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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2015 Jul 14. pii: S0264-410X(15)00927-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.003. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Efficacy and immunogenicity of high-dose influenza vaccine in older adults by age, comorbidities, and frailty.[/h] DiazGranados CA[SUP]1[/SUP], Dunning AJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Robertson CA[SUP]2[/SUP], Talbot HK[SUP]3[/SUP], Landolfi V[SUP]2[/SUP], Greenberg DP[SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] A randomized trial demonstrated that a high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV-HD) was 24.2% more efficacious than a standard-dose vaccine (IIV-SD) against laboratory-confirmed influenza illness in adults ≥65 years. To evaluate the consistency of IIV-HD benefits, supplemental analyses explored efficacy and immunogenicity by baseline characteristics of special interest.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Double-blind, randomized, active-controlled, multicenter trial. Adults ≥65 years were randomized 1:1 to receive IIV-HD or IIV-SD and followed for 6-8 months postvaccination for the occurrence of influenza. One third of participants were randomly selected to provide sera for measurement of hemagglutination inhibition antibody (HAI) titers. Efficacy (IIV-HD vs. IIV-SD) against laboratory-confirmed, protocol-defined influenza-like illness (PD-ILI) and HAI geometric mean titer (GMT) ratios (IIV-HD/IIV-SD) were evaluated by age, and number of high-risk comorbid and frailty conditions.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Efficacy (95% confidence intervals) of IIV-HD relative to IIV-SD against laboratory-confirmed PD-ILI was 19.7% (0.4%; 35.4%) for participants 65-74 years, 32.4% (8.1%; 50.6%) for those ≥75 years, 22.1% (3.9%; 37.0%) for participants with ≥1 high-risk comorbidity, 23.6% (-3.2%; 43.6%) for those with ≥2 high-risk comorbidities, 27.5% (0.4%; 47.4%) for persons with 1 frailty condition, 23.9% (-9.0%; 47.2%) for those with 2 frailty conditions, and 16.0% (-16.3%; 39.4%) for those with ≥3 frailty conditions. There was no evidence of vaccine efficacy heterogeneity within age, comorbidity, and frailty strata (P-values 0.351, 0.875, and 0.838, respectively). HAI GMT ratios were significantly higher among IIV-HD recipients for all strains and across all subgroups.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Estimates of relative efficacy consistently favored IIV-HD over IIV-SD. There was no significant evidence that baseline age, comorbidity, or frailty modified the efficacy of IIV-HD relative to IIV-SD. IIV-HD significantly improved HAI responses for all strains and in all subgroups. IIV-HD is likely to provide benefits beyond IIV-SD for adults ≥65 years, irrespective of age and presence of comorbid or frailty conditions.
Copyright ? 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Clinical trial, phase III; Influenza vaccines, human; Vaccines, inactivated
PMID: 26187260 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]Efficacy and immunogenicity of high-dose influenza vaccine in older adults by age, comorbidities, and frailty.[/h] DiazGranados CA[SUP]1[/SUP], Dunning AJ[SUP]2[/SUP], Robertson CA[SUP]2[/SUP], Talbot HK[SUP]3[/SUP], Landolfi V[SUP]2[/SUP], Greenberg DP[SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] A randomized trial demonstrated that a high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV-HD) was 24.2% more efficacious than a standard-dose vaccine (IIV-SD) against laboratory-confirmed influenza illness in adults ≥65 years. To evaluate the consistency of IIV-HD benefits, supplemental analyses explored efficacy and immunogenicity by baseline characteristics of special interest.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Double-blind, randomized, active-controlled, multicenter trial. Adults ≥65 years were randomized 1:1 to receive IIV-HD or IIV-SD and followed for 6-8 months postvaccination for the occurrence of influenza. One third of participants were randomly selected to provide sera for measurement of hemagglutination inhibition antibody (HAI) titers. Efficacy (IIV-HD vs. IIV-SD) against laboratory-confirmed, protocol-defined influenza-like illness (PD-ILI) and HAI geometric mean titer (GMT) ratios (IIV-HD/IIV-SD) were evaluated by age, and number of high-risk comorbid and frailty conditions.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Efficacy (95% confidence intervals) of IIV-HD relative to IIV-SD against laboratory-confirmed PD-ILI was 19.7% (0.4%; 35.4%) for participants 65-74 years, 32.4% (8.1%; 50.6%) for those ≥75 years, 22.1% (3.9%; 37.0%) for participants with ≥1 high-risk comorbidity, 23.6% (-3.2%; 43.6%) for those with ≥2 high-risk comorbidities, 27.5% (0.4%; 47.4%) for persons with 1 frailty condition, 23.9% (-9.0%; 47.2%) for those with 2 frailty conditions, and 16.0% (-16.3%; 39.4%) for those with ≥3 frailty conditions. There was no evidence of vaccine efficacy heterogeneity within age, comorbidity, and frailty strata (P-values 0.351, 0.875, and 0.838, respectively). HAI GMT ratios were significantly higher among IIV-HD recipients for all strains and across all subgroups.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Estimates of relative efficacy consistently favored IIV-HD over IIV-SD. There was no significant evidence that baseline age, comorbidity, or frailty modified the efficacy of IIV-HD relative to IIV-SD. IIV-HD significantly improved HAI responses for all strains and in all subgroups. IIV-HD is likely to provide benefits beyond IIV-SD for adults ≥65 years, irrespective of age and presence of comorbid or frailty conditions.
Copyright ? 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Clinical trial, phase III; Influenza vaccines, human; Vaccines, inactivated
PMID: 26187260 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]