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. 2011 Apr 13;11(Suppl 3):S31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S31

Table 1.

Summary of major clinical trials on aerosol measles vaccines presented to the expert group for stage II of the CHNRI process

Reference MV Strain Age group Seroconversion as defined by authors
A.Dilraj et al [46] MV-Schwarz ( s/c, aerosol),
MV- Edmonston-Zagreb ( s/c, aerosol)
992 participants
5-14 years
Seroconversion rates (defined as four fold increase in antibody level):
EZ Aerosol – 84.7%
EZ sc – 78.8%
SW Aerosol – 22.7%
SW sc – 62.6%

A.Dilraj et al [47] MV-Schwarz ( s/c),
MV- Edmonston-Zagreb ( s/c, aerosol)
337 participants
5-14 years
Seroconversion (defined as four fold increase in antibody level) at 6 years after revaccination:
EZ Aerosol – 86%
EZ sc – 73%
SW sc – 58%

J.A.Bellanti et al [48] MV- Edmonston-Zagreb ( s/c, aerosol) 49 participants
6-7 years
The mean Specific anti-measles IgG antibody:
EZ sc - 22.9 ± 4.6
EZ aerosol - 53.4 ± 9.4
Results are reported as mean _ µg/ml ± standard error of the mean

J.V.Bennett et al [49] MV-Schwarz ( s/c),
MV- Edmonston-Zagreb ( s/c, aerosol)
1624 participants
6-8 years
Change from seronegative to seropositive, >= 120 mIU/ml
EZ aerosol – 65%
EZ sc – 4%
SW sc – 23%

R.M.Wong-Chew et al [50] MV- Edmonston-Zagreb ( s/c, aerosol) 114 participants
11-13 months
Seroresponse rates as defined by four fold increase in antibody level:
EZ aerosol – 89.8%
EZ sc – 100%

R.M.Wong-Chew et al [51] MV- Edmonston-Zagreb ( s/c, aerosol) 129 participants
8-10 months
Seroresponse rates as defined by four fold increase in antibody level:
EZ Aerosol – 42%
EZ sc – 67%