Cervical Cancer Vaccine
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Mini-Sentinel is a pilot project to inform the development of an active surveillance system, the Sentinel System, for monitoring the safety of FDA-regulated medical products. FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is currently evaluating three different vaccines (RotaTeq, Rotarix and Gardasil) using the Mini-Sentinel system. The inclusion of these vaccines as the subject of a Mini-Sentinel safety evaluation does not mean that a causal association exists between the vaccine and the health outcome being investigated. These evaluations are being conducted to provide better information to help clarify potential safety concerns that have been reported by other surveillance systems and enable FDA to better assess any potential risk.
- Intussusception after rotavirus vaccination. Intussusception is the most common form of bowel obstruction in infancy and has been closely monitored since the voluntary withdrawal of the first rotavirus vaccine: Rotashield. FDA carefully assessed the risk for intussusception in large clinical trials in more than 60,000 children prior to licensure for both of the currently available rotavirus vaccines (RotaTeq and Rotarix). No increased risk for intussusception was observed in these trials for either vaccine. However, several postmarketing studies from other countries have subsequently suggested a potential increased risk. (FDA is conducting a Mini-Sentinel safety assessment because intussusception is a very rare event and studies thus far have not been large enough to sufficiently evaluate this risk among children in the United States. Mini-Sentinel has the largest general population cohort for vaccine safety surveillance in the United States and FDA is conducting this investigation to better quantify the potential risk of intussusception among US children.
- Venous thromboembolism (VTE) after human papillomavirus vaccine. Venous thromboembolism is a condition that involves blood clots that form in the deep veins of the body (deep vein thrombosis) or in the lungs (pulmonary embolism). VTE can result from a combination of hereditary and acquired risk factors, including hormonal contraception. FDA approved Gardasil in 2006 based on studies involving more than 21,000 males and females. No increased risk for VTE was identified in these studies. Post licensure surveillance in the Vaccine Safety Datalink identified no safety risks among eight health outcomes which were evaluated, but a non-statistically significant increased rate of VTE after Gardasil was reported.[3] However, all of the confirmed cases of VTE in this study had other risk factors present that might explain their blood clots. FDA is conducting this Mini-Sentinel safety assessment to evaluate VTE with improved control for these other risk factors.
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The results of these two studies will be published and made publicly available upon completion. FDA will evaluate any new safety information from these assessments and will provide updates to healthcare providers and the public to ensure the safe use of vaccines. The Mini-Sentinel safety assessments are part of FDA’s efforts to enhance vaccine safety surveillance, communication, and protection of public health.
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