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Homza M, Zelena H, Janosek J, Tomaskova H, Jezo E, Kloudova A, Mrazek J, Svagera Z, Prymula R. Covid-19 antigen testing: better than we know? A test accuracy study. Infect Dis (Lond) 2021; 53:661-668. [PMID: 33985403 PMCID: PMC8127166 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2021.1914857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 is considered to be less sensitive than the standard reference method - real-time PCR (RT-PCR). It has been suggested that many patients with positive RT-PCR 'missed' by antigen testing might be non-infectious. METHODS In a real-world high-throughput setting for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients, 494 patients were tested using RT-PCR as well as a single lateral flow antigen test (Ecotest, AssureTech, China). Where the results differed, virus viability was evaluated by cell culture. The test parameters were calculated with RT-PCR and RT-PCR adjusted on viability as reference standards. RESULTS The overall sensitivity of the used antigen test related to the RT-PCR only was 76.2%, specificity was 97.3%. However, 36 out of 39 patients 'missed' by the antigen test contained no viable virus. After adjusting on that, the sensitivity grew to 97.7% and, more importantly for disease control purposes, the negative predictive value reached 99.2%. CONCLUSIONS We propose that viability testing should be always performed when evaluating a new antigen test. A well-chosen and validated antigen test provides excellent results in identifying patients who are shedding viable virus (although some caveats still remain) in the real-world high-throughput setting of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic individuals.
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- Miroslav Homza
- Hospital Karvina-Raj, Karvina, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, Charles University Prague, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Homza M, Zelena H, Janosek J, Tomaskova H, Jezo E, Kloudova A, Mrazek J, Svagera Z, Prymula R. Five Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2: Virus Viability Matters. Viruses 2021; 13:684. [PMID: 33921164 PMCID: PMC8071529 DOI: 10.3390/v13040684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 (AGT) is generally considered inferior to RT-PCR testing in terms of sensitivity. However, little is known about the infectiousness of RT-PCR positive patients who pass undetected by AGT. In a screening setting for mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic patients with high COVID-19 prevalence (30-40%), 1141 patients were tested using one of five AGTs and RT-PCR. Where the results differed, virus viability in the samples was tested on cell culture (CV-1 cells). The test battery included AGTs by JOYSBIO, Assure Tech, SD Biosensor, VivaChek Biotech and NDFOS. Sensitivities of the ATGs compared to RT-PCR ranged from 42% to 76%. The best test yielded a 76% sensitivity, 97% specificity, 92% positive, and 89% negative predictive values, respectively. However, in the best performing ATG tests, almost 90% of samples with "false negative" AGT results contained no viable virus. Corrected on the virus viability, sensitivities grew to 81-97% and, with one exception, the tests yielded high specificities >96%. Performance characteristics of the best test after adjustment were 96% sensitivity, 97% specificity, 92% positive, and 99% negative predictive values (high prevalence population). We, therefore, believe that virus viability should be considered when assessing the AGT performance. Also, our results indicate that a well-performing antigen test could in a high-prevalence setting serve as an excellent tool for identifying patients shedding viable virus. We also propose that the high proportion of RT-PCR-positive samples containing no viable virus in the group of "false negatives" of the antigen test should be further investigated with the aim of possibly preventing needless isolation of such patients.
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- Miroslav Homza
- Hospital Karvina-Raj, Vydmuchov 399, 734 01 Karvina, Czech Republic;
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Partyzánské Náměstí 7, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.T.); (E.J.); (A.K.); (J.M.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic;
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic;
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Partyzánské Náměstí 7, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.T.); (E.J.); (A.K.); (J.M.)
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Partyzánské Náměstí 7, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.T.); (E.J.); (A.K.); (J.M.)
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Partyzánské Náměstí 7, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.T.); (E.J.); (A.K.); (J.M.)
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- Institute of Public Health Ostrava, Partyzánské Náměstí 7, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic; (H.T.); (E.J.); (A.K.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic;
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 1790/5, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, Charles University Prague, Simkova 870, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic;
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Prymula R, Povey M, Brzostek J, Cabrnochova H, Chlibek R, Czajka H, Leviniene G, Man S, Neamtu M, Pazdiora P, Plesca D, Ruzkova R, Stefkovicova M, Usonis V, Verdanova D, Wysocki J, Casabona G, Habib MA. Ten-year follow-up on efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of two doses of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine or one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: Results from five East European countries. Vaccine 2021; 39:2643-2651. [PMID: 33858718 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND We assessed the 10-year efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of two doses of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (MMRV) or one dose of a monovalent varicella vaccine (V) in children from Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. METHODS This was a phase IIIB follow-up of an observer-blind, randomized, controlled trial (NCT00226499). In phase A, healthy children aged 12-22 months from 10 European countries were randomized in a 3:3:1 ratio to receive two doses of MMRV (MMRV group), one dose of MMR followed by one dose of V (MMR + V group), or two doses of MMR (MMR; control group), 42 days apart. Vaccine efficacy (VE) against varicella (confirmed by viral DNA detection or epidemiological link and clinical assessment) was calculated with 95% confidence intervals using Cox proportional hazards regression model. Immunogenicity was assessed as seropositivity rates and geometric mean concentrations (GMCs). Solicited and unsolicited adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs (SAEs) were recorded. RESULTS A total of 3705 children were vaccinated (1590, MMRV group; 1586, MMR + V group; 529, MMR group). There were 663 confirmed varicella cases (47, MMRV group; 349, MMR + V group; 267, MMR group). VE ranged between 95.4% (Lithuania) and 97.4% (Slovakia) in the MMRV group and between 59.3% (Lithuania) and 74% (Slovakia) in the MMR + V group. At year 10, seropositivity rates were 99.5%-100% in the MMRV group, 98%-100% in the MMR + V group and 50%-100% in the MMR control group, and the anti-VZV antibody GMCs were comparable between MMRV and MMR + V groups. The occurrence of solicited and unsolicited AEs was similar across groups and no SAE was considered as vaccination-related. No new safety concerns were identified. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicated that two doses of varicella zoster virus-containing vaccine provided better protection than one dose against varicella and induced antibody responses that persisted 10 years post-vaccination.
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- Roman Prymula
- Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland and Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinic, The St. Louis Regional Specialised Children's Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
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- Pediatric Clinic, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Medicine, Sibiu, Romania.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Medical Faculty Pilsen of Charles University, Czech Republic.
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- Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
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- Pediatric Office Dr. Renata Ruzkova, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Health Care, Alexander Dubcek University of Trencín, Trencín, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Habib MA, Prymula R, Carryn S, Esposito S, Henry O, Ravault S, Usonis V, Wysocki J, Gillard P, Povey M. Correlation of protection against varicella in a randomized Phase III varicella-containing vaccine efficacy trial in healthy infants. Vaccine 2021; 39:3445-3454. [PMID: 33736915 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Varicella vaccination confers high and long-lasting protection against chickenpox and induces robust immune responses, but an absolute correlate of protection (CoP) against varicella has not been established. This study models the relationship between varicella humoral response and protection against varicella. METHODS This was a post-hoc analysis of data from a Phase IIIb, multicenter, randomized trial (NCT00226499) conducted in ten varicella-endemic European countries. Healthy children aged 12-22 months were randomized 3:3:1 to receive one dose of measles-mumps-rubella and one dose of varicella vaccine (one-dose group) or two doses of measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (two-dose group) or two doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (control group) six weeks apart. The study remained observer-blind until completion, except in countries with obligatory additional immunizations. The objective was to correlate varicella-specific antibody concentrations with protection against varicella and probability of varicella breakthrough, using Cox proportional hazards and Dunning and accelerated failure time statistical models. The analysis was guided by the Prentice framework to explore a CoP against varicella. RESULTS The trial included 5803 participants, 5289 in the efficacy (2266: one-dose group, 2279: two-dose group and 744: control group) and 5235 (2248, 2245 and 742 in the same groups) in the immunogenicity cohort. The trial ended in 2016 with a median follow-up time of 9.8 years. Six weeks after vaccination with one- or two-dose varicella-containing vaccine, more than 93.0% of vaccinees were seropositive for varicella-specific antibodies. Estimated vaccine efficacy correlated positively with antibody concentrations. The fourth Prentice CoP criterion was not met, due to predicted positive vaccine efficacy in seronegative participants. Further modelling showed decreased probability of moderate to severe varicella breakthrough with increasing varicella-specific antibody concentrations (ten-year probability <0.1 for antibody concentrations ≥2-fold above the seropositivity cut-off). CONCLUSIONS Varicella-specific antibody concentrations are a good predictor of protection, given their inverse correlation with varicella occurrence. CLINICAL TRIAL NCT00226499.
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- Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Simkova street 870, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czechia.
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- Pediatric Clinic Pietro Barilla Children's Hospital, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma, Italy.
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- GSK, 14200 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, M. K. Čiurlionio g. 21/27, 03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, ul. Święcickiego 6, 60-781 Poznań, Poland.
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Abu-Raya B, Maertens K, Edwards KM, Omer SB, Englund JA, Flanagan KL, Snape MD, Amirthalingam G, Leuridan E, Damme PV, Papaevangelou V, Launay O, Dagan R, Campins M, Cavaliere AF, Frusca T, Guidi S, O'Ryan M, Heininger U, Tan T, Alsuwaidi AR, Safadi MA, Vilca LM, Wanlapakorn N, Madhi SA, Giles ML, Prymula R, Ladhani S, Martinón-Torres F, Tan L, Michelin L, Scambia G, Principi N, Esposito S. Global Perspectives on Immunization During Pregnancy and Priorities for Future Research and Development: An International Consensus Statement. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1282. [PMID: 32670282 PMCID: PMC7326941 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Immunization during pregnancy has been recommended in an increasing number of countries. The aim of this strategy is to protect pregnant women and infants from severe infectious disease, morbidity and mortality and is currently limited to tetanus, inactivated influenza, and pertussis-containing vaccines. There have been recent advancements in the development of vaccines designed primarily for use in pregnant women (respiratory syncytial virus and group B Streptococcus vaccines). Although there is increasing evidence to support vaccination in pregnancy, important gaps in knowledge still exist and need to be addressed by future studies. This collaborative consensus paper provides a review of the current literature on immunization during pregnancy and highlights the gaps in knowledge and a consensus of priorities for future research initiatives, in order to optimize protection for both the mother and the infant.
