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Infants born to immune mothers and therefore having passively-transferred maternal antibody (PMA) to hepatitis A virus (HAV) have a blunted immune response to hepatitis A vaccine. We compared the immunogenicity of hepatitis A vaccine among infants with and without PMA, vaccinated on different schedules. We found that when vaccination is begun at or after 12 months of age, there was no difference in the immune response to the vaccine between infants born to immune vs. susceptible mothers.


Clinical Trial Description

Background: Infants with passively-transferred maternal antibody (PMA) to hepatitis A virus (HAV) have a blunted immune response to hepatitis A vaccine. We compared the immunogenicity of hepatitis A vaccine among infants with and without PMA, vaccinated on different schedules.

Methods: Infants were randomized to one of three groups, each receiving two doses of 720 EL.U. of hepatitis A vaccine (HAVRIX, Glaxo SmithKline) according to the following schedules: Group 1 at ages 6 and 12 months; Group 2 at ages 12 and 18 months; Group 3 at ages 15 and 21 months. We determined antibody to HAV (anti-HAV) status of mothers at the time of delivery, and measured infants' anti-HAV concentrations at the time of the first vaccine dose (baseline), and at 1, 7 and 12 months thereafter. Anti-HAV concentrations > 33 milli-International Units/milliliter (mIU/mL) were considered protective. We monitored adverse reactions using diary cards and chart reviews.

Results: A total of 239 infants were enrolled, including 134 born to anti-HAV negative mothers (Groups 1N, 2N, 3N) and 105 born to anti-HAV positive mothers (Groups 1P, 2P, 3P).

At month 12, 6 months after the second vaccine dose, the difference in GMC between Groups 1P and 1N was the only statistically significant difference within groups (p<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in GMC among groups of infants born to anti-HAV negative mothers ("N" groups), but the difference between Group 1P and Group 3P infants was significant (p < 0.05). No serious adverse reactions related to vaccination were detected.

Conclusions: Hepatitis A vaccine is immunogenic among infants born to anti-HAV negative mothers, and among those born to anti-HAV positive mothers and vaccinated beginning as young as 12 months old. The persistence of PMA for at least six months among the majority of infants born to anti-HAV positive mothers results in lower seroconversion rates and GMC's. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT00139113
Study type Interventional
Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
Start date September 1996
Completion date June 2001

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