Key PointsQuestion
Is low-dose intradermal influenza vaccine a suitable alternative to regular dose intramuscular vaccine?
Findings
In this systematic review and meta-analysis including 30 studies with a total of 177 780 participants, the seroconversion rates of low doses of intradermal influenza vaccine vs the 15-µg intramuscular dose for each of the H1N1, H3N2, and B strains were not statistically significantly different. Seroprotection rates for the 9-µg and 15-µg intradermal doses were not statistically significantly different from the 15-µg intramuscular dose, except for the 15-µg intradermal dose for the H1N1 strain, which was significantly higher.
Meaning
These findings suggest that a low-dose intradermal influenza vaccine may be a suitable alternative to standard-dose intramuscular vaccine.
Importance
Low-dose intradermal influenza vaccines could be a suitable alternative to full intramuscular dose during vaccine shortages.
Objective
To compare the immunogenicity and safety of the influenza vaccine at reduced or full intradermal doses with full intramuscular doses to inform policy design in the event of vaccine shortages.
Data Sources
MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for studies published from 2010 until June 5, 2020.
Study Selection
All comparative studies across all ages assessing the immunogenicity or safety of intradermal and intramuscular influenza vaccinations were included.
Data Extraction and Synthesis
Data were extracted by a single reviewer and verified by a second reviewer. Discrepancies between reviewers were resolved through consensus. Random-effects meta-analysis was conducted.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Primary outcomes included geometric mean titer, seroconversion, seroprotection, and adverse events.
Results
A total of 30 relevant studies were included; 29 studies were randomized clinical trials with 13 759 total participants, and 1 study was a cohort study of 164 021 participants. There was no statistically significant difference in seroconversion rates between the 3-µg, 6-µg, 7.5-µg, and 9-µg intradermal vaccine doses and the 15-µg intramuscular vaccine dose for each of the H1N1, H3N2, and B strains, but rates were significantly higher with the 15-µg intradermal dose compared with the 15-µg intramuscular dose for the H1N1 strain (rate ratio [RR], 1.10; 95% CI, 1.01-1.20) and B strain (RR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.13-1.73). Seroprotection rates for the 9-µg and 15-µg intradermal doses did not vary significantly compared with the 15-µg intramuscular dose for all the 3 strains, except for the 15-µg intradermal dose for the H1N1 strain, for which rates were significantly higher (RR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.01-1.09). Local adverse events were significantly higher with intradermal doses than with the 15-µg intramuscular dose, particularly erythema (3-µg dose: RR, 9.62; 95% CI, 1.07-86.56; 6-µg dose: RR, 23.79; 95% CI, 14.42-39.23; 9-µg dose: RR, 4.56; 95% CI, 3.05-6.82; 15-µg dose: RR, 3.68; 95% CI, 3.19-4.25) and swelling (3-µg dose: RR, 20.16; 95% CI, 4.68-86.82; 9-µg dose: RR, 5.23; 95% CI, 3.58-7.62; 15-µg dose: RR, 3.47 ; 95% CI, 2.21-5.45). Fever and chills were significantly more common with the 9-µg intradermal dose than the 15-µg intramuscular dose (fever: RR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.03-1.80; chills: RR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.03-1.50) while all other systemic adverse events were not statistically significant for all other doses.
Conclusions and Relevance
These findings suggest that reduced-dose intradermal influenza vaccination could be a reasonable alternative to standard dose intramuscular vaccination.
Influenza infection causes 3 to 5 million severe illnesses and approximately half a million annual deaths globally.1 It is a highly contagious disease characterized by high fever, cough, sore throat, headache, chills, lack of appetite, and fatigue.2 Vaccinations are essential for prevention of influenza and can be administered intradermally or intramuscularly.3
Interest in intradermal influenza vaccines has arisen because of a presumed dose-sparing potential. An intradermal dose-sparing effect has been used successfully for other vaccines, such as rabies.4,5 If confirmed, this may mitigate potential vaccine shortages, which could occur from unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from excessive demand owing to high rates of infection, such as during pandemics.6 With the approval of new intradermal vaccines,2,7,8 new delivery devices have become available, including minineedles, microneedles, patches, and disposable syringe jet injectors.3,9 The recent international focus on the development of vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 highlights the need to better understand the safety and efficacy of various vaccine delivery methods and doses.
