Study Assessing the Effect of Medications to Prevent Fever on Prevenar 13®

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purposes of this study are assess the immunological response (measure the amount of antibodies, i.e. proteins that fight off germs) produced by children after they have been given the 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine (13vPnC) and INFANRIX hexa at 2, 3, 4 and 12 months of age when medications to prevent fever are given on the same day as the vaccination. Also to evaluate the safety of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13vPnC) in children who receive medications to prevent fever on the day of vaccination.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Pfizer
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Antipyretics; Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; Ibuprofen; Vaccines

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 2 months (56 to 98 days) at time of enrollment.

• Healthy infant as determined by medical history, physical examination, and judgment of the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous vaccination with licensed or investigational pneumococcal, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, or Hib conjugate vaccines.

• A previous anaphylactic reaction to any vaccine or vaccine-related component.

• Allergy or contraindication to paracetamol or ibuprofen administration.

• Contraindication to vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib, or HBV vaccines.