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- Bahaa Abu-Raya
- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia
- School of Health and Biomedical Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Immunisation and Countermeasures Division, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Third Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital ATTIKON, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Université de Paris, Inserm, CIC 1417, F-CRIN I REIVAC, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- The Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Microbiology and Mycology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Associate Researcher, Millennium Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Basel Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buzzi Hospital - ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Medicine Hradec Kralove, Institute of Social Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Immunisation and Countermeasures Division, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
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- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, University of Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Immunization Action Coalition, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Division, Health Sciences Post Graduation Program, University of Caxias Do Sul, Caxias Do Sul, Brazil
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna e del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Pediatric Clinic, Pietro Barilla Children's Hospital, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Komenda M, Bulhart V, Karolyi M, Jarkovský J, Mužík J, Májek O, Šnajdrová L, Růžičková P, Rážová J, Prymula R, Macková B, Březovský P, Marounek J, Černý V, Dušek L. Complex Reporting of the COVID-19 Epidemic in the Czech Republic: Use of an Interactive Web-Based App in Practice. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e19367. [PMID: 32412422 PMCID: PMC7254961 DOI: 10.2196/19367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic dates back to December 31, 2019, when the first cases were reported in the People's Republic of China. In the Czech Republic, the first three cases of infection with the novel coronavirus were confirmed on March 1, 2020. The joint effort of state authorities and researchers gave rise to a unique team, which combines methodical knowledge of real-world processes with the know-how needed for effective processing, analysis, and online visualization of data. OBJECTIVE Due to an urgent need for a tool that presents important reports based on valid data sources, a team of government experts and researchers focused on the design and development of a web app intended to provide a regularly updated overview of COVID-19 epidemiology in the Czech Republic to the general population. METHODS The cross-industry standard process for data mining model was chosen for the complex solution of analytical processing and visualization of data that provides validated information on the COVID-19 epidemic across the Czech Republic. Great emphasis was put on the understanding and a correct implementation of all six steps (business understanding, data understanding, data preparation, modelling, evaluation, and deployment) needed in the process, including the infrastructure of a nationwide information system; the methodological setting of communication channels between all involved stakeholders; and data collection, processing, analysis, validation, and visualization. RESULTS The web-based overview of the current spread of COVID-19 in the Czech Republic has been developed as an online platform providing a set of outputs in the form of tables, graphs, and maps intended for the general public. On March 12, 2020, the first version of the web portal, containing fourteen overviews divided into five topical sections, was released. The web portal's primary objective is to publish a well-arranged visualization and clear explanation of basic information consisting of the overall numbers of performed tests, confirmed cases of COVID-19, COVID-19-related deaths, the daily and cumulative overviews of people with a positive COVID-19 case, performed tests, location and country of infection of people with a positive COVID-19 case, hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19, and distribution of personal protective equipment. CONCLUSIONS The online interactive overview of the current spread of COVID-19 in the Czech Republic was launched on March 11, 2020, and has immediately become the primary communication channel employed by the health care sector to present the current situation regarding the COVID-19 epidemic. This complex reporting of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic also shows an effective way to interconnect knowledge held by various specialists, such as regional and national methodology experts (who report positive cases of the disease on a daily basis), with knowledge held by developers of central registries, analysts, developers of web apps, and leaders in the health care sector.
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- Martin Komenda
- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Masaryk Hospital, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.,Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Baumann KE, Paynter J, Petousis-Harris H, Prymula R, Yang YT, Shaw J. Comparison of vaccination coverage of four childhood vaccines in New Zealand and New York State. J Paediatr Child Health 2019; 55:781-788. [PMID: 30426581 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM To ensure that children are vaccinated, different national governments use diverse strategies. We compared childhood vaccination coverage rates between New York State (NYS) and New Zealand (NZ) as the vaccination strategies are different. METHODS We used vaccination records from the NYS Immunisation Information System and the National Immunisation Register of NZ to measure (i) vaccination coverage by school entry and by age six; (ii) coverage of different socio-demographic groups; and (iii) trend in vaccination coverage between 2011 and 2015. RESULTS We analysed the records of 583 767 NYS children and 269 800 NZ children 7 years of age. NZ children were 3.3-21.5% more likely than NYS children to receive each of the vaccines. Compared to NYS, NZ children were 39.6% more likely to be up-to-date by the start of school and 28.1% more likely to be up-to-date by age 6 years. Both NYS and NZ had statistically significant increases in the proportion of children who were up to date on each vaccine and all vaccines by the start of school and by 6 years of age (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS We identified under-vaccinated groups and examined the point in the vaccine series where children were most vulnerable to being under-vaccinated. This information is useful in targeting future investigations and interventions aimed at mitigating disparities in vaccine coverage. This comparison of regions with different vaccination programmes and policies is important when considering whether the particular vaccination coverage strategies of one region could be adapted and applied for the benefit of another.
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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- Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.,Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States
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Povey M, Henry O, Riise Bergsaker MA, Chlibek R, Esposito S, Flodmark CE, Gothefors L, Man S, Silfverdal SA, Štefkovičová M, Usonis V, Wysocki J, Gillard P, Prymula R. Protection against varicella with two doses of combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine or one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: 10-year follow-up of a phase 3 multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis 2019; 19:287-297. [PMID: 30765242 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30716-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The duration of protection provided by varicella vaccines is unclear. We assessed the 10-year vaccine efficacy of two doses of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (MMRV), one live attenuated varicella vaccine (V) dose given after one measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) dose (MMR + V), versus two MMR doses (control vaccine) for the prevention of confirmed varicella. METHODS This was a phase 3b follow-up of an observer-blinded, randomised, controlled trial. In phase a, children aged 12-22 months (at first vaccination) from Czech Republic (Czechia), Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Sweden were randomly assigned by computer-generated randomisation list (3:3:1) to receive two doses of MMRV, one dose of MMR and one dose of varicella vaccine, or two doses of MMR, 42 days apart. Varicella cases were confirmed by detection of viral DNA, or epidemiological link and clinical assessment, by an independent data monitoring committee; disease severity was based on a modified Vázquez scale. Hazard ratios for MMRV and MMR + V versus MMR estimated in the per-protocol cohort using a Cox proportional hazards regression model were used to calculate vaccine efficacy and 95% CI. Serious adverse events were recorded throughout the study in all vaccinated children. Study objectives were secondary and descriptive. The trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00226499. FINDINGS Between Sept 1, 2005, and May 10, 2006, 5803 children (mean age 14·2 months, SD 2·5) were vaccinated. The per-protocol cohort included 2279 children from the MMRV group, 2266 from the MMR + V group, and 744 from the MMR group. From baseline to a median follow-up of 9·8 years, 76 (3%) children in the MMRV group, 469 (21%) in the MMR + V group, and 352 (47%) in the MMR group had varicella. Vaccine efficacy against all varicella was 95·4% (95% CI 94·0-96·4) for MMRV and 67·2% (62·3-71·5) for MMR + V; vaccine efficacy against moderate or severe varicella was 99·1% (97·9-99·6) for MMRV and 89·5% (86·1-92·1) for MMR + V. During phase b, serious adverse events were reported by 290 (15%) of 1961 children in the MMRV group, 317 (16%) of 1978 in the MMR + V group, and 93 (15%) of 641 in the MMR group. There were no treatment-related deaths. INTERPRETATION The 10-years vaccine efficacy observed, suggests that a two-dose schedule of varicella vaccine provided optimum long-term protection for the prevention of varicella by offering individual protection against all severities of disease and leading to a potential reduction in transmission, as observed in the US experience with universal mass vaccination. FUNDING GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals.
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- Division of Health Services, Department of Global Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Pediatric Clinic, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- The Public Health Agency of Sweden and Department of Clinical Sciences/Pediatrics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- 3rd Pediatric Department, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Health Care, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Trenčín, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Department of Social Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Claeys C, Chandrasekaran V, García-Sicilia J, Prymula R, Díez-Domingo J, Brzostek J, Marès-Bermúdez J, Martinón-Torres F, Pollard AJ, Růžková R, Carmona Martinez A, Ulied A, Miranda Valdivieso M, Faust SN, Snape MD, Friel D, Ollinger T, Soni J, Schuind A, Li P, Innis BL, Jain VK. Anamnestic Immune Response and Safety of an Inactivated Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine in Primed Versus Vaccine-Naïve Children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2019; 38:203-210. [PMID: 30325891 PMCID: PMC6344072 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has not yet been demonstrated whether 2 doses of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) prime a booster response in infants. We evaluated the anamnestic immune response to an IIV4 in children 17-48 months of age. METHODS Children were randomized to 2 doses of IIV4 or control in the primary phase III study (NCT01439360). One year later, in an open-label revaccination extension study (NCT01702454), a subset of children who received IIV4 in the primary study (primed group) received 1 IIV4 dose and children who received control in the primary study (unprimed) received 2 IIV4 doses 28 days apart. The primary objective was to evaluate hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titers 7 days after first IIV4 vaccination in the per-protocol cohort (N = 224 primed; N = 209 unprimed). Neutralizing and antineuraminidase antibodies were also measured. Safety was analyzed in the total vaccinated cohort (N = 241 primed; N = 229 unprimed). RESULTS An anamnestic response was observed in primed children relative to unprimed controls, measured by age-adjusted geometric mean HI titer ratios against strains homologous (A/H1N1: 9.0; B/Victoria: 3.9) and heterologous (A/H3N2: 2.7; B/Yamagata: 6.7) to those in the primary vaccination series. The anamnestic response in primed children included increases in neutralizing antibodies (mean geometric increase: 5.0-10.6) and antineuraminidase antibodies (4.9-8.8). No serious adverse events related to vaccination were reported. CONCLUSIONS In this study, 2-dose priming with IIV4 induced immune memory that was recalled with 1-dose IIV4 the following year to boost HI, antineuraminidase and neutralizing antibodies, even though the IIV4 strain composition partially changed.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital and Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain,Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago and Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain
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- University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pediatric Office Dr. Renáta Růžková, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Health Research Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- GSK, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
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Carmona Martinez A, Prymula R, Miranda Valdivieso M, Otero Reigada MDC, Merino Arribas JM, Brzostek J, Szenborn L, Ruzkova R, Horn MR, Jackowska T, Centeno-Malfaz F, Traskine M, Dobbelaere K, Borys D. Immunogenicity and safety of 11- and 12-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D-conjugate vaccines (11vPHiD-CV, 12vPHiD-CV) in infants: Results from a phase II, randomised, multicentre study. Vaccine 2018; 37:176-186. [PMID: 30054160 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Revised: 06/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND We assessed 2 investigational 11- and 12-valent vaccines, containing capsular polysaccharides of 10 serotypes as in the pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D-conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) and CRM197-conjugated capsular polysaccharides of serotypes 19A (11-valent) or 19A and 6A (12-valent). METHODS In this phase II, partially-blind, multicentre study (NCT01204658), healthy infants were randomised (1:1:1:1) to receive 11vPHiD-CV, 12vPHiD-CV, PHiD-CV, or 13-valent CRM197-conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13), at 2, 3, and 4 (primary series), and 12-15 months of age (booster dose), co-administered with DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib. Confirmatory objectives assessed non-inferiority of investigational vaccines to comparators (PHiD-CV for common serotypes; PCV13 for 19A and 6A), in terms of percentage of infants with pneumococcal antibody concentrations ≥0.2 μg/mL and antibody geometric mean concentrations, post-primary vaccination. Reactogenicity and safety were assessed. RESULTS 951 children received ≥1 primary dose, 919 a booster dose. Pre-defined immunological non-inferiority criteria were met simultaneously for 9/11 11vPHiD-CV serotypes (all except 23F and 19A) and 10/12 12vPHiD-CV serotypes (all except 19A and 6A); thus, non-inferiority objectives were reached. For each PHiD-CV serotype, percentages of children with antibody concentrations ≥0.2 µg/mL were ≥96.7% post-primary (except 6B [≥75.2%] and 23F [≥81.1%]), and ≥98.1% post-booster vaccination. For each PHiD-CV serotype except serotype 1, ≥81.0% and ≥93.9% of children had opsonophagocytic activity titres ≥8, post-primary and booster vaccination. AEs incidence was similar across all groups. SAEs were reported for 117 children (29 in the 11vPHiD-CV group, 26 in the 12vPHiD-CV group, 38 in the PHiD-CV group and 24 in the PCV13 group); 4 SAEs were considered vaccination-related. No fatal events were recorded. CONCLUSION Addition of 19A and 6A CRM197-conjugates did not alter immunogenicity of the PHiD-CV conjugates; for both investigational vaccines post-booster immune responses to 10 common serotypes appeared similar to those elicited by PHiD-CV. Safety and reactogenicity profiles of the investigational vaccines were comparable to PHiD-CV. Clinical trial registry: NCT01204658.
