Novartis Vaccine and Diagnostics Carriage Trial

Summary

The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the effect of Novartis Vaccine's Meningococcal vaccines on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in a young adult population.

Timeline

Start

2010-09

Primary completion

2012-01

Completion

2012-01

Publications

• Lemee L, Hong E, Etienne M, Deghmane AE, Delbos V, Terrade A, Berthelot G, Caron F, Taha MK. Genetic diversity and levels of expression of factor H binding protein among carriage isolates of Neisseria meningitidis. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 23;9(9):e107240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107240. eCollection 2014.
• Read RC, Baxter D, Chadwick DR, Faust SN, Finn A, Gordon SB, Heath PT, Lewis DJ, Pollard AJ, Turner DP, Bazaz R, Ganguli A, Havelock T, Neal KR, Okike IO, Morales-Aza B, Patel K, Snape MD, Williams J, Gilchrist S, Gray SJ, Maiden MC, Toneatto D, Wang H, McCarthy M, Dull PM, Borrow R. Effect of a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine on meningococcal carriage: an observer-blind, phase 3 randomised clinical trial. Lancet. 2014 Dec 13;384(9960):2123-31. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60842-4. Epub 2014 Aug 18.

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