Open-label, randomised, parallel-group, multicentre study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an AS03(B)/oil-in-water emulsion-adjuvanted (AS03(B)) split-virion versus non-adjuvanted whole-virion H1N1 influenza vaccine in UK children 6 months to 12 years of age.

摘要

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an AS03(B)/oil-in-water emulsion-adjuvanted (AS03(B)) split-virion versus non-adjuvanted whole-virion H1N1 influenza vaccine in UK children aged 6 months to 12 years. DESIGN: Multicentre, randomised, head-to-head, open-label trial. SETTING: Five UK sites (Oxford, Bristol, Southampton, Exeter and London). PARTICIPANTS: Children aged 6 months to 38.0 degrees C in those under 5 years of age (8.9% vs 22.4%). CONCLUSION: The adjuvanted vaccine, although reactogenic, was more immunogenic, especially in younger children, indicating the potential for improved immunogenicity of influenza vaccines in this age group. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN89141709.