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ArticleJournal of autoimmunity2021

Blood clots and bleeding events following BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: An analysis of European data.

Luigi Cari, Paolo Fiore, Mahdieh Naghavi Alhosseini, Gianni Sava, Giuseppe Nocentini

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Article in Journal of autoimmunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi CariUniversity of Perugia, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Pharmacology, 06129, Perugia, Italy.
Paolo FioreUniversity of Perugia, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Pharmacology, 06129, Perugia, Italy.
Mahdieh Naghavi AlhosseiniUniversity of Perugia, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Pharmacology, 06129, Perugia, Italy.
Gianni SavaUniversity of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
Giuseppe NocentiniUniversity of Perugia, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Pharmacology, 06129, Perugia, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.nocentini@unipg.it.
University of Perugia · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The involvement of viruses and SARS-CoV-2 in autoimmune diseases is well known. The recent demonstration that ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 (AstraZeneca) vaccine (ChA) favors the production of anti-platelet factor 4 (anti-PF4) antibodies, blood clots, and thrombocytopenia raises the question of whether other anti-CoViD-19 vaccines favor the same patterns of events. We assessed the frequency of severe adverse events (SAEs) documented in the EudraVigilance European database up to April 16, 2021 related to thrombocytopenia, bleeding, and blood clots in recipients of ChA compared to that of recipients of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 (Pfizer/BioNTech) vaccine (BNT). ChA administration was associated with a much higher frequency of SAEs in each AE Reaction Group as compared with that elicited by BNT. When considering AEs caused by thrombocytopenia, bleeding and blood clots, we observed 33 and 151 SAEs/1 million doses in BNT and ChA recipients, respectively. When considering patients with AEs related to cerebral/splanchnic venous thrombosis, and/or thrombocytopenia, we documented 4 and 30 SAEs and 0.4 and 4.8 deaths/1 million doses for BNT and ChA recipients, respectively. The highest risk following ChA vaccination is in young people and, likely, women of reproductive age, as suggested by hypothesized scenarios. In conclusion, the immune reaction promoted by ChA vaccine may lead to not only thrombocytopenia and cerebral/splanchnic venous thrombosis but also other thrombotic and thromboembolic SAEs. These events are not favored by BNT vaccine. Our study may help in the evaluation of the benefit/risk profile of the ChA vaccine considering the epidemic curve present in a country.

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PMCPMC8220408
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