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Table 1 Summary of safety endpoints for evaluation in studies EPI-MAL-002 and EPI-MAL-003

From: Assessing the safety, impact and effectiveness of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine following its introduction in three sub-Saharan African countries: methodological approaches and study set-up

Study endpoints

Event

Adverse events of special interest*

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, generalized convulsive seizure, hypotonic hypo-responsive episode, intussusception, hepatic insufficiency, renal insufficiency, juvenile chronic arthritis, Stevens Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, Henoch Schonlein purpura, Kawasaki disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, thrombocytopenia and anaphylaxis

Meningitis*

Etiology confirmed meningitis, etiology confirmed, probable and clinically suspected meningitis, clinically suspected meningitis

Malaria

Any malaria, severe malaria, cerebral malaria

Deaths

Deaths all causes, death all causes: female/male

Other adverse events leading to hospitalization

Anemia, gastroenteritis, lower respiratory tract infection, sepsis, upper respiratory tract infection, skin infection, malnutrition, conjunctivitis, helminthic infection, urinary tract infection, bacterial infection, burn

  1. *Co-primary endpoints