Study in Adolescents/Adults to Evaluate the Persistence up to 3.5 Yrs of GSK Biologicals Meningococcal Vaccine 134612

GlaxoSmithKline46 enrolled

Overview

This study will investigate the long-term protection offered by GSK Biologicals' meningococcal vaccine 134612 up to 3.5 years after vaccination. Subjects were vaccinated at 15 to 19 years of age. This extension phase starts 18 months after vaccination and part of the subjects who were vaccinated in the primary study will be enrolled in this extension phase. No new subjects will be enrolled. This protocol posting deals with objectives \& outcome measures of the extension phase 18, 30 and 42 months after vaccination. The objectives \& outcome measures of the primary phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT00126945). The Protocol Posting has been updated in order to comply with the FDA Amendment Act, September 2007.

Subjects were previously vaccinated at 15 to 19 years of age with GSK Biologicals' meningococcal vaccine 134612 or with Mencevax™ ACWY. This extension phase starts 18 months after vaccination and part of the subjects will be enrolled in this extension phase. No additional vaccines will be administered during this study and no new subjects will be enrolled. The subjects will have three blood samples taken: at 18, 30 and 42 months after vaccination.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Infections, Meningococcal

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 19 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects who the investigator believes that they and/or their parents/guardians can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol. * A male or female, who was primed with meningococcal vaccine 134612 or Mencevax™ ACWY in the primary vaccination study 18 months before the first persistence assessment and who completed that study. * Written informed consent obtained from the subject/ from the parent or guardians of the subject. * Written informed assent obtained from the subject, as applicable, at the time of study entry. Exclusion Criteria: • Administration of a meningococcal polysaccharide or a meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine since the last visit of the primary vaccination study.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Meningococcal rSBA titres.

Time frame: At the start of this persistence study and 12 and 24 months later.

Anti-meningococcal polysaccharide concentrations

Time frame: At the start of this persistence study and 12 and 24 months later.

Occurrence of serious adverse events related to vaccination, adverse events related to lack of vaccine efficacy or study participation.

Time frame: From the last study contact of the primary vaccination study to the end of this persistence study.