Immunogenicity and Safety of an Adjuvanted HBV Vaccine Compared to Engerix™-B, in a Non-responder Population ≥ 15y

Summary

Subjects who had not responded to previous hepatitis B vaccination were vaccinated with either the adjuvanted HBV-MPL vaccine or Engerix™-B vaccine according to a three-dose vaccination schedule (0, 1, 2 months) and boosted at Month 12 as per their group allocation. The immunogenicity and safety of the HBV-MPL vaccine were compared with the control vaccine, Engerix™-B.

Timeline

Start

1999-11

Primary completion

2000-09

Completion

2001-05

Publications

• 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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