Active clinical trials for "Whooping Cough"

Preterm neonates are fragile to infections. Their immune system is immature, yet in France, primary vaccines are injected at two months of age, as in term infants. Recommendations for vaccinations in infants have changed in France in 2013, suppressing the second injection at three months after birth. Preterm and full-term born infants are now vaccinated at two and four months of age, but no data regarding efficacy in very preterm infants have been registered. The investigators hypothesize that two vaccine injections (at two and four months) would be less efficient than three injections (two, three and four months) in very preterm-born infants.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Adacel against pertussis disease in infants < 2 months when administered during pregnancy following the current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, i.e., from 27 to 36 weeks of gestation, and 14 days or more before delivery.

Due to waning of infectious as well as vaccine immunity and lack of vaccination boosters, a large number of adolescents and adults are no longer immunized against Bordetella pertussis, the agent of whooping cough and consequently may contract whooping cough. Furthermore, these populations represent a reservoir of the infectious agent from which the dissemination to non-immune infants is possible, causing severe illness, or even death, in this age group. Few studies have been carried out on whooping cough in developing countries (incidence, contaminator's age, etc.) and, specifically, none have assessed the duration of protection induced by the whole cell pertussis (wP) vaccine mainly presently used in these countries. However, data on the duration of vaccine induced protection are essential to determine i) the usefulness of vaccine boosters and ii) the target age group for these boosters. The aims of the present study are: To evaluate the proportion of confirmed pertussis cases in infants presenting whooping cough syndrome (WP1a) To evaluate the proportion of confirmed pertussis cases or healthy carriers among contact cases To determine origin of the infant's contamination (WP1b) To determine the duration of protection induced by the wP vaccines used in contact cases and the child population aged 3 to 15 yo (WP1b and WP2) To bring new scientific evidences documenting the potential need for initiating boosters (WP1b and WP2) To allow a comparison of the results with those obtained using the same methodology for the acellular pertussis vaccine and/or in other contexts. Potential implications for the use of pertussis vaccines in low and moderate income countries. To increase local capabilities by the transfer of materials and expertise that will make the diagnosis of pertussis possible in the centres of reference and strengthen a pertussis monitoring network in the implicated countries. To improve children's health through a better match of the vaccination schedule according to the reality of the situation.

The impact of chronic HIV infection and pregnancy on different aspects of the humoral response to pertussis immunization with the TDaP vaccine will be studied. The parameters will be measured in 3 groups (HIV-infected pregnant, HIV-uninfected pregnant and HIV-uninfected non pregnant) at different time points before and after immunization (7-10 days, 30 days and at delivery). The transfer ratio and the quality of maternal antibodies will be studied in cord blood.

The purpose of this Registry is to detect and describe any abnormal pregnancy outcomes, including teratogenicity, in females intentionally or unintentionally exposed to Boostrix during their pregnancies in the US. The Registry requires voluntary, prospective reporting of eligible pregnancies by patients and health care providers (HCPs). Data such as vaccination with Boostrix during pregnancy or within 28 days preceding conception, potential confounding factors (such as exposure to other medications) and information related to the outcome of the pregnancy will be collected prospectively

The purpose of this study is to collect safety information following routine vaccination with Infanrix-IPV among infants and children in Korea.

The purpose of this observational study is to evaluate the safety of Tetanus Toxoid Reduced Diphtheria, Toxoid, and Acelluar Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) in pregnant women at ≥ 20 weeks 0 days gestation receiving Tdap as part of standard practice. Prior Tdap/Td/TT history will be verified by medical record review when possible. There will be an emphasis on enrolling women who have received Tdap before the current pregnancy, to the greatest extent possible. Non-pregnant women who are receiving their initial Tdap will also be recruited. Injection-site (local) and systemic reaction data will be assessed on the vaccination day and during the 7 days following vaccination using either identical web-based or paper diaries, depending on the preference of the study participant. Pregnant women will be followed until delivery with comprehensive obstetric and neonatal outcomes obtained from review of the electronic medical record.

This study aims to establish an effective method to inform parents or close relatives of newborns about the risk of pertussis transmission to newborns and the advantages offered by the cocooning strategy (vaccinating those who are in close contact with the newborn) by assessing the factors that affect the parents' decision-making to accept pertussis immunisation.

A prospective, open-label, interventional phase IV study to assess the safety of EupentaTM Inj.{fully liquid pentavalent vaccine, Adsorbed Diphtheria-Tetanus-whole-cell Pertussis-Hepatitis B (rDNA [recombinant-deoxyribonucleic acid])-Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine}

Aim To assess the possible food allergy-preventive benefit of using whole cell pertussis(wP) vaccination compared with acelluar pertussis vaccine(aP) for whooping cough vaccination in childhood. Background Whooping cough, caused by the bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, represents a significant public health burden in Australia and around the world. Acellular pertussis vaccination (aP) replaced whole cell vaccination against pertussis (wP) in the late 1990s. This replacement coincides temporally in an observed rapid rise in the occurrence of severe food allergy responses. Previous research has suggested that acellular pertussis vaccination results in the development of immunity that may predispose children to allergic responses. A retrospective case-controlled trial design, targeting cases of previously diagnosed allergy, and comparing case vaccination history to that of the whole population, is a powerful means of assessing the association between immunisation and allergy. Participant Groups 1000 allergy cases, 10,000 controls Project Design This is a retrospective individually-matched case-control study of Australian children born during the period of transition from use of wP vaccines to aP vaccines (year of birth 1997-1999 inclusive) and who are registered on the Australian Children Immunisation Register. Cases will be drawn from allergy clinics associated with tertiary teaching hospitals around Australia. Methods Cases: will be retrospectively identified from patient lists from allergy clinics around Australia, born during the period of pertussis vaccine changeover, and be confirmed to have IgE-mediated food allergy on the basis of 1) a documented history of consistent clinical symptoms following ingestion of an implicated food, and 2) evidence of sensitisation to that food via laboratory testing. Controls: Controls will be sampled from a de-identified database of children born during the transition from wP to aP vaccination appearing on the ACIR. Cases and controls will be matched by date of birth (+/-7 days), jurisdiction and socioeconomic decile. Expected outcomes: Following the study, investigators will be able determine if there is an association between the type of vaccination received and development of IgE mediated food allergy. If whole cell vaccination is found to have a protective association against the development of allergy, this will have profound impact on health policy in Australia and around the world.