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Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in pregnancy is not effective enough at reducing infant infections
  1. Carla Wesley,
  2. Lucinda C Winckworth
  1. Neonatal Unit, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester SO22 5DG, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Lucinda C Winckworth, Neonatal Unit, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester SO22 5DG, UK; lucinda.winckworth{at}hhft.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-321368

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    Review of: Madhi SA, Polack F, Piedra P et al. Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination during pregnancy and effects in infants. N Engl J Med 2020;383:426–39.

    Design: Randomised placebo controlled trial.

    Allocation: 1:1 (first global season) and 2:1 ratio (subsequent seasons) vaccine to placebo.

    Blinding: Observer blind.

    Setting: Multinational (87 sites in 11 countries).

    Participants: 4636 healthy pregnant women aged 18–40 years between 28 and 36 weeks gestation. Exclusion criteria were essentially any mother with any underlying health condition or on any medication.

    Intervention: Women were randomised to receive either single dose of intramuscular respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F-protein vaccine or placebo vaccine.

    Outcomes: Primary outcome was vaccine efficacy (VE) of prevention of medically significant RSV lower respiratory tract infection (MS-RSV …

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    • Contributors CW wrote the first draft of the abstract and commentary, LCW edited and added to both.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.