PMID- 30403910 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200226 LR - 20200309 IS - 2164-554X (Electronic) IS - 2164-5515 (Print) IS - 2164-5515 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 3 DP - 2019 TI - Safety of two doses of an inactivated hepatitis a vaccine given 6 months apart in healthy toddlers, children, and adolescents aged 12 months to 15 years in China: a phase IV study. PG - 748-754 LID - 10.1080/21645515.2018.1539600 [doi] AB - Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable infection caused by the HA virus (HAV) with transitional to intermediate endemicity in China. An inactivated vaccine first licensed in China in 2010 (Avaxim(R) 80U Pediatric) is indicated for primary and booster vaccination in children from 12 months to 15 years of age. This Phase IV, open-label, single-arm trial supported licensure in pediatric age groups in China. A total of 355 healthy infants and toddlers (< 2 years of age), children (2 to 11 years of age), and adolescents (>/= 12 years of age) were enrolled to receive two doses of intramuscular HA vaccine, separated by 6 months. Participants were split into Group 1 (infants and toddlers: N = 270) and Group 2 (children and adolescents: N = 85). Safety was assessed by solicited injection site and systemic adverse events (AEs) for 7 days and unsolicited AEs for 30 days after each vaccination. Serious AEs (SAEs) were collected throughout. Immunogenicity was not assessed. Analyses were descriptive. Both vaccinations were very well tolerated in each group. The incidence of solicited injection site reactions was lower in Group 1 (17.9%) than Group 2 (33.3%) and for solicited systemic reactions was similar for each group. The incidence of unsolicited AEs in Group 1 was 6.3% and none in Group 2. For solicited and unsolicited AEs the incidence was slightly higher after the first vaccination. There were no SAEs. Overall, the good safety profile of this pediatric HA vaccine was confirmed in infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents aged 12 months to 15 years in China. FAU - Shi, Nianmin AU - Shi N AD - a Beijing Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Beijing , China. FAU - Rasuli, Anvar AU - Rasuli A AD - b Global Medical Affairs , Sanofi Pasteur , Lyon , France. FAU - Thollot, Yael AU - Thollot Y AD - b Global Medical Affairs , Sanofi Pasteur , Lyon , France. LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase IV PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181205 PL - United States TA - Hum Vaccin Immunother JT - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics JID - 101572652 RN - 0 (Hepatitis A Vaccines) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Inactivated) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - China MH - Female MH - Hepatitis A/*prevention & control MH - Hepatitis A Vaccines/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Humans MH - *Immunization Schedule MH - Immunization, Secondary MH - Infant MH - Injections, Intramuscular MH - Male MH - Vaccines, Inactivated/administration & dosage/adverse effects PMC - PMC6605741 OTO - NOTNLM OT - China OT - hepatitis A OT - inactivated vaccine OT - pediatric OT - safety EDAT- 2018/11/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/27 06:00 PMCR- 2018/12/05 CRDT- 2018/11/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1539600 [pii] AID - 10.1080/21645515.2018.1539600 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019;15(3):748-754. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1539600. Epub 2018 Dec 5.