Vaccination of Children Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the immunogenicity and tolerability of the DTaP-IPV-HBV/Hib combination vaccine Infanrix hexa and the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevenar in pediatric recipients of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Timeline

Start

2003-09

Primary completion

2006-06

Completion

2006-10

Publications

• Background Meisel R, Laws HJ, Dilloo D. Vaccination of pediatric recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell grafts using a hexavalent combination vaccine and a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - a prospective trial of the PÄD-AG-KBT - Bone Marrow Transplantation 30(S1): S63, 2002 (abstract)
• Background Meisel R, Dilloo D. Pneumococcal vaccination of children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: timing is crucial. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 1;45(3):397-8; author reply 398-9. doi: 10.1086/518981. No abstract available.
• Background Hilgendorf I, Freund M, Jilg W, Einsele H, Gea-Banacloche J, Greinix H, Halter J, Lawitschka A, Wolff D, Meisel R. Vaccination of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: report from the international consensus conference on clinical practice in chronic GVHD. Vaccine. 2011 Apr 5;29(16):2825-33. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.018. Epub 2011 Feb 20.
• Results Meisel R, Kuypers L, Dirksen U, Schubert R, Gruhn B, Strauss G, Beutel K, Groll AH, Duffner U, Blutters-Sawatzki R, Holter W, Feuchtinger T, Gruttner HP, Schroten H, Zielen S, Ohmann C, Laws HJ, Dilloo D; Impfung von Kindern nach allogener Stammzelltransplantation (IKAST) Study Group. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine provides early protective antibody responses in children after related and unrelated allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Blood. 2007 Mar 15;109(6):2322-6. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-06-032284. Epub 2006 Nov 7.

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