Booster Study of Combined Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccine in Healthy Adults

Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the safety and immunogenicity of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals' (formerly known as SmithKline Beecham Biologicals) combined diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine in healthy adults, from the age of 18 onwards, in Australia.

Timeline

Start

1997-09

Primary completion

1998-02

Completion

1998-02

Publications

• Background Cheuvart B, Burgess M, Zepp F, Mertsola J, Wolter J, Schuerman L. Anti-diphtheria antibody seroprotection rates are similar 10 years after vaccination with dTpa or DTPa using a mathematical model. Vaccine. 2004 Dec 2;23(3):336-42. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.06.012.
• Background Van Damme P, Burgess M. Immunogenicity of a combined diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine in adults. Vaccine. 2004 Jan 2;22(3-4):305-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.08.012.
• Background Turnbull FM, Heath TC, Jalaludin BB, Burgess MA, Ramalho AC. A randomized trial of two acellular pertussis vaccines (dTpa and pa) and a licensed diphtheria-tetanus vaccine (Td) in adults. Vaccine. 2000 Nov 8;19(6):628-36. doi: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00252-8.
• Results McIntyre PB, Burgess MA, Egan A, Schuerman L, Hoet B. Booster vaccination of adults with reduced-antigen-content diphtheria, Tetanus and pertussis vaccine: immunogenicity 5 years post-vaccination. Vaccine. 2009 Feb 11;27(7):1062-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.102. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

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