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Trial reportHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025

Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of pentavalent meningococcal MenABCWY vaccine in healthy infants: A phase 2b randomized clinical trial.

Federico Martinon-Torres, Erik Lamberth, Silvina Natalini Martinez, Ignacio Salamanca de la Cueva, Lefteris Zolotas, Islamiat Oladipupo, Jason D Maguire, James Trammel, Robert O'Neill, Paul A Liberator and 5 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase II
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Federico Martinon-TorresGenetics, Vaccines and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group (GENVIP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Erik LamberthPfizer Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Silvina Natalini MartinezVaccine Research Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria HM, Madrid, Spain.
Ignacio Salamanca de la CuevaUnidad de Investigación, Grupo IHP (Instituto Hispalense de Pediatría), Sevilla, Spain.
Lefteris ZolotasPfizer Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Marlow, UK.
Islamiat OladipupoPfizer Vaccine Clinical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA.
Jason D MaguireVaccine Research Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria HM, Madrid, Spain.
James TrammelVaccine Research Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria HM, Madrid, Spain.
Robert O'NeillPfizer Vaccine Clinical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA.
Paul A LiberatorPfizer Vaccine Clinical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA.
Paula PeyraniPfizer Global Medical Affairs, Vaccines and Antivirals, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Luis JodarPfizer Global Medical Affairs, Vaccines and Antivirals, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA.
William C GruberPfizer Vaccine Clinical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA.
Annaliesa S AndersonPfizer Vaccine Clinical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA.
Johannes BeeslaarPfizer Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Marlow, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive meningococcal disease is an uncommon but serious disease predominantly affecting children. This phase 2b study evaluated MenABCWY in 6-month-old infants followed by MenB-fHbp and MenABCWY in 2-month-old infants, the latter being the target age and intervention. Participants were randomized to MenABCWY, 60 µg or 120 µg MenB-fHbp+MenACWY-TT, or 4CMenB+MenACWY-TT, administered as 2 primary and 1 booster dose. The primary safety objective was to describe the safety profile of MenABCWY in participants enrolled at 2 months. Primary immunogenicity objectives were the percentage of participants achieving seroprotective serum bactericidal antibody using human complement titers. Overall, 314 and 12 participants were randomized to sentinel cohort and open-label expanded-enrollment stages, respectively. Based on 2 reports of fever requiring invasive investigations and accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and 1 report arising from a previous study, the Sponsor terminated the study. Local reactions and systemic events after primary vaccination were generally mild to moderate, and tended to be higher with MenABCWY versus 4CMenB+MenACWY-TT. Immunogenicity data suggest that 1 month after vaccination 2, MenABCWY responses for MenA/C/W/Y were robust and comparable with 4CMenB+MenACWY-TT in 2-month-old participants. Immune responses for MenB test strains were higher with MenABCWY versus 4CMenB+MenACWY-TT and generally similar with 60 µg and 120 µg MenB-fHbp+MenACWY-TT or MenABCWY. Based on the limited results, the consistency of MenB immune responses with 60 µg and 120 µg MenB-fHbp suggests doses < 60 µg could be investigated to assess whether a more acceptable safety profile in conjunction with beneficial immune responses is possible in 2-month-old infants.

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Immunogenicity, VaccineMeningococcal InfectionsMeningococcal VaccinesAntibodies, BacterialDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleHumansImmunization, SecondaryInfantMaleNeisseria meningitidisVaccines, ConjugateAntibodies, BacterialMeningococcal VaccinesVaccines, ConjugatebexseroimmunogenicityInvasive meningococcal diseaseMENABCWYMenACWY-TTnimenrixpediatricsafetytrumenbavaccination

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PMCPMC11853628

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