Julie McLellan, United Kingdom

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

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COMPARISON OF IMMUNOGENICITY OF TEN- AND THIRTEEN-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINES – A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NETWORK META-ANALYSIS (ID 567)

Abstract

Background

Streptococcus pneumoniae causes substantial morbidity and mortality globally, with serotype-specific disease burden varying geographically. Currently there are two widely used pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV). Evidence is limited regarding their comparative serotype-specific immunogenicity and efficacy.

Methods

We conducted a systematic-review and network meta-analysis of studies in which the immunogenicity of PCVs was directly compared in head-to-head randomised trials. Network meta-analysis incorporates both direct pair-wise comparisons and indirect comparisons (e.g. PCV10 vs PCV7, and PCV13 vs PCV7) thereby increasing overall statistical precision for the main comparison of interest (PCV10 vs PCV13). The difference in immunogenicity, as measured by geometric mean ratio (GMR), was examined by serotype.

Results

27 trials were included in the network meta-analysis, 4 directly comparing PCV10 and PCV13, 7 comparing PCV7 and PCV10, and 16 comparing PCV7 and PCV13. For the 10 common serotypes, immunogenicity at 1 month after the primary vaccination series was higher for PCV13 for 7 serotypes, with GMRs ranging from 1.18 to 2.50. In contrast, serotype 5, 18C and 19F favoured PCV10. Similar results were observed post-booster dose except for serotype 5 and 7F.

Conclusions

Variation in serotype-specific immunogenicity exists between PCV10 and PCV13, indicating that further investigation into whether this translates to heterogeneity in protection is needed.

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