Phase III study for evaluation of safety and efficacy of Varicella vaccine.

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: seronegative for Varicella Zoster Virus IgG antibody

• Registration Number: CTRI/2013/05/003611
• Lead Sponsor: Wockhardt Limited

Brief Summary

Thisis an An open label, Phase III, Multicentric, randomizedcontrolled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Single dose LiveAttenuated Varicella Vaccine (VR 795 of varicella Oka strain) Versus VarilrixVaccine in healthy Indian children. There will be 268 subjects to be enrolled(134 in each arm) in this trial. THe objective of this trial is Comparative assessmentof the immunogenicity of the test vaccine versus the comparator by estimation of: a)     Seroconversion rates in eachtreatment arm at 6 weeks post vaccination.b)     Extent of rise of Varicella(VZV) IgG antibody from baseline values at 6 weeks post vaccination. And comparativeassessment of safety and tolerability of the vaccine up to 6 weeks postvaccination

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2013-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 254

Inclusion Criteria

•Healthy children aged 12 months to 12 years of either sex who are baseline VZV IgG antibody negative •Parent/guardian of subject willing to give written informed consent and to comply to all study related procedures.

Exclusion Criteria

• •Clinical history of varicella (chicken pox) and herpes zoster natural infection in the past.
• •History of Varicalla vaccination in the past.
• •History of household, playmate, school or daycare center exposure to varicella or herpes zoster in the previous 4 weeks prior to vaccination •Presence of any person in close vicinity of the vaccine who is at high risk of developing varicella (like immunocompromised sibling) •Any established or clinically suspected immunosuppressive or immunocompromised disorder / state (congenital or acquired- drug induced, neoplastic, tuberculosis etc) •Any subject who had received parenteral immunoglobulin or any immunosuppressive drugs in the last three months.
• •Any major congenital abnormality – cardiac, renal, neurological •Any acute dermatological disease such as, allergy and bacterial/viral/ fungal infection •Participant on any dose of oral/parenteral steroids or inhalational steroids >800 mcg of beclomethasone (or its equivalent) in the last 3 months prior to vaccination.
• •History of any allergic diatheses and those with known hypersensitivity to vaccine or any of its components like gelatin, gentamicin / neomycin/ kanamycin etc.
• •Febrile (axillary temperature > 37°C) or any systemic illness at the time of vaccination.
• •History of administration of varicella zoster immune globulin or any blood products in the previous 4 weeks •Subject has received any live vaccine in the last 4 weeks or any killed vaccine in the last 4 weeks prior to this scheduled vaccination.
• •Subject scheduled to be administered a live vaccine in the next 4 weeks or any killed vaccine in the next 4 weeks.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The immunogenicity profile of the test will be evaluated and compared with that of the reference (Varilrix) vaccine in the study population by estimation of the:	a. Seroconversion rates amongst those who were baseline seronegative for IgG VZV antibody (i.e 100mIU/ml) and had a 6 weeks post-vaccination ELISA varicella IgG antibody level of ( 150mIU/ml) | b. Extent of rise of Varicella (VZV) IgG antibody from baseline values at 6 weeks post vaccination
a)Seroconversion rates amongst those who were baseline seronegative for IgG VZV antibody (i.e 100mIU/ml) and had a 6 weeks post-vaccination ELISA varicella IgG antibody level of ( 150mIU/ml)	a. Seroconversion rates amongst those who were baseline seronegative for IgG VZV antibody (i.e 100mIU/ml) and had a 6 weeks post-vaccination ELISA varicella IgG antibody level of ( 150mIU/ml) | b. Extent of rise of Varicella (VZV) IgG antibody from baseline values at 6 weeks post vaccination
b)Extent of rise of Varicella (VZV) IgG antibody from baseline values at 6 weeks post vaccination	a. Seroconversion rates amongst those who were baseline seronegative for IgG VZV antibody (i.e 100mIU/ml) and had a 6 weeks post-vaccination ELISA varicella IgG antibody level of ( 150mIU/ml) | b. Extent of rise of Varicella (VZV) IgG antibody from baseline values at 6 weeks post vaccination

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The safety of the vaccine in the study population will be evaluated by estimation of incidence of both serious and non-serious adverse events upto 6 weeks post vaccination with an intensive initial monitoring phase of 10 days post vaccination	estimation of incidence of both serious and non-serious adverse events

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Ankur Children Hospital, Amedabad; 🇮🇳 Ahmadabad, GUJARAT, India

Institute of Child Health; 🇮🇳 Kolkata, WEST BENGAL, India

Lions Tara Chand Bapa Hospital, Mumbai; 🇮🇳 Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India

University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital; 🇮🇳 Delhi, DELHI, India

Ankur Children Hospital, Amedabad

🇮🇳Ahmadabad, GUJARAT, India

Dr Raju Shah

Principal investigator

09824031851

rajucshah@rediffmail.com