L Gelinck et al. 2009 [14]

Netherlands

TIV SU

TIV SU

77/79

49(63.6)/60(75.9)

60(77.9)/58(73.4)

50(64.9)/55(69.6)

NA

NA

NA

Total reactionsc

Immuno-compromized patients

3/5

0.54

3 μg HA/strain

15 μg HA/strain

52 % ID group/30 % IM group

Y Jo et al. 2009 [15]

Korea

TIV SPL

TIV SPL

52/55

50(96.1)/52(94.5)

50(90.1)/54(98.1)

41(78.8)/ 45(81.8)

38(73)/41(74.5)

28(53.8)/24(43.6)

28(53.8)/37(67.3)

10 (19)/3(5.5)d

1 (1.9)/2 (3.6)e

Patients with solid cancer

2/5

0.32

7.5 μg HA/strain

15 μg HA/strain

E Morelon et al. 2010 [16]

France

TIV SPL

TIV SPL

31/31

22(71)/16(52)

16(52)/11(36)

22(71)/19(61)

11(35)/6(19)

11(35)/6(19)

6(19)/6(19)

25 (80.6)/ 15 (48.4)

17 (54.8)/16 (51.6)

Renal transplant patients

3/5

0.45

15 μg HA/strain

15 μg HA/strain

O Manuel et al. 2011 [17]

Multicentricf

TIV SPL

TIV SPL

41/43

16(39)/ 12(28)

34(83)/ 42(98)

12(29)/ 25(58)

3(7.3)/ 3(7)

2(4.9)/3(7)

3(7.3)/5(11.6)

17 (41.5)/11 (25)

3 (7.3)/7 (15.9)

Lung transplant patients

3/5

0.67

6h μg HA/strain

15 μg HA/strain

F Ansaldi et al. 2012 [18]

Italy

TIV SPL

TIV SPL

28/24

22(79)/19(80)

23(82)/19(80)

21(75)/18(76)

14(50)/15(64)

15(54)/14(60)

11(36)/ 8(32)

18 (64.3)/5 (20.8)

6 (21.4)/3 (12.5)g

HIV-infected patients

3/5

0.71

9 μg HA/strain

15 μg HA/strain

A Baluch et al. 2013 [19]

Canada

TIV SPL

TIV SPL

107/105

76(71)/74(70.5)

75(70.1)/67(63.8)

68(63.6)/55(52.4)

40(37.4)/36(34.3)

31(29)/32(30.5)

23(21.5)/18(17.1)

NA

Transplant patients

3/5

0.75

9i μg HA/strain

15 μg HA/strain

  1. ID: Intradermal; IM: Intramuscular; TIV: trivalent inactivated vaccine; HA: hemagglutinin; SPL: split vaccine; SU: subunit vaccine
  2. aPain at injection site, erythema, swelling, pruritus, induration and ecchymosis
  3. bFever, myalgia, headache, malaise and shivering
  4. cFrequency of local and systemic adverse reactions calculated on 125 participants that recorded whether or not they had suffered adverse reactions
  5. dReferred to swelling that was the most frequent symptom suffered both in ID and IM groups
  6. eReferred to fever or myalgia
  7. fCanada and Switzerland
  8. gReferred to shivering that was the most frequent symptom suffered both in ID and IM groups
  9. hTwo doses of ID vaccine were delivered for a cumulative dose of 12 μg antigen per strain
  10. iTwo doses of ID vaccine were delivered for a cumulative dose of 18 μg antigen per strain