A prospective, randomized open-label clinical trial will be conducted from July 2018 to October 2020. Approximately 300 preterm infants will be enrolled across three sites: Duke University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Eligible infants will be randomized 1:1 to receive either 2-month US licensed childhood vaccines (PCV13, DTaP, HBV, IPV an Hib) or no vaccines. After their participation in the study, healthcare providers of the infants in the unvaccinated group will make decision abut receipt of their 2-month childhood vaccines. The study will collect data from the continuous cardiorespiratory and pulse oximetry monitors from randomization to 48 hours after randomization for infants in the unvaccinated group, and from randomization to 48 hours after vaccination for infants in the vaccinated group. Infants in both groups will be monitored for up to 60 hours for the occurrence of apnea, bradycardia, and oxygen desaturation. For infants in the "vaccinated" group, the study will also collect adverse events of clinical interest and serious adverse events occurring between the end of the 48-hour monitoring period and 14 days after vaccination. This information will be collected through parental report and review of medical records.
Modified Intent-to-Treat (mITT) Analysis Population: Defined as any infant that was enrolled and randomized in the study For the mITT analysis, infants will be analyzed in their assigned treatment arms irrespective of receipt of vaccine. Study outcomes will be included in the analysis as follows: i) Vaccinated group: study outcomes in the 48-hour monitoring after vaccination. If vaccination does not occur by 12 hours after randomization, then study outcomes will be assessed between 12 and 60 hours after randomization. ii) Unvaccinated group: study outcomes in the 48-hour monitoring period after randomization.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
223
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Occurrence of Apnea
Number of infants with ≥ 1 apneic event in a 48-hour monitoring period after vaccination in the "vaccinated" group and a 48-hour monitoring period after randomization in the "unvaccinated" group, mITT Population Apnea was defined as a pause in respirations of \>20 seconds, or a pause in respirations of \>15 seconds with associated bradycardia (heart rate \<80 beats per minute for any duration occurring within 1 minute of the apnea event). Potential apnea events triggered by the cardiorespiratory monitors were manually reviewed by 2 neonatologists to verify the event. In uncommon situations in which manual review of a triggered event was not possible due to missing data, the triggered event was considered to be apnea.
Time frame: 48 hours
Number of Apneic Episodes
Average number of apneic episodes in a 48-hour monitoring period after vaccination in the "vaccinated" group and a 48-hour monitoring period after randomization in the "unvaccinated" group.
Time frame: 48 hours
Duration of Apneic Episodes
Average duration of apneic episodes in a 48-hour monitoring period after vaccination in the "vaccinated" group and a 48-hour monitoring period after randomization in the "unvaccinated" group.
Time frame: 48 hours
Increase in Respiratory Support
Proportion of infants requiring any increase in respiratory support in a 48-hour monitoring period after vaccination in the "vaccinated" group and a 48-hour monitoring period after randomization in the "unvaccinated" group.
Time frame: 48 hours
Severe Cardiorespiratory Events
Proportion of infants with severe ≥1 severe cardiorespiratory event in a 48-hour monitoring period after vaccination in the "vaccinated" group and a 48-hour monitoring period after randomization in the "unvaccinated" group. Only severe apnea events in the mITT analysis window and only the severe bradycardia events in the mITT analysis window from Duke University. The monitor data were not viable at UNC and Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Duke data were adjudicated by neonatologists.
Time frame: 48 hours
Positive Pressure Ventilation
Proportion of Infants Requiring Positive Pressure Ventilation in a 48-hour monitoring period after vaccination in the "vaccinated" group and a 48-hour monitoring period after randomization in the "unvaccinated" group.
Time frame: 48 hours
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