Immunogenicity and Safety of A Group A, C Polysaccharide Meningococcal and Type b Haemophilus Influenzal Conjugate Vaccine in Infants and Children

A Phase III Clinical Trial the Immunogenicity and Safety Study of A Group A, C Polysaccharide Meningococcal and Type b Haemophilus Influenzal Conjugate Vaccine in Infants and Children.

Haemophilus influenzae is an important pathogen which can cause primary infection and respiratory viral infection in infants and leaded to secondary infections. The infection of haemophilus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children. At present, the developed conjugant Hib vaccine is proved to be safe and effective. Because Hib vaccine can prevent meningitis, pneumonia, epiglottis inflammation and other serious infection caused by Hib bacteria, the WHO suggested that Hib vaccine should be included in the infant's normal immune programming.

Since the use of meningitis aureus polysaccharide vaccine, incidence of a disease in recent years is declined and maintain to the level of 0.5 per 1/100 thousand. But meningitis aureus polysaccharide vaccine with a relatively poor immune response in the infants under the age of two, and the remaining 60% with a low antibody level and a short duration.

According to the present immunization schedule, to reach the median level of antibody levels there are at least 4 doses in need. So it is meaningful to improving vaccine immunogenicity, to provide high levels of long-term protection and to reduce the number of injections.

After the phase I study which was conducted in August, 2011, the safety profile of this vaccine is proved to be acceptable. The phase III study is aimed to further evaluate the safety and the immunization of the vaccine. The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of the group A, C polysaccharide meningococcal and type b haemophilus influenzal conjugate vaccine.

For the children (aged from 2 to 5 years old)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy subjects aged from 2 to 5 years old of normal intelligence.
• The subjects' guardians are able to understand and sign the informed consent.
• Subjects established as healthy after medical history questioning, physical examination and clinical decision and in accordance with vaccination requirements of the investigational vaccine.
• Subjects who can comply with the requirements of the clinical trial program according to the researcher's views.
• Subjects who have never received group A, C polysaccharide meningococcal vaccine and type b haemophilus Influenzal vaccine.
• Subjects with temperature <37°C on axillary setting.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject who has a medical history of Meningitis;
• Subject that has a medical history of any of the following: allergies, seizures, epilepsy, encephalopathy history and so on;
• Subject who is allergic with tetanus toxoid components;
• Subject suffering from thrombocytopenia or other coagulation disorder may lead to contraindication to intramuscular injection;
• Subject who has a history of allergic reactions;
• Any known immunological dysfunction;
• Had received gamma globulin or immune globulin, in the past two weeks
• Subject suffering from congenital malformations, dysgenopathy or serious chronic disease;
• Any acute infections
• Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the evaluation of study objectives

For the infants (aged from 6 to 23 months old)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy subjects aged from 6 months to 23 months old of normal intelligence.
• The subjects' guardians are able to understand and sign the informed consent.
• Subjects established as healthy after medical history questioning, physical examination and clinical decision and in accordance with vaccination requirements of the investigational vaccine.
• Subjects who can comply with the requirements of the clinical trial program according to the researcher's views.
• Subjects who have never received group A, C polysaccharide meningococcal vaccine and type b haemophilus Influenzal vaccine.
• Subjects with temperature<37°C on axillary setting.

Exclusion Criteria for the first vaccination:

• Subject who has a medical history of Meningitis;
• Subject that has a medical history of any of the following: allergies, seizures, epilepsy, encephalopathy history and so on;
• Subject who is allergic with tetanus toxoid components;
• Subject suffering from thrombocytopenia or other coagulation disorder may lead to contraindication to intramuscular injection;
• Subject who has a history of allergic reactions;
• Any known immunological dysfunction;
• Had received gamma globulin or immune globulin, in the past two weeks
• Subject suffering from congenital malformations, dysgenopathy or serious chronic disease;
• Any acute infections
• Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the evaluation of study objectives

Exclusion Criteria for the second vaccination:

• Had any Grade 3 or Grade 4 adverse reactions or events occurred since the first vaccination
• Any situation meets the exclusion criteria stated in the exclusion criteria for first dose;
• Any condition the investigator believed may affect the evaluation of the vaccine.