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Šimkova 870, 500 38 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Health Care Establishment in Debica, Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinic, ul. Krakowska 91, 39-200 Debica, Poland.
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 2-2A, Chalubinskiego, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Pediatric Office Dr. Renata Ruzkova, Kladenska 53, Medicentrum 6, s.r.o., 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Pediatric Office Dr. Med. Michael Horn, Achenweg 1, 83471 Schönau am Königssee, Germany.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, ul. Marymoncka 99/103, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rio Hortega University Hospital, Calle Dulzaina, 2, 47012 Valladolid, Spain.
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Claeys C, Zaman K, Dbaibo G, Li P, Izu A, Kosalaraksa P, Rivera L, Acosta B, Arroba Basanta ML, Aziz A, Cabanero MA, Chandrashekaran V, Corsaro B, Cousin L, Diaz A, Diez-Domingo J, Dinleyici EC, Faust SN, Friel D, Garcia-Sicilia J, Gomez-Go GD, Antoinette Gonzales ML, Hughes SM, Jackowska T, Kant S, Lucero M, Malvaux L, Mares Bermudez J, Martinon-Torres F, Miranda M, Montellano M, Peix Sambola MA, Prymula R, Puthanakit T, Ruzkova R, Sadowska-Krawczenko I, Salamanca de la Cueva I, Sokal E, Soni J, Szymanski H, Ulied A, Schuind A, Jain VK, Innis BL. Prevention of vaccine-matched and mismatched influenza in children aged 6-35 months: a multinational randomised trial across five influenza seasons. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2018; 2:338-349. [PMID: 30169267 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30062-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the importance of vaccinating children younger than 5 years, few studies evaluating vaccine prevention of influenza have been reported in this age group. We evaluated efficacy of an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) in children aged 6-35 months. METHODS In this phase 3, observer-blinded, multinational trial, healthy children from 13 countries in Europe, Central America, and Asia were recruited in five independent cohorts, each in a different influenza season. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to either IIV4 (15 μg haemagglutinin antigen per strain per 0·5 mL dose; a single dose on day 0 for vaccine-primed children, and two doses, on days 0 and 28, for vaccine-unprimed children) or to one or two doses of a non-influenza control vaccine. Primary endpoints were moderate-to-severe influenza or all influenza (irrespective of disease severity) confirmed by RT-PCR on nasal swabs. Cultured isolates were further characterised as antigenically matched or mismatched to vaccine strains. Efficacy was assessed in the per-protocol cohort and total vaccinated cohort (time-to-event analysis), and safety was assessed in the total vaccinated cohort. FINDINGS Between Oct 1, 2011, and Dec 31, 2014, 12 018 children were recruited into the total vaccinated cohort (6006 children in the IIV4 group and 6012 children in the control group). 356 (6%) children in the IIV4 group and 693 (12%) children in the control group had at least one case of RT-PCR-confirmed influenza. Of these 1049 influenza strains, 138 (13%) were A/H1N1, 529 (50%) were A/H3N2, 69 (7%) were B/Victoria, and 316 (30%) were B/Yamagata. Overall, 539 (64%) of 848 antigenically characterised isolates were vaccine-mismatched (16 [15%] of 105 for A/H1N1; 368 [97%] of 378 for A/H3N2; 54 [86%] of 63 for B/Victoria; 101 [33%] of 302 for B/Yamagata). Vaccine efficacy was 63% (97·5% CI 52-72) against moderate-to-severe influenza and 50% (42-57) against all influenza in the per-protocol cohort, and 64% (53-73) against moderate-to-severe influenza and 50% (42-57) against all influenza in the total vaccinated cohort. There were no clinically meaningful safety differences between IIV4 and control. INTERPRETATION IIV4 prevented influenza A and B in children aged 6-35 months despite high levels of vaccine mismatch. Vaccine efficacy was highest against moderate-to-severe disease, which is the most clinically important endpoint associated with greatest burden. FUNDING GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA.
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- GSK, King of Prussia, PA, USA
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- National Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- Dr Castroviejo Primary Health Care Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Jaume I University and Illes Columbretes Health Center of Castellón, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Tecnologia en Investigacion, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
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- National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Centre for Community Medicine, All India institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines
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- University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland; University Hospital No 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Catholic University of Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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Smetana J, Chlibek R, Shaw J, Splino M, Prymula R. Influenza vaccination in the elderly. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2018; 14:540-549. [PMID: 28708957 PMCID: PMC5861798 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1343226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Seasonal influenza is a prevalent and serious annual illness resulting in widespread morbidity and economic disruption throughout the population; the elderly and immunocompromised are particularly vulnerable to serious sequelae and mortality. The changing demographics worldwide to an aging society have important implications for public health policy and pharmaceutical innovations. For instance, primary prevention via immunization is effective in reducing the burden of influenza illness among the elderly. However, the elderly may be insufficiently protected by vaccination due to the immunosenescence which accompanies aging. In addition, vaccine hesitancy among the younger populations increases the likelihood of circulating infectious diseases, and thus concomitant exposure. While it is clear that the development of more immunogenic vaccines is an imperative and worthy endeavor, clinical trials continue to demonstrate that the current influenza vaccine formulation remains highly effective in reducing morbidity and mortality when well matched to circulating strains.
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- Jan Smetana
- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Science, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Science, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Department of Social Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Honegr J, Malinak D, Dolezal R, Soukup O, Benkova M, Hroch L, Benek O, Janockova J, Kuca K, Prymula R. Rational design of novel TLR4 ligands by in silico screening and their functional and structural characterization in vitro. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 146:38-46. [PMID: 29407964 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to identify new small molecules that possess activity on human toll-like receptor 4 associated with the myeloid differentiation protein 2 (hTLR4/MD2). Following current rational drug design principles, we firstly performed a ligand and structure based virtual screening of more than 130 000 compounds to discover until now unknown class of hTLR4/MD2 modulators that could be used as novel type of immunologic adjuvants. The core of the in silico study was molecular docking of flexible ligands in a partially flexible hTLR4/MD2 receptor model using a peta-flops-scale supercomputer. The most promising substances resulting from this study, related to anthracene-succimide hybrids, were synthesized and tested. The best prepared candidate exhibited 80% of Monophosphoryl Lipid A in vitro agonistic activity in cell lines expressing hTLR4/MD2.
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- Jan Honegr
- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Department of Intensive Medicine and Forensic Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Sadarangani M, Sell T, Iro MA, Snape MD, Voysey M, Finn A, Heath PT, Bona G, Esposito S, Diez-Domingo J, Prymula R, Odueyungbo A, Toneatto D, Pollard AJ. Persistence of immunity after vaccination with a capsular group B meningococcal vaccine in 3 different toddler schedules. CMAJ 2017; 189:E1276-E1285. [PMID: 29038320 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.161288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND One schedule for the capsular group B meningococcal vaccine 4CMenB is 2 doses that are administered 2 months apart for children aged 12-23 months, with a booster dose 12-24 months later. Our objective was to provide data on persistence of human serum bactericidal antibody (hSBA) titres in children up to 4 years of age after initial doses at 12-24 months, and immunogenicity of a booster dose at 48 months of age compared with vaccine-naive children. METHODS Children previously immunized, as part of a randomized controlled trial, with 2 doses of 4CMenB vaccine at 12-24 months of age received a booster at 4 years of age. Vaccine-naive age-matched toddlers received 2 doses of 4CMenB. Human serum bactericidal antibody titres against reference strains H44/76, 5/99, NZ98/254 and M10713 were evaluated before and after innoculation with 4CMenB vaccine in 4-year-old children. RESULTS Of 332 children in the study, 123 had previously received 4CMenB and 209 were vaccine-naive controls. Before the booster, the proportions of participants (previously vaccinated groups compared with controls) with hSBA titres of 1:5 or more were as follows: 9%-11% v. 1% (H44/76), 84%-100% v. 4% (5/99), 0%-18% v. 0% (NZ98/254) and 59%-60% v. 60% (M10713). After 1 dose of 4CMenB in previously immunized children, the proportions of participants achieving hSBA titres of 1:5 or more were 100% (H44/76 and 5/99), 70%-100% (NZ98/254) and 90%-100% (M10713). INTERPRETATION We found that waning of hSBA titres by 4 years of age occurred after 2 doses of 4CMenB vaccine administered at 12-24 months, and doses at 12-24 months have a priming effect on the immune system. A booster may be necessary to maintain hSBA titres of 1:5 or more among those children with increased disease risk. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, no. NCT01717638.
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- Manish Sadarangani
- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics (Sadarangani, Sell, Iro, Snape, Voysey, Pollard), University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Vaccine Evaluation Center (Sadarangani), BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (Voysey), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre (Finn), School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; St. George's Vaccine Institute (Heath), University of London, London, UK; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità (Bona), Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy; Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit (Esposito), Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; Vaccine Research Area (Diez-Domingo), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; Charles University Prague, School of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences (Prymula), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc. (Odueyungbo), Cambridge, Mass.; Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Odueyungbo), Mississauga, Ont.; GSK (Toneatto), Siena, Italy
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Urbancikova I, Prymula R, Goldblatt D, Roalfe L, Prymulova K, Kosina P. Immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children primed with the 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Vaccine 2017; 35:5186-5193. [PMID: 28797727 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although both the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and the 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D-conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) are widely used, it is unclear how interchangeable they are in terms of immunogenicity. METHODS Two phase 3, open-label, multicenter studies were conducted to assess the immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose of PCV13 in children primed with PHiD-CV or PCV13. In the Czech Republic, 12-15-month-old children received a PCV13 booster after 3-dose priming with either PHiD-CV or PCV13. In Slovakia, 11-12-month-old children received PCV13 following 2-dose priming with either PHiD-CV or PCV13. Serum IgG concentrations were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and functional antibodies were assessed by opsonophagocytic assay (OPA) before the booster and at 1 and 12months afterward. The primary objective of these studies was to assess non-inferiority of OPA titers for serotype 19A in PHiD-CV-primed subjects compared to those in PCV13-primed children 1month post-booster. RESULTS A total of 98 subjects in the Czech Republic and 89 subjects in Slovakia were included. One month after the PCV13 booster dose, the IgG and OPA immune responses to serotype 19A in subjects primed with 2 or 3 doses of PHiD-CV were non-inferior to those in subjects primed with PCV13. Non-inferior and persistent immune responses to most other vaccine serotypes were also observed after the PCV13 booster in PHiD-CV-primed subjects. No safety issues were raised in either study. CONCLUSIONS Overall, robust IgG and OPA immunological responses were observed after booster vaccination with PCV13 in children primed with 2 or 3 doses of PHiD-CV or PCV13, including for serotypes not included in PHiD-CV. These results suggest that these vaccines are interchangeable in terms of safety and immunogenicity and that PCV13 can be used as a booster in the context of mixed schedules. (EudraCT numbers: 2012-005366-35 and 2012-005367-27).
