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Role of oral and inactivated poliovitus vaccines in inducing mucosal immunity - a trial in small children in Cuba

Conditions
poliomyelitis
Infection - Other infectious diseases
Public Health - Epidemiology
Registration Number
ACTRN12616000169448
Lead Sponsor
WHO
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy infants born between June 1 and August 31, 2015 (>3rd percentile for height and weight) at enrollment living within the catchment’s area of the participating health centers will be eligible for enrollment to Arms 1 and 2.
Healthy infants born between November 1 and December 31, 2015 (>3rd percentile for height and weight) at enrollment living within the catchment’s area of the participating health centers will be eligible for enrollment to Arm 3.

Exclusion Criteria

Infants <3 percentile for height and weight, residence outside the catchment’s area, or families expecting to move away during the study period, will be excluded. A diagnosis, suspicion or treatment of immunodeficiency disorder (either in the participant or in a member of the immediate family) will render the child ineligible for the study. Infants of mother age below legal age (<18 years) or with mentally incapacity will not be eligible to participate.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
difference in poliovirus shedding in stool [7 days after tOPV dose]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
difference in dynamic of poliovirus shedding after tOPV dose assessed by virus isolation in stool on days 14, 21 and 42 after tOPV dose[14, 21 and 42 days after tOPV challenge]
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