title: Immunogenicity of the recombinant GenHevac B Pasteur vaccine against hepatitis B in chronic uremic patients.
abstract: Immunogenicity of the recombinant GenHevac B vaccine (G), containing both the S and the preS2 antigen, was compared with that of the plasma-derived Hevac B (H) vaccine in 120 chronic uremic predialysis patients. Sixty received 20 micrograms/dose of G and 60 received 5 micrograms/dose of H at 0, 1, 2, 4, and 12 months. Two months after the fourth injection, seroconversion (antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen [HBs], > or = 2 mIU/mL) was seen in 85% of group G and 67% of group H patients (P < .02); seroprotection (anti-HBs, > or = 10 mIU/mL) was seen in 71% and 59%, respectively. The geometric mean titers (GMT) of anti-HBs in responders were 112 and 229 mIU/mL, respectively. After booster injection at month 12, seroconversion occurred in 94% and 76% and seroprotection in 84% and 70%, with anti-HBs GMTs of 879 and 1001 mIU/mL in groups G and H, respectively. The recombinant GenHevac B vaccine elicited seroconversion and seroprotection in a higher proportion of chronic uremic patients, with comparably high anti-HBs antibody titers in responders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jungers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chauveau
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Couroucé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devillier
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Excler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bailleux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saliou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014511:Uremia / Q000276:immunology*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic