Active clinical trials for "Pneumonia, Pneumococcal"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of 2 formulations of a non-typable Haemophilus influenzae and pneumococcal candidate vaccine in young adults. Subjects will be vaccinated 2 times in an observer-blind manner with an interval of 2 months. The subjects receiving Engerix-B will receive in an open-manner a third dose of the vaccine at Month 6. The protocol posting has been updated following a protocol amendment.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety in terms of fever (rectal temperature) higher than 39 degree Celcius (°C) and the immunogenicity in terms of antibody response following a booster vaccination with pneumococcal vaccine GSK1024850A at 11 to 18 months of age in children previously primed with the same vaccines including a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine co-administered with a diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTPa)-combined and meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) or combined meningococcal serogroup C and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib-MenC) vaccine. This protocol posting deals with objectives & outcome measures of the booster phase. The objectives & outcome measures of the primary phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT number = NCT00334334).

Subjects will be recruited and divided into 3 groups: Experimental Group (384 subjects): 1st dose : combined vaccination of COVAX+IIV4, 2nd dose: combined vaccination of COVAX+PPV23; Control Group A (384 subjects): 1st dose: COVAX only, 2nd dose: COVAX only; Control Group B (384 subjects): 1st dose: IIV4 only, 2nd dose: PPV23 only. Blood samples will be collected 3 times: before the 1st dose of vaccinatioin; before the 2nd dose of vaccination; 28 days after the 2nd dose of vaccination. The immunogenicity and safety of both experimental and control groups will be analyzed.

This study will examine the consistency of 3 batches of the Pneumosil vaccine by looking at the immune response in infants. In addition, the study will compare the immunogenicity of the Pneumosil vaccine to another WHO-prequalified vaccine, Synflorix.

The primary aim of this study is to assess the reactogenicity of Synflorix vaccine and Prevenar 13 vaccine after primary vaccination at 2 and 4 months of age with either Synflorix or Prevenar 13 vaccine or Prevenar 13 and Synflorix, respectively. In addition, this study aims at assessing the safety, reactogenicity, immunogenicity and antibody persistence (approximately 8-11 months following primary vaccination) of the Synflorix vaccine and Prevenar 13 vaccine after primary vaccination at 2 and 4 months of age with either Synflorix or Prevenar 13 vaccine or Prevenar 13 and Synflorix, respectively. This study also aims at assessing the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the Synflorix vaccine when given as a booster dose at 12-15 months of age following primary vaccination at 2 and 4 months of age with either Synflorix vaccine or Prevenar 13 vaccine or Prevenar 13 and Synflorix respectively.

A parallel-group, randomized, open-label study will be performed in subjects receiving PCV7 and subjects receiving controlled vaccine Hib vaccine, to claim the efficacy of PCV7 in the prevention of NP carriage of vaccine-serotype S. pneumoniae (serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F combined) in 2 to 5 years old healthy Chinese children.

S. pneumoniae is frequently isolated from nasal swabs of healthy subjects, but it can also cause severe diseases (pneumonia, bacteraemia, meningitis and sepsis).HIV-infected subjects are more sensitive to invasive diseases and recurrent infection than the general population. Nasal carriage is the main pathogenetic feature for invasive disease: bacteraemia is more frequent in carriers, HIV+ patients are constantly colonized by the same pneumococcal strain and their nasopharyngeal isolates have features similar to subsequent invasive strains. A 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) has long been available and recommended in the HIV+ population as prophylaxis for invasive disease. Studies regarding efficacy of PPV23 in HIV+ are controversial and highlight that immune response induced by PPV23 in HIV+ is poor and an hyporesponsiveness to repeated polysaccaridic antigens stimulation can occur. Moreover, PPV23 seems not to affect pneumococcal carriage status and could lead to emergence of non-vaccine serotypes. The conjugation of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides to carrier proteins results in an improved T-cell dependent immune response, characterized by increased antibody concentrations and induction of T and B memory cells, with a demonstrated higher efficacy in children. A heptavalent vaccine conjugated with diphtheria toxoid (PCV7) is approved in Europe since 2001 and is effective in reducing incidence of invasive disease by vaccine serotypes (4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F), in both children and adults, due to effect of herd immunity. A PCV13 formulation has recently been developed, covering PCV7 serotypes plus 1, 3, 5, 6A, 7F and 19A. PCV13 revealed the same safety profile as PCV7 in pediatric patients, that are the main target of conjugate vaccines licensure. Some trials showed a better antibody response in terms of quantity and quality in HIV + adults by using PCV7 as compared to PPV23. However these data were not unequivocally confirmed in further studies on the use of PCV7 alone or in combination with PPV23. The first trials of PCV13 use in adults showed the same or even better response compared to PPV23, with a safety and tolerability similar to PCV7. PCV13 in HIV+ adults is a promising candidate prophylactic measure for pneumococcal infections. The purpose of this study is to evaluate serological response and prevalence of nasopharyngeal colonization by S. pneumoniae in HIV+ non-hospitalized adults, following vaccination with 2 doses of PCV13.

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Eligible subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive GEN-004 with adjuvant or placebo. Each subject will receive up to 3 doses at 4 week intervals. Following the third dose, subjects will be inoculated intranasally with S. pneumoniae serotype 6B. Nasal washes to identify S. pneumoniae colonization will be obtained pre-inoculation, and then 2, 7 and 14 days after inoculation. Subjects will also be monitored for safety and tolerability throughout the dosing period, and then for 12 months after their last dose. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of GEN-004 in reducing colonization rates and magnitude of colonization following the S. pneumoniae challenge.

This study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of two investigational pneumococcal vaccines at three dose levels in healthy adults. Primary Objective: - To evaluate the safety and tolerability of two investigational pneumococcal vaccines. Observational Objective: - To evaluate the immunogenicity of the investigational pneumococcal vaccines.

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of GSK Biologicals' pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (GSK1024850A), administered according to different vaccination schedules, against invasive disease caused by S. pneumoniae or H. influenzae as well as vaccine impact on the occurrence of hospital-diagnosed pneumonia cases, tympanostomy tube placement and outpatient antimicrobial prescriptions. This study will also explore vaccine impact on occurrence of respiratory tract infections (RTIs), including acute otitis media (AOM) in a subset of children in Turku area.