Covid-19 vaccines safety tracking (Covast): Protocol of a multi-center prospective cohort study for active surveillance of covid-19 vaccines’ side effects

Abanoub Riad; Holger Schünemann; Sameh Attia; Tina Poklepović Peričić; Marija Franka Žuljević; Mikk Jürisson; Ruth Kalda; Katrin Lang; Sudhakar Morankar; Elias Ali Yesuf; Mohamed Mekhemar; Anthony Danso-Appiah; Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi; Giordano Pérez-Gaxiola; Arkadiusz Dziedzic; João Apóstolo; Daniela Cardoso; Janja Marc; Mayte Moreno-Casbas; Charles Shey Wiysonge; Amir Qaseem; Anna Gryschek; Ivana Tadić; Salman Hussain; Mohammed Ahmed Khan; Jitka Klugarova; Andrea Pokorna; Michal Koščík; Miloslav Klugar

doi:10.3390/ijerph18157859

Covid-19 vaccines safety tracking (Covast): Protocol of a multi-center prospective cohort study for active surveillance of covid-19 vaccines’ side effects

Abanoub Riad
, Holger Schünemann
, Sameh Attia
, Tina Poklepović Peričić
, Marija Franka Žuljević
, Mikk Jürisson
, Ruth Kalda
, Katrin Lang
, Sudhakar Morankar
, Elias Ali Yesuf
, Mohamed Mekhemar
, Anthony Danso-Appiah
, Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi
, Giordano Pérez-Gaxiola
, Arkadiusz Dziedzic
, João Apóstolo
, Daniela Cardoso
, Janja Marc
, Mayte Moreno-Casbas
, Charles Shey Wiysonge

Amir Qaseem, Anna Gryschek, Ivana Tadić, Salman Hussain, Mohammed Ahmed Khan, Jitka Klugarova, Andrea Pokorna, Michal Koščík, Miloslav Klugar

Epidemiology and Disease Control

Masaryk University
McMaster University
Justus Liebig University Giessen
University of Split School of Medicine
University of Tartu
Jimma University Ethiopia
Kiel University
National Institute for Medical Research Development
Cochrane Mexico
Medical University of Silesia
Nursing School of Coimbra
University of Ljubljana
University Clinical Centre Ljubljana
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
South African Medical Research Council
American College of Physicians
University of São Paulo
University of Belgrade
Jamia Hamdard
Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic

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Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine-related side effects have a deter-minant role in the public decision regarding vaccination. Therefore, this study has been designed to actively monitor the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines globally. Methods: A multi-country, three-phase study including a cross-sectional survey to test for the short-term side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among target population groups. In the second phase, we will monitor the booster doses’ side effects, while in the third phase, the long-term safety and effectiveness will be investigated. A validated, self-administered questionnaire will be used to collect data from the target population; Results: The study protocol has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, with the iden-tifier NCT04834869. Conclusions: CoVaST is the first independent study aiming to monitor the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines following booster doses, and the long-term safety and effectiveness of said vaccines.

Original language	English
Article number	7859
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	18
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157859
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2021

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Cohort studies
Cross-sectional studies
Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions
Health personnel
Mass vaccination
Prevalence

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Riad, A., Schünemann, H., Attia, S., Peričić, T. P., Žuljević, M. F., Jürisson, M., Kalda, R., Lang, K., Morankar, S., Yesuf, E. A., Mekhemar, M., Danso-Appiah, A., Sofi-Mahmudi, A., Pérez-Gaxiola, G., Dziedzic, A., Apóstolo, J., Cardoso, D., Marc, J., Moreno-Casbas, M., ... Klugar, M. (2021). Covid-19 vaccines safety tracking (Covast): Protocol of a multi-center prospective cohort study for active surveillance of covid-19 vaccines’ side effects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(15), Article 7859. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157859

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Covid-19 vaccines safety tracking (Covast): Protocol of a multi-center prospective cohort study for active surveillance of covid-19 vaccines’ side effects. / Riad, Abanoub; Schünemann, Holger; Attia, Sameh et al.
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18, No. 15, 7859, 01.08.2021.

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Covid-19 vaccines safety tracking (Covast): Protocol of a multi-center prospective cohort study for active surveillance of covid-19 vaccines’ side effects

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