MenACWY-CRM

Immunogenicity was measured as the percentages of overall subjects with hSBA (human serum bactericidal assay) seroresponse, directed against Neisseria meningitidis (N meningitidis) serogroups A, C, W and Y, 28 days after one vaccination of MenACWY-CRM (day 29). The seroresponse is defined as the percentages of subjects achieving hSBA ≥1:8 postvaccination with a prevaccination hSBA \<1:4 and the percentages of subjects achieving at least four-fold increases in postvaccination hSBA from day 1 in subjects with a baseline hSBA ≥1:4

Assessment was made to demonstrate the non-inferiority of hepatitis A/B vaccine with MenACWY-CRM as compared to hepatitis A/B vaccine without MenACWY-CRM, as measured by geometric mean concentrations on day 57 in previously unvaccinated subjects or on day 29 after a booster dose in previously vaccinated subjects.

The percentage of subjects with persisting serum bactericidal antibody (hSBA)titers ≥1:8 against Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A,C,W,Y, 13-33 months after receiving either one or two doses of MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine or one dose of MenC vaccine in parent study, is reported. The functional bactericidal antibodies response against N. meningitidis serogroups was measured with the serum bactericidal assay using human complement (hSBA)

The serum antibody response following a booster dose of MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine in children, who had previously received either one or two doses of the same vaccine in the parent study, is reported as percentage of subjects with hSBA titers ≥1:8 against N. meningitidis serogroups A,C,W,Y.

The serum antibody titers following a booster dose of MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine in children, who had previously received either one or two doses of the same vaccine in the parent study, are reported as geometric mean titers (GMTs) against N. meningitidis serogroups A,C, W,Y.

The serum antibody response following a dose of MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine in children, who had previously received one dose of MenC vaccine in the parent study, is reported as percentage of subjects with hSBA titers ≥1:8 against N. meningitidis serogroups A,C, W,Y

The serum antibody titers following one dose of MenACWY-CRM conjugate vaccine in children, who had previously received one dose of MenC vaccine in the parent study, are reported as GMTs against N. meningitidis serogroups A,C,W,Y

The immune response was assessed in terms of percentage of subjects with hSBA ≥ 1:8 against N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, W and Y following 4 doses of Men ACWY vaccine given to infants at 2, 4, 6 and 12 months of age.

The immune response was assessed in terms of percentage of subjects with hSBA ≥ 1:8 against N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, W and Y following 4 doses of Men ACWY vaccine given to infants at 2, 4,6 and 12 months of age and 3 doses of Men ACWY given to infants at 2, 4 and 12 months of age.

Immunogenicity was measured as the percentage of subjects who achieved hSBA titer ≥1:8 against meningococcal serogroup A, C, W and Y, evaluated by serum bactericidal assay using human complement (hSBA), at baseline and one month after toddler dose of MenACWY-CRM administered at 12 months of age. The immune response was considered sufficient if the lower limit of the two-sided 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the percentage of subjects with hSBA titer ≥1:8, at one month after toddler vaccination, was greater than 85% for the serogroup C, W, or Y and greater than 80% for the serogroup A.

The immunogenicity of a single dose of MenACWY-CRM is compared with the immunogenicity of a single dose of the licensed ACWY polysaccharide vaccine, in terms of the percentages of subjects with seroresponse directed against N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y. Seroresponse: For a subject with hSBA \<1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA ≥ 1:8; for a subject with hSBA ≥ 1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA titer of at least 4 times the baseline.

The immunogenicity of a single dose of MenACWY-CRM is compared with the immunogenicity of a single dose of the licensed ACWY polysaccharide vaccine, in terms of the percenatages of subjects with seroresponse directed against N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y. Seroresponse: For a subject with hSBA \<1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA ≥ 1:8; for a subject with hSBA ≥ 1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA titer of at least 4 times the baseline.

Percentages of subjects with seroresponses to measles, mumps, rubella and varicella after one dose of MMRV vaccine (at 12 months) when given concomitantly with MenACWY-CRM vaccine compared to when MMRV vaccine was given alone, are reported. Seroresponse was defined as the percentage of initially seronegative subjects who show seroconversion to measles (≥255 mIU/mL), mumps (≥10 ELISA Ab units), rubella (≥10 IU/mL) and the percentage of initially seronegative subjects who show seroprotection (≥5 gp ELISA units/mL) for varicella. Immunogenicity to measles, mumps, rubella and varicella at 6 weeks after vaccination with one dose of MMRV given concomitantly with MenACWY-CRM was considered non-inferior to immunogenicity of MMRV administered alone if the lower limit of two-sided 95% CI of the difference in the percentage of subjects with seroconversion for measles, mumps, and rubella, and seroprotection for varicella was greater than -5% (measles, mumps and rubella) and -10% (varicella).

Percentages of subjects with hSBA ≥1:8, against N.meningitidis serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y following two doses of MenACWY-CRM vaccine (at 7-9 months and 12 months) when concomitantly administered with MMRV vaccine (12 months) compared to when MenACWY-CRM vaccine was given alone, are reported. The serum bactericidal antibodies directed against N.meningitidis serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y, were measured by human complement Serum Bactericidal Assay (hSBA). The immune response of MenACWY-CRM given concomitantly with MMRV was considered non-inferior to the immunogenicity of MenACWY-CRM administered alone if the lower limit of the two-sided 95% CI around the difference of the percentage of subjects with hSBA ≥1:8 at 6 weeks after the second dose of MenACWY-CRM given to 12-month old toddlers {P MMRV+MenACWY minus P MenACWY} was greater than -10% for each serogroup.

