A comparative analysis of immunogenicity and safety of an enterovirus 71 vaccine between children aged 3-5 years and infants aged 6-35 months

作者:Gu, Wei; Zeng, Gang; Hu, Yue-mei; Hu, Yuan-Sheng; Zhang, Ying; Hu, Ya-ling; Wang, Yang; Li, Jing-Xin*; Zhu, Feng-Cai*
来源:Expert Review of Vaccines, 2018, 17(3): 257-262.
DOI:10.1080/14760584.2018.1430572

摘要

Background: The Sinovac enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccine has shown good safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy in infants aged 6-35months, whom are considered as the priority of the target population. However, 3-5years old children accounted for approximately 30% of HFMD cases and are also worth our attention.Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, batch-to-batch consistency clinical trial enrolling 1400 participants aged 6-59months was performed. We pooled the participants receiving three batches of EV71 vaccine together and then stratified them into the 6-35months and 3-5years. The non-inferiority analysis of the geometric mean titer (GMT) of EV71 neutralizing antibody post-vaccination was the primary endpoint.Results: In the vaccine group, the GMT of 242 children aged 3-5years was 132.72 (95% CI, 110.3-159.6), which was non-inferior to that generated in 717 infants aged 6-35months. Following the vaccination, the incidence of adverse reactions was less frequent in children aged 3-5years (47.0%) than that found in infants aged 6-35months (60.1%) (p=0.0026).Conclusions: Our study indicated that the EV71 vaccine was also safe in children aged 3-5years, with non-inferior immunogenicity to that in infants aged 6-35months.