CompletedPhase 4

The Effect of Fractional Doses of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Immunogenicity and Carriage in Kenyan Infants

Kenya2,100 participantsStarted 2019-03-21

Plain-language summary

Before the introduction of pneumonia vaccines in 2000, between 700,000 - 1 million children died each year as a result of infection with the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae and the resulting diseases, namely, meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia. Most of the deaths were in Africa and Asia. Where the vaccines have been introduced, they have been highly effective and have already reduced disease. However, at 10 USD per child, they are not affordable to most low-income countries without financial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. This project aims to assess whether lower doses of the two commercially available pneumonia vaccines can protect Kenyan infants as well as the full dose. The results could be used to increase the affordability of the pneumonia vaccine, and enable delivery of the vaccine to continue in the absence of Gavi support.

Who can participate

Age range6 Weeks – 8 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy infants aged 6-8 weeks of age (HIV positive or negative but with no symptoms of current clinical immunosuppression i.e. HIV infection at WHO clinical stage 1); * Parents are willing to provide informed consent for their child to participate in the study * Parents and infant are likely to remain in the study area until the infant is 18 months of age and comply with study requirements including the requirement to return to the same health facility to obtain all other childhood vaccines. Exclusion Criteria: * Infants \>8 weeks of age at time of enrolment * Signs or symptoms of immunosuppression or HIV infection clinical stage 2 or above. * Acute illness (e.g. febrile disease) on the day of vaccination * Contraindications precluding vaccination (e.g. hypersensitivity to any component of the vaccine, including diphtheria toxoid) * Previous PCV vaccination * Family are planning to migrate out of the study areas before the end of the study follow-up * Family are planning to obtain the subsequent vaccine doses of the routine immunisation schedule elsewhere and therefore their child may receive a full dose under the routine vaccination programme.

What they're measuring

Immunogenicity: The ratio of IgG GMCs at 1-month post boost

Timeframe: 4-weeks post-boost (approximately 10 months of age)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03489018

SponsorLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-09-30