Intradermal vaccinations are believed to have a dose-sparing effect3; therefore, smaller doses of intradermal vaccines may be sufficient to produce an antigenic response that is similar to standard intramuscular doses. This is physiologically plausible because the dermis is rich in Langerhans cells, dendritic cells that are very potent antigen-presenting cells capable of eliciting both cell-mediated and humoral immune responses via antigen presentation to CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and eventual B cell activation to produce high levels of antigen-specific antibodies. Intramuscular injection bypasses this dermal immune system response and delivers the vaccine directly into the muscular tissue, which has relatively few resident antigen-presenting cells.10
Previous studies have compared the immunogenicity and safety of intradermal and intramuscular influenza vaccines; however, the magnitude of the effect across all populations has not been recently examined. In this study, we synthesized the published literature on the immunogenicity and safety of the influenza vaccine at reduced or regular intradermal doses compared with a regular intramuscular dose.
A systematic review of the literature was completed. MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for studies published from 2010 until June 5, 2020. Terms aimed at capturing the technology of interest, such as intradermal, ID injection, and Mantoux were combined using the Boolean Operator and with influenza terms. These terms were searched as keywords (title or abstract words) and as subject headings (eg, MEDLINE medical subject headings) as appropriate. The search excluded case reports, editorials, letters, and animal studies. The search strategy was developed by a research librarian and reviewed by another research librarian using the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies method11 (eAppendix in the Supplement). This search was supplemented by reviewing the reference lists of published systematic reviews, identified during the abstract screening, to ensure that all studies meeting the inclusion criteria were captured. This review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting guideline. This study is registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), No. CRD42020190246.
Abstracts identified through database searching were screened by a single reviewer (O.E., J.T., or L.M.); all abstracts included at this stage proceeded to full-text review. Full-text publications were screened by a single reviewer (O.E., J.T., or L.M.). Calibration with a second reviewer (O.E., J.T., or L.M.) was completed prior to abstract screening and full-text review until greater than 70% agreement was reached. Publications were included if they met all the following inclusion criteria: comparative, including randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials, studies of the immunogenicity and safety of intradermal and intramuscular influenza vaccine involving participants of any age, published between 2010 and 2020. Non–English- or French-language studies, animal studies, studies involving patients who were immunocompromised, and studies with whole-virus vaccinations were excluded.
For all included studies, year of publication, country, study design, dates of recruitment, study inclusion and exclusion criteria, setting, patient characteristics, treatment protocol (eg, intention-to-treat, per-protocol), sample size, follow-up time, geometric mean titer (GMT, defined as the antilog of the arithmetic mean of the log-transformed antibody titers), seroconversion rate (percentage of participants with a 4-fold increase in hemagglutination inhibition [HAI] antibody titers) and seroprotection rates (the percentage of participants achieving an HAI titer ≥40), and all relevant outcomes were extracted by a single reviewer (O.E., J.T., or L.M.) and verified by a second reviewer (O.E. verified L.M., J.T. verified O.E., and L.M. verified J.T.) using standardized data extraction forms. Immunogenicity outcomes were extracted for only HAI assays. Discrepancies between reviewers during data extraction were resolved through consensus.
The quality of randomized clinical trials was assessed using the Cochrane Handbook Risk of Bias Assessment Tool version 5.1.0.12 Each study was assessed using 5 criteria broadly covering the areas of randomization, deviation from intended intervention, missing outcome data, measurement of outcome, and selection of reporting result. Each criterion was assigned a rating of low, some, or high concerns.
The quality of observational studies was assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. Each study was assessed across 3 categories: selection, comparability, and outcome. Items within selection and comparability were assigned up to 1 star for high quality, while items within comparability were assigned a maximum of 2 stars, with a maximum total possible score of 9 stars.
Quality assessment was completed by a single reviewer and verified by a second reviewer (quality assessment by single reviewers and verified in pairs: O.E. verified L.M., J.T. verified O.E., and L.M. verified J.T.). Discrepancies were resolved through discussion. Studies were not excluded based on quality assessment.
