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. 2019 Jul 9;15(12):2940–2951. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1627159

Table 1.

Clinical studies assessing antibody persistence following 4CMenB vaccination in infants.

        % with hSBA ≥ 4 (95% CI)
hSBA GMT (95% CI)
Study number, country
(identifier*)
Priming schedule N Months post last vaccination fHbp NadA PorA NHBA fHbp NadA PorA NHBA
Study 1, Europe, UK
NCT01717638
Iro et al, 201722
2,4,6m, 12 or 18 or 24m booster 58-60 24m 24 97 12 74 2.41 69 1.38 9.08
(14-37) (88-100) (5-23) (61-85) (1.83-3.19) (50-96) (1.11-1.72) (5.97-14)
59-60 30m 18 98 8 68 1.68 69 1.29 7.36
(10-30) (91-100) (3-18) (54-79) (1.29-2.19) (50-94) (1.05-1.59) (4.94-11)
  65-67 36m 12 93 9 54 1.75 36 1.25 6.14
(5-22) (83-98) (2-18) (41-66) (1.36-2.25) (27-48) (1.03-1.52) (4.19-8.99)
  2,3,4m + 12 or 18 or 24m booster 28 24m 21 96 11 75 2.2 101 1.62 11
(8-41) (82-100) (2-28) (55-89) (1.37-3.53) (57-177) (1.21-2.16) (5.9-21)
  28 30m 25 89 11 75 2.2 62 1.25 11
(11-45) (72-98) (2-28) (55-89) (1.38-3.49) (36-108) (0.94-1.66) (5.92-20)
  40-42 36m 12 90 10 68 1.51 52 1.32 9.61
(4-26) (77-97) (3-23) (51-81) (1.04-2.18) (34-81) (1.05-1.65) (5.81-16)
Study 2, Europe
NCT00847145, NCT01139021
Vesikari et al, 201323 and 201524
2,4,6, 12m+ MMRV at 12m or 13m 305 12m 62 97 17 36 6.5 81 1.9 3.4
        (5.6-7.5) (71-94) (1.7-2.2) (2.9-3.9)
Study 3, UK
NCT01027351
Snape et al, 201325, McQuaid et al 201526
2,4,6, 12m 15-17 28m 65 76 41 67 5.3 28 2.8 5.3
(38-86) (50-93) (18-67) (38-88) (3.3-8.8) (9.4-83) (1.4-5.6) (2.3-12)
2,4,6, 12, 40m 16 20m 44 88 69 88 4.68 136 4.95 10
(20-70) (62-98) (41-89) (62-98) (2.3-9.52) (51-365) (3.54-6.92) (5.67-19)
Study 4, UK
NCT01026974
Snape et al 201327, McQuaid et al 201428
6,8, 12m 14 28m 36 100 14 79 2.55 29 1.74 7.11
(13-65) (77-100) (2-43) (49-95) (1.15-5.66) (18-47) (0.91-3.33) (3.61-14)
6,8, 12, 40m 11-12 20m 67 100 17 45 4.69 119 1.63 5.51
(35-90) (72-100) (2-48) (17-77) (1.98-11) (56-252) (0.86-3.08) (2.19-14)
Study 5, Europe
NCT01894919
Martinon-Torres et al, 201721
2.5, 3.5, 5, 11m 127-140 24-36m 51 84 45 36 4.17 44 3.48 2.77
(42.8-60.0) (77.2-89.9) (36.6-53.6) (27.9-45.2) (3.40-5.13) (32-60) (2.78-4.36) (2.06-3.71)
3.5, 5, 11m 111-131 24-36m 53 88 38 38 4.48 52 2.98 3.03
(43.8-61.5) (80.9-92.9) (29.8-47.1) (28.8-47.5) (3.60-5.57) (37-72) (2.35-3.78) (2.20-4.16)
  6, 8, 11m 109-119 24-36m 61 93 56 45 5.62 83 4.86 3.17
(52.0-70.1) (87.2-97.1) (46.9-65.4) (35.4-54.8) (4.48-7.04) (58-117) (3.80-6.22) (2.30-4.38)

*identifier in www.clinicaltrials.gov, N = number of subjects in the persistence cohorts, CI = confidence interval, hSBA = serum bactericidal assay using human complement source, GMT = geometric mean antibody titer, m = months, UK = United Kingdom, fHbp = factor H binding protein, NadA = Neisseria adhesin A, PorA = porin A, NHBA = Neisserial Heparin Binding Antigen.