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BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Apr 18;18(1):186. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3079-8.
Assessment of an optimized manufacturing process for inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine: a phase III, randomized, double-blind, safety and immunogenicity study in children and adults.
Claeys C1, Drame M2, Garc?a-Sicilia J3, Zaman K4, Carmona A5, Tran PM6, Miranda M7, Martin?n-Torres F8,9, Thollot F10, Horn M11, Schwarz TF12, Behre U13, Merino JM14, Sadowska-Krawczenko I15,16, Szymański H17, Schu P18, Neumeier E18, Li P2,19, Jain VK20,21, Innis BL20,22.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
GSK has modified the licensed monovalent bulk manufacturing process for its split-virion inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) to harmonize the process among different strains, resulting in an increased number of finished vaccine doses, while compensating for the change from inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine (IIV3) to IIV4. To confirm the manufacturing changes do not alter the profile of the vaccine, a clinical trial was conducted to compare IIV4 made by the currently licensed process with a vaccine made by the new (investigational) process (IIV4-I). The main objectives were to compare the reactogenicity and safety of IIV4-I versus IIV4 in all age groups, and to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody responses based on the geometric mean titer ratio of IIV4-I versus IIV4 in children.
METHODS:
The Phase III, randomized, double-blind, multinational study included three cohorts: adults (18-49 years; N = 120), children (3-17 years; N = 821), and infants (6-35 months; N = 940). Eligible subjects in each cohort were randomized 1:1 to receive IIV4-I or IIV4. Both vaccines contained 15 μg of hemagglutinin antigen for each of the four seasonal virus strains. Adults and vaccine-primed children received one dose of vaccine, and vaccine-unprimed children received two doses of vaccine 28 days apart. All children aged ≥9 years were considered to be vaccine-primed and received one dose of vaccine.
RESULTS:
The primary immunogenicity objective of the study was met in demonstrating immunogenic non-inferiority of IIV4-I versus IIV4 in children. The IIV4-I was immunogenic against all four vaccine strains in each age cohort. The reactogenicity and safety profile of IIV4-I was similar to IIV4 in each age cohort, and there was no increase in the relative risk of fever (≥38 ?C) with IIV4-I versus IIV4 within the 7-day post-vaccination period in infants (1.06; 95% Confidence Interval: 0.75, 1.50; p = 0.786).
CONCLUSIONS:
The study demonstrated that in adults, children, and infants, the IIV4-I made using an investigational manufacturing process was immunogenic with a reactogenicity and safety profile that was similar to licensed IIV4. These results support that the investigational process used to manufacture IIV4-I is suitable to replace the current licensed process.
TRIAL REGISTRATION:
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02207413 ; trial registration date: August 4, 2014.
KEYWORDS:
Adults; Children; Immunogenicity; Infants; Influenza vaccine; Investigational; Manufacturing; Quadrivalent; Reactogenicity; Safety
PMID: 29669531 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3079-8
Assessment of an optimized manufacturing process for inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine: a phase III, randomized, double-blind, safety and immunogenicity study in children and adults.
Claeys C1, Drame M2, Garc?a-Sicilia J3, Zaman K4, Carmona A5, Tran PM6, Miranda M7, Martin?n-Torres F8,9, Thollot F10, Horn M11, Schwarz TF12, Behre U13, Merino JM14, Sadowska-Krawczenko I15,16, Szymański H17, Schu P18, Neumeier E18, Li P2,19, Jain VK20,21, Innis BL20,22.
Author information
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
GSK has modified the licensed monovalent bulk manufacturing process for its split-virion inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) to harmonize the process among different strains, resulting in an increased number of finished vaccine doses, while compensating for the change from inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine (IIV3) to IIV4. To confirm the manufacturing changes do not alter the profile of the vaccine, a clinical trial was conducted to compare IIV4 made by the currently licensed process with a vaccine made by the new (investigational) process (IIV4-I). The main objectives were to compare the reactogenicity and safety of IIV4-I versus IIV4 in all age groups, and to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody responses based on the geometric mean titer ratio of IIV4-I versus IIV4 in children.
METHODS:
The Phase III, randomized, double-blind, multinational study included three cohorts: adults (18-49 years; N = 120), children (3-17 years; N = 821), and infants (6-35 months; N = 940). Eligible subjects in each cohort were randomized 1:1 to receive IIV4-I or IIV4. Both vaccines contained 15 μg of hemagglutinin antigen for each of the four seasonal virus strains. Adults and vaccine-primed children received one dose of vaccine, and vaccine-unprimed children received two doses of vaccine 28 days apart. All children aged ≥9 years were considered to be vaccine-primed and received one dose of vaccine.
RESULTS:
The primary immunogenicity objective of the study was met in demonstrating immunogenic non-inferiority of IIV4-I versus IIV4 in children. The IIV4-I was immunogenic against all four vaccine strains in each age cohort. The reactogenicity and safety profile of IIV4-I was similar to IIV4 in each age cohort, and there was no increase in the relative risk of fever (≥38 ?C) with IIV4-I versus IIV4 within the 7-day post-vaccination period in infants (1.06; 95% Confidence Interval: 0.75, 1.50; p = 0.786).
CONCLUSIONS:
The study demonstrated that in adults, children, and infants, the IIV4-I made using an investigational manufacturing process was immunogenic with a reactogenicity and safety profile that was similar to licensed IIV4. These results support that the investigational process used to manufacture IIV4-I is suitable to replace the current licensed process.
TRIAL REGISTRATION:
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02207413 ; trial registration date: August 4, 2014.
KEYWORDS:
Adults; Children; Immunogenicity; Infants; Influenza vaccine; Investigational; Manufacturing; Quadrivalent; Reactogenicity; Safety
PMID: 29669531 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3079-8