Influenza vaccine efficacy in young children attending childcare : A randomised controlled trial

© 2016 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (The Royal Australasian College of Physicians)..

AIM: Influenza causes a substantial burden in young children. Vaccine efficacy (VE) data are limited in this age group. We examined trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) efficacy and safety in young children attending childcare.

METHODS: A double-blind, randomised controlled trial in children aged 6 to <48 months was conducted with recruitment from Sydney childcare centres in 2011. Children were randomised to receive two doses of TIV or control hepatitis A vaccine. Efficacy was evaluated against polymerase chain reaction-confirmed influenza using parent-collected nose/throat swabs during influenza-like-illness. Safety outcomes were assessed during 6 months of follow-up.

RESULTS: Fifty-seven children were allocated to influenza vaccine and 67 to control; all completed the study. The influenza attack rate was 1.8 vs 13.4% in the TIV and control groups, respectively; VE 87% (95%CI: 0-98%). For children aged 24 to <48 months, 0 vs 8 (18.6%) influenza infections occurred in the TIV and control groups respectively, giving a VE of 100% (16-100%). Efficacy was not shown in children 6 to <24 months, probably due to insufficient power. Injection site and systemic adverse events were mostly mild to moderate with no significant differences, apart from more mild diarrhoea following dose 2 in TIV recipients (11.8 vs 0%).

CONCLUSIONS: Influenza vaccine appeared efficacious in the subgroup of children aged 24 to <48 months, although caution is required due to the small number of participants. There were no serious adverse events and most parents would vaccinate again. Influenza vaccination in a childcare setting could be valuable and a larger confirmatory study would be helpful.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Journal of paediatrics and child health - 53(2017), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 47-54

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li-Kim-Moy, Jean P [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Jiehui K [VerfasserIn]
Heron, Leon [VerfasserIn]
Leask, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Lambert, Stephen B [VerfasserIn]
Nissen, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Sloots, Theo [VerfasserIn]
Booy, Robert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Childcare
Children
Hepatitis A Vaccines
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Randomised controlled trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
Vaccination
Vaccines, Inactivated

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.10.2017

Date Revised 02.10.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jpc.13313

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264033116