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ABSTRACT: Background
We evaluated an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) in children 6-35 months of age in a phase III, observer-blind trial.Methods
The aim of this analysis was to estimate vaccine efficacy (VE) in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in each of 5 independent seasonal cohorts (2011-2014), as well as vaccine impact on healthcare utilization in 3 study regions (Europe/Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific and Central America). Healthy children were randomized 1:1 to IIV4 or control vaccines. VE was estimated against influenza confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction on nasal swabs. Cultured isolates were characterized as antigenically matched/mismatched to vaccine strains.Results
The total vaccinated cohort included 12,018 children (N = 1777, 2526, 1564, 1501 and 4650 in cohorts 1-5, respectively). For reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction confirmed influenza of any severity (all strains combined), VE in cohorts 1-5 was 57.8%, 52.9%, 73.4%, 30.3% and 41.4%, respectively, with the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval >0 for all estimates. The proportion of vaccine match for all strains combined in each cohort was 0.9%, 79.3%, 72.5%, 24.1% and 28.6%, respectively. Antibiotic use associated with influenza illness was reduced with IIV4 by 71% in Europe, 36% in Asia Pacific and 59% in Central America.Conclusions
IIV4 prevented influenza in children 6-35 months of age in each of 5 separate influenza seasons in diverse geographical regions. A possible interaction between VE, degree of vaccine match and socioeconomic status was observed. The IIV4 attenuated the severity of breakthrough influenza illness and reduced healthcare utilization, particularly antibiotic use.
SUBMITTER: Dbaibo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004464 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dbaibo Ghassan G Amanullah Arshad A Claeys Carine C Izu Allen A Jain Varsha K VK Kosalaraksa Pope P Rivera Luis L Soni Jyoti J Yanni Emad E Zaman Khalequ K Acosta Beatriz B Ariza Miguel M Arroba Basanta Maria L ML Bavdekar Ashish A Carmona Alfonso A Cousin Luis L Danier Jasur J Diaz Adolfo A Diez-Domingo Javier J Dinleyici Ener C EC Faust Saul N SN Garcia-Sicilia Jose J Gomez-Go Grace D GD Gonzales Maria L A MLA Hacimustafaoglu Mustafa M Hughes Stephen M SM Jackowska Teresa T Kant Shashi S Lucero Marilla M Mares Bermudez Josep J Martinón-Torres Federico F Montellano May M Prymula Roman R Puthanakit Thanyawee T Ruzkova Renata R Sadowska-Krawczenko Iwona I Szymanski Henryk H Ulied Angels A Woo Wayne W Schuind Anne A Innis Bruce L BL
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20200101 1
<h4>Background</h4>We evaluated an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (IIV4) in children 6-35 months of age in a phase III, observer-blind trial.<h4>Methods</h4>The aim of this analysis was to estimate vaccine efficacy (VE) in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in each of 5 independent seasonal cohorts (2011-2014), as well as vaccine impact on healthcare utilization in 3 study regions (Europe/Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific and Central America). Healthy children were randomized 1:1 to ...[more]