Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36217139›Full record

Trial reportRespiratory research2022

Gam-COVID-Vac, EpiVacCorona, and CoviVac effectiveness against lung injury during Delta and Omicron variant surges in St. Petersburg, Russia: a test-negative case-control study.

Anton Barchuk, Anna Bulina, Mikhail Cherkashin, Natalia Berezina, Tatyana Rakova, Darya Kuplevatskaya, Dmitriy Skougarevskiy, Artemiy Okhotin

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Respiratory research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04406038 completednot on this map

A Population-Based Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies Among Adults in Saint Petersburg, Russia: Longitudinal Cohort Study

TypeobservationalSponsorEuropean University at St. PetersburgRan2020 to 2023Enrolled1,038ConditionsCOVID19
NCT04981405 terminatednot on this map

Real-world Evidence of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Hospitalization: the Case-control Study in St. Petersburg, Russia

TypeobservationalSponsorIvan S MoiseevRan2021 to 2022Enrolled182ConditionsCOVID-19 PneumoniaArmsCOVID-19 Vaccines
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 entry: implications for biomedical strategies.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anton BarchukInstitute for Interdisciplinary Health Research, European University at St. Petersburg, Shpalernaya Ulitsa 1, 191187, St. Petersburg, Russia. abarchuk@eu.spb.ru.
Anna BulinaInstitute for Interdisciplinary Health Research, European University at St. Petersburg, Shpalernaya Ulitsa 1, 191187, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mikhail CherkashinMedical Institute Named After Berezin Sergey, Esenina Ulitsa 2-3a, 194354, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Natalia BerezinaMedical Institute Named After Berezin Sergey, Esenina Ulitsa 2-3a, 194354, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Tatyana RakovaMedical Institute Named After Berezin Sergey, Esenina Ulitsa 2-3a, 194354, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Darya KuplevatskayaMedical Institute Named After Berezin Sergey, Esenina Ulitsa 2-3a, 194354, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dmitriy SkougarevskiyInstitute for Interdisciplinary Health Research, European University at St. Petersburg, Shpalernaya Ulitsa 1, 191187, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Artemiy OkhotinTarusa Hospital, Karla Libknekhta Ulitsa 16, 249100, Tarusa, Russia.
European University at Saint Petersburg · RU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMonitoring vaccine effectiveness (VE) remains a priority for epidemiological research throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. VE against infection declines with the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC), but VE against the severe disease remains high. Therefore, we aimed to estimate the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines used in Russia against lung injury during Delta and Omicron VOC surges.

methodsWe designed a case-control study (test-negative design) to estimate VE against any (any volume of involved lung parenchyma) and severe (>50% of involved parenchyma) lung injury detected on computer tomography and associated with COVID-19 between October 1, 2021-April 28, 2022 (Delta VOC dominance period followed by Omicron dominance period). We included the data of patients with symptomatic confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection referred to the low-dose computer tomography triage centres.

resultsAmong 23996 patients in the primary analysis, 13372 (55.7%) had any lung injury, and 338 (1.4%) had severe lung injury. The adjusted for age, sex and triage centre VE estimates against any lung injury were 56% (95% confidence interval 54-59) for two-dose Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), 71% (68-74) for three-dose Gam-COVID-Vac (booster), 2% (-27 to 24) for EpiVacCorona, and 46% (37-53) for CoviVac. VE estimates against severe lung injury were 76% (67-82) for two-dose Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), 87% (76-93) for three-dose Gam-COVID-Vac, 36% (-63 to 75) for EpiVacCorona, and 80% (45-92) for CoviVac.

conclusionsGam-COVID-Vac remained effective against lung injury associated with COVID-19 during Delta and Omicron VOC surges, and one Gam-COVID-Vac booster could be seen as an appropriate option after a two-dose regimen. CoviVac was also effective against lung injury. EpiVacCorona use in population-based vaccination should be halted until effectiveness and efficacy evidence is provided. Trial registration The joint study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in St. Petersburg was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04981405, date of registration-August 4, 2021).

Indexed as

COVID-19Lung InjuryCase-Control StudiesCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, SyntheticCOVID-19 VaccinesEpiVacCorona vaccineVaccines, SyntheticCase–control studyCOVID-19Lung injurySARS-CoV-2Vaccine effectiveness

Identifiers

PMID36217139
PMCPMC9549449
OpenAlexW4304148813

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.