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. 2004 Jan 26;2004(1):CD002848. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002848.pub2

Hanlon 1987.

Methods Randomization: no details
Allocation concealment: no details
Blinding: none (one group not blinded because of IM vaccination)
Data collection: January 1985 to March 1986
Intention to treat: no
Interim analysis: none
Exclusion from analysis: 180\433 excluded (absent during epidemic period or too young to be vaccinated)
Follow‐up period: 7 days after vaccination; 1 rotavirus season
Participants Age: > 2.5 months
Health status: no information
Breastfeeding: no information
Immunization status: OPV and IPV given with rotavirus vaccine, no further details
Interventions 1. Bovine (RIT 4237) 10^7.8 per monodose vial and OPV, 3 doses (n = 78)
2. Bovine (RIT 4237) 10^7.8 per monodose vial and IPV, 3 doses (n = 92)
3. Placebo (uninfected primary monkey kidney cells) 0.5 ml and OPV, 3 doses (n = 83)
Vaccine given with OPV or IM polio vaccine
Outcomes 1. Efficacy: diarrhoea (rotavirus) within 1 rotavirus season
Notes Study location: Gambia
Mothers encouraged to breastfeed before and after vaccination
Clinical symptoms: clinical evaluation; diarrhoea defined as ≥ 3 loose to watery stools in 24 h); severity measured by WHO criteria (fever (≥ 38 ºC) vomiting, dehydration, > 6 stools in 24 h, and illness duration ≥ 24 h)
Laboratory studies: stool analysis by ELISA and silver staining polyacrylamide gel technique; serology by standard viral neutralization methods