Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Clinical Trials

Young infants are most vulnerable to severe disease and even death when infected with Bordetella Pertussis. The current vaccines and vaccination programs do not guarantee protection of neonates. During the last weeks of pregnancy, maternal IgG antibodies are transferred actively to the fetus. Administration of a pertussis containing vaccine during ...

Young infants are most vulnerable to severe disease and even death when infected with Bordetella pertussis. The current vaccines and vaccination programs do not guarantee protection of neonates from this disease. Maternal acquired pertussis-specific antibodies show low concentrations with short persistence in newborns creating a susceptibility gap for infection between ...

This study is a prospective randomized, controlled trial of two strategies to provide patients with the pertussis vaccine. Eligible adult patients with be offered pertussis vaccination in the Emergency Department vs. a referral to Public Health for pertussis vaccination. The effect of both strategies on triage time as well as ...

Phase III, open, mono-center study in 177 infants who received a dose of Hep B vaccine at birth or within 1 month after birth. Infants will receive Sanofi Pasteur's DTaP-IPV-Hep B-PRP-T combined vaccine (study vaccine) at 2, 3, and 4 months of age. All subjects will provide blood samples for ...

A multicenter, randomized, comparative, open-label, phase 3 study Primary Objective: To assess the vaccine response rates after the three-dose primary vaccination Secondary Objectives: To measure the antibody titer after the three-dose primary vaccination and to assess the safety of the investigational products

A randomized phase IV study of the liquid pentavalent combination vaccine to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity (short term and long term) and clinical consistency of three production lots of the vaccine.

Background Vaccination of infants and young children with a whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine dramatically decreased the mortality and morbidity due to B. pertussis. However, twenty-five years of "honeymoon" period, after the introduction of high vaccination coverage, reappearance of whooping cough cases in industrialized countries was observed in infants contaminated by ...

In the UK, all pregnant women are offered a whooping cough-containing vaccine during pregnancy. This protects newborn infants against whooping cough, but there have been some concerns that this vaccination in pregnancy may affect the response to childhood vaccinations. A preceding study called immunising Mums Against Pertussis 2 (iMAP2) was ...

This study is part of work package 2 of the Periscope consortium. The Periscope consortium brings together internationally renowned scientists with many years of experience in B. pertussis research, clinical trials, bioinformatics, immunology and public health to promote scientific and technological innovation in pertussis vaccine development and to foster the ...

Despite the growing importance of maternal immunization in the control of infectious pathogens in early life, the impact of pregnancy on vaccine immunogenicity remains poorly understood. Evidence suggests that pregnancy may influence the quality of the antibody response to vaccines. Pregnancy is associated with modifications in the glycosylation profile of ...