Safety and immunogenicity of co-administration of meningococcal type A and measles–rubella vaccines with typhoid conjugate vaccine in children aged 15–23 months in Burkina Faso

• Main Authors: Sodiomon B. Sirima, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Nouhoun Barry, Mohamadou Siribie, Alfred B. Tiono, Issa Nébié, Amadou T. Konaté, Gloria Damoaliga Berges, Amidou Diarra, Moussa Ouedraogo, Issiaka Soulama, Alimatou Hema, Shrimati Datta, Yuanyuan Liang, Elizabeth T. Rotrosen, J. Kathleen Tracy, Leslie P. Jamka, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Matthew B. Laurens
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: Typhoid conjugate vaccine; Meningococcal vaccines; Measles–rubella vaccine; Co-administration; Sub-Saharan Africa; Burkina Faso
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220323092

Objectives: The World Health Organization pre-qualified single-dose typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) and requested data on co-administration with routine vaccines. The co-administration of Typbar TCV (Bharat Biotech International) with routine group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV-A) and measles–rubella (MR) vaccine was tested. Methods: This was a double-blind, randomized controlled trial performed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Children were recruited at the 15-month vaccination visit and were assigned randomly (1:1:1) to three groups. Group 1 children received TCV plus control vaccine (inactivated polio vaccine) and MCV-A 28 days later; group 2 children received TCV and MCV-A; group 3 children received MCV-A and control vaccine. Routine MR vaccine was administered to all participants. Safety was assessed at 0, 3, and 7 days after immunization, and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events were assessed for 28 days and 6 months after immunization, respectively. Results: A total of 150 children were recruited and vaccinated. Solicited symptoms were infrequent and similar for TCV and control recipients, as were adverse events (group 1, 61.2%; group 2, 64.0%; group 3, 68.6%) and serious adverse events (group 1, 2.0%; group 2, 8.0%; group 3, 5.9%). TCV generated robust immunity without interference with MCV-A vaccine. Conclusions: TCV can be safely co-administered at 15 months with MCV-A without interference. This novel study on the co-administration of TCV with MCV-A provides data to support large-scale uptake in sub-Saharan Africa.