• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

Clin Infect Dis . Comparison of the Immunogenicity of Cell Culture-Based and Recombinant Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccines to Conventional Egg-Based Q

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis


. 2021 Jul 10;ciab566.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab566. Online ahead of print.
Comparison of the Immunogenicity of Cell Culture-Based and Recombinant Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccines to Conventional Egg-Based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccines among Healthcare Personnel Aged 18-64 Years: A Randomized Open-Label Trial


Fatimah S Dawood[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Allison L Naleway[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Brendan Flannery[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Min Z Levine[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kempapura Murthy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Suryaprakash Sambhara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shivaprakash Gangappa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Laura Edwards[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sarah Ball[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Lauren Beacham[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edward Belongia[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Kelsey Bounds[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Weiping Cao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], F Liaini Gross[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Holly Groom[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alicia M Fry[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Danielle Hunt[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Zuha Jeddy[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Margarita Mishina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara S Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meredith G Wesley[SUP] 1 4 [/SUP], Sarah Spencer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mark G Thompson[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manjusha Gaglani[SUP] 3 [/SUP]



Affiliations

Abstract

Background: RIV4 and cell-culture based inactivated influenza vaccine (ccIIV4) have not been compared to egg-based IIV4 in healthcare personnel, a population with frequent influenza vaccination that may blunt vaccine immune responses over time. We conducted a randomized trial among HCP aged 18-64 years to compare humoral immune responses to ccIIV4 and RIV4 to IIV4.
Methods: During the 2018-2019 season, participants were randomized to receive ccIIV4, RIV4, or IIV4 and had sera collected pre-vaccination, 1 and 6 months post-vaccination. Sera were tested by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) for influenza A/H1N1, B/Yamagata, and B/Victoria and microneutralization (MN) for A/H3N2 against cell-grown vaccine reference viruses. Primary outcomes at 1 month were seroconversion rate (SCR), geometric mean titers (GMT), GMT ratio, and mean fold rise (MFR) in the intention-to-treat population.
Results: 727 participants were included (283 ccIIV4, 202 RIV4, and 242 IIV4). At 1 month, responses to ccIIV4 were similar to IIV4 by SCR, GMT, GMT ratio, and MFR. RIV4 induced higher SCRs, GMTs, and MFRs than IIV4 against A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B/Yamagata. The GMT ratio of RIV4 to egg-based vaccines was 1.5 (95%CI 1.2-1.9) for A/H1N1, 3.0 (95%CI 2.4-3.7) for A/H3N2, 1.1 (95%CI 0.9-1.4) for B/Yamagata, and 1.1 (95%CI 0.9-1.3) for B/Victoria. At 6 months, ccIIV4 recipients had similar GMTs to IIV4, whereas RIV4 recipients had higher GMTs against A/H3N2 and B/Yamagata.
Conclusion: RIV4 resulted in improved antibody responses by HI and MN compared to egg-based vaccines against three of four cell-grown vaccine strains 1 month post-vaccination, suggesting a possible additional benefit from RIV4.

Keywords: Influenza vaccines; healthcare personnel; immunogenicity.
 
Back
Top Bottom