Immunogenicity After Revaccination With 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: Healthy Elderly People Versus Diabetic Patients

Summary

Pneumococcal disease causes thousands of infections, such as meningitis, bloodstream infections, pneumonia, and ear infections in US annually. As pneumococcal vaccines provide serotype-specific protection, it is important to induce sufficient immune responses for the most clinically relevant serotypes. All adults aged 65 years or older are recommended to receive PPSV23 vaccination irrespective of underlying medical conditions. Thus, since May 2013, South Korea introduced PPSV23 in the national immunization program for elderly individuals aged ≥65 years. Following PPSV23 vaccination, serotype-specific IgG concentrations and OPA titers increase and then decline over time thereby decreasing protective efficacy, although these might remain above pre-vaccination levels until 5 years from PPSV23 administration. The decline of pneumococcal immunity may be more prominent among chronically ill patients, including those with diabetes. Currently however, revaccination is not recommended. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the serotype specific immunogenicity between healthy elderly people and old adults with diabetes after revaccination with PPSV23 at the age of 70-75 years. Serotype-specific IgG concentrations and opsonophagocytic killing activity (OPA) titers will be assessed.

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Start

2021-05-01

Primary completion

2022-04-30

Completion

2022-04-30

Publications

• Background Song JY, Cheong HJ, Tsai TF, Chang HA, Choi MJ, Jeon JH, Kang SH, Jeong EJ, Noh JY, Kim WJ. Immunogenicity and safety of concomitant MF59-adjuvanted influenza vaccine and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine administration in older adults. Vaccine. 2015 Aug 26;33(36):4647-52. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.05.003. Epub 2015 May 14.
• Background Kawakami K, Kishino H, Kanazu S, Toshimizu N, Takahashi K, Sterling T, Wang M, Musey L. Revaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the Japanese elderly is well tolerated and elicits immune responses. Vaccine. 2016 Jul 19;34(33):3875-81. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.05.052. Epub 2016 Jun 10.
• Background Choi WS, Choi JH, Kwon KT, Seo K, Kim MA, Lee SO, Hong YJ, Lee JS, Song JY, Bang JH, Choi HJ, Choi YH, Lee DG, Cheong HJ; Committee of Adult Immunization; Korean Society of Infectious Diseases. Revised adult immunization guideline recommended by the korean society of infectious diseases, 2014. Infect Chemother. 2015 Mar;47(1):68-79. doi: 10.3947/ic.2015.47.1.68. Epub 2015 Mar 30. No abstract available.

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