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- Ingrid Urbancikova
- Children's Faculty Hospital Košice, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Košice, Slovakia
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- Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Department of Social Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Prymula R, Szenborn L, Silfverdal SA, Wysocki J, Albrecht P, Traskine M, Gardev A, Song Y, Borys D. Safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of two investigational pneumococcal protein-based vaccines: Results from a randomized phase II study in infants. Vaccine 2017; 35:4603-4611. [PMID: 28729019 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Vaccination with formulations containing pneumococcal protein antigens such as pneumolysin toxoid (dPly) and histidine-triad protein D (PhtD) may extend serotype-related protection of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) against Streptococcus pneumoniae. METHODS This phase II, multi-center, observer-blind trial conducted in Europe (NCT01204658) assessed 2 investigational vaccines containing 10 serotype-specific polysaccharide conjugates of PHiD-CV and either 10 or 30µg of dPly and PhtD each. Infants randomized 1:1:1:1 received 4 doses of PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD-10, PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD-30, PHiD-CV, or 13-valent PCV (PCV13), co-administered with DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib, at ages ∼2, 3, 4 and 12-15months. Occurrences of fever >40.0°C following primary vaccination with PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD vaccines compared to PHiD-CV (non-inferiority objective), dose superiority, safety and immunogenicity were assessed. RESULTS 575 children received primary vaccination, and 564 booster vaccination. The non-inferiority objective was met; no fever >40.0°C causally related to vaccination was reported during primary vaccination. Incidence of adverse events appeared similar between the 3 PHiD-CV groups. Serious adverse events were reported in 13, 9, 21 (1 related to vaccination), and 17 children in the PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD-10, PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD-30, PHiD-CV, and PCV13 groups, respectively. PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD-30 was superior to PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD-10 in terms of post-dose 3 anti-Ply and Anti-PhtD antibody levels. Anti-Ply and anti-PhtD antibody levels were higher in both PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD groups than in controls and increased from post-primary to post-booster timepoint. Post-primary and booster vaccination, for each PHiD-CV serotype, ≥98.5% of participants in PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD groups had antibody concentrations ≥ 0.2μg/mL, except for 6B (≥72.3%) and 23F (≥82.7%) post-primary vaccination. Similar results were observed in the PHiD-CV group. Immune responses to protein D and DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib were within similar ranges for the 3 PHiD-CV groups. CONCLUSION Both PHiD-CV/dPly/PhtD formulations co-administered with DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib in infants were well-tolerated and immunogenic for dPly and PhtD antigens, while immune responses to serotype-specific, protein D and co-administered antigens did not appear altered in comparison to PHiD-CV group.
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- Roman Prymula
- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Šimkova 870, 500 38 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department and Clinic of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 2-2A, Chalubinskiego, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Poznań University of Medical Sciences, ul. H.Święcickiego 6, 60-781 Poznań, Poland; Regional Medical Center for Mother and Child, ul. Smoluchowskiego 11, 60-179 Poznań, Poland.
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 63A, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
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- GSK, Av. Fleming 20, 1300 Wavre, Belgium.
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Prymula R, Shaw J, Chlibek R, Urbancikova I, Prymulova K. Vaccination in newly arrived immigrants to the European Union. Vaccine 2017; 36:5385-5390. [PMID: 28602605 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The challenge of assimilating millions of immigrants in the European region each year presents significant socioeconomic issues. Among them is the threat of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) disease transmission within immigrant groups and the broader population given the permeability of nation state borders. A total of 3.8 million people immigrated to the European Union (EU) in 2014, among those were 1.6 million non-EU nationals. While vaccines have markedly reduced the transmission of disease, clusters of under-vaccinated individuals potentiate the rapid transmission of once-eradicated or controlled diseases. Immigrants pose a special challenge to host country public health vaccination programmes. Wars in their native countries may have interrupted vaccination programmes, documentation may be unavailable or unreliable, and refugees may present with health issues due to poor sanitation and food during transit. Further, immigrants are often reticent to access health care in the destination country, or may face financial or language barriers. Thus, preventive health care needs may go unaddressed and the first contact with a clinician is for an emergency. Equitable access to acute and preventive health care and services, including immunizations irrespective of individual's immigration status, should be a priority for European region countries. Ensuring appropriate and timely vaccination for immigrants could be accomplished with a universal European region immunization schedule. Priority should be given to highly communicable VPDs such as measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, diphtheria, varicella and polio.
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- Roman Prymula
- University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Science, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Department of Social Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Science, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Children's Faculty Hospital Kosice, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Kosice, Slovakia
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Iro MA, Snape MD, Voysey M, Jawad S, Finn A, Heath PT, Bona G, Esposito S, Diez-Domingo J, Prymula R, Odueyungbo A, Toneatto D, Dull P, Pollard AJ. Corrigendum to "Persistence of bactericidal antibodies following booster vaccination with 4CMenB at 12, 18 or 24months and immunogenicity of a fifth dose administered at 4years of age-a phase 3 extension to a randomised controlled trial" [Vaccine 35 (2017) 395-402]. Vaccine 2017; 35:3279. [PMID: 28483197 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Mildred A Iro
- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK; Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- St Georges Vaccine Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità, Clinica Pediatrica, Novara, Italy
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- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Vaccine Research Area, Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Charles University Prague, School of Medicine Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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Iro MA, Snape MD, Voysey M, Jawad S, Finn A, Heath PT, Bona G, Esposito S, Diez-Domingo J, Prymula R, Odueyungbo A, Toneatto D, Dull P, Pollard AJ. Persistence of bactericidal antibodies following booster vaccination with 4CMenB at 12, 18 or 24 months and immunogenicity of a fifth dose administered at 4 years of age-a phase 3 extension to a randomised controlled trial. Vaccine 2017; 35:395-402. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Prymula R, Szenborn L, Silfverdal SA, Wysocki J, Albrecht P, Traskine M, Gardev A, Song Y, Borys D. Immunogenicity of the Booster Dose of 2 Investigational Protein-Based Pneumococcal Vaccine Formulations in Toddlers: A Phase II Randomized Trial. Open Forum Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw172.606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Roman Prymula
- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University School of Medical Sciences and Regional Medical Center for Mother and Child, Poznan, Poland
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Prymula R, Szenborn L, Silfverdal SA, Wysocki J, Albrecht P, Traskine M, Gardev A, Song Y, Borys D. Safety and Reactogenicity of the Booster Dose of 2 Investigational Protein-Based Pneumococcal Vaccine Formulations in Toddlers: A Phase II Randomized Trial. Open Forum Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw172.608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Roman Prymula
- University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- University School of Medical Sciences and Regional Medical Center for Mother and Child, Poznan, Poland
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Esposito S, Bonanni P, Maggi S, Tan L, Ansaldi F, Lopalco PL, Dagan R, Michel JP, van Damme P, Gaillat J, Prymula R, Vesikari T, Mussini C, Frank U, Osterhaus A, Celentano LP, Rossi M, Guercio V, Gavazzi G. Recommended immunization schedules for adults: Clinical practice guidelines by the Escmid Vaccine Study Group (EVASG), European Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) and the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid). Hum Vaccin Immunother 2016; 12:1777-94. [PMID: 27135390 PMCID: PMC4964839 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1150396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Rapid population aging has become a major challenge in the industrialized world and progressive aging is a key reason for making improvement in vaccination a cornerstone of public health strategy. An increase in age-related disorders and conditions is likely to be seen in the near future, and these are risk factors for the occurrence of a number of vaccine-preventable diseases. An improvement in infectious diseases prevention specifically aimed at adults and the elderly can therefore also decrease the burden of these chronic conditions by reducing morbidity, disability, hospital admissions, health costs, mortality rates and, perhaps most importantly, by improving the quality of life. Among adults, it is necessary to identify groups at increased risk of vaccine-preventable diseases and highlight the epidemiological impact and benefits of vaccinations using an evidence-based approach. This document provides clinical practice guidance on immunization for adults in order to provide recommendations for decision makers and healthcare workers in Europe. Although immunization is considered one of the most impactful and cost-effective public health measures that can be undertaken, vaccination coverage rates among adults are largely lower than the stated goal of ≥ 95% among adults, and stronger efforts are needed to increase coverage in this population. Active surveillance of adult vaccine-preventable diseases, determining the effectiveness of the vaccines approved for marketing in the last 5 y, the efficacy and safety of vaccines in immunocompromised patients, as well as in pregnant women, represent the priorities for future research.
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- Susanna Esposito
- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- CNR - Institute of Neuroscience, Aging Branch Center for Research, Padua, Italy
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- Immunization Action Coalition, St Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino-IST University Teaching Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, Antwerp University, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Sokolska, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Vaccine Research Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- University Clinic of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital of Grenoble, and GREPI University of Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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Heininger U, André P, Chlibek R, Kristufkova Z, Kutsar K, Mangarov A, Mészner Z, Nitsch-Osuch A, Petrović V, Prymula R, Usonis V, Zavadska D. Comparative Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pertussis in 10 Central and Eastern European Countries, 2000-2013. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155949. [PMID: 27257822 PMCID: PMC4892528 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We undertook an epidemiological survey of the annual incidence of pertussis reported from 2000 to 2013 in ten Central and Eastern European countries to ascertain whether increased pertussis reports in some countries share common underlying drivers or whether there are specific features in each country. The annual incidence of pertussis in the participating countries was obtained from relevant government institutions and/or national surveillance systems. We reviewed the changes in the pertussis incidence rates in each country to explore differences and/or similarities between countries in relation to pertussis surveillance; case definitions for detection and confirmation of pertussis; incidence and number of cases of pertussis by year, overall and by age group; population by year, overall and by age group; pertussis immunization schedule and coverage, and switch from whole-cell pertussis vaccines (wP) to acellular pertussis vaccines (aP). There was heterogeneity in the reported annual incidence rates and trends observed across countries. Reported pertussis incidence rates varied considerably, ranging from 0.01 to 96 per 100,000 population, with the highest rates generally reported in Estonia and the lowest in Hungary and Serbia. The greatest burden appears for the most part in infants (<1 year) in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, and Serbia, but not in the other participating countries where the burden may have shifted to older children, though surveillance of adults may be inappropriate. There was no consistent pattern associated with the switch from wP to aP vaccines on reported pertussis incidence rates. The heterogeneity in reported data may be related to a number of factors including surveillance system characteristics or capabilities, different case definitions, type of pertussis confirmation tests used, public awareness of the disease, as well as real differences in the magnitude of the disease, or a combination of these factors. Our study highlights the need to standardize pertussis detection and confirmation in surveillance programs across Europe, complemented with carefully-designed seroprevalence studies using the same protocols and methodologies.
