Oral tetravalent rotavirus vaccine can be successfully coadministered with oral poliovirus vaccine and a combined diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. US Rhesus Rotavirus Vaccine Study Group.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether an oral tetravalent rotavirus vaccine (RV-TV) can be safely coadministered with a combined diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (DTP/Hib) and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to healthy infants without interfering with the immune responses to any of the component antigens.


METHODS
Two hundred sixty-seven infants ages 2 to 3 months were randomly assigned in a double blind fashion to receive three doses of either placebo or RV-TV, each containing 4 x 10(5) plaque-forming units, concurrently with DTP/ Hib (Tetramune) and OPV at approximately 2, 4 and 6 months of age. Infants were followed for 5 days after each dose for the occurrence of adverse events and subsequently until 3 to 6 weeks after the third dose of RV-TV or placebo. Immune responses were assessed by measuring the postvaccination serum antibody titers to each component of DTP/ Hib and OPV at 3 to 6 weeks after the third dose.


RESULTS
The percentage of infants who attained protective antibody titers and the distribution of antibody titers against diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid and H. influenzae type b were not statistically different between RV-TV and placebo recipients. The distribution of antibody titers against different antigens of Bordetella pertussis (agglutinins, pertussis toxoid, filamentous hemagglutinin, fimbriae antigens and the 69-kDa outer membrane protein) was compared and no significant differences were found. The percentage of infants with detectable neutralizing antibodies against the three serotypes of poliovirus and the distribution of antibody titers was not statistically different between RV-TV and placebo recipients. There were no clinically meaningful differences in postvaccination reactions between RV-TV and placebo recipients.


CONCLUSIONS
Three doses of RV-TV can be safely coadministered with three doses of DTP/ Hib and OPV without diminishing an infant's serum antibody responses to each component of these vaccines. Therefore RV-TV can be given at the standard childhood visits at 2, 4 and 6 months of age.
Markwick
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Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Radnor, PA, USA. ffrench-mullen@email.msn.com
Rennels
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Zito
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Wade
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Mack
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D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D022243:Rotavirus Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D017778:Vaccines, Combined / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D022243:Rotavirus Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D017778:Vaccines, Combined; D014765:Viral Vaccines; C080881:diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-haemophilus b conjugate vaccine; C052014:rhesus rotavirus vaccine