The antibody response following two doses of MenACWY-CRM vaccine (at 7-9 months and 12 months) was considered adequate if the lower limit of the two-sided 95% CI for the percentage of subjects with hSBA ≥1:8, at 6 weeks following the second dose of MenACWY-CRM, was greater than 85% for serogroups C, W-135, or Y and greater than 65% for serogroup A.

The consistency of immune response for the three lots of Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY), as measured by human serum bactericidal activity (hSBA) geometric mean titer (GMT) response using human complement (hSBA GMTs) directed against N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, W, and Y (healthy subjects 11 to 18 years of age)

Immunogenicity of a single injection of Meningococcal ACWY (3 lots pooled) to that of a licensed meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccine, defined as the percentage of subjects with seroresponse directed against N meningitidis serogroups A, C, W, and Y (healthy adolescents 11 to 18 years of age). Seroresponse to MenACWY: For a subject with hSBA titer \<1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA titer ≥ 1:8; for a subject with hSBA titer ≥ 1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA titer of at least 4 times the baseline.

Safety of Novartis Meningococcal ACWY and of a licensed meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccine as measured by the number of participants presenting at least one severe systemic reaction during the first 7 days (Days 1-7) following a single vaccination. Note: severe adverse events: unable to perform normal daily activity

Immunogenicity of a single injection of Meningococcal ACWY (3 lots pooled) to that of a licensed meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccine, defined as the percentage of subjects with seroreponse directed against N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, W, and Y (healthy subjects 19 to 55 years of Age). Seroresponse to MenACWY: For a subject with hSBA titer \<1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA titer ≥ 1:8; for a subject with hSBA titer ≥ 1:4 at baseline, seroresponse is defined as a postvaccination hSBA titer of at least 4 times the baseline.

Reactogenicity of MenACWY-CRM and comparator MenACWY-TT vaccine was assessed in subjects (12 to 15 months old) as measured by number of subjects with at least one severe solicited AE within 7 days after vaccination. Solicited AEs included tenderness, erythema, induration, irritability, sleepiness, change in eating habits, vomiting, diarrhea and fever.

The memory B cell response at one month after primary vaccinations (5 months of age) was defined as the mean number of meningococcal serogroup A, C, W-135 and Y specific memory B cells, measured in vitro by ELISpot assay per 2x100000 lymphocytes obtained from culture (LOC) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) circulating in blood incubated for 5.5 days in the presence of polyclonal B cell activators. Serogroup A, C, W-135 and Y geometric mean titers (GMTs) were measured by serum bactericidal assay using human complement (hSBA) at 12 months of age (before third dose). Correlation and linear regression coefficients were determined between memory B cells at 1 month after primary vaccinations with MenACWY-CRM (5 months of age) and hSBA titers at 12 months of age (before third dose) for the serogroups A, C, W-135 and Y.

Geometric mean titers(GMT) and the respective confidence intervals measured after each vaccination against the three different meningococcal strains.

Percentage of participants with serum bactericidal activity (SBA) of the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine at one month after vaccination against A, C, W-135 and Y strains. Bactericidal activity (% ≥ 1:4, i.e., percentage of subjects with BCA titer ≥ 1:4; % ≥ 1:8, i.e. percentage of subjects with BCA titer ≥ 1:8) against a panel of genetically distinct meningococcal B strains: * prior to the first vaccination * 30 days following the first, second, prior to the third and 30 days after the third vaccination

Geometric mean titer (GMT) of the Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine at One Month After the Immunization against the A, C, W-135 and Y strains.

Percentage of participants with serum bactericidal activity (SBA) of the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine at one month after vaccination against A, C, W-135 and Y strains. Bactericidal activity (% ≥ 1:4, i.e., percentage of subjects with BCA titer ≥ 1:4; % ≥ 1:8, i.e. percentage of subjects with BCA titer ≥ 1:8) against a panel of genetically distinct meningococcal B strains: * prior to the first vaccination * 30 days following the first, second, prior to the third and 30 days after the third vaccination

The number of subjects who reported solicited reactions after the administration of the Meningococcal B vaccine at a 0, 2, 6-month schedule and the administration of the Meningococcal A, C, W, and Y vaccine at month 7.

Immunogenicity was measured as the percentage of subjects with hSBA titers ≥1:4 against meningococcal serogroups A, C, W and Y, evaluated by serum bactericidal assay using human complement (hSBA), before vaccination and 1 month after 2-dose schedule of MenACWY-CRM administered at 6 and 12 months of age (MenACWY-CRM\_6-12 M group) or 1-dose schedule administered at 12 months (MenACWY-CRM\_12 M group)

Number of subjects (2-10 years of age) achieving with hSBA titers ≥1:4 against Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A,C,W and Y, one month after receiving one dose of either MenACWY-CRM vaccine or MenACWY-PS vaccine.