This study aims to use vaccination information from state vaccine registries linked with HealthVerity insurance claims for the following: * to measure how effective the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is at preventing post-COVID conditions. * to understand characteristics of patients who are receiving COVID-19 vaccines. All patients whose information is kept unidentified in the HealthVerity database are eligible to be included for both aims of this study.
The vaccine effectiveness (VE) of BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine (e.g. KP.2 monovalent formulation) in preventing post-COVID health conditions will be assessed (Aim 1). This aim will utilize a retrospective cohort time-to-event design and evaluate the VE among vaccine-eligible patients from when the vaccine was authorized or approved (specified by age group) through the most current data available. Patients will be sourced from HealthVerity and includes patients who are enrolled in the claims database; data from the state's deidentified vaccine registry will be used to supplement claims data. Patients who will be followed for the PCC endpoint must be eligible to receive the vaccine during the study period. Comparisons between the vaccinated and vaccine eligible but unvaccinated (i.e., no receipt of the most recent formulation) groups will be made using descriptive statistics, incidence rates, and hazard ratios. The second part of the study (Aim 2) will use a retrospective cohort design to describe the uptake of the vaccine in specific groups over time. Subjects will be identified through three different methods: 1) by analyzing all available dosing records in the Immunization Registry, 2) by using HealthVerity claims data based on specific calendar time periods when the vaccine was available, or 3) based on the start of pregnancy that occurs after EUA date. Patients will be followed until experiencing the vaccination under study, disenrollment, end of data or death. Vaccinations will be assessed overall and also by specific type of prior dose (mRNA vs other).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, is FDA licensed or authorized under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals 6 months of age and older.
Pfizer
New York, New York, United States
Aim 1: Any PCC-related diagnosis not present before the COVID-19 diagnosis
The primary endpoint is any PCC-related diagnosis as defined by Xie et al. (2024, NEJM) that occurs between 30 and 180 days following a COVID-19 diagnosis and was not present before the COVID-19 diagnosis. The primary endpoint will also be stratified by specific organ system / disease domains (cardiovascular; coagulation and hematologic; fatigue; gastrointestinal; kidney; mental health; metabolic; musculoskeletal; neurologic; and, pulmonary). All patients are required to have a diagnosis of COVID-19 (ICD-10-CM code = U07.1) as a predicating event for the subsequent evaluation of a PCC episode. The first 30 days after the diagnosis of COVID-19 will be excluded from the evaluation of a PCC episode as the acute infection period. The evaluation of the PCC episode will begin on Day 30 after the date of acute COVID-19 diagnosis through day 180.
Time frame: 30-180 days after COVID-19 diagnosis
Aim 2: Number of patients with a COVID-19 vaccination
Any record of COVID-19 vaccination as recorded in the state immunization registry.
Time frame: Date of vaccine authorization through the end of the corresponding respiratory season
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