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- Ulrich Heininger
- University of Basel Children's Hospital (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland
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- Service d'Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- National Institute of Health Promotion, Paediatric Directorate, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Public Health of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
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Esposito S, Prymula R, Zuccotti GV, Xie F, Barone M, Dull PM, Toneatto D. A phase 2 randomized controlled trial of a multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine, 4CMenB, in infants (II). Hum Vaccin Immunother 2016; 10:2005-14. [PMID: 25424810 DOI: 10.4161/hv.29218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The licensed meningococcal serogroup B vaccine, 4CMenB (Bexsero(®)), contains recombinant membrane proteins (rMenB) and outer membrane vesicles (OMV) of the New Zealand serogroup B strain. We investigated whether reducing the OMV and/or protein content influences 4CMenB immunogenicity and reactogenicity in healthy two month-old infants. Six formulations were studied: 4CMenB, rMenB with 0, ¼ or ½ the OMV dose in 4CMenB, a half-dose of 4CMenB or a prelicensure formulation of 4CMenB, as a 4-dose primary/booster series, concomitantly with routine vaccines (DTaP-HBV-IPV/Hib and 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate) at 2, 3, 4 and 12 months of age. Immunogenicity was assessed as serum bactericidal activity measured with human complement (hSBA) against indicator strains for Men B vaccine antigens before and after the 2,3,4-month series and 12-month dose. Parents recorded solicited reactions for 7 days after each vaccination, and any adverse events throughout the study period. All formulations elicited robust immune response against rMenB components at 5 months, there was some evidence of OMV and protein dose-dependence for Men B indicator strains tested. Titers waned up to the 12-month dose, which elicited further strong responses, which were still OMV and protein dose-dependent. Groups with no, or low-dose OMV displayed slightly lower reactogenicity profiles, but all formulations were generally well-tolerated, high fever was rare and transient, and only three transient SAEs were considered possibly vaccine-related. Decreasing or removing the OMV content reduced reactogenicity of 4CMenB to a certain extent, but had an unacceptable negative impact on the immunogenicity profile. Trial: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT00937521.
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- Susanna Esposito
- a Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation; University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan, Italy
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Prymula R, Simko R, Povey M, Kulcsar A. Varicella vaccine without human serum albumin versus licensed varicella vaccine in children during the second year of life: a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial. BMC Pediatr 2016; 16:7. [PMID: 26762528 PMCID: PMC4712494 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0546-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background GSK’s varicella vaccine contains human serum albumin (HSA) which is used to stabilize the virus and prevent immunogens from adhering to the injection vial walls. However, because HSA is derived from human blood, there is a theoretical risk that it might contain infectious agents which could be unsafe for humans. Given this concern, a study was undertaken to compare the immunogenicity and safety of a new formulation without HSA with the currently licensed varicella vaccine in the Czech Republic and Hungary. Methods Healthy children aged 11–21 months received two doses of the varicella vaccine either with or without HSA. Antibody titres against varicella-zoster virus (anti-VZV) were measured 42 days after each dose, using an immunofluorescence assay (IFA, cut-off = 4dilution−1) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA, cut-off = 25 mIU/ml). Solicited local symptoms were recorded during a 4-day post-vaccination follow-up period; solicited general and unsolicited symptoms were recorded during a 43-day post-vaccination follow-up period and serious adverse event (SAEs) were recorded throughout the study. Results Of 244 children (mean age = 15.2 months [SD = 3.2]) vaccinated in the study, 233 (vaccine without HSA N = 117; vaccine containing HSA N = 116) formed the according-to-protocol immunogenicity cohort. Observed seroconversion/seroresponse rates were >98 and 100 %, 42 days after doses 1 and 2, respectively. The rates were within the same range in both groups, irrespective of the testing assay. The varicella vaccine without HSA was non-inferior to the licensed vaccine in terms of anti-VZV antibody Geometric Mean Titre/Concentration ratio (1.12 [95 % CI:0.86–1.46] by IFA; 1.12 [95 % CI:0.93–1.33] by ELISA) approximately six weeks after the first dose of the 2-dose vaccination course. The incidence of solicited and unsolicited symptoms was similar after both vaccines; low-grade fever was numerically higher after the first dose of the varicella vaccine without HSA. Seven SAEs were reported, none of which were fatal or considered to be vaccine-related. Conclusions The first dose of a new varicella vaccine without HSA was immunologically non-inferior to the licensed varicella vaccine. After two doses, both vaccines had acceptable safety profiles in children aged 11–21 months in the Czech Republic and Hungary. Trial registration NCT00568334, registered on 5 December 2007 (www.clinicaltrials.gov).
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- Roman Prymula
- Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 50001, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- Primary Care Paediatric Praxis, No 8, Miskolc, Hungary
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- GSK Vaccines, Avenue Fleming 20 B-1300, Wavre, Belgium
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- Szent László Hospital, Gyali Street 5-7, Budapest, 1097, Hungary
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Arciniega J, Wagner L, Prymula R, Sebo P, Isbrucker R, Descampe B, Chapsal JM, Costanzo A, Hendriksen C, Hoonaker M, Nelson S, Lidster K, Casey W, Allen D. Alternatives to HIST for acellular pertussis vaccines: progress and challenges in replacement. Pharmeur Bio Sci Notes 2016; 2015:82-96. [PMID: 27506225 PMCID: PMC4980995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The 'International Workshop on Alternatives to the Murine Histamine Sensitization Test for Acellular Pertussis Vaccines: Progress and Challenges in the Replacement of HIST' was held on 24 August 2014, in Prague, Czech Republic, as a satellite meeting to the 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. Participants discussed the progress and challenges associated with the development, validation, and implementation of in vitro assays as replacements for the histamine sensitisation test (HIST) for acellular pertussis vaccines. Discussions focused on the consistency approach, the necessary framework for regulatory acceptance of a harmonised method, and recent international efforts towards the development of in vitro assays to replace the HIST. Workshop participants agreed that acceptable alternatives to the HIST should be based on ADP ribosylation-mediated cell intoxication and therefore that the CHO cell clustering assay, which measures cell intoxication, should be further pursued and developed as a possible replacement for the HIST. Participants also agreed to continue ongoing multinational discussions involving national and international standardisation authorities to reach consensus and to organise collaborative studies in this context for assay characterisation and calibration of reference materials.
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- Roman Prymula
- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Social Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Šimkova 870, 500 38 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Social Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Šimkova 870, 500 38 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Honegr J, Soukup O, Doležal R, Malinak D, Penhaker M, Prymula R, Kuca K. Structural Properties of Potential Synthetic Vaccine Adjuvants - TLR Agonists. Curr Med Chem 2015; 22:3306-25. [PMID: 26295466 DOI: 10.2174/0929867322666150821094634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Toll like receptors (TLRs) are a family of transmembrane proteins which play a key role in innate immunity. When TLRs come into contact with a potential threat, they initiate a signaling cascade leading to release of cytokines and chemokines, maturation of antigen presenting cells and immune activation. Molecules which can activate TLRs may be utilized for vaccine development and act as vaccine adjuvants. Adjuvants can facilitate production of more effective vaccines based on antigens produced by recombinant techniques or by DNA vaccines, which are often poorly immunogenic since they lack the endogenous innate immunostimulatory components of the pathogen. In this paper the structural properties of such prospective compounds are thoroughly discussed.
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- Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Vesikari T, Prymula R, Merrall E, Kohl I, Toneatto D, Dull PM. Meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB): Booster dose in previously vaccinated infants and primary vaccination in toddlers and two-year-old children. Vaccine 2015; 33:3850-8. [PMID: 26141011 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.06.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The multicomponent, recombinant serogroup B vaccine, 4CMenB, is approved in Europe, Canada and Australia from two months of age. We investigated persistence to booster doses at 12 months of age following infant vaccination, and immune response to catch-up vaccination of toddlers and children up to two years of age. METHODS We assessed persistence of immune responses after one year in participants vaccinated as infants, and responses to two doses at 12-15 or 24-26 months of age in vaccine-naïve children, as serum bactericidal activity with human complement (hSBA) against indicator strains for four vaccine antigens. Adverse events were recorded after each vaccination. RESULTS High antibody titers were induced against all four 4CMenB components following booster vaccination in infant-primed toddlers and after two doses in previously unvaccinated toddlers or two-year-olds. Antibodies waned over 12 months, particularly those against NZ OMV. Systemic reactogenicity in toddlers was lower than in infants, and lower again in vaccine-naïve two-year-olds. Local reactogenicity was common in all groups. CONCLUSIONS Four infant or two toddler 4CMenB vaccinations elicit immune responses believed to be protective for the first two years of life, which can be boosted. Reactogenicity is lower in toddlers than in infants.
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- Timo Vesikari
- University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland
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- University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Prymula R, Pazdiora P, Traskine M, Rüggeberg JU, Borys D. Safety and immunogenicity of an investigational vaccine containing two common pneumococcal proteins in toddlers: A phase II randomized clinical trial. Vaccine 2014; 32:3025-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.03.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Prymula R, Bergsaker MR, Esposito S, Gothefors L, Man S, Snegova N, Štefkovičova M, Usonis V, Wysocki J, Douha M, Vassilev V, Nicholson O, Innis BL, Willems P. Protection against varicella with two doses of combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine versus one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: a multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet 2014; 383:1313-1324. [PMID: 24485548 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61461-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rates of varicella have decreased substantially in countries implementing routine varicella vaccination. Immunisation is possible with monovalent varicella vaccine or a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (MMRV). We assessed protection against varicella in naive children administered one dose of varicella vaccine or two doses of MMRV. METHODS This study was done in ten European countries with endemic varicella. Healthy children aged 12-22 months were randomised (3:3:1 ratio, by computer-generated randomisation list, with block size seven) to receive 42 days apart (1) two doses of MMRV (MMRV group), or (2) MMR at dose one and monovalent varicella vaccine at dose two (MMR+V group), or (3) two doses of MMR (MMR group; control). Participants and their parents or guardians, individuals involved in assessment of any outcome, and sponsor staff involved in review or analysis of data were masked to treatment assignment. The primary efficacy endpoint was occurrence of confirmed varicella (by detection of varicella zoster virus DNA or epidemiological link) from 42 days after the second vaccine dose to the end of the first phase of the trial. Cases were graded for severity. Efficacy analyses were per protocol. Safety analyses included all participants who received at least one vaccine dose. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00226499. FINDINGS Between Sept 1, 2005, and May 10, 2006, 5803 children (mean age 14·2 months, SD 2·5) were vaccinated. In the efficacy cohort of 5285 children, the mean duration of follow-up in the MMRV group was 36 months (SD 8·8), in the MMR+V group was 36 months (8·5) and in the MMR group was 35 months (8·9). Varicella cases were confirmed for 37 participants in the MMRV group (two moderate to severe), 243 in the MMR+V group, and 201 in the MMR group. Second cases occurred for three participants (all in the MMR+V group). Varicella cases were moderate to severe for two participants in the MMRV group, 37 in the MMR+V group (one being a second case that followed a mild first case); and 117 in the MMR group. Efficacy of two-dose MMRV against all varicella was 94·9% (97·5% CI 92·4-96·6), and against moderate to severe varicella was 99·5% (97·5-99·9). Efficacy of one-dose varicella vaccine against all varicella was 65·4% (57·2-72·1), and against moderate to severe varicella (post hoc) was 90·7% (85·9-93·9). The most common adverse event in all groups was injection-site redness (up to 25% of participants). Within 15 days after dose one, 57·4% (95% CI 53·9-60·9) of participants in the MMRV group reported fever of 38°C or more, by contrast with 44·5% (41·0-48·1) with MMR+V, and 39·8% (33·8-46·1) with MMR. Eight serious adverse events were deemed related to vaccination (three MMRV, four MMR+V, one MMR). All resolved within the study period. INTERPRETATION These results support the implementation of two-dose varicella vaccination on a short course, to ensure optimum protection from all forms of varicella disease. FUNDING GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines.
