Can we Reduce the Number of Vaccine Injections for Children?
Summary
This open label randomised controlled study will evaluate the induction of immunity following varying schedules of vaccination with glyco-conjugate Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C (MenC) vaccines in infancy. 498 infants will be enrolled in this multi-centre trial. Participants will receive either 0, 1, or 2 priming doses of a MenC-CRM197 conjugate vaccine or 1 priming dose of a MenC-TT conjugate vaccine in the first year of life, with all groups receiving a dose of a combination Hib-MenC-TT vaccine at 12 months, as well as all other concurrent routine vaccinations. All groups will also be further divided into 2 groups to receive their routine vaccines in either consistent or alternating limbs to assess the immune response to the concurrent infant routine immunisations administered in consistent versus alternating limbs. Immune responses will be assessed at 5, 12, 12months +6 days, 13 and 24 months of age.
Timeline
- Start
- 2010-06
- Primary completion
- 2013-07
- Completion
- —
Outcome
Met primary endpoint
paper The primary objective was met: PMID 25832102 ↗
paper with a corresponding difference in the mean log10 MenC rSBA of 0.35 (0.17 to 0.53) that showed superiority PMID 25832102 ↗
Publications
- Pace D, Khatami A, Attard-Montalto S, Voysey M, Finn A, Faust SN, Heath PT, Borrow R, Snape MD, Pollard AJ. Use of a booster dose of capsular group C meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine to demonstrate immunologic memory in children primed with one or two vaccine doses in infancy. Vaccine. 2016 Dec 7;34(50):6350-6357. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.10.038. Epub 2016 Oct 28.
- Pace D, Khatami A, McKenna J, Campbell D, Attard-Montalto S, Birks J, Voysey M, White C, Finn A, Macloed E, Faust SN, Kent AL, Heath PT, Borrow R, Snape MD, Pollard AJ. Immunogenicity of reduced dose priming schedules of serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine followed by booster at 12 months in infants: open label randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2015 Apr 1;350:h1554. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1554.
- Iro MA, Khatami A, Marshall AS, Pace D, Voysey M, McKenna J, Campbell D, Attard-Montalto S, Finn A, White C, Faust SN, Kent A, Heath PT, MacLeod E, Stanford E, Findlow H, Almond R, Bai X, Borrow R, Snape MD, Pollard AJ. Immunological effect of administration of sequential doses of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in the same versus alternating limbs in the routine infant immunisation schedule: an open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;15(2):172-80. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71057-6. Epub 2015 Jan 8.
- Khatami A, Clutterbuck EA, Thompson AJ, McKenna JA, Pace D, Birks J, Snape MD, Pollard AJ. Evaluation of the induction of immune memory following infant immunisation with serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis conjugate vaccines--exploratory analyses within a randomised controlled trial. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 14;9(7):e101672. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101672. eCollection 2014.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Glyco-conjugate Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C (MenC) vaccine | Vaccine | — | Intramuscular |