Random-effects meta-analysis was conducted using the DerSimonian and Laird estimator13 for tau. Statistical heterogeneity was assessed using the I2 measure, with values greater or less than 50% considered high and low heterogeneity, respectively. A continuity correction of 0.5 was used, where appropriate, allowing the inclusion of zero-total event trials.14 Stratified analyses by dose were completed for the GMT, seroconversion, seroprotection, influenza or influenza-like illness, and adverse events. For dose stratification, different intradermal vaccine doses (3, 6, 7.5, 9 and 15 µg) were separately compared with a 15-µg intramuscular dose for each outcome. Only immunogenicity outcomes for days 21 through 30 after vaccination were analyzed. Subgroup analyses of immunogenicity outcomes were conducted for studies involving participants aged 60 years or older. Risk ratios (RRs) were calculated for categorical outcomes, and the ratio of geometric means calculated for GMT, as described by Friedrich el al.15 Publication bias for small studies with missing small effect sizes was assessed using an Egger test16 when the number of studies was greater than 4. When the Egger test was statistically significant (P < .05), the Duval-Tweedie trim-and-fill method17 was used to adjust for funnel plot asymmetry. All analyses were completed in R statistical software version 3.6.1 (R Project for Statistical Computing). P values were 2-sided, and statistical significance was set at P < .05. For RR comparisons, statistical significance was inferred from the 95% CIs, and actual P values were not generated. Data were analyzed from July 2 through 16, 2020.
The search strategy yielded 914 unique citations, 245 of which were excluded after deduplication, and 624 were excluded after abstract review. A total of 45 studies proceeded to full-text review (Figure); of these, 15 studies were excluded for inappropriate study design for the aims of this review (5 studies), incorrect outcome (5 studies), duplicate publication (2 studies), incorrect study population (1 study), and publication year not of interest (1 study). A total of 30 relevant studies were included in the final data set (Figure).
Of 30 included studies, 29 studies were randomized clinical trials with a total of 13 759 participants,18-46 and 1 study was a cohort study of 164 021 participants (Table 1).47 Sixteen studies were multi-center18-20,22,23,29,31,33,34,37,38,41,43,44,47; 12 studies were single-center24-28,30,32,35,36,39,40,45; and 2 studies did not report the setting.21,42 Approximately half of the studies (14 studies)18,19,21,22,24-27,29,34,41,43,44,46 involved only participants aged 60 years or older or reported data for participants aged 60 years or older.
Most studies had bias stemming from the randomization process; 6 studies were at low risk of bias20,23,24,30,32,35; and 2 studies were at high risk.28,34 All but 2 low-risk studies23,35 had some risk of bias due to deviations from intended interventions. All included studies had low risk of bias due to missing outcome data. All but 1 high-risk study34 were of low risk of bias stemming from the measurement of outcomes. Lastly, all studies were of concern of bias regarding selection of the reported results. Overall, all studies except 2 high-risk studies,28,34 were of some concern for bias (eFigure 1 in the Supplement).
The only included cohort study was allocated 9 out of a possible 9 stars.47 It was judged to be representative of the exposed population. Exposure were ascertained from secure records, and outcomes were ascertained from record linkage. The cohorts were comparable, and follow-up was long and adequate.
Although there was high heterogeneity, no statistically significant difference in seroconversion rates was found between the 3-µg, 6-µg, 7.5-µg, and 9-µg intradermal vaccine doses vs the 15-µg intramuscular vaccine dose for each of the H1N1, H3N2, and B strains. The doses represent the amount of hemagglutinin present in each vaccine. Furthermore, the difference in the seroconversion rate for the H3N2 strain was also not statistically significant between the 15-µg intradermal dose and 15-µg intramuscular doses, but the seroconversion rate was significantly higher with the 15-µg intradermal dose compared with 15-µg intramuscular doses for the H1N1 strain (RR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.01-1.20) and B strain (RR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.13-1.73) (Table 2; eFigures 2-8 in the Supplement).
Seroprotection rates were significantly lower with the 6-µg intradermal dose vs the 15-μg intramuscular dose for the H1N1 strain (RR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.88-0.99) and B strain (RR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.86-0.98). For the 9-µg intradermal doses, seroprotection rates were not statistically significant compared with the 15-µg intramuscular dose for all 3 strains. The seroprotection rates for 15-µg intradermal and 15-µg intramuscular doses were also not statistically significantly different for H3N2 and B strains; however, the seroprotection rate for intradermal doses was significantly higher for the H1N1 strain compared with the 15-μg intramuscular dose (RR, 1.05; 95% CI,1.01-1.09) (Table 2; eFigures 9-15 in the Supplement).
