Effect of Risk Factors Likely to Influence Immuno of Combined Hepatitis A & B Vacc vs Monovalent Hepatitis A & B Vacc

Summary

The focus of this study is to evaluate how risk factors like age, gender, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, etc. can influence immune response when subjects are vaccinated with GSK Biologicals' combined hepatitis A/hepatitis B vaccine or monovalent hepatitis A and B vaccines (from GSK Biologicals' or different manufacturers). The Protocol Posting has been updated in order to comply with the FDA Amendment Act, Sep 2007.

Timeline

Start

2003-11-24

Primary completion

2004-12-21

Completion

2004-12-21

Publications

• Background Van der Wielen M, Van Damme P, Chlibek R, Smetana J, von Sonnenburg F. Hepatitis A/B vaccination of adults over 40 years old: comparison of three vaccine regimens and effect of influencing factors. Vaccine. 2006 Jun 29;24(26):5509-15. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.016. Epub 2006 May 4.

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