HEPATITIS-B VACCINE IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS - IMMUNOGENICITY AND EFFICACY
HEPATITIS-B VACCINE IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS - IMMUNOGENICITY AND EFFICACY
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198408233110803
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
SZMUNESS, W
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作者:
STEVENS, CE;ALTER, HJ;SZMUNESS, W
The immunogenicity and efficacy of hepatitis B vaccine (Heptavax-B) in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 1311 patients receiving heomodialysis in the USA were evaluated. After 3 doses of vaccine (40 .mu.g each) had been administered, 63% of the patients were antibody-positive. After correction for possible passive transfer of antibodies by blood transfusion, only 50% of vaccine recipients were considered vaccine responders. The incidence of hepatitis B viral infection during the 25 mo. of the trial was much lower than had been anticipated and was virtually the same in the vaccine and placebo recipients (6.4 and 5.4%, respectively). Four cases of hepatitis B occurred in patients who had an apparent antibody response to the vaccine, but in each case either antibody had reached low or undetectable levels before hepatitis B surface antigen was detected or the patient had been receiving immunosuppressive therapy. This study did not demonstrate the efficacy of the vaccine in a population of patients receiving dialysis in whom both the rate of antibody response to hepatitis B vaccine and the viral attack rate were low. Other measures to control transmission of hepatitis B virus in dialysis units, including surveillance for hepatitis B surface antigen and isolation of patients who are positive for the antigen, must be continued.