Safety and Immunogenicity of 2 Different Vaccination Schedules of Rabies and Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines in Healthy Adult Subjects

NCT ID: NCT01662440

Last Updated: 2014-12-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

661 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-08-31

Study Completion Date

2013-10-31

Brief Summary

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Establish non-inferiority of the immune response and evaluate the safety and tolerability of Rabies and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccines given concomitantly or alone and according to either of 2 schedules for preexposure prophylaxis.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rabies Japanese Encephalitis

Keywords

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Rabies JE accelerated schedule

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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R/JE - Conv

Subjects received Rabies and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccines following the conventional schedule, ie, Rabies vaccination on days 1, 8, and 29, and placebo on day 4 in the right arm or leg; and JE vaccination on day 1 and 29, and placebo on day 8 in the left arm.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Rabies

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Subjects received three doses of Rabies, whole virus vaccine (inactivated, Germany).

Japanese Encephalitis

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Subjects received two doses of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine.

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects received either two, three, four or five doses of normal saline, 0.9% w/v sodium chloride depending on the vaccine group.

R/JE - Acc

Subjects received Rabies and JE vaccines following the accelerated schedule, ie, Rabies vaccination on days 1, 4, and 8, and placebo on day 29 in the right arm or leg; and JE vaccination on days 1 and 8, and placebo on day 29 in the left arm.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Rabies

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Subjects received three doses of Rabies, whole virus vaccine (inactivated, Germany).

Japanese Encephalitis

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Subjects received two doses of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine.

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects received either two, three, four or five doses of normal saline, 0.9% w/v sodium chloride depending on the vaccine group.

R - Conv

Subjects received Rabies vaccine following the conventional schedule, ie, Rabies vaccination on days 1, 8, and 29, and placebo on day 4 in the right arm or leg; and placebo on days 1, 8 and 29 in the left arm.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Rabies

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Subjects received three doses of Rabies, whole virus vaccine (inactivated, Germany).

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects received either two, three, four or five doses of normal saline, 0.9% w/v sodium chloride depending on the vaccine group.

JE - Conv

Subjects received JE vaccine following the conventional schedule, ie, placebo on days 1, 4, 8 and 29 in the right arm or leg; and JE vaccination on days 1 and 29 and placebo injection on day 8 in the left arm.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Japanese Encephalitis

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Subjects received two doses of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine.

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Subjects received either two, three, four or five doses of normal saline, 0.9% w/v sodium chloride depending on the vaccine group.

Interventions

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Rabies

Subjects received three doses of Rabies, whole virus vaccine (inactivated, Germany).

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Japanese Encephalitis

Subjects received two doses of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Subjects received either two, three, four or five doses of normal saline, 0.9% w/v sodium chloride depending on the vaccine group.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Males and females between 18 and 65 years of age (inclusive).
2. Subjects who have given written consent.
3. Individuals in good health as per investigator judgement.

Exclusion Criteria

1. If female, pregnancy or unwillingness to practice acceptable contraception.
2. If female, pregnant or breast-feeding or any positive/indeterminate pregnancy test.
3. Contraindication or precaution against Rabies and Japanese Encephalitis vaccination.
4. Unable to comprehend and to follow all required study procedures for the whole period of the study.
5. Participating in any other clinical trial 30 days prior to first study visit.
6. History of previous rabies/rabies immunoglobulin and/or Japanese Encephalitis immunization.
7. Receiving or planning to receive anti-malarial medications (e.g. Mefloquine) 14 days prior to Day 1 vaccination through Day 43.
8. Received any other vaccines within 2 weeks prior to enrollment in this study or plan to receive any vaccine within 4 weeks from the study vaccines.
9. Ever received blood, blood products and/or plasma derivatives or any parenteral immunoglobulin preparation in the past 12 weeks.
10. Individuals who are part of study personnel or close family members conducting this study.
11. Body temperature ≥38 degrees Celsius (≥ 100.4° F) within 3 days of intended study vaccination.
12. Plans to travel within the next year to areas where Rabies and/or Japanese Encephalitis vaccine may be considered or offered. This includes but is not limited to India, Asia, Pacific-Rim, African countries.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Novartis Vaccines

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Novartis Vaccines

Locations

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Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine Center for Pathophysiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology Medical University of Vienna

Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna, Austria

Site Status

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, City state of Hamburg, Germany

Site Status

The University of Zurich

Rämistrasse 71, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Austria Germany Switzerland

References

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Cramer JP, Jelinek T, Paulke-Korinek M, Reisinger EC, Dieckmann S, Alberer M, Buhler S, Bosse D, Meyer S, Fragapane E, Costantini M, Pellegrini M, Lattanzi M, Dovali C. One-year immunogenicity kinetics and safety of a purified chick embryo cell rabies vaccine and an inactivated Vero cell-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine administered concomitantly according to a new, 1-week, accelerated primary series. J Travel Med. 2016 Mar 19;23(3):taw011. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taw011. Print 2016 Mar.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26994987 (View on PubMed)

Jelinek T, Cramer JP, Dieckmann S, Hatz C, Paulke-Korinek M, Alberer M, Reisinger EC, Costantini M, Gniel D, Bosse D, Lattanzi M. Evaluation of rabies immunogenicity and tolerability following a purified chick embryo cell rabies vaccine administered concomitantly with a Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015 May-Jun;13(3):241-50. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 May 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26005163 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2011-005173-23

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

V49_23

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id