PREVIX_COMBO
ACTRN12610000544077
Prevention
Phase 3 / Phase 4
Government body,National Health and Medical Research Council
Prof Amanda Leach
The bacterium pneumococcus causes invasive disease, pneumonia and otitis media in young children. Seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has been provided for Aboriginal and high risk children since 2001 and all Australian children since 2005. There are two new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines to be licensed in Australia by the end of 2010. These have 10 pneumococcal serotypes in common but one also offers protection from H. influenzae infection and the other has 3 additional pneumoco .... Read more
Indigenous infants less than 6 weeks of age, living in a remote community and eligible for pneumococcal vaccination.
less than 32 weeks gestation
Yes
Sample Size 425
Min. age 4 Weeks
Max. age 6 Weeks
Sex Both males and females
Condition category Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae disease , Otitis media in Indigenous infants , Pneumococcal disease
Condition code Ear , Infection , Public Health
Intervention code Prevention
1. Vaccination with Synflorix (intramuscular injection 0.5ml) at 1,2,4 months of age and Prevenar13 at 6 months of age. Final follow up at 7 months of age.
Control group Active
1. Vaccination with Prevenar13 (intramuscular injection 0.5ml) at 2,4 and 6 months of age. 2. Vaccination with Synflorix (intramuscular injection 0.5ml)at 2,4 and 6 months of age. Final follow up at 7 months of age.
Outcome: Proportion of infants with serum pneumococcal Immunoglobulin G (IgG) geometric mean concentration (GMC) above threshold (0.35 microg/ml). Determined by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay.Timepoint: 7 months of age
Outcome: Serum pneumococcal IgG geometric mean concentration (GMC). Determined by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay.Timepoint: 7 months of age