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- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences Pediatrics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Haţieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Epidemiology, Regional Office of Public Health, Trencín, Slovak Republic
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- Vilnius University, Clinic of Paediatrics, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- University School of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland; Regional Medical Center for Mother and Child, Poznan, Poland
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Richter D, Anca I, André FE, Bakir M, Chlibek R, Čižman M, Mangarov A, Mészner Z, Pokorn M, Prymula R, Salman N, Šimurka P, Tamm E, Tešović G, Urbančíková I, Usonis V, Wysocki J, Zavadska D. Immunization of high-risk paediatric populations: Central European Vaccination Awareness Group recommendations. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 13:801-15. [DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.897615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ludwig E, Unal S, Bogdan M, Chlíbek R, Ivanov Y, Kozlov R, Lode H, Mészner Z, Prymula R, Rahav G, Skoczyńska A, Solovic I, Sayiner A. Regional advisory board position statement on optimal pneumococcal vaccination in adults. Update to 2011 consensus on adult pneumococcal disease: update on optimal pneumococcal vaccination in adults. Cent Eur J Public Health 2014; 21:233-6. [PMID: 24592732 DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND An important development in the field of adult pneumococcal vaccination since the last Consensus Statement, published by the Expert Panel of Central and Eastern Europe and Israel (the Region) in September 2012, was the licensure of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) for adults aged 50 years and older. DISCUSSION The Expert Panel has developed this Position Statement as an update to its previous Consensus to address the following topics which are likely to be on the agenda of national scientific societies during the ongoing updates of vaccination recommendations in the Region: the availability of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for adults over 50 years of age, the available clinical evidence on its use in adults, and the future place of conjugate vaccines in adult pneumococcal vaccination. The Expert Panel concluded that there is sufficient epidemiologic immunogenicity and safety evidence to use PCV 13 in adults over 50 years of age. RESULTS The use of conjugate vaccine induces immunological memory and can overcome some limitations associated with the plain polysaccharide vaccine (PPV). It was also agreed that, if the use of PPV is considered appropriate, PCV13 should be administered first, regardless of prior pneumococcal vaccination status.
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- Endre Ludwig
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine No. II, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest and Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumophthisiology, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Pulmonology and Phthisiatry Clinic, University Hospital, Pleven, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Smolensk State Medical Academy, Smolensk, Russia
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- Research Center of Medical Studies (RCMS), Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Charité University Medicine of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- National Institute of Child Health, Szent Laszlo Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Budapest, Hungary
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- lnfectious Disease Unit, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- National Reference Centre for Bacterial Meningitis, Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pulmonology Department of National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, VySné Hágy, Catholic University, Ruzomberok, Slovakia
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- Department of Chest Diseases, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey
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Prymula R, Esposito S, Zuccotti GV, Xie F, Toneatto D, Kohl I, Dull PM. A phase 2 randomized controlled trial of a multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (I). Hum Vaccin Immunother 2014; 10:1993-2004. [PMID: 25424809 PMCID: PMC4186040 DOI: 10.4161/hv.28666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The novel meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB, Bexsero(®)), recently approved in Europe and Australia, may soon be included in routine infant immunization schedules, subject to guidance from national or regional recommending bodies. In the development of 4CMenB and consistent with other newly introduced vaccines, clinical studies have shown concomitant administration with routine infant vaccines induces an incremental increase in some reactions, including fever. As this may hinder acceptability, we examined the impact of prophylactic paracetamol on the occurrence of fever and other solicited reactions, as well as the immune responses to study vaccines, in a prospectively designed study. 4CMenB was administered as a 4-dose series at 2, 3, 4, and 12 months of age concomitantly with routine infant vaccines: DTaP-HBV-IPV/Hib and PCV7, with or without prophylactic paracetamol; a third group received MenC vaccine. Immune responses to 4CMenB were not decreased by the use of paracetamol prophylaxis and there were no clinically relevant effects on immune responses to routine vaccines. Occurrence of fever was higher in infants co-administered with 4CMenB compared with those given MenC vaccine, but was significantly decreased by prophylactic paracetamol, as were other solicited reactions to vaccination, both local and systemic. Co-administration of 4CMenB had an acceptable tolerability profile, with no withdrawals due to vaccination-related adverse events. Inclusion of 4CMenB in routine infant immunization schedules will be a major advance in the control of meningococcal disease, and our study indicates that by using paracetamol prophylaxis, post-vaccination reactions are reduced without clinically relevant negative consequences on vaccine immunogenicity.
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- Roman Prymula
- University Hospital Hradec Kralove; Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- Charles University; Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove; Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation; University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics; University of Milan; Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences; University of Milan; Milan, Italy
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics; Cambridge, MA USA
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics; Cambridge, MA USA
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics; Cambridge, MA USA
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Salavec M, Bostik V, Kapla J, Plisek S, Prasil P, Prymula R, Bostik P. A repeated syphilis infection imported from Thailand in an HIV positive couple of men-who-have-sex-with-men in Czech Republic. Travel Med Infect Dis 2013; 12:84-7. [PMID: 24176669 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Coinfection by HIV and syphilis has become a growing problem due to the re-appearance of unsafe sexual practices in the era of potent anti-retroviral drugs. We describe a repeated import of syphilis by a couple of men-who-have-sex-with-men from Thailand to Czech Republic likely due to non-adherence of the patients to physician recommendations. Such cases can become foci for dissemination of once locally rare infections and present a danger for the community.
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- Miloslav Salavec
- Department of Dermatovenerology, Charles University Medical School and Faculty Hospital, Sokolská 581, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Sokolská 581, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Sokolská 581, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Sokolská 581, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; Department of Infectious Diseases, Charles University Medical School and University Hospital, Sokolská 581, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Tichopad A, Roberts C, Gembula I, Hajek P, Skoczynska A, Hryniewicz W, Jahnz-Rozyk K, Prymula R, Solovič I, Kolek V. Clinical and economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia among adults in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71375. [PMID: 23940743 PMCID: PMC3735497 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We estimate and describe the incidence rates, mortality, and cost of CAP (community-acquired pneumonia), in both inpatient and outpatient settings, in the Czech Republic (CZ), Slovakia (SK), Poland (PL), and Hungary (HU). A retrospective analysis was conducted on administrative data from the health ministry and insurance reimbursement claims with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia in 2009 to determine hospitalization rates, costs, and mortality in adults ≥50 years of age. Patient chart reviews were conducted to estimate the number of outpatient cases. Among all adults ≥50 years, the incidence of hospitalized CAP per 100,000 person years was: 456.6 (CZ), 504.6 (SK), 363.9 (PL), and 845.3 (HU). The average fatality rate for all adults ≥50 is 19.1%, and for each country; 21.7% (CZ), 20.9% (SK), 18.6% (PL), 17.8% (HU). Incidence, fatality, and likelihood of hospitalization increased with advancing age. Total healthcare costs of CAP in EUR was 12,579,543 (CZ); 9,160,774 (SK); 22,409,085 (PL); and 18,298,449 (HU); with hospitalization representing over 90% of the direct costs of treatment. The burden of CAP increases with advancing age in four CEE countries, with hospitalizations driving the costs of CAP upwards in the elderly population. Mortality rates are generally higher than reported in Western EU countries.
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Mészner Z, Anca I, André F, Chlibek R, Čižman M, Grzesiowski P, Mangarov A, Pokorn M, Prymula R, Richter D, Salman N, Šimurka P, Tamm E, Tešović G, Urbancikova I, Usonis V, Zavadska D. Rotavirus vaccination in central Europe. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2013; 56:586-96. [PMID: 23708638 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e31828dc35d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Each year, rotavirus (RV) infection is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis requiring hospitalisation and of nosocomially transmitted diseases in children younger than 5 years across Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG) countries; however, inadequate surveillance systems and lack of routine RV testing still exist in most CEVAG countries, making it difficult to accurately assess the present burden of acute RV gastroenteritis in the younger population. Furthermore, routine immunisation of infants with RV vaccines has not been implemented, and no official and uniform recommendations exist in most of the countries in these territories. The present study provides CEVAG country-specific estimates of the disease burden of RV gastroenteritis among the youngest population and presents evidence-based advice on the use of RV vaccines in the region, while providing a framework for vaccination at the national level.
