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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2012 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Randomized clinical trial of immunogenicity and safety of a recombinant H1N1/2009 pandemic influenza vaccine containing Advax? polysaccharide adjuvant.
Gordon DL, Sajkov D, Woodman RJ, Honda-Okubo Y, Cox MM, Heinzel S, Petrovsky N.
Source
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Adelaide 5042, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Timely vaccine supply is critical during influenza pandemics. A recombinant hemagglutinin (rHA)-based vaccine could overcome production hurdles of egg-based vaccines but has never previously been tested in a real-life pandemic setting. The primary aim was to determine the efficacy of a recombinant pandemic vaccine and whether its immunogenicity could be enhanced by a novel polysaccharide adjuvant (Advax?).
METHODS:
281 adults aged 18-70 years were recruited in a randomized, subject and observer blinded, parallel-group study of rHA H1N1/2009 vaccine with or without adjuvant. Immunizations were at 0 and 3 weeks with rHA 3, 11 or 45μg. Serology and safety was followed for 6 months.
RESULTS:
At baseline, only 9.1% of subjects (95% CI: 6.0-13.2) had seroprotective H1N1/2009 titers. Seroconversion rates varied by rHA dose, presence of adjuvant, subject age and number of immunizations. Eighty percent (95% CI: 52-96) of 18-49 year olds who received rHA 45μg with adjuvant were seroprotected at week 3, representing a 11.1-fold increase in antibody titers from baseline. Advax? adjuvant increased seroprotection rates by 1.9 times after the first, and 2.5 times after the second, immunization when compared to rHA alone. Seroprotection was sustained at 26 weeks and the vaccine was well tolerated with no safety issues.
CONCLUSIONS:
The study confirmed the ability to design, manufacture, and release a recombinant vaccine within a short time from the start of an actual influenza pandemic. Advax? adjuvant significantly enhanced rHA immunogenicity.
Copyright ? 2012. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID:
22717330
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22717330
Randomized clinical trial of immunogenicity and safety of a recombinant H1N1/2009 pandemic influenza vaccine containing Advax? polysaccharide adjuvant.
Gordon DL, Sajkov D, Woodman RJ, Honda-Okubo Y, Cox MM, Heinzel S, Petrovsky N.
Source
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Adelaide 5042, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Timely vaccine supply is critical during influenza pandemics. A recombinant hemagglutinin (rHA)-based vaccine could overcome production hurdles of egg-based vaccines but has never previously been tested in a real-life pandemic setting. The primary aim was to determine the efficacy of a recombinant pandemic vaccine and whether its immunogenicity could be enhanced by a novel polysaccharide adjuvant (Advax?).
METHODS:
281 adults aged 18-70 years were recruited in a randomized, subject and observer blinded, parallel-group study of rHA H1N1/2009 vaccine with or without adjuvant. Immunizations were at 0 and 3 weeks with rHA 3, 11 or 45μg. Serology and safety was followed for 6 months.
RESULTS:
At baseline, only 9.1% of subjects (95% CI: 6.0-13.2) had seroprotective H1N1/2009 titers. Seroconversion rates varied by rHA dose, presence of adjuvant, subject age and number of immunizations. Eighty percent (95% CI: 52-96) of 18-49 year olds who received rHA 45μg with adjuvant were seroprotected at week 3, representing a 11.1-fold increase in antibody titers from baseline. Advax? adjuvant increased seroprotection rates by 1.9 times after the first, and 2.5 times after the second, immunization when compared to rHA alone. Seroprotection was sustained at 26 weeks and the vaccine was well tolerated with no safety issues.
CONCLUSIONS:
The study confirmed the ability to design, manufacture, and release a recombinant vaccine within a short time from the start of an actual influenza pandemic. Advax? adjuvant significantly enhanced rHA immunogenicity.
Copyright ? 2012. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID:
22717330
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22717330