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. 2012 Jul 23;12:162. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-162

Table 1.

Immune response for haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibodies against A/California/7/2009 H1N1 in adults aged 18 to 60 years and in adults >60 years (per-protocol immunogenicity cohorts)

 
N
Seroprotection rate (titre ≥ 1:40) % (95% CI)
Seroconversion rate* % (95% CI)
Geometric Mean Fold Rise** (95% CI)
N
Seroprotection rate (titre ≥ 1:40) % (95% CI)
Seroconversion rate* % (95% CI)
Geometric Mean Fold Rise** (95% CI)
    Vaccinated on Day 0 (subjects from Groups A and B pooled) 1860 years   Vaccinated on Day 0 (subjects from Groups A and B pooled) 18>60 years
Day 0 (Prevaccination)
160
14.4
-
-
136
5.1
-
-
(9.3-20.8)
 
 
 
(2.1-10.3)
 
 
Day 21
160
97.5
96.3
45.0
136
91.9
89.0
23.4
(93.7-99.3)
(92.0-98.6)
(37.3-54.5)
 
(86.0-95.9)
(82.5-93.7)
(19.1-28.7)
 
Group A Vaccinated on Day 0 and Day 21 1860 years
Group A Vaccinated on Day 0 and Day 21 >60 years
Day 0 (Prevaccination)
87
12.6
-
-
83
7.2
-
-
(6.5-21.5)
 
-
 
(2.7-15.1)
 
 
Day 21
87
100
100
51.6
83
90.4
89.2
23.0
(95.8-100)
(95.8-100)
(40.7-65.5)
 
(81.9-95.7)
(80.4-94.9)
(17.7-29.9)
Day 42
87
100
98.9
86.7
83
100
98.8
54.9
(95.8-100)
(93.8-100)
(68.6-109.5)
 
(95.7-100)
(93.5-100)
(43.4-69.3)
Day 182
85
97.6
92.9
26.6
83
90.4
86.7
13.4
(91.8-99.7)
(85.3-97.4)
(20.8-34.0)
 
(81.9-95.7)
(77.5-93.2)
(10.9-16.5)
Day 203
 
-
-
-
 
-
-
-
Day 364
79
82.3
75.9
11.0
76
50.0
40.8
4.8
(72.1-90.0)
(65.0-84.9)
(9.2-15.5)
 
(38.3-61.7)
(29.6-52.7)
(3.8-6.1)
 
Group B Vaccinated on Day 0 and Day 182 1860 years
Group B Vaccinated on Day 0 and Day 182 >60 years
Day 0 (Prevaccination
67
14.9 (7.4-25.7)
-
-
48
2.1 (0.1-11.1)
-
-
Day 21
67
94.0
92.5
39.2
48
95.8
89.6
23.3
(85.4-98.3)
(83.4-97.5)
(28.3-54.2)
 
(85.7-99.5)
(77.3-96.5)
(16.6-32.7)
Day 42
67
95.5
91.0
31.9
48
89.6
81.3
16.5
(87.5-99.1)
(81.5-96.6)
(23.4-43.4)
 
(77.3-96.5)
(67.4-91.1)
(11.8-23.0)
Day 182
56
85.7
83.9
14.6
30
63.3
56.7
6.1
(73.8-93.6)
(71.7-92.4)
(10.8-19.7)
 
(43.9-80.1)
(37.4-74.5)
(3.9-9.4)
Day 203
48
100
100
79.0
28
100
100
65.7
(92.6-100)
(92.6-100)
(58.0-107.7)
 
(87.7-100)
(87.7-100)
(41.4-104.1)
Day 364 60 93.3
90.0
17.3
46
80.4
73.9
8.3
(83.8-98.2) (79.5-96.2) (13.0-23.0)   (66.1-90.6) (58.9-85.7) (6.0-11.3)

*Seroconversion rate for haemagglutination-inhibition antibody response is defined as the percentage of vaccinees who have a prevaccination titre <1:10 and a post-vaccination titre ≥1:40, or a significant increase in antibody titre defined as the percentage of vaccinees who have a pre-vaccination titre ≥ 1:10 and at least a fourfold increase in post-vaccination titre. **Geometric mean fold rise is defined as geometric mean of the within-subject ratios of the post-vaccination reciprocal haemagglutination-inhibition titre to the Day 0 reciprocal agglutination-inhibition titre.

European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) criteria for haemagglutination-inhibition antibody response in 18–60 year olds are: seroprotection rate >70%, seroconversion rate >40%, and geometric mean fold rise >2·5 and in adults >60 years are seroprotection rate >60%, seroconversion rate >30%, and geometric mean fold rise >2·0.

United States Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) criteria for hemagglutination-inhibition antibody response in adults <65 years are: lower limit (LL) of 95% CI for seroprotection ≥70% and LL of 95% CI for seroconversion ≥40% and in adults ≥65 years are LL of 95% CI for seroprotection ≥60% and LL of 95% CI for seroconversion ≥30%.