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Vesikari T, Esposito S, Prymula R, Ypma E, Kohl I, Toneatto D, Dull P, Kimura A. Immunogenicity and safety of an investigational multicomponent, recombinant, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) administered concomitantly with routine infant and child vaccinations: results of two randomised trials. Lancet 2013; 381:825-35. [PMID: 23324563 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61961-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Meningococcal serogroup B disease disproportionately affects infants. We assessed lot-to-lot consistency, safety and immunogenicity, and the effect of concomitant vaccination on responses to routine vaccines of an investigational multicomponent vaccine (4CMenB) in this population. METHODS We did primary and booster phase 3 studies between March 31, 2008, and Aug 16, 2010, in 70 sites in Europe. We used two series of sponsor-supplied, computer-generated randomisation envelopes to allocate healthy 2 month-old infants to receive routine vaccinations (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, hepatitis B plus Haemophilus influenzae type b, and seven-valent pneumococcal vaccine) at 2, 4, and 6 months of age alone, or concomitantly with 4CMenB or serogroup C conjugate vaccine (MenC) in: 1) an open-label, lot-to-lot immunogenicity and safety substudy of three 4CMenB lots compared with routine vaccines alone (1:1:1:1, block size eight); or 2) an observer-blind, lot-to-lot safety substudy of three 4CMenB lots compared with MenC (1:1:1:3, block size six). At 12 months, 4CMenB-primed children from either substudy were randomised (1:1, block size two) to receive 4CMenB booster, with or without measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine. Immunogenicity was assessed by serum bactericidal assay with human complement (hSBA) against serogroup B test strains, and on randomly selected subsets of serum samples for routine vaccines; laboratory personnel were masked to assignment. The first coprimary outcome was lot-to-lot consistency (hSBA geometric mean ratio of all lots between 0·5 and 2·0), and the second was an immune response (hSBA titre ≥5) for each of the three strains. The primary outcome for the booster study was immune response to booster dose. Immunogenicity data for 4CMenB were for the modified intention-to-treat population, including all infants from the open-label substudy who provided serum samples. The safety population included all participants who contributed safety data after at least one dose of study vaccine. These trials are registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, numbers NCT00657709 and NCT00847145. FINDINGS We enrolled 2627 infants in the open-label phase, 1003 in the observer-blind phase, and 1555 in the booster study. Lot-to-lot consistency was shown for the three 4CMenB lots, with the lowest 95% lower confidence limit being 0·74 and the highest upper limit being 1·33. Of 1181–1184 infants tested 1 month after three 4CMenB doses (all lots pooled), 100% (95% CI 99–100) had hSBA titres of 5 or more against strains selective for factor H binding protein and neisserial adhesin A, and 84% (82–86) for New Zealand outer-membrane vesicle. In a subset (n=100), 84% (75–91) of infants had hSBA titres of 5 or more against neisseria heparin binding antigen. At 12 months of age, waning titres were boosted by a fourth dose, such that 95–100% of children had hSBA titres of 5 or more for all antigens, with or without concomitant MMRV. Immune responses to routine vaccines were much the same with or without concomitant 4CMenB, but concomitant vaccination was associated with increased reactogenicity. 77% (1912 of 2478) of infants had fever of 38·5°C or higher after any 4CMenB dose, compared with 45% (295 of 659) after routine vaccines alone and 47% (228 of 490) with MenC, but only two febrile seizures were deemed probably related to 4CMenB. INTERPRETATION 4CMenB is immunogenic in infants and children aged 12 months with no clinically relevant interference with routine vaccines, but increases reactogenicity when administered concomitantly with routine vaccines. This breakthrough vaccine offers an innovative solution to the major remaining cause of bacterial meningitis in infant and toddlers. FUNDING Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics.
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- Timo Vesikari
- University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland.
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Prymula R, Habib A, François N, Borys D, Schuerman L. Immunological memory and nasopharyngeal carriage in 4-year-old children previously primed and boosted with 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) with or without concomitant prophylactic paracetamol. Vaccine 2013; 31:2080-8. [PMID: 23391599 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prophylactic paracetamol (PP) was previously shown to reduce primary and booster antibody responses against the 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV). This study further evaluated the effect of PP on antibody persistence, immunological memory and nasopharyngeal carriage (NPC). METHODS Two hundred and twenty children previously primed (3 doses, NCT00370318) and boosted (NCT00496015) with PHiD-CV with (PP group) or without (NPP group) prophylactic paracetamol administration received one PHiD-CV dose in their fourth year of life to assess the induction of immunological memory following previous immunisations. A control group of age-matched unprimed children enrolled in study NCT00496015 received an investigational tetravalent Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, W-135, Y tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine, and thus remained unprimed for pneumococcal vaccination. Of these, 223 unprimed children received in the present study at least one PHiD-CV dose of a 2-dose catch-up regimen, which was relevant as control for assessment of immunological memory in PHiD-CV primed children. RESULTS Induction of immunological memory was shown irrespective of PP administration at primary and booster vaccination. Antibody geometric mean concentrations were lower in the PP group for serotypes 1, 4, 7F and 9V. Opsonophagocytic titres did not differ significantly between PP and NPP groups. Previous use of PP seemed to have only a minor impact on kinetics of antibody persistence. Reduced NPC of vaccine pneumococcal serotypes and trends towards increased NPC of non-vaccine and non-cross-reactive serotypes were seen in primed groups versus the control group, with no obvious differences between PP and NPP groups. CONCLUSION Regardless of whether previous PHiD-CV vaccination was given with or without PP, induction of immunological memory and persistence of PHiD-CV's impact on carriage was seen until at least 28 months post-booster vaccination. Our study results therefore suggest that the lower immune responses after primary and booster vaccination with PP are of transient nature.
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- Roman Prymula
- University Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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Zavadska D, Anca I, André F, Bakir M, Chlibek R, Čižman M, Ivaskeviciene I, Mangarov A, Mészner Z, Pokorn M, Prymula R, Richter D, Salman N, Šimurka P, Tamm E, Tešović G, Urbancikova I, Usonis V. Recommendations for tick-borne encephalitis vaccination from the Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG). Hum Vaccin Immunother 2013; 9:362-74. [PMID: 23291941 PMCID: PMC3859759 DOI: 10.4161/hv.22766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Revised: 10/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral neurological zoonotic disease transmitted to humans by ticks or by consumption of unpasteurized dairy products from infected cows, goats, or sheep. TBE is highly endemic in areas of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia where it is a major public health concern. However, it is difficult to diagnose TBE as clinical manifestations tend to be relatively nonspecific and a standardized case definition does not exist across the region. TBE is becoming more important in Europe due to the appearance of new endemic areas. Few Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG) member countries have implemented universal vaccination programmes against TBE and vaccination coverage is not considered sufficient to control the disease. When implemented, immunization strategies only apply to risk groups under certain conditions, with no harmonized recommendations available to date across the region. Effective vaccination programmes are essential in preventing the burden of TBE. This review examines the current situation of TBE in CEVAG countries and contains recommendations for the vaccination of children and high-risk groups. For countries at very high risk of TBE infections, CEVAG strongly recommends the introduction of universal TBE vaccination in children > 1 y of age onwards. For countries with a very low risk of TBE, recommendations should only apply to those traveling to endemic areas. Overall, it is generally accepted that each country should be free to make its own decision based on regional epidemiological data and the vaccination calendar, although recommendations should be made, especially for those living in endemic areas.
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- Dace Zavadska
- Department of Pediatrics; Riga Stradins University; Riga, Latvia
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- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Institute for Mother and Child Care; Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pediatrics; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Marmara University School of Medicine; Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Military Health Sciences; University of Defence; Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Infectious Diseases; University Medical Centre; Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Medicine; Vilnius University Clinic of Children’s Diseases; Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Infectious Diseases; University Medical Centre; Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Military Health Sciences; University of Defence; Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
- University Hospital; Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatrics; University Hospital Center; Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology; University of Istanbul; Istanbul Turkey
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- Pediatric Clinic; Faculty Hospital; University of Trencin; Trenčín, Slovakia
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- Children’s Clinic of Tartu University Hospital; Tartu, Estonia
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department; University of Zagreb School of Medicine; Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases; Children’s Faculty Hospital; Košice, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine; Vilnius University Clinic of Children’s Diseases; Vilnius, Lithuania
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Ludwig E, Unal S, Bogdan M, Chlibek R, Ivanov Y, Kozlov R, van der Linden M, Lode H, Mészner Z, Prymula R, Rahav G, Skoczynska A, Solovic I, Uzaslan E. Opportunity for healthy ageing: lessening the burden of adult pneumococcal disease in Central and Eastern Europe, and Israel. Cent Eur J Public Health 2012; 20:121-5. [PMID: 22966736 DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The population of the Region (Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Israel) is ageing, necessitating preventative programmes to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle in older age groups. Invasive pneumococcal disease (including bacteremic pneumonia, bacteremia without a focus, and meningitis) has higher incidence, morbidity and mortality in older adults and is a substantial public health burden in the ageing population. Surveillance in the Region establishes a significant burden in older adults of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), which still appears to be under-estimated as compared with other countries, and this warrants an improvement in surveillance systems. The largest proportion of IPD in adults is bacteremic pneumonia. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), largely attributable to S. pneumoniae, can be bacteremic or non-bacteremic; the non-bacteremic forms of CAP also represent a significant burden in the Region. The burden of pneumococcal disease can be reduced with programmes of effective vaccination. Recommendations on pneumococcal vaccination in adults vary widely across the Region. The main barrier to implementation of vaccination programmes is low awareness among healthcare professionals on serious heatlh consequences of adult pneumococcal disease and of vaccination options. The Expert Panel calls on healthcare providers in the Region to improve pneumococcal surveillance, optimize and disseminate recommendations for adult vaccination, and support awareness and education programmes about adult pneumococcal disease.
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- Endre Ludwig
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine No. II, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Prymula R, Pöllabauer EM, Pavlova BG, Löw-Baselli A, Fritsch S, Angermayr R, Geisberger A, Barrett PN, Ehrlich HJ. Antibody persistence after two vaccinations with either FSME-IMMUN® Junior or ENCEPUR® Children followed by third vaccination with FSME-IMMUN® Junior. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2012; 8:736-42. [PMID: 22699436 DOI: 10.4161/hv.20058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccination strategies to induce optimal seroprotection in children are under constant evaluation. This multi-center, randomized, controlled, phase III clinical study examined antibody persistence in children aged 1-11 y following two prospectively administered doses of either the FSME-IMMUN® Junior or Encepur Children® vaccines, as well as investigating the immunogenicity, safety and vaccine interchangeability of a third vaccination with FSME-IMMUN(®) Junior. A high level of antibody persistence was observed in all subjects 6 mo after the first of two vaccinations with either pediatric TBE vaccine. Based on both immunological tests and viral antigens used, slightly higher seropositivity rates and higher GMCs /GMTs were found in children vaccinated with FSME-IMMUN® Junior compared with those who received Encepur® Children. Seropositivity rates across all age strata combined six months after the first vaccination with FSME-IMMUN® 0.25 mL Junior were 95.1% as determined by Immunozym ELISA, 93.2% as determined by Enzygnost ELISA and 95.3% as determined by NT; compared with 62.6%, 80.5% and 91.0% respectively after vaccination with Encepur® Children. A third vaccination with FSME-IMMUN(®) Junior induced 100% seropositivity in both study groups and was well tolerated as demonstrated by the low rates of systemic and injection site reactions. Subjects who received either FSME-IMMUN Junior® or Encepur(®) Children vaccine for the first two vaccinations and FSME-IMMUN Junior® for the third showed a comparably strong immune response regardless of the previous TBE vaccine administered, demonstrating that two vaccinations with Encepur® Children can successfully be followed by a third vaccination with FSME-IMMUN Junior®.
