Safety and Immunogenicity of PanBlok Influenza Vaccine in Healthy Adults

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

341 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-05-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant hemagglutinin (rHA) influenza vaccine derived from A/Indonesia/05/2005 (H5N1) administered at 3 dose levels in adjuvanted (SE) rHA formulations and 1 dose levels in an un-adjuvanted rHA formulation.

Detailed Description

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All currently licensed influenza vaccines in the United States are produced in embryonated hen's eggs. There are several well-recognized disadvantages to the use of eggs as the substrate for influenza vaccine. Eggs require specialized manufacturing facilities and could be difficult to scale up rapidly in response to an emerging need such as a pandemic. It is usually necessary to adapt candidate vaccine viruses for high-yield growth in eggs, a process that can be time consuming, is not always successful, and can select receptor variants that may have suboptimal immunogenicity. In addition, agricultural diseases that affect chicken flocks, and that might be an important issue in a pandemic due to an avian influenza virus strain, could easily disrupt the supply of eggs for vaccine manufacturing. Therefore, development of alternative substrates for influenza vaccine production has been identified as a high-priority objective.

One potential alternative method for production of influenza vaccine is expression of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) using recombinant DNA techniques. This alternative avoids dependence on eggs and is very efficient because of the high levels of protein expression under the control of the baculovirus polyhedrin promoter.

Conditions

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Influenza

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

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PanBlok

Intramuscular injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

rHA adjuvant

Intramuscular injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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rHA recombinant hemagglutinin SE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Young adults aged 18-49 years
* Able to give written informed consent to participate.
* Vital signs within normal limits.
* The subject must be in good health as determined by targeted physical examination, when necessary, based on medical history. Stable medical condition is defined as: no recent change in prescription medication, dose, or frequency of medication in the last 3 months and health outcomes of the specific disease are considered to be within acceptable limits in the last 6 months. Any change that is due to change of health care provider, insurance company, etc., or is done for financial reasons, as long as in the same class of medication, will not be considered a violation of the inclusion criterion. Any change to prescription medication due to improvement of a disease outcome will not be considered a violation of the inclusion criterion.
* Comprehensive Metabolic Panel and other tests for the following must fall within normal limits or not exceed a Grade 1 abnormality at screening. Any Grade 1 abnormality must be clinically acceptable to the investigator in the context of other parameters such the subject's medical history. However, this will not apply to an above the upper limit of the normal range for ALT. Subjects with values above the upper limit of the normal range for ALT at the screening visit will not be enrolled.
* Complete Blood Count with Cell Differential and urinalysis must fall within normal limits at screening except when clinically acceptable to the investigator in the context of other parameters such the subject's medical history.
* Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative urine pregnancy test within 24 hours preceding receipt of first and second vaccine doses.
* WOCBP must use medically acceptable contraception.
* Comprehension of the study requirements, expressed availability for the required study period, and ability to attend scheduled visits.

Exclusion Criteria

* Previously received an H5N1 influenza vaccine or who plan to receive an H5N1 influenza vaccine while participating in the study
* An acute or chronic medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would render vaccination unsafe or would interfere with the evaluation of responses
* Medications or treatments that may adversely affect the immune system
* An active neoplastic disease or a history of any hematological malignancy. For this criterion, "active" is defined as having received treatment within the past 5 years.
* A long-term use of supraphysiologic doses of oral or parenteral steroids, or high-dose inhaled steroids within the preceding 6 months.
* A history of documented autoimmune disease.
* Pregnant, nursing mothers or women planning a pregnancy between enrollment and 42 days after randomization
* Prior serious reaction to any influenza vaccine
* History of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
* History of anaphylactic-type reaction to injected vaccines
* History of illicit drug use or alcohol abuse in the year preceding the study
* Received a seasonal influenza vaccine six months prior to enrollment
* Received any licensed inactivated or recombinant vaccine within 2 weeks prior to enrollment or any licensed live vaccine within 1 month prior to enrollment.
* Acute illness or fever within three days prior to study enrollment
* Participating in a study that involves an experimental agent or have received an experimental agent within 1 month prior to enrollment in this study, or who expect to receive another experimental agent during participation, or intend to donate blood during the 42-day primary study period.
* Received or expect to receive immunoglobulin or another blood product within the 3 months prior to enrollment in this study.
* An elevated liver function enzyme of ALT at baseline, regardless of the appraisal of clinical significance.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

49 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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John J Treanor, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Rochester

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United States

References

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Treanor JJ, Chu L, Essink B, Muse D, El Sahly HM, Izikson R, Goldenthal KL, Patriarca P, Dunkle LM. Stable emulsion (SE) alone is an effective adjuvant for a recombinant, baculovirus-expressed H5 influenza vaccine in healthy adults: A Phase 2 trial. Vaccine. 2017 Feb 7;35(6):923-928. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.053. Epub 2017 Jan 11.

Reference Type DERIVED

PMID: 28089141 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PSC25

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

Safety and Immunogenicity of PanBlok Influenza Vaccine in Healthy Adults

Study Results

Basic Information

Brief Summary

Detailed Description

Conditions

Study Design

Study Groups

PanBlok 15µg in 2% SE

PanBlok

rHA adjuvant

PanBlok 3.8µg in 2% SE

PanBlok

rHA adjuvant

PanBlok 7.5µg No Adjuvant

PanBlok

PanBlok 7.5µg in 2% SE

PanBlok

rHA adjuvant

Interventions

PanBlok

rHA adjuvant

Other Intervention Names

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Sponsors

Protein Sciences Corporation

Responsible Party

Principal Investigators

John J Treanor, MD

Locations

Meridian Clinical Research

University of Rochester Center for Vaccine Studies

Benchmark Reseach

Baylor College of Medicine

Jean Brown Research

Countries

References

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Other Identifiers

PSC25