Meningococcal Infection
Conditions
Keywords
Prevention of meningococcal infection
Brief summary
Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine to Children 32 to 40 Months of Age
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy children
Exclusion criteria
* known hypersensitivity to any vaccine component * significant acute or chronic infections requiring systemic antibiotic treatment or antiviral therapy within the past 14 days * ascertained or suspected disease caused by N. meningitidis * household contact with or intimate exposure to an individual with a positive culture of N. meningitidis serogroup C within the previous 60 days
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determination of memory antibody response to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C after 2 or 3 doses of MenC vaccine given during infancy, as measured by hBCA at day 0 and day 28. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determination of persistence of antibody response after either 2 or 3 doses of MenC vaccine given during infancy and one dose of MenPS A/C vaccine given at 12 months of age. | — |
| Determination of antibody titers in naïve control subjects. | — |
| Evaluation of the safety and tolerability of a single 0.5 mL intramuscular (IM) injection of MenC Vaccine when given to children approximately three years of age. | — |
Countries
Germany