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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010;51:000?000
? 2010 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
1058-4838/2010/5112-00XX$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/657403
MAJOR ARTICLE
Immunogenicity of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine in Children with Cancer in the United Kingdom
Jessica Bate,1,2
Chee‐Fu Yung,3
Katja Hoschler,3
Liz Sheasby,3
James Morden,4
Mary Taj,2,4
Paul T. Heath,1 and
Elizabeth Miller3
1St George?s, University of London, 2Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 3Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, and 4Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, England
Background.Children with cancer have an increased susceptibility to influenza infection. The objective of this study was to assess the immunogenicity of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine in children with cancer
Methods.Children were recruited from the Royal Marsden Hospital, England, during November 2009. The vaccination schedule consisted of 2 doses of an AS03B‐adjuvanted vaccine given at days 0 and 21. Serological analysis was performed on blood samples obtained at day 0 and day 42. The primary immunological end point was the seroconversion rate, which was defined as the proportion of subjects with an individual 4‐fold increase in hemagglutination inhibition titer and a postvaccination hemagglutination inhibition titer 1:32.
Results.Fifty‐four children with a median age of 6.3 years (range, 1.4?16.6 years) were vaccinated and had samples taken for serological analysis. Twenty‐four (44.4%) of 54 children demonstrated seroconversion. Seroconversion rates were 33.3% (9 of 27) among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 36.4% (4 of 11) among those with lymphoma or other leukemias, 66.7% (6 of 9) among those with brain tumors, and 71.4% (5 of 7) among those with other solid tumors. Seroconversion occurred in 4 (28.6%) of 14 children receiving acute lymphoblastic leukemia maintenance therapy. Univariate analysis showed significantly higher responses among children with solid tumors, compared with those with hematological malignancies (11 [68.8%] of 16 vs 13 [34.2%] of 38; ), and among those not receiving treatment, compared with those receiving treatment (7 [87.5%] of 8 vs 17 [37.0%] of 46; ). Multivariable analysis showed that age, cancer type, and lymphopenia did not influence seroconversion rates.
Conclusion.These data suggest that this AS03B‐adjuvanted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine can induce limited but useful protective immune responses in children with cancer.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/657403
? 2010 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
1058-4838/2010/5112-00XX$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/657403
MAJOR ARTICLE
Immunogenicity of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine in Children with Cancer in the United Kingdom
Jessica Bate,1,2
Chee‐Fu Yung,3
Katja Hoschler,3
Liz Sheasby,3
James Morden,4
Mary Taj,2,4
Paul T. Heath,1 and
Elizabeth Miller3
1St George?s, University of London, 2Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 3Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, and 4Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, England
Background.Children with cancer have an increased susceptibility to influenza infection. The objective of this study was to assess the immunogenicity of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine in children with cancer
Methods.Children were recruited from the Royal Marsden Hospital, England, during November 2009. The vaccination schedule consisted of 2 doses of an AS03B‐adjuvanted vaccine given at days 0 and 21. Serological analysis was performed on blood samples obtained at day 0 and day 42. The primary immunological end point was the seroconversion rate, which was defined as the proportion of subjects with an individual 4‐fold increase in hemagglutination inhibition titer and a postvaccination hemagglutination inhibition titer 1:32.
Results.Fifty‐four children with a median age of 6.3 years (range, 1.4?16.6 years) were vaccinated and had samples taken for serological analysis. Twenty‐four (44.4%) of 54 children demonstrated seroconversion. Seroconversion rates were 33.3% (9 of 27) among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 36.4% (4 of 11) among those with lymphoma or other leukemias, 66.7% (6 of 9) among those with brain tumors, and 71.4% (5 of 7) among those with other solid tumors. Seroconversion occurred in 4 (28.6%) of 14 children receiving acute lymphoblastic leukemia maintenance therapy. Univariate analysis showed significantly higher responses among children with solid tumors, compared with those with hematological malignancies (11 [68.8%] of 16 vs 13 [34.2%] of 38; ), and among those not receiving treatment, compared with those receiving treatment (7 [87.5%] of 8 vs 17 [37.0%] of 46; ). Multivariable analysis showed that age, cancer type, and lymphopenia did not influence seroconversion rates.
Conclusion.These data suggest that this AS03B‐adjuvanted pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine can induce limited but useful protective immune responses in children with cancer.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/657403