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Prophylactic Antipyretic Treatment in Children Receiving Pneumococcal Conjugate and Standard Infant Vaccines

Multicentre Study to Assess the Effect of Prophylactic Antipyretic Treatment on the Rate of Febrile Reactions Following Concomitant Administration of GSK Biologicals' 10-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate, Infanrix Hexa and Rotarix Vaccines

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00370318
Enrollment
400
Registered
2006-08-31
Start date
2006-09-30
Completion date
2007-04-30
Last updated
2017-03-23

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Conditions

Infections, Rotavirus

Keywords

Pneumococcal Disease

Brief summary

The purpose of this trial is to assess if the rate of febrile reactions following the co-administration of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines with standard infant vaccines is lowered when paracetamol is given prophylactically.

Detailed description

2 groups (200 per group); control group receives no prophylactic antipyretic treatment.

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL10 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
BIOLOGICALInfanrix Hexa
BIOLOGICALRotarix
DRUGParacetamol

Sponsors

GlaxoSmithKline
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Weeks to 16 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy children 9-16 weeks old and born after a gestation of at least 36 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

* Body weight \< 4.5 kg * Children having received or planning to receive any investigational or non-registered products, vaccines not foreseen in the protocol, and immune modifying drugs * Children with any disease that affects the immune system or gastro-intestinal tract * Children with a history of seizures, allergic disease, or disease(s) covered by the vaccines * Children with contraindication to paracetamol treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Occurrence of fever > or = to 38°C (rectal temperature)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity pre and post-vaccination

Countries

Czechia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 2, 2026