Although there was high heterogeneity, the GMTs were not statistically significantly different between the 3-µg and 6-µg intradermal doses and the 15-µg intramuscular dose for the 3 strains, except for a significant decrease for H1N1 observed with the 6-µg intradermal dose (RR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.85-0.90). Similarly, GMTs were not statistically significant for the H1N1 and B strains when the 9-µg intradermal doses were compared with the 15-µg intramuscular dose, but GMT was significantly higher for the 9-µg intradermal dose of the H3N2 strain (RR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.05-1.12). The 15-µg intradermal dose showed no statistically significant difference with the 15-µg intramuscular dose for the H1N1 and the H3N2 strains. However, the 15-µg intradermal dose was associated with significantly higher GMT for the B strain (RR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.11-1.32) (Table 2; eFigures 16-21 in the Supplement).
Immunogenicity in Older Adults
Subgroup analyses for immunogenicity in adults aged 60 years and older did not show statistically significant difference between the 9-µg intradermal dose and the 15-µg intramuscular doses, with respect to seroconversion, seroprotection, or GMT for each of the 3 strains. There was high heterogeneity among the studies. Seroprotection rates did not differ significantly between the 15-µg intradermal dose vs 15-µg intramuscular dose for the 3 strains, while seroconversion rate was significantly higher with the 15-µg intradermal dose compared with the 15-µg intramuscular dose for the B strain (RR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.13- 1.75), as was GMT (RR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.09-1.30) (Table 3).
Influenza Infection or Influenza-Like Illness
A meta-analysis of 4 studies reporting clinical outcomes showed that the risk of influenza or influenza-like illness was significantly lower with intradermal vaccines compared with intramuscular vaccines (RR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.49-0.77).27,37,39,47 However, there was no significant difference between the 2 routes of administration at intradermal dosages of 9 µg (RR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.19-1.91)27,39 or 15 µg (RR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.43-1.08).37,47
Local adverse events, including erythema, swelling, induration, pruritus, and ecchymosis, were significantly higher across the dose spectrum of intradermal vaccines compared with the standard intramuscular dose, particularly erythema (3-µg dose: RR, 9.62; 95% CI, 1.07-86.56; 6-µg dose: RR, 23.79; 95% CI, 14.42-39.23; 9-µg dose: RR, 4.56; 95% CI, 3.05-6.82; 15-µg dose: RR, 3.68; 95% CI, 3.19-4.25) and swelling (3-µg dose: RR, 20.16; 95% CI, 4.68-86.82; 9-µg dose: RR, 5.23; 95% CI, 3.58-7.62; 15-µg dose: RR, 3.47 ; 95% CI, 2.21-5.45). There was high heterogeneity among the pooled studies. Pain did not differ significantly between the 6-µg, 9-µg, or 15-µg intradermal doses vs the 15-µg intramuscular dose but was significantly lower with the 3-µg intradermal dose (Table 4; eFigures 22-25 in the Supplement). Differences in systemic adverse events, including headache, fever, malaise, arthralgia, myalgia, and nausea, were not statistically significant between the low intradermal doses and the standard intramuscular dose, and fever (RR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.03-1.80) and chills (RR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.03-1.50) were more common with the 9-µg intradermal dose than 15-µg intramuscular dose (Table 4; eFigures 26-29 in the Supplement).
The Egger test for publication bias was statistically significant for the 15-µg intradermal and intramuscular doses comparison for the B strain seroconversion rate (intercept: 0.97; 95% CI, 0.21-1.73, P = .02) and the H3N2 strain seroprotection rate (intercept: 1.80; 95% CI, 0.43-3.17, P = .02). Bias correction using the trim-and-fill method did not change the statistical significance of the unadjusted results (eFigures 30-35 in the Supplement).
