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- Cunningham, Anthony L., et al.
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Immune Responses to a Recombinant Glycoprotein E Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Adults Aged 50 Years or Older
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Infectious Diseases. - : Oxford University Press. - 0022-1899 .- 1537-6613. ; 217:11, s. 1750-1760
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background. The herpes zoster subunit vaccine (HZ/su), consisting of varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE) and AS01(B) Adjuvant System, was highly efficacious in preventing herpes zoster in the ZOE-50 and ZOE-70 trials. We present immunogenicity results from those trials. Methods. Participants (ZOE-50: >= 50; ZOE-70: >= 70 years of age) received 2 doses of HZ/su or placebo, 2 months apart. Serum anti-gE antibodies and CD4 T cells expressing >= 2 of 4 activation markers assessed (CD4(2+)) after stimulation with gE-peptides were measured in subcohorts for humoral (n = 3293) and cell-mediated (n = 466) immunogenicity. Results. After vaccination, 97.8% of HZ/su and 2.0% of placebo recipients showed a humoral response. Geometric mean anti-gE antibody concentrations increased 39.1-fold and 8.3-fold over baseline in HZ/su recipients at 1 and 36 months post-dose 2, respectively. A gE-specific CD4(2+) T-cell response was shown in 93.3% of HZ/su and 0% of placebo recipients. Median CD42+ T-cell frequencies increased 24.6-fold (1 month) and 7.9-fold (36 months) over baseline in HZ/su recipients and remained >= 5.6-fold above baseline in all age groups at 36 months. The proportion of CD4 T cells expressing all 4 activation markers increased over time in all age groups. Conclusions. Most HZ/su recipients developed robust immune responses persisting for 3 years following vaccination.
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- Schwarz, Tino F., et al.
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Persistence of immune response to an adjuvanted varicella-zoster virus subunit vaccine for up to year nine in older adults
- 2018
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Ingår i: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. - : TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC. - 2164-5515 .- 2164-554X. ; 14:6, s. 1370-1377
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: In adults aged 60years, two doses of the herpes zoster subunit vaccine (HZ/su; 50 mu g varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E [gE] and AS01(B) Adjuvant System) elicited humoral and cell-mediated immune responses persisting for at least six years. We assessed immunogenicity nine years post-initial vaccination.Methods: This open extension study (NCT02735915) followed 70 participants who received two HZ/su doses in the initial trial (NCT00434577). Blood samples to assess the cellular (intracellular cytokine staining) and humoral (ELISA) immunity were taken at year nine post-initial vaccination.Results: Participants' mean age at dose 1 was 72.3years. The fold increases over pre-vaccination in the mean frequency of gE-specific CD4+ T-cells expressing 2 activation markers plateaued from year four post-dose 1 until year nine. Anti-gE antibody geometric mean concentrations plateaued and remained above pre-vaccination levels from year four onwards. Immunogenicity at year nine was similar across age strata (60-69, 70years) and confirmed statistical prediction model results using data for up to year six. Further modeling using all data up to year nine predicted immune responses would remain above the pre-vaccination level up to year 15.Conclusion: In adults aged 60years, HZ/su-induced immunogenicity remained above pre-vaccination levels for at least nine years post-initial vaccination.Summary: After vaccination with HZ/su, both cell mediated and humoral immunity remained above pre-vaccination levels up to year 9 regardless of age group. Immune responses are predicted to remain above baseline up to 15years post initial vaccination.
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