Trial Review

Registering a new trial?

To achieve prospective registration, we recommend submitting your trial for registration at the same time as ethics submission.

The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been endorsed by the ANZCTR. Before participating in a study, talk to your health care provider and refer to this information for consumers
Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00310349




Registration number
NCT00310349
Ethics application status
Date submitted
31/03/2006
Date registered
3/04/2006
Date last updated
13/12/2007

Titles & IDs
Public title
PneuMum: Pneumococcal Vaccination of Australian Indigenous Mothers to See if it Protects Their Babies From Ear Disease
Scientific title
PneuMum: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mothers to Protect Their Babies From Ear Disease
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2 November 2005
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Middle Ear Effusion 0 0
Tympanic Membrane Perforation 0 0
Acute Otitis Media 0 0
Pneumococcal Infections 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Infection 0 0 0 0
Other infectious diseases
Ear 0 0 0 0
Other ear disorders
Infection 0 0 0 0
Studies of infection and infectious agents
Ear 0 0 0 0
Deafness
Injuries and Accidents 0 0 0 0
Other injuries and accidents

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Prevalence of ear infection at seven months of age, defined as middle ear effusion or tympanic membrane perforation or acute otitis media
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine type pneumococci
Timepoint [2] 0 0
at seven months of age
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Prevalence of ear infection
Timepoint [1] 0 0
at one month of age
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine type pneumococci
Timepoint [2] 0 0
at one month of age
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Prevalence of ear infection
Timepoint [3] 0 0
at two months of age
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine type pneumococci
Timepoint [4] 0 0
at two months of age
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Relationship of maternal pneumococcal carriage, maternal anti-pneumococcal antibody levels, cord blood antibody levels and breast milk antibody levels to infant carriage and middle ear disease
Timepoint [5] 0 0
at one, two and seven months of age
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Impact of each maternal vaccination strategy on breast milk antibody levels to serotypes contained in the vaccine
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Impact of each maternal vaccination strategy on breast milk antibody avidity (to four selected serotypes)
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Impact of each maternal vaccination strategy on maternal antibody response to antepartum or postpartum 23vPPV
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Impact of each maternal vaccination strategy on infant anti-pneumococcal antibody levels
Timepoint [9] 0 0
at seven months of age (following the 3rd recommended dose of 7vPCV)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Singleton uncomplicated pregnancy
* Reside in Darwin, Maningrida, Wadeye or the Tiwi Islands
* Intends to deliver child at the Royal Darwin Hospital
* Has given informed consent to participate
Minimum age
16 Years
Maximum age
39 Years
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
* Had 23vPPV within the previous three years
* Had a previous dose of dTpa
* intends to leave the study area during the follow-up period
* HIV positive
* History of severe allergy, uncontrolled asthma or splenectomy

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
UNKNOWN
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/2006
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/01/2009
Actual
Sample size
Target
210
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NT
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Menzies School of Health Research - Darwin
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
0811 - Darwin

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Melbourne
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0
Other collaborator category [2] 0 0
Other
Name [2] 0 0
Menzies School of Health Research
Address [2] 0 0
Country [2] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
PneuMum is a randomised controlled trial that aims to find out if pneumococcal vaccination for Australian Indigenous mothers, in the last few months of pregnancy or at delivery, can prevent ear disease in infants. Mothers will receive the 23 valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV) either: a) during the third trimester of pregnancy; b) soon after child birth; or c) seven months after child birth (control group). The adult diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine (dTPa) will be used as the control vaccine for the birth dose.

The study aims to recruit 210 Indigenous women aged 18-39 years who have an uncomplicated pregnancy. Following recruitment, subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the three groups.

Each mother and infant will be followed from pregnancy until the baby is seven months of age. Children will receive all of their routinely recommended vaccinations in accordance with the standard vaccination schedule.

The primary outcome will be prevalence of ear infection at seven months of age, defined as middle ear effusion or tympanic membrane perforation or acute otitis media. Pneumatic otoscopy, video-otoscopy and tympanometry will be used in the ear examinations. The primary analyses will be a direct comparison of the proportion of infants in the control group who have nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine type pneumococci at seven months of age compared to infants in each of the other two groups and a similar comparison of the proportion with middle ear disease.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00310349
Trial related presentations / publications
Martinovich KM, Seppanen EJ, Bleakley AS, Clark SL, Andrews RM, Richmond PC, Binks MJ, Thornton RB, Kirkham LS. Evidence of maternal transfer of antigen-specific antibodies in serum and breast milk to infants at high-risk of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae disease. Front Immunol. 2022 Sep 21;13:1005344. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1005344. eCollection 2022.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Ross M Andrews, PhD
Address 0 0
The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Ross M Andrews, PhD
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
613 9345 4647
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00310349