This systematic review and meta-analysis found that immunogenicity resulting from 3-µg, 6-µg, 7.5-µg and 9-µg influenza intradermal vaccination doses was not significantly different from full-dose 15-µg intramuscular vaccination for most viral strains, irrespective of patient age. However, the 15-µg intradermal vaccine showed significantly better immunogenicity for some of the outcomes and strains, suggesting that the immunological response may be dose-related. The risk of local adverse events, such as erythema, induration, swelling, and ecchymosis, was reduced with intramuscular vaccination; however, the risk of pain did not differ significantly between the 2 administration methods, with the exception of the 3-µg intradermal dose, which significantly lowered the risk of pain. The risks of systemic adverse events, such as headache, malaise, myalgia, and arthralgia, were similar with both administration methods.
The findings of this study are similar to those by Marra et al48 and 2 studies by Pileggi et al,49,50 which found no statistically significant difference between the different intradermal influenza vaccine doses and the 15-µg intramuscular influenza vaccine dose. It should be noted that Pileggi et al included studies involving only participants who were immunocompromised in one of their studies49 and only older adults in another.50 However, our systematic review excluded participants who were immunocompromised and carried out sensitivity analysis of studies involving older adults, given that old age51 and immunocompromise52 are known to attenuate immunological response. Although local skin reactions were more common with intradermal vaccinations, these reactions are generally well-accepted by vaccinees,53,54 who also find the microinjection systems to be more tolerable than the regular needles.54 These reactions are generally transient, with comparable rates of pain as intramuscular vaccination.55 Furthermore, the development of novel intradermal vaccine delivery systems, such as self-administrable patches with coated microprojections or biodegradable needles, could potentially improve vaccine acceptance and uptake.56 None of the studies in our review reported the use of nonneedle delivery systems. Intradermal administration requires advanced technical skill and special needles that present feasibility barriers to implementation. In Canada, an intradermal influenza vaccine is available off-label; however, most pharmacists are not licensed to administer intradermally despite administering approximately 30% of influenza doses every year.57
The results for immunogenicity and safety outcomes for this systematic review and meta-analysis were derived from only randomized clinical trials. This suggests a high level of evidence for these outcomes. The cohort study data were only included in the meta-analysis for influenza or influenza-like illness.
This study has some limitations. One limitation was the heterogeneity among the included studies, particularly with respect to the GMT outcome. This may be associated with the variation in the characteristics of the study participants, including age and comorbidities. However, heterogeneity persisted after stratifying the meta-analyses by age group. Other possible causes of heterogeneity include variations in vaccine factors, such as the use of adjuvants and differences in vaccine brands and delivery systems. Additionally, although the DerSimonian and Laird estimator of the between-study variance used in this study is the most commonly used method,58 it tends to produce narrower CIs, which may be less conservative in the representation of uncertainty in the estimation of between-study heterogeneity, especially when the number of studies included in the meta-analysis is small.58,59
The findings of this systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that given the similarity in immunogenicity between the reduced dose intradermal and full dose intramuscular influenza vaccine, low-dose intradermal vaccine could be a reasonable alternative to standard-dose intramuscular vaccination. It will be important to determine if this dose-sparing finding holds true across age groups and for newer vaccines, particularly when recent high-dose formulations have demonstrated improved immunogenicity in older adults in whom immune responses have historically struggled.
Accepted for Publication: December 10, 2020.
Published: February 9, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.35693
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2021 Egunsola O et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Fiona Clement, PhD, Department Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Teaching Research and Wellness Building, 3280 Hospital Dr, NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1 Canada (fclement@ucalgary.ca).
Author Contributions: Dr Egunsola had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Egunsola, Clement, Lorenzetti, Dowsett, Noseworthy.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Egunsola, Clement, Taplin, Mastikhina, Li, Lorenzetti, Dowsett.
Drafting of the manuscript: Egunsola, Clement, Mastikhina, Li, Dowsett.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Egunsola, Clement, Taplin, Lorenzetti, Dowsett, Noseworthy.
Statistical analysis: Egunsola, Taplin.
Obtained funding: Clement.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Mastikhina, Li, Dowsett.
Supervision: Clement, Dowsett, Noseworthy.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Funding/Support: This work was supported with funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research under the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network initiative.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Additional Contributions: Andrea Tricco, PhD (Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network Methods and Applications Group for Indirect Comparisons team) provided for methodological and administrative support.
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