Immunology and Safety of Menactra® in Children in Saudi Arabia

Summary

This study will be conducted among children in Saudi Arabia who previously received two doses of A, C, Y, W-135 polysaccharide vaccine before the age of 2 years, and in meningococcal vaccine-naïve children (Control Group). This study will evaluate the administration of Menactra® in terms of the serum bactericidal antibody it induces in the two study groups. Safety of Menactra® vaccine will be described.

Timeline

Start

2007-09

Primary completion

2008-08

Completion

2009-02

Publications

• Khalil M, Al-Mazrou Y, Findlow H, Chadha H, Bosch Castells V, Johnson DR, Borrow R. Safety and immunogenicity of a meningococcal quadrivalent conjugate vaccine in five- to eight-year-old Saudi Arabian children previously vaccinated with two doses of a meningococcal quadrivalent polysaccharide vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Oct;19(10):1561-6. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00260-12. Epub 2012 Aug 1.

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