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Shingrix in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: a Double-blind Placebo-controlled RCT

Phase 4
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Herpes Zoster
Registration Number
NCT04748939
Lead Sponsor
Tuen Mun Hospital
Brief Summary

A double-blind randomized controlled trial on the safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant subunit herpes zoster vaccine, Shingrix, in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing immunosuppressive or biologic/targeted DMARD therapies

Detailed Description

A double-blind randomized controlled trial on the safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant subunit herpes zoster vaccine, Shingrix, in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing immunosuppressive or biologic/targeted DMARD therapies.

Duration of study: 60 weeks

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
humoral immune response to Shingrixweek 12 (compared with baseline)

proportion of patients with 4x fold increase in anti-gE antibody titer

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
herpes zoster infectionweek 60

herpes zoster infection

Humoral immune responseweek 52

proportion of patients with 4x fold increase in anti-gE antibody titer

flares of underlying diseasesweek 26 and 60

disease flares

cell mediated response to vaccineweek 12 from baseline

in 40 patients (20 from each arm); number of IFNγ-secreting CD4+ T cell colonies on ELISPOT assay

adverse events4 weeks after injection

unsolicited

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital

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Hong Kong, China

Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital
🇨🇳Hong Kong, China

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