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Filter by:The central aim of this study is to investigate the optimal timing of vaccination in pregnant women. Therefore, pregnant women will be vaccinated against pertussis at different timepoints and blood and breast milk samples will be taken at several timepoints. The main objectives are to assess the impact of timing on humoral and cellular immune responses in pregnant women, on antibody characteristics transferred across the placenta and on transplacental transport efficiency. The impact of maternal pertussis vaccination and timing of maternal pertussis vaccination on breastmilk antibody composition will also be investigated, as well as the impact of vaccination during pregnancy on the mucosal uptake of breastmilk IgA antibodies by the infant respiratory and gastrointestinal tract.
To establish the relative accuracy of the LIAISON® NES Flu A/B, RSV & COVID-19 assay for viral nucleic acid targets from professionally collected or patient self-collected dry nasal (NS) swabs and to establish the relative accuracy of the LIAISON PLEX® RSP Flex assay from NS and nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) in applicable transport media from human patients exhibiting clinical signs and symptoms of a respiratory tract infection.
The main objective is to estimate the annual symptomatic incidence of Bordetella pertussis and RSV infections in patients aged 18 years and over with asthma, which will be identified by PCR, for Bordetella pertussis and by PCR for RSV performed at a specific timepoint from onset of symptoms for each symptomatic Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI). A multicentre prospective cohort study will be undertaken in Spain. Thirty-five centres from different autonomous communities in Spain will participate in the study. Participants will be asked to report to the investigator if they experience an asthma exacerbation or symptoms of acute respiratory infection with 2 years follow up
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of Adacel vaccine among pregnant individuals exposed to Adacel at any point between the 1st day of the 27th week of gestation up to the end of pregnancy and their offspring (ie, Adacel-exposed cohort), in comparison with pregnant individuals not vaccinated with any Tdap vaccines during pregnancy and their offspring (ie, Tdap-unvaccinated comparator cohort). The primary objectives are to estimate incidence rates and relative risks for each prespecified pregnancy outcome in Adacel-exposed and Tdap-unvaccinated comparator cohorts and for each prespecified adverse birth outcome in the offspring of both cohorts. The secondary objectives are to estimate incidence rates and relative risks for each prespecified adverse fetal and neonatal outcome in the offspring of Adacel-exposed and Tdap unvaccinated comparator cohorts and for each prespecified adverse outcome for pregnant individuals in both cohorts.
This study is a randomized, blinded, active-controlled phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and preliminary immunogenicity of the Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Component Combined Vaccine (DTacP) in subjects (aged 2 months to 6 years). Primary safety endpoints are the occurrence of solicited adverse events within 30 minutes after each dose, the occurrence of solicited adverse events within 7 days after each dose, the occurrence of unsolicited adverse events within 30 days after each dose, and the occurrence of adverse events 30 days after immunization. The secondary safety endpoint is the occurrence of serious adverse events (SAEs) within 12 months after immunization. Secondary immunogenicity endpoints are the geometric mean concentration (GMC), geometric mean fold increase (GMFI), seropositive rates, seroconversion rates, or 4-fold increase rates of anti-DT, anti-TT, anti-PT, anti-FHA, and anti-PRN antibodies 30 days after immunization. The exploratory endpoints are the GMC, GMFI, seropositive rates, seroconversion rates, or 4-fold increase rates of anti-DT, anti-PT, and anti-FHA neutralizing antibodies 30 days after immunization in all groups, the GMC and seropositive rates of anti-DT, anti-TT, anti-PT, anti-FHA, and anti-PRN antibodies 12 months after primary immunization in the infant group, the seropositive rates and geometric mean tie (GMT) of anti- type I, type II, type III poliovirus neutralizing antibodies 30 days after immunization in all groups, the seropositive rates and geometric mean tie (GMT) of anti- type I, type II, type III poliovirus neutralizing antibodies 12 months after primary immunization in the infant group.
In France, it has been recommended since 2022 that pregnant women be vaccinated against pertussis from 20 to 36 weeks' gestation. This vaccination schedule is inspired by the Anglo-Saxon model and studies showing the effectiveness of this practice. The aim of this vaccine is to protect the newborn by transferring antibodies from the fetus to the placenta, because Pertussis is a particularly serious disease in newborns.
The combined pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus vaccine, the first vaccine to be included in the Expanded Programme of Immunization(EPI) of World Health Organization(WHO), has played an important role in the prevention and control of these three infectious diseases. The (diphtheria，tetanus and acellular pertussis combined vaccine，DTaP) vaccine was successfully developed in China in 1993, and its safety and serological effects were confirmed by the observation of human safety, with mild vaccination reactions and good immunization effects.The (Diphtheria-tetanus-component acellular pertussis vaccine, DTcP) vaccine is suitable for immunization against pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus infections in people between 2 and 24 months of age.
The resurgence of pertussis is associated with an evolutionary mechanism under the pressure of current acellular vaccines, with a possible impact on vaccine effectiveness and disease expression. Little is known about the mechanisms involved in the clinical variability of pertussis, including its most severe malignant form observed in infants (mortality between 50-80%). The main challenges are: (i) the lack of knowledge about the gene expression of B. pertussis strains currently circulating during human infection, incorporating evolutionary changes and vaccine-induced selective pressure; (ii) the poor understanding of the variability in clinical expression of pertussis, and (iii) the lack of biomarkers to predict disease severity or prognosis in infants. An integrative strategy combining a clinical, microbiological, immunological and 'omic' approach from a prospective cohort of children with pertussis will be used to identify 1. 'in situ' expression profiles of B. pertussis genes and proteins incorporating recent evolutionary changes and 2. a systemic and respiratory immune signature in B. pertussis-infected children according to severity. Results should furthermore serve as a prerequisite for the identification of severity biomarkers and new vaccine antigen candidates taking into account specific immune responses in infants.
The overall objective of the project is to identify the determinants of antibody-mediated immunity in infants born to mothers immunized during pregnancy. Using maternal pertussis immunization as a model, the project will identify key predictors and potential determinants of vaccine responses in pregnant women, of the transfer of maternal antibodies to the newborn and of vaccine responses in infants. A systems biology approach will be used to delineate pre-vaccination and post-vaccination cellular and molecular correlates of the immune response to pertussis immunization in peripheral blood and in breastmilk.
Primary objective- To assess the safety of nasal inoculation of healthy volunteers with B. pertussis with antibiotic therapy given to eradicate colonisation at 6 weeks after inoculation or at symptom onset, whichever occurs first Secondary objectives - To measure the rate of natural clearance of carriage of B. pertussis following nasal inoculation - To assess the kinetics of B. pertussis colonisation density following nasal inoculation - To describe the microevolution of B. pertussis and adaptation of the resident microbiome during B. pertussis carriage - To measure B. pertussis-specific antibody and cellular immunological responses in healthy volunteers during colonisation with B. pertussis - To identify biomarkers that correlate with natural clearance of B. pertussis carriage after induced B. pertussis colonisation - To detect transmission of B. pertussis to bedroom contacts of inoculated volunteers during prolonged asymptomatic colonisation