Roman Chlibek1, Karlis Pauksens2, Lars Rombo3, Gini van Rijckevorsel4, Jan H Richardus5, Georg Plassmann6, Tino F Schwarz7, Grégory Catteau8, Himal Lal9, Thomas C Heineman10. 1. Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. 2. Department of Medical Science, Section of Infectious Diseases Uppsala University, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden. 3. Clinical Research Center, Sormland County Council, Uppsala University, Eskilstuna, Sweden; Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. 4. Public Health Service Amsterdam, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 5. Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 6. Unterfrintroper Hausarztzentrum, Essen, Germany. 7. Central Laboratory and Vaccination Centre, Stiftung Juliusspital, Würzburg, Germany. 8. GSK Vaccines, Wavre, Belgium. 9. GSK Vaccines, King of Prussia, PA, USA. Electronic address: himal.x.lal@gsk.com. 10. GSK Vaccines, King of Prussia, PA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An investigational subunit vaccine containing the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein E (gE) and the AS01B adjuvant system is being evaluated for the prevention of herpes zoster (HZ) in older adults. A phase II trial evaluating different formulations of this vaccine (containing 25μg, 50μg, or 100μg gE) was conducted in adults ≥60 years of age and showed that all formulations elicited robust cellular and humoral immune responses for up to 3 years after vaccination. In this follow-up study in subjects who received two doses of the 50μg gE/AS01B formulation (HZ/su), we assessed the persistence of the immune responses for up to 6 years after vaccination. METHODS: This phase II, open-label, multicenter, single-group trial conducted in the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands followed 129 subjects who had received two doses (2 months apart) of HZ/su during the initial trial. Vaccine-induced immune responses (frequencies of gE-specific CD4(+) T cells expressing ≥2 activation markers and serum anti-gE antibody concentrations) were evaluated at 48, 60, and 72 months after the first HZ/su dose. RESULTS: Six years after vaccination with HZ/su, gE-specific cell-mediated immune responses and anti-gE antibody concentrations had decreased by 20-25% from month 36, but remained higher than the prevaccination values. At month 72, the gE-specific cell-mediated immune response was 3.8 times higher than the prevaccination value (477.3 vs. 119.4 activated gE-specific CD4(+) T cells per 10(6) cells), and the anti-gE antibody concentration was 7.3 times higher than the prevaccination value (8159.0 vs. 1121.3mIU/mL). No vaccine-related serious adverse events were reported between months 36 and 72. CONCLUSIONS: gE-specific cellular and humoral immune responses persisted for 6 years after two-dose vaccination with HZ/su in healthy older adults. No safety concerns were identified.
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BACKGROUND: An investigational subunit vaccine containing the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein E (gE) and the AS01B adjuvant system is being evaluated for the prevention of herpes zoster (HZ) in older adults. A phase II trial evaluating different formulations of this vaccine (containing 25μg, 50μg, or 100μg gE) was conducted in adults ≥60 years of age and showed that all formulations elicited robust cellular and humoral immune responses for up to 3 years after vaccination. In this follow-up study in subjects who received two doses of the 50μg gE/AS01B formulation (HZ/su), we assessed the persistence of the immune responses for up to 6 years after vaccination. METHODS: This phase II, open-label, multicenter, single-group trial conducted in the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands followed 129 subjects who had received two doses (2 months apart) of HZ/su during the initial trial. Vaccine-induced immune responses (frequencies of gE-specific CD4(+) T cells expressing ≥2 activation markers and serum anti-gE antibody concentrations) were evaluated at 48, 60, and 72 months after the first HZ/su dose. RESULTS: Six years after vaccination with HZ/su, gE-specific cell-mediated immune responses and anti-gE antibody concentrations had decreased by 20-25% from month 36, but remained higher than the prevaccination values. At month 72, the gE-specific cell-mediated immune response was 3.8 times higher than the prevaccination value (477.3 vs. 119.4 activated gE-specific CD4(+) T cells per 10(6) cells), and the anti-gE antibody concentration was 7.3 times higher than the prevaccination value (8159.0 vs. 1121.3mIU/mL). No vaccine-related serious adverse events were reported between months 36 and 72. CONCLUSIONS: gE-specific cellular and humoral immune responses persisted for 6 years after two-dose vaccination with HZ/su in healthy older adults. No safety concerns were identified.
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