This is a follow-on, multi-centre, open-label, clinical trial. The purpose of this trial is to investigate the concentrations of serotype-specific antibodies to IgG included in PCV13 in children who have received either the PCV7 or PCV13 primary immunisation at 2, 4 and 12 months of age. We intend to recruit all interested participants who completed the Wyeth-sponsored PCV13 infant trial study (6096A1-007) at selected study sites (i.e. those that recruited the majority of the children in the original study). The study will start in March 2010, at which time the eldest participants in the 6096A1-007 study will be approximately 42 months of age. There will be two visits per participant, 1 month apart from each other. At visit one, all participants will have a blood test and receive a dose of PCV13. At visit 2, all participants will have a blood test and will be offered the remaining pre-school booster vaccinations unless they have already received them.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Immunisation with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) at approximately 40 months of age.
Bristol Children's Vaccine Centre, University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
St George's Vaccine Institute, University of London
London, United Kingdom
Oxford Vaccine Group, Dept Paediatrics, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
To assess the effectiveness of PCV13 booster vaccinations
To assess the proportion of participants, immunised with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) at 2, 4 and 12 months of age, who have IgG concentrations ≥ 0.35mcg/ml for PCV13 serotypes at the time when preschool booster vaccinations are due (at 40 months of age).
Time frame: 1 month
To assess IgG concentrations for PCV13 serotypes in children immunised with PCV7 and PCV13
To assess the proportion of participants, immunised with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) at 2, 4 and 12 months of age, who have IgG concentrations ≥ 0.35mcg/ml for PCV13 serotypes at the time when preschool booster vaccinations are due (at 40 months of age) and comparing these to the proportion of participants achieving this threshold after infant immunisation with PCV 13.
Time frame: 1 month
Compare PCV13 serotype-specific IgG geometric mean concentrations, opsonophagocytic activity geometric mean titres & the proportion of participants with PCV13 serotype-specific OPA titres ≥ 1:8 (at 40 months) when immunised in infancy with PCV7 or PCV13.
Time frame: 1 month
Compare PCV serotype-specific IgG GMCs, OPA GMTs & proportion of participants with IgG concs ≥ 0.35mcg/ml & OPA titres ≥ 1:8 one month after booster dose of PCV13 at 40 months in children previously immunised with PCV7 & PCV13 at 2,4 & 12 months.
Time frame: 1 month
To determine reactogenicity of the pre-school PCV13 booster in terms of rates of local and systemic reactions following vaccination.
Time frame: 1 month
Investigate influence of genetic polymorphisms on the above immunological markers following infant immunisation with PCV7/PCV13 & following booster dose of PCV13 at 40 months & on the nature of adverse reactions observed after booster.
Time frame: 1 month
Measure pneumococcal serotype-specific memory B cells frequencies before & 1 month after PCV13 dose (40 months) in subset previously immunised with PCV7/PCV13 at 2,4 & 12 months (serotype studies to include 4,14,23F (present in PCV7) & 1,3,19A).
Time frame: 1 month
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