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CompletedNCT02408926

Vaccine Responses in Infants After Acellular Pertussis Vaccination During Pregnancy in Thailand

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
370 (actual)
Sponsor
Universiteit Antwerpen · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
18 Years – 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Young infants are most vulnerable to severe disease and even death when infected with Bordetella pertussis. The current vaccines and vaccination programs do not guarantee protection of neonates from this disease. Maternal acquired pertussis-specific antibodies show low concentrations with short persistence in newborns creating a susceptibility gap for infection between birth and the first vaccinations. A possible strategy to protect infants from birth is pertussis vaccination during pregnancy, which will increase the amount of passively transferred maternal antibodies. However, little is known regarding the effect of high titers of maternal antibodies on the infants immune responses to different pertussis vaccines (whole cell versus acellular). Humoral immune responses will be assessed in infants receiving whole cell versus infants receiving acellular pertussis vaccines. Functionality of the antibodies will also be analyzed.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BIOLOGICALBoostrixPregnant women will be vaccinated with an acellular pertussis containing vaccine between 27 and 36 weeks of gestation.
BIOLOGICALInfanrix hexaChildren from group A will be vaccinated with an acellular pertussis containing vaccine according to the official recommendations in Thailand at 2, 4, 6 and 18 months.
BIOLOGICALQuinvaxemChildren from group B will be vaccinated with a whole cell pertussis containing vaccine according to the official recommendations in Thailand at 2, 4, 6 and 18 months.
BIOLOGICALOPVChildren from group B will be vaccinated with OPV vaccine according to the official recommendations in Thailand at 2, 4, 6 and 18 months.

Timeline

Start date
2015-04-01
Primary completion
2018-08-01
Completion
2018-08-01
First posted
2015-04-06
Last updated
2019-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02408926. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.