Immunogenicity, Safety and Lot to Lot Consistency of Novartis Meningococcal B Recombinant Vaccine When Administered With Routine Infant Vaccinations to Healthy Infants

The hSBA antibody titer responses, one month after receiving the third vaccination of rMenB+OMV NZ vaccination, are reported as geometric mean titers (GMTs).

The immunogenicity was assessed in terms of the percentages of subjects who had received the three doses of rMenB+OMV NZ (3 lots combined) given concomitantly with routine infant vaccinations and percentages of subjects who received only the routine infant vaccinations as measured by hSBA titer ≥1:5 following rMenB+OMV NZ vaccinations one month after the third vaccination is reported.

The immunogenicity was evaluated to assess the consistency of the immune response from three lots of rMenB+OMV NZ in terms of percentage of subjects as measured by hSBA titer ≥1:5 when given to healthy infants at 2, 4, and 6 months of age, at 1 month after the third vaccination.

The immunogenicity was assessed in terms of prevalence of meningococcal B antibodies as measured by the hSBA, at baseline and at one month after the third vaccination, in the subjects that received routine infant vaccines without rMenB+OMV NZ.

The immunogenicity was evaluated to characterize the immune response against vaccine antigen 287-953, as measured by ELISA at one month after third vaccination.

Immunogenicity of the pertussis components (PT, FHA, pertactin) of DTPa-HBV-IPV when given concomitantly with rMenB and PCV7 would be considered non-inferior to that of the routine vaccines given alone if the lower limit of the two-sided CI for the ratio of GMCs one month after third vaccination.

The immunogenicity of routine infant vaccines when given concomitantly with rMenB+OMV NZ at 2, 4, and 6 months of age and of the routine infant vaccines given without rMenB+OMV NZ at 1 month after third vaccination with B pertussis, diptheria and tetanus toxoid, H influenza type b, Hepatitis B antigens was measured by ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and for polio type 1, type 2 and type 3 by neutralization test (NT)(>=1:8). Diptheria and Tetanus: primary endpoint ELISA >=0.1 (international unit -IU) IU/mL and the secondary endpoint is ELISA>=1.0 IU/mL.

HepB (HBV):primary endpoint ELISA >=10 mU/mL. PRP-T: primary endpoint ≥ 0.15 mcg/mL and ≥ 1.00 mcg/mL.PNC >=0.35 mcg/ml

Immunogenicity was assessed in terms of the percentages of subjects with fourfold increase in antibody concentrations against the routine pertussis antigens FHA (Filamentous Hemagglutinin), Pertactin and PT (Pertussis Toxoid).

Immunogenicity was assessed in terms of the percentages of subjects with fourfold rise in hSBA titers after the three doses of rMenB+OMV NZ (lot 1 or lot 2 or lot 3) vaccination at 2, 4 and 6 months of age.

Immunogenicity was assessed in terms of the percentages of subjects achieving hSBA titers ≥1:8 at one month after third vaccination with rMenB (lot 1 or lot 2 or lot 3) against the three vaccine strains.

The safety and tolerability of three doses of rMenB+OMV NZ when given concomitantly with routine infant vaccines at 2, 4 and 6 months of age was assessed by the number of subjects reporting solicited local and systemic adverse events.