Publications by authors named "John Fling"
Article Synopsis
- Vaccination against seasonal influenza is important for children at increased risk due to medical conditions, and using an adjuvanted quadrivalent flu vaccine (aIIV4) may improve immune response.
- A phase III study involving 10,644 children aged 6 months to 5 years showed that aIIV4 produced higher antibody levels in high-risk children compared to a standard, nonadjuvanted vaccine.
- Both the aIIV4 and nonadjuvanted vaccines had comparable safety profiles, with slightly more minor side effects noted in the aIIV4 group, but overall the vaccines were safe for both healthy and high-risk children.
Immunogenicity and Safety of a Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Administered as a First Dose to Children Aged 12 to 15 Months: A Phase III, Randomized, Noninferiority, Lot-to-Lot Consistency Study.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
April 2020
Background: MMR II (M-M-R II [Merck & Co, Inc.]) is currently the only measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine licensed in the United States. A second MMR vaccine would mitigate the potential risk of vaccine supply shortage or delay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This multicenter phase III study (NCT01340937) evaluated the consistency of immune responses to 3 separate lots of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis 5, inactivated poliovirus vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and hepatitis B (DTaP5-IPV-Hib-HepB), an investigational hexavalent vaccine (HV).
Methods: Healthy infants were randomized (2:2:2:1) to receive HV or Pentacel (Control). Groups 1, 2 and 3 received HV at 2, 4 and 6 months, and Control at 15 months.
Background: To increase vaccine acceptance, intradermal (ID) influenza vaccine (Fluzone(®) Intradermal, Sanofi Pasteur Inc.) may be an attractive alternative to intramuscular (IM) vaccination due to smaller needle and volume injected.
Methods: A multicenter, randomized (2:1 ID vs IM vaccines) study, blinded for ID vaccine lots, was conducted among 4292 adults 18-64 years of age enrolled in October 2008.
Diaper dermatitis (DD) complicated by candidiasis is a common problem in diaper-wearing infants and children. We report a double-blind, vehicle-controlled, parallel-group study evaluating the efficacy and safety of a low concentration of miconazole nitrate in a zinc oxide/petrolatum ointment for the treatment of DD complicated by candidiasis. Patients (N=330) who had DD with a severity score of 3 or higher were enrolled.
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