A Retrospective Claims Study Characterizing the Association Between RSV Infection and Acute Otitis Media and Related Burden in Infants and Young Children = 5 years in Japan

Author(s)

Viktor Chirikov, MS, PhD1, Eric A. F. Simoes, MB BS, DCH, MD2;
1OPEN Health, Senior Director, New York, NY, USA, 2University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO, USA
OBJECTIVES: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) emerges as one of the most common viruses associated with acute otitis media (AOM). The primary objective was to characterize the impact of RSV on AOM-related burden in Japan.
METHODS: The Japanese Medical Center Database was used to identify RSV and controls without RSV (02/01/2011- 01/31/2016 followed through 12/31/2017) that were matched and a synthetic index date of RSV diagnosis was assigned among the controls. Four sub-cohorts were created: I) RSV-infected without AOM within 30 days of index (N= 14,639), II) RSV-infected with uncomplicated AOM within 30 days (N= 1,885; 11.1%), III) RSV-infected with complicated AOM within 30 days (N= 498; 2.9%), IV) controls without RSV (N=96,507). Multivariate logistic regression modeled the odds of AOM in the 30 days post-index. AOM-related inpatient and outpatient visits and AOM-associated costs were described over 36 months since index and modeled using multivariate regressions.
RESULTS: Results are reported for cohorts with an index in the first year of life. Among term infants, cohort II (13,773 per 100 children-years; ¥280,780) and cohort III (8,279 per 100 children-years; ¥381,183) had higher cumulative average AOM visits and cost by 36 months of follow-up, compared to cohorts I/IV (both ~2,000-2,500 per 100 children-years; ~¥54,000-69,000). The cost of AOM in the immediate 30 days post-RSV in cohort II (¥53,743) and III (¥45,712) was approximately similar. In adjusted analysis among late preterm and term children, those with RSV had higher odds of AOM 30 days post-index (OR=3.5, p<0.001), compared to controls; prior AOM in the second 6 months of life was the most noteworthy confounder (OR=9.3, p<0.001). In Poisson/Gamma regressions, RSV patients had higher AOM monthly incidence (ratio=1.5, p<0.001) and monthly cost (¥2417 vs ¥1482; ratio=1.6, p<0.001) than controls.
CONCLUSIONS: RSV-associated AOM infection correlated with higher long-term burden of recurrent AOM compared to those without RSV.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2025-05, ISPOR 2025, Montréal, Quebec, CA

Value in Health, Volume 28, Issue S1

Code

EPH189

Topic

Epidemiology & Public Health

Disease

STA: Vaccines

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