Immunogenicity and safety of zoster vaccine live administered with quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine

Vaccine. 2018 Jan 2;36(1):179-185. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.029. Epub 2017 Aug 19.

Abstract

Objectives: Randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of ZOSTAVAX™ (ZV) administered concomitantly with quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV4) in adults≥50years of age (NCT02519855).

Methods: Overall, 440 participants were randomized into the Concomitant Group (CG) and 442 into the Sequential Group (SG). The CG received ZV and IIV4 at separate injection sites on Day 1 and matching placebo at Week 4. The SG received placebo and IIV4 (2015-2016 influenza season) at separate injection sites on Day 1 and ZV at Week 4.

Immunogenicity endpoints: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) antibody geometric mean titer (GMT) and geometric mean fold-rise (GMFR) from baseline to 4weeks postvaccination, measured by glycoprotein enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (gpELISA) and adjusted for age and prevaccination titer. Influenza strain-specific GMT at baseline and 4weeks postvaccination was measured by hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) assay.

Safety endpoints: Injection-site and systemic adverse experiences (AEs) within 28days following any vaccination and serious AEs throughout the study.

Results: The adjusted VZV antibody GMT ratio (CG/SG) was 0.87 (95%CI: 0.80, 0.95), meeting the prespecified noninferiority criterion. The VZV antibody GMFR in the CG was 1.9 (95%CI: 1.76, 2.05), meeting the acceptability criterion. Influenza antibody GMT ratios for A/H1N1, A/H3N2, B/Yamagata and B/Victoria were 1.02 (95%CI: 0.88, 1.18), 1.10 (95%CI: 0.94, 1.29), 1.00 (95%CI: 0.88, 1.14), and 0.99 (95%CI: 0.87, 1.13), respectively. The frequency of vaccine-related injection-site and systemic AEs was comparable between groups. No vaccine-related serious AE was observed.

Conclusion: The concomitant administration of ZV and IIV4 to adults≥50years of age induced VZV-specific and influenza-specific antibody responses that were comparable to those following administration of either vaccine alone, and was generally well tolerated.

Keywords: Herpes zoster; Immunogenicity; Safety; Tolerability; Zoster vaccine.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase III
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
  • Herpes Zoster / prevention & control
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine / immunology*
  • Herpesvirus 3, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype
  • Influenza Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Influenza Vaccines / adverse effects*
  • Influenza Vaccines / immunology*
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Vaccination / adverse effects*
  • Vaccination / methods
  • Vaccines, Inactivated / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Inactivated / adverse effects
  • Vaccines, Inactivated / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Inactivated

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02519855