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Safety and immunogenicity of a quadrivalent intradermal influenza vaccine in adults

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2015 Jan 19. pii: S0264-410X(15)00044-4. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.025. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Safety and immunogenicity of a quadrivalent intradermal influenza vaccine in adults.[/h] Gorse GJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Falsey AR[SUP]2[/SUP], Ozol-Godfrey A[SUP]3[/SUP], Landolfi V[SUP]4[/SUP], Tsang PH[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] An intradermal (ID) trivalent split-virion influenza vaccine (IIV3-ID) (Fluzone[SUP]?[/SUP] Intradermal, Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, PA) has been available in the US since the 2011/2012 influenza season for adults aged 18-64 years. This study examined whether adding a second B-lineage strain affects immunogenicity and safety.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] This randomized, double-blind, multicentre trial evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of an intradermal quadrivalent split-virion influenza vaccine (IIV4-ID) in adults 18-64 years of age in the US during the 2012-2013 influenza season. Participants were randomized 2:1:1 to receive a single injection of IIV4-ID, licensed IIV3-ID, or an investigational IIV3-ID containing the alternate B-lineage strain. Haemagglutination inhibition antibody titres were assessed in two-thirds of participants before vaccination and 28 days after vaccination.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] One thousand seven hundred and two participants were vaccinated with IIV4-ID, 837 with licensed IIV3-ID, and 846 with an investigational IIV3-ID. For all four vaccine strains, antibody responses to IIV4-ID were statistically non-inferior to the response to the IIV3-ID vaccines containing the matched strains. For both B strains, post-vaccination antibody responses to IIV4-ID were statistically superior to the responses to IIV3-ID lacking the corresponding B strain. Adverse events were similar for IIV4-ID and IIV3-ID. The most commonly reported solicited reactions were pain, pruritus, myalgia, headache, and malaise; and most were grade 1 or 2 and appeared and resolved within 3 days of vaccination. IIV4-ID was statistically non-inferior to the two pooled IIV3-ID vaccines for the proportions of participants with at least one grade 2 or 3 systemic reaction.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Antibody responses to the IIV4-ID were non-inferior to IIV3-ID for the A and matched B strains and superior for the unmatched B strains. IIV4-ID was well tolerated without any safety concerns. IIV4-ID may help address an unmet need due to mismatched B strains in previous influenza vaccines.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Adults; ClinicalTrials.gov no. NCT01712984; Immunogenicity; Intradermal; Phase III; Quadrivalent influenza vaccine; Safety

PMID: 25613721 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
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