Immunogenicity and Safety of a Novel Adjuvanted HBV Vaccine in Pre-liver Transplant Patients 18 Years of Age

Summary

The purpose of this study is to enroll pre-liver transplant patients who will be vaccinated with either the novel adjuvanted HBV vaccine or double doses of Engerix™-B. The immunogenicity and safety of the novel adjuvanted vaccine will be compared to Engerix™-B as the control vaccine

Timeline

Start

2000-01

Primary completion

2002-05

Completion

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Publications

• Background Nevens F, Zuckerman JN, Burroughs AK, Jung MC, Bayas JM, Kallinowski B, Rivas EF, Duvoux C, Neuhaus P, Saliba F, Buti M, Zarski JP, Pons F, Vanlemmens C, Hamtiaux V, Stoffel M. Immunogenicity and safety of an experimental adjuvanted hepatitis B candidate vaccine in liver transplant patients. Liver Transpl. 2006 Oct;12(10):1489-95. doi: 10.1002/lt.20836.
• Background Nevens F et al. Immunogenicity and safety of a novel adjuvanted hepatitis B candidate vaccine in liver transplant patients. Abstract presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL), Berlin, Germany, 14-18 April 2004.
• Background Verstraeten T, Descamps D, David MP, Zahaf T, Hardt K, Izurieta P, Dubin G, Breuer T. Analysis of adverse events of potential autoimmune aetiology in a large integrated safety database of AS04 adjuvanted vaccines. Vaccine. 2008 Dec 2;26(51):6630-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.049.

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