title: Immunogenicity and safety of a tetravalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine co-administered with a booster dose of a combined diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B-inactivated poliovirus-Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in healthy children aged 12-23 months.
abstract: This study was undertaken to assess the co-administration of an experimental measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (MMRV, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals) with a combined diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B-inactivated poliovirus-Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate (DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib) vaccine in healthy children. Healthy children aged 12-23 months (N = 451) were randomised to one of three parallel groups to receive one dose of MMRV vaccine co-administered with a booster dose of DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine (co-administration group), or one dose of MMRV vaccine alone (MMRV group), or a booster dose of DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine alone (DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib group). No differences in seroconversion rates for measles (>95%), mumps (>80%), rubella (>99%) and varicella (>98%) were seen between the co-administration group and the MMRV group. No differences in geometric mean titres (GMTs) were observed between the two groups with the exception of anti-measles titres, which were observed to be higher in the MMRV group than in the co-administration group (4,419.2 vs. 3,441.8 mIU/ml respectively). Immune response to the booster dose of DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine was observed to be similar in the co-administration group and the DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib group. Co-administration of the MMRV vaccine with a booster dose of DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine was well-tolerated and did not exacerbate the reactogenicity profile of either vaccine. In summary, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals' experimental MMRV vaccine was immunogenic and well-tolerated when administered with a booster dose of DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine during the second year of life. The ability to co-administer the MMRV vaccine at the same time as other routine childhood immunisation vaccines could increase compliance with varicella vaccination in countries where this vaccine is already recommended and may facilitate implementation of varicella vaccination elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany. zepp@kinder.klinik.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zepp
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Behre
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kindler
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Laakmann
authors.forename: Heidemarie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pankow-Culot
authors.forename: Wilma
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mannhardt-Laakmann
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beckers
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Descamps
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Willems
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007117:Immunization, Secondary / Q000009:adverse effects; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D017778:Vaccines, Combined / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; C451839:DTPa-HBV-IPV combined vaccine; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D017778:Vaccines, Combined; C050102:measles, mumps, rubella, varicella vaccine