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Gallagher KE, Lucinde R, Bottomley C, Kaniu M, Suaad B, Mutahi M, Mwalekwa L, Ragab S, Twi-Yeboah L, Berkley JA, Hamaluba M, Karani A, Shangala J, Otiende M, Gardiner E, Mugo D, Smith PG, Tabu C, Were F, Goldblatt D, Scott JAG. Fractional Doses of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine - A Noninferiority Trial. N Engl J Med 2024; 391:2003-2013. [PMID: 39330966 PMCID: PMC7616702 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2314620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Academic Contribution Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are an expensive component of the routine immunization schedule. Fractional-dose regimens may be one option to increase the sustainability of the vaccine program. METHODS We assessed whether the immunogenicity of fractional doses of the 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV10 [GSK] and PCV13 [Pfizer], respectively) would be noninferior to that of the full doses and analyzed the prevalence of vaccine-serotype carriage. We randomly assigned healthy infants in Kenya to one of seven equal-sized trial groups. Participants in groups A through F were assigned to receive either a fractional or full dose of PCV10 or PCV13, administered as two primary doses plus one booster dose. In group A, participants received a full dose of PCV13; group B, a 40% dose of PCV13; group C, a 20% dose of PCV13; group D, a full dose of PCV10; group E, a 40% dose of PCV10; and group F, a 20% dose of PCV10. Participants in the seventh group (group G) received a full dose of PCV10 as three primary doses without a booster. Immunogenicity was assessed 4 weeks after the primary series of doses and 4 weeks after the booster dose. Noninferiority could be declared 4 weeks after the primary series if the difference in the percentage of participants with a threshold response was not more than 10% and 4 weeks after administration of the booster if the ratio of the geometric mean concentration (GMC) of IgG was more than 0.5. A vaccine dose was prespecified as noninferior if it met the noninferiority criterion for at least 8 of the 10 vaccine types in the PCV10 groups or at least 10 of the 13 vaccine types in the PCV13 groups. Carriage was assessed when participants were 9 months and 18 months of age. RESULTS In the per-protocol analysis, 40% of a full dose of PCV13 met the noninferiority criterion for 12 of 13 serotypes after the primary series and for 13 of 13 serotypes after the booster. The immunogenicity of the 20% dose of PCV13 and of the 40% and 20% doses of PCV10 was not noninferior to that of the full doses. The prevalence of vaccine-serotype carriage was similar across the PCV13 groups at 9 months and 18 months of age. CONCLUSIONS In a three-dose schedule (two primary doses and a booster), 40% doses of PCV13 were noninferior to full doses for all included serotypes. Lower doses of PCV13 and PCV10 did not meet the criteria for noninferiority. (Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03489018; Pan African Clinical Trial Registry number, PACTR202104717648755.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Katherine E Gallagher
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Ruth Lucinde
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Christian Bottomley
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Mary Kaniu
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Badaud Suaad
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Mary Mutahi
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Laura Mwalekwa
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Sarah Ragab
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Louise Twi-Yeboah
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - James A Berkley
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Mainga Hamaluba
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Angela Karani
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Jimmy Shangala
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Mark Otiende
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Elizabeth Gardiner
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Daisy Mugo
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Peter G Smith
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Collins Tabu
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - Fred Were
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - David Goldblatt
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
| | - J Anthony G Scott
- From the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (K.E.G., C.B., P.G.S., J.A.G.S.), and the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (S.R., L.T.-Y., D.G.), London, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford (J.A.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi (K.E.G., R.L., M.K., M.M., L.M., J.A.B., M.H., A.K., J.S., M.O., E.G., D.M., J.A.G.S.), the Department of Paediatrics, Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa (B.S.), and Immunization, UNICEF (C.T.), and the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi (F.W.), Nairobi - all in Kenya
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