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Immunogenicity and safety of AS03A-adjuvanted H5N1 influenza vaccine prepared from bulk antigen after stockpiling for 4 years

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Vaccine. 2014 Jul 29. pii: S0264-410X(14)01014-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.07.062. [Epub ahead of print]
Immunogenicity and safety of AS03A-adjuvanted H5N1 influenza vaccine prepared from bulk antigen after stockpiling for 4 years.
Godeaux O1, Izurieta P2, Madariaga M3, Dram? M4, Li P4, Vaughn DW5.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:

Stockpiling vaccine for deployment in the event of an influenza pandemic is an important mitigation strategy. A necessary aspect of stockpiling is to determine the shelf-life of the stored vaccine.
METHODS:

In this Phase II, open-label study we assessed the immunogenicity and safety of H5N1 A/Indonesia/5/2005 vaccine adjuvanted with AS03A. The AS03A-H5N1 vaccine was prepared from bulk antigen that had been stored for 4 years, and adjuvant that had been stored for 2.5 years. Both the antigen and adjuvant were filled in separate multi-dose vials within 4 months of use, and on the day of vaccination, the contents of antigen and adjuvant vials were mixed. Seventy-eight adults aged 18-64 years were scheduled to receive two doses of hemagglutinin-antigen (3.75μg) given 21 days apart. Antibody responses were assessed by hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) assay according to age (18-30 years, 31-40 years, 41-50 years, and 51-64 years). Reactogenicity was assessed for 7 days after each vaccination, and safety was assessed for 385 days post-vaccination (NCT01416571).
RESULTS:

The vaccine was immunogenic. Twenty-one days after the second dose of vaccine in the overall population, the HI seroconversion rate and seroprotection rate (SPR; titer ≥1:40) was 96.0% and 98.7%, respectively. At Day 182 after vaccination, the SPR was 76.7% in the overall population. Injection site pain was the most frequent solicited adverse event (91.0%), and no safety concerns were raised.
CONCLUSION:

The immunogenicity and safety observed with AS03A-H5N1 vaccine formulated with bulk antigen which had been stockpiled before vialing and administration was consistent with that previously observed with newly manufactured AS03A-H5N1 vaccine. This suggests that stockpiling bulk antigen for 4 years does not compromise the immunogenicity or reactogenicity of the vaccine.

Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:

AS03; Bulk antigen; H5N1 vaccine; Pandemic influenza; Stockpile

PMID:
25090645
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25090645
 
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