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Clinical Trial
. 2015 Nov 15;61 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S563-9.
doi: 10.1093/cid/civ505.

Neisseria meningitidis Group A IgG1 and IgG2 Subclass Immune Response in African Children Aged 12-23 Months Following Meningococcal Vaccination

Daniel Holme  1 , Helen Findlow  1 , Samba O Sow  2 , Olubukola T Idoko  3 , Marie-Pierre Preziosi  4 , George Carlone  5 , Brian D Plikaytis  5 , Ray Borrow  1
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Clinical Trial

Neisseria meningitidis Group A IgG1 and IgG2 Subclass Immune Response in African Children Aged 12-23 Months Following Meningococcal Vaccination

Daniel Holme et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: A group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, PsA-TT, was licensed in 2010 and was previously studied in a phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate its safety and immunogenicity in African children 12-23 months of age.

Methods: Subjects received either PsA-TT; meningococcal group A, C, W, Y polysaccharide vaccine (PsACWY); or Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine (Hib-TT). Forty weeks following primary vaccination, the 3 groups were further randomized to receive either PsA-TT, one-fifth dose of PsACWY, or Hib-TT. Group A-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass response was characterized using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Results: The predominant IgG subclass response, regardless of vaccine, was IgG1. One month following primary vaccination, the geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) of IgG1 and IgG2 in the PsA-TT group were 21.73 µg/mL and 6.27 µg/mL, whereas in the PsACWY group the mean GMCs were 2.01 µg/mL and 0.97 µg/mL, respectively (P < .0001). Group A-specific IgG1 and IgG2 GMCs remained greater in the PsA-TT group than in the PsACWY group 40 weeks following primary vaccination (P < .0001). One week following revaccination, those given 2 doses of PsA-TT had the greatest IgG1 and IgG2 GMCs of 125.23 µg/mL and 36.12 µg/mL, respectively (P = .0008), and demonstrated a significant increase in IgG1:IgG2 mean ratio, indicative of the T-cell-dependent response associated with conjugate vaccines.

Conclusions: Vaccination of African children aged 12-24 months with either PsA-TT or PsACWY elicited a predominantly IgG1 response. The IgG1:IgG2 mean ratio decreased following successive vaccination with PsACWY, indicating a shift toward IgG2, suggestive of the T-cell-independent immune response commonly associated with polysaccharide antigens.

Clinical trials registration: SRCTN78147026.

Keywords: IgG subclass; Neisseria meningitidis; meningococcal; vaccination.

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