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

Phase 4
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Herpes Zoster
Interventions
Biological: recombinant subunit herpes zoster vaccine
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
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
placeborecombinant subunit herpes zoster vaccinenormal saline injection (0.5mL)
vaccinerecombinant subunit herpes zoster vaccineShingrix vaccine
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
Humoral immune responseweek 52

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

herpes zoster infectionweek 60

herpes zoster infection

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

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