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Filter by:Hypothesis: Lower doses of each A/C/Y/W135 component of the meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine could confer a similar functional immunogenic response as the dose of 50 μg currently being used, and subsequently be equally protective. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of fractional dose tetravalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine to control outbreak especially caused by N. meningitidis serogroup W135 Primary Objectives: - To measure the immunogenicity of a dose corresponding to one fifth of the amount of the licensed meningococcal A/C/Y/W135 polysaccharide vaccine, i.e. 10 μg for each component; and - To measure the immunogenicity of a dose corresponding to one tenth of the licensed meningococcal A/C/Y/W135 polysaccharide vaccine, i.e. 5 μg for each component.
The study is designed to evaluate the persistence of bactericidal antibodies in subjects aged 15 to 23 years (not yet 24 years) who had been vaccinated five years previously in Study MTA02 and did not participate in Study MTA19 (NCT 00777790). In addition, the kinetics of the antibody response will be evaluated in a subset of these participants who will receive a booster dose of Menactra® vaccine. This will be compared to aged matched control subjects who have not been previously vaccinated with a meningococcal vaccine or had documented meningitis disease who will also receive a dose of Menactra® vaccine.
The study is designed to evaluate the persistence of bactericidal antibodies in subjects aged 7 to 15 years (not yet 16 years) who had been vaccinated five years previously in Study 603-02. In addition, the kinetics of the antibody response will be evaluated in a subset of participants who will receive a booster dose of Menactra® vaccine and children in the same age group not previously vaccinated with a meningococcal vaccine or had meningitis disease who will receive a dose of Menactra® vaccine.
To further characterize the safety profile of Menactra vaccine and to identify any signals of potentially vaccine-related adverse events (AEs) not detected during pre-licensure studies.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the vaccine called Group B Meningococcal 44/76 MOS NOMV 5D Vaccine is safe and free from side effects and if it will protect people from meningitis. This study will vaccinate three groups of people. In the first 2 groups, the study will be double-blinded. This means that neither the volunteer or the medical team will know which formulation of the vaccine was administered. The third group of volunteers and the medical team will know that they are receiving the higher dose of the vaccine.
The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of pneumococcal meningitis in the paediatric population in Spain four years after the marketing of Prevenar. Also secondary objectives are: 1) to determine the clinical characteristics and outcome of the disease; and 2) to determine serotypes and antibiotic resistance patterns.
The National Health Plan 2001-2010 calls for investigation of the feasibility of pneumococcal vaccines for Papau New Guinea. The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Institute of Medical Research, the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia will collaborate to examine very closely the safety of neonatal vaccination, particularly with regard to impact on the development of immunity and response to other vaccines given to infants. This study will also provide a unique opportunity for training of PNG and Australian scientists in both countries.
The purpose of this study is to define the safety profile of rituximab given intrathecally in lymphomatous meningitis related to CD20+ non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the immune responses of UK infants after one or two doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or one or two doses of three different types of meningococcal conjugate vaccine given at either two and three or two and four months of age.
Adding vancomycin to the antibiotic regimen is recommended for the treatment of pneumococcal meningitis in adults. Use of dexamethasone as adjunct therapy has proved to reduce mortality and neurologic sequelae in adult patients with pneumococcal meningitis. However, use of dexamethasone may impair penetration of vancomycin in cerebrospinal fluid. In a purely observational manner, we thought to measure blood and CSF concentrations of vancomycin in adult patients with pneumococcal meningitis, treated with vancomycin, third-generation cephalosporin and dexamethasone.