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- Roman Prymula
- University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Gossger N, Snape MD, Yu LM, Finn A, Bona G, Esposito S, Principi N, Diez-Domingo J, Sokal E, Becker B, Kieninger D, Prymula R, Dull P, Ypma E, Toneatto D, Kimura A, Pollard AJ. Immunogenicity and tolerability of recombinant serogroup B meningococcal vaccine administered with or without routine infant vaccinations according to different immunization schedules: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2012; 307:573-82. [PMID: 22318278 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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CONTEXT In the absence of an effective vaccine, serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB) remains a major cause of invasive disease in early childhood in developed countries. OBJECTIVE To determine the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a multicomponent MenB vaccine (4CMenB) and routine infant vaccines when given either concomitantly or separately. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Phase 2b, multicenter, open-label, parallel-group, randomized controlled study of 1885 infants enrolled at age 2 months from August 2008 to July 2010 in Europe. INTERVENTION Participants were randomized 2:2:1:1 to receive (1) 4CMenB at 2, 4, and 6 months with routine vaccines (7-valent pneumococcal and combined diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated polio, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines); (2) 4CMenB at 2, 4, and 6 months and routine vaccines at 3, 5, and 7 months; (3) 4CMenB with routine vaccines at 2, 3, and 4 months; or (4) routine vaccines alone at 2, 3, and 4 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Percentage of participants with human complement serum bactericidal activity (hSBA) titer of 1:5 or greater against 3 MenB strains specific for vaccine antigens (NZ98/254, 44/76-SL, and 5/99). RESULTS After three 4CMenB vaccinations, 99% or more of infants developed hSBA titers of 1:5 or greater against strains 44/76-SL and 5/99. For NZ98/254, this proportion was 79% (95% CI, 75.2%-82.4%) for vaccination at 2, 4, and 6 months with routine vaccines, 86.1% (95% CI, 82.9%-89.0%) for vaccination at 2, 4, and 6 months without routine vaccines, and 81.7% (95% CI, 76.6%-86.2%) for vaccination at 2, 3, and 4 months with routine vaccines. Responses to routine vaccines given with 4CMenB were noninferior to routine vaccines alone for all antigens, except for the responses to pertactin and serotype 6B pneumococcal polysaccharide. Fever was seen following 26% (158/602) to 41% (247/607) of 4CMenB doses when administered alone, compared with 23% (69/304) to 36% (109/306) after routine vaccines given alone and 51% (306/605) to 61% (380/624) after 4CMenB and routine vaccines administered together. CONCLUSION A 4CMenB vaccine is immunogenic against reference strains when administered with routine vaccines at 2, 4, and 6 or at 2, 3, and 4 months of age, producing minimal interference with the response to routine infant vaccinations. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00721396.
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- Nicoletta Gossger
- Oxford Vaccine Group, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Usonis V, Anca I, André F, Chlibek R, Cižman M, Ivaskeviciene I, Mangarov A, Mészner Z, Perenovska P, Pokorn M, Prymula R, Richter D, Salman N, Simurka P, Tamm E, Tešović G, Urbančíková I. Rubella revisited: where are we on the road to disease elimination in Central Europe? Vaccine 2011; 29:9141-7. [PMID: 21971445 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.09.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Rubella is a contagious viral disease with few complications except when contracted by pregnant women. Rubella infection in pregnancy can result in miscarriage, stillbirth or an infant born with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) which comprises deafness, heart disease, cataracts and other permanent congenital manifestations. Clinical diagnosis of rubella is difficult due to overlapping symptoms with many other diseases and confirmation of rubella is not possible without laboratory testing. Effective vaccination programmes are critical to the elimination of rubella and prevention of CRS. Such programmes have been successful in several countries in Europe and around the world. However, rubella outbreaks still occur due to suboptimal vaccine coverage and in the past 10 years rubella has been reported in Central European countries such as Romania and Poland. Over the past decade the elimination of rubella and prevention of congenital rubella infection in Europe has been a high priority for the WHO European Regional Office. In 2010 the WHO regional committee for Europe renewed its commitment to the elimination of rubella and prevention of CRS with a new target of 2015. This paper examines the current situation for rubella and CRS in Central Europe and describes the different rubella vaccination programmes in the region. The Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) recommends that two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, MMR, should be given to all children. The first dose should be given between 12 and 15 months of age. The second dose can be given between the ages of 21 months and 13 years with the exact age of administration of the second dose depending on the situation specific to each country. All suspected rubella cases should be laboratory-confirmed and monitoring systems to detect and investigate cases of CRS should be strengthened.
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- Vytautas Usonis
- Vilnius University Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Prymula R, Chlibek R, Ivaskeviciene I, Mangarov A, Mészner Z, Perenovska P, Richter D, Salman N, Šimurka P, Tamm E, Tešović G, Urbancikova I, Usonis V. Paediatric pneumococcal disease in Central Europe. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 30:1311-20. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1241-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Herbinger KH, Nothdurft HD, Prymula R. Online survey: knowledge about risks, prevention and consequences of infections with HBV among travellers from four European countries. Curr Med Res Opin 2011; 27:489-96. [PMID: 21194400 DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2010.546392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate knowledge about risks, prevention and consequences of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) among travellers from four low HBV risk, European countries. METHODS Individuals from an internet panel and based in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden were invited to take part in an online survey. A total of 4203 respondents met the inclusion criteria and completed the survey. RESULTS The majority (62.3%) of respondents did not know the main travel destinations with moderate or high prevalence for HBV. Also, 20.1% were somewhat or very unaware of the ways in which HBV can be caught and travellers aged 18-35 years were significantly more likely (p < 0.01) to have participated in at least one risky activity abroad. Three-quarters (74.9%) thought they were somewhat or very aware of the health implications of contracting HBV, but only 11.8% of participants selected more than three out of the six correct answers relating to conditions caused by HBV. Only 39.3% of those who knew their vaccination status had received vaccination against HBV within the previous 5 years, although some patients may have been vaccinated prior to this period. CONCLUSIONS As country-specific variables were not analysed in this study, the results do not allow interpretation by country. A high proportion of the respondents were at an elevated risk of HBV infection while visiting moderate or high prevalence countries. They were unlikely to be immunised or take appropriate precautions; participation in risk activities abroad was high, and knowledge of HBV was limited. These findings indicate there is a need for healthcare professionals and the travel industry to educate travellers on the risks of HBV infections while abroad and the importance of preventing infection through vaccination.
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- K H Herbinger
- University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Usonis V, Anca I, André F, Chlibek R, Ivaskeviciene I, Mangarov A, Mészner Z, Prymula R, Simurka P, Tamm E, Tesović G, Central European Vaccination Advisory Group. Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) guidance statement on recommendations for influenza vaccination in children. BMC Infect Dis 2010; 10:168. [PMID: 20546586 PMCID: PMC2905419 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Influenza vaccination in infants and children with existing health complications is current practice in many countries, but healthy children are also susceptible to influenza, sometimes with complications. The under-recognised burden of disease in young children is greater than in elderly populations and the number of paediatric influenza cases reported does not reflect the actual frequency of influenza. Discussion Vaccination of healthy children is not widespread in Europe despite clear demonstration of the benefits of vaccination in reducing the large health and economic burden of influenza. Universal vaccination of infants and children also provides indirect protection in other high-risk groups in the community. This paper contains the Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) guidance statement on recommendations for the vaccination of infants and children against influenza. The aim of CEVAG is to encourage the efficient and safe use of vaccines to prevent and control infectious diseases. Summary CEVAG recommends the introduction of universal influenza vaccination for all children from the age of 6 months. Special attention is needed for children up to 60 months of age as they are at greatest risk. Individual countries should decide on how best to implement this recommendation based on their circumstances.
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- Vytautas Usonis
- Vilnius University Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Vesikari T, Karvonen A, Prymula R, Schuster V, Tejedor JC, Thollot F, Garcia-Corbeira P, Damaso S, Han HH, Bouckenooghe A. Immunogenicity and safety of the human rotavirus vaccine Rotarix co-administered with routine infant vaccines following the vaccination schedules in Europe. Vaccine 2010; 28:5272-9. [PMID: 20538094 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Revised: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This study assessed the immunogenicity and safety of a human rotavirus vaccine RIX4414; the effect of co-administration of childhood vaccines on the immune responses was also assessed. Healthy infants aged 6-14 weeks received two doses of RIX4414/placebo concomitantly with the primary childhood vaccination (Infanrix hexa, Infanrix quinta,Meningitec and/or Prevnar), respecting the vaccination schedule of each country. Anti-rotavirus IgA seroconversion rate (ELISA cut-off 20 U/ml) was measured pre-vaccination and 1-2 months post-Dose 2. Immune response against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b, inactivated polio virus, pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate (France and Germany) and meningococcal group C conjugate vaccines (Spain) were measured approximately 1-month post-Dose 3. An overall anti-rotavirus IgA seroconversion rate of 86.5%(95% CI: 83.9-88.8) was observed in the RIX4414 group 1-month post-Dose 2. The seroconversion rate in Finland and Italy (3 and 5-month schedule) was 94.6%(95% CI: 90.0-97.5) and 92.3%(95% CI: 64.0-99.8), respectively. Immune response to the childhood vaccines was unaffected following co-administration with RIX4414. Reactogenicity profile was similar for RIX4414 and placebo groups. RIX4414 was immunogenic and well tolerated in European infants and the co-administration of routine childhood vaccines with RIX4414 did not negatively impact the immune responses to these vaccines.
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- Timo Vesikari
- University of Tampere, Medical School, FIN-33014 Tampere, Finland.
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Pöllabauer EM, Pavlova BG, Löw-Baselli A, Fritsch S, Prymula R, Angermayr R, Draxler W, Firth C, Bosman J, Valenta B, Harmacek P, Maritsch F, Barrett PN, Ehrlich HJ. Comparison of immunogenicity and safety between two paediatric TBE vaccines. Vaccine 2010; 28:4680-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Medina DMR, Valencia A, de Velasquez A, Huang LM, Prymula R, García-Sicilia J, Rombo L, David MPP, Descamps D, Hardt K, Dubin G. Safety and immunogenicity of the HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine: a randomized, controlled trial in adolescent girls. J Adolesc Health 2010; 46:414-21. [PMID: 20413076 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Immunization of girls against oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types before sexual debut is important for cervical cancer prevention. This phase III blinded, randomized, controlled trial in adolescent girls assessed safety of the HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine. METHODS Girls (mean age 12 years) in 12 countries received the HPV-16/18 L1 virus-like particle AS04-adjuvanted vaccine (N = 1,035) or hepatitis A virus vaccine as control (N = 1,032) at 0, 1, and 6 months. The primary objective was to compare the occurrence of serious adverse events (SAEs) between groups. HPV-16 and HPV-18 antibody titers were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay post-vaccination. RESULTS Up to study month 7, 11 girls in the HPV-16/18 vaccine group reported 14 SAEs and 13 girls in the control group reported 15 SAEs. The difference in SAE incidence between groups was .20% (95% CI, -.78, 1.20). No SAE in the HPV-16/18 vaccine group was considered related to vaccination or led to withdrawal. The incidence of solicited local and general symptoms up to 7 days post-vaccination was moderately higher with the HPV-16/18 vaccine than with control. The incidence of unsolicited symptoms, new onset of chronic diseases, and medically significant conditions was similar between groups. All girls seroconverted for both antigens after three doses of the HPV-16/18 vaccine; geometric mean titers were 19,882.0 and 8,262.0 EU/mL for anti-HPV-16 and -18 antibodies, respectively, in initially seronegative girls. CONCLUSIONS The HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine was generally well tolerated and immunogenic when administered to young adolescent females, the primary target of organized vaccination programs.
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- Doris M Rivera Medina
- Organización para el Desarrollo y la Investigación Salud en Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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