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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN62032215
Date of registration: 23/01/2004
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Public title: Effect of needle size on serum antibody responses and incidence of general reactions following routine immunisations in infants
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Date of first enrolment: 20/01/2002
Target sample size: 696
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN62032215
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Affiliation: 
Name: Linda    Diggle
Address:  Oxford Vaccine Group Room 4250, Level 4 University Department of Paediatrics John Radclifffe Hospital OX3 9DU Oxford United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 01865 221229
Email: linda.diggle@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy infants attending routine immunisation clinics at eight general practices.
Exclusion criteria: 1. Infants with severe chronic disease
2. Infants who may receive treatment likely to alter the immune response or infants with any conditions which could preclude evaluation of the response, e.g. congenital or acquired immunodeficiency
3. Infants who have already received Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DPT)/Hib vaccines


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Vaccination
Infections and Infestations
Vaccination
Intervention(s)
1. 23 gauge 25 mm - wider gauge long needle
2. 25 gauge 16 mm - narrower gauge short needle
3. 25 gauge 25 mm - narrower gauge long needle
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Comparison of geometric mean titres of Diphtheria/Tetanus and Hib antibodies between needle size groups
2. Comparison of incidence of general and local reactions between needle size groups at three time points - following vaccination at two, three and four months
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary ID(s)
SEO232
Source(s) of Monetary Support
NHS Executive South East (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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