Long-term Follow-up on Immunogenicity & Safety of Measles-Mumps-Rubella-Varicella (MMRV) Combined Vaccine

Summary

Follow-up to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of three production lots of GSK Biologicals' MMRV vaccine given as a two-dose schedule to healthy children in their second year of life, as compared to separate administration of GSK Biologicals' measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine (Priorix®) and varicella vaccine (Varilrix®) in Germany \& Austria. Blood samples were collected at three time points during the follow-up period (Year 1, 2 \& 3). No new subjects will be enrolled in these follow-up phases of the study.

Timeline

Start

2004-07

Primary completion

2004-12

Completion

2004-12

Publications

• Background Habermehl P, Zepp F, Sänger R, Otto W, Helm K, Meister N, Knuf M, Kindler K, Willems P. Assessment of Varicella Breakthrough Cases One Year after Administration of Two Doses of a Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella Vaccine in the Second Year of Life. Abstract presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), Basel, Switzerland, 03-05 May 2006.
• Background Knuf M, Faber J, Barth I, Habermehl P. A combination vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella. Drugs Today (Barc). 2008 Apr;44(4):279-92. doi: 10.1358/dot.2008.44.4.1210755.
• Background Knuf M, Zepp F, Helm K, Maurer H, Prieler A, Kieninger-Baum D, Douha M, Willems P. Antibody persistence for 3 years following two doses of tetravalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine in healthy children. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;171(3):463-70. doi: 10.1007/s00431-011-1569-4. Epub 2011 Sep 21.
• Background Zepp F et al. Persistence of Functional Antibodies against Mumps Remains High One Year after Administration of Two Doses of a Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine in the Second Year of Life. Presented at 24th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), Basel, Switzerland, 03-05 May 2006.

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