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. 2016 May 5;12(8):2188–2196. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1165374

Table 2.

Summary of response rates and geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) after dose-1.

  MMRVAMP (N = 698)
MMRV (N = 702)
 
Antibody Parameter n Result n Result Risk Difference / GMT Ratio(95% CI)
Measles % ≥255 mIU/mL 629 96.7% 621 98.9% −2.2 (−4.0, −0.6)
  GMC   3426.5   3719.5 0.9 (0.8, 1.0)
Mumps % ≥10 mumps Ab units/mL 618 98.2% 610 97.2% 1.0 (−0.7, 2.8)
  GMC   112.1   114.0 1.0 (0.9, 1.1)
Rubella % ≥10 IU/mL 608 98.8% 593 99.3% −0.5 (−1.8, 0.7)
  GMC   81.8   80.7 1.0 (0.9, 1.1)
VZV % ≥5 gpELISA units/mL 586 97.3% 589 93.0% 4.2 (1.8, 6.8)
  GMC   17.3   14.4 1.2 (1.1, 1.3)

The 2-sided 95% CI is calculated using the Miettinen and Nurminen unconditional asymptotic method. The conclusion of non-inferiority (similarity) is based on the lower bound of the 2-sided 95% CI on the risk difference excluding a decrease equal to or more than the pre-specified criterion (5.0 percentage points for measles, mumps, and rubella or 10.0 percentage points for VZV). This indicates that the difference is statistically significantly less than the pre-specified clinically relevant decrease of 5.0 or 10.0 percentage points in proportions at the 1-sided α = 0.025 level.

The 2-sided 95% CI is based on the natural log-transformed titers and the t-distribution. The conclusion of non-inferiority (similarity) is based on the lower bound of the 2-sided 95% CI on fold-difference, excluding a decrease of 1.5-fold or more. This indicates that fold difference is statistically significantly less than the pre-specified clinically relevant decrease of 1.5-fold on fold difference at the 1-sided α = 0.025 level.

N = Number of subjects vaccinated in the vaccination group at Dose-1.

n = Number of subjects with seronegative antibody titer at baseline and postvaccination serology contributing to the per-protocol analysis.

Seronegative antibody titer - measles: <255 mIU/mL; mumps: <10 mumps Ab units/mL; rubella: <10 IU/mL; VZV: <1 .25 gpELISA units/mL.

VZV = varicella-zoster virus.

CI = Confidence interval.