A Phase 2, Partial Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Two Novel Live Attenuated Serotype 2 Oral Poliovirus Vaccines Candidates, in Healthy Adults Previously Vaccinated With Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) or Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), Compared With Historical Controls Given Sabin OPV2 or Placebo
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Poliomyelitis
- Sponsor
- Pierre Van Damme
- Enrollment
- 250
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Severe Adverse Events
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study is designed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of two novel type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine (nOPV2) candidates (nOPV2 candidate 1 and nOPV2 candidate 2) in adults. The primary objectives of the study include the general safety and immunogenicity of the two candidate vaccines in healthy volunteers previously vaccinated with Sabin monovalent OPV or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) only.
Detailed Description
Two nOPV2 vaccine candidates have been developed as attenuated serotype 2 polioviruses derived from a modified Sabin 2 infectious complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) clone. nOPV2 Candidate 1 (S2/cre5/S15domV/rec1/hifi3) and nOPV2 Candidate 2 (S2/S15domV/CpG40) were generated by modifying the Sabin-2 ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequence to improve phenotypic stability and make the strains less prone to reversion to virulence. The novel vaccine will eventually be licensed based on 3 criteria: a similar safety profile to the currently licensed monovalent OPV2 (mOPV2) of the Sabin strain, non-inferior immunogenicity, and reduced reversion to virulence. Due to the withdrawal of Sabin monovalent oral polio vaccine type 2 and prohibition of its use from April 2016 onward, well before the availability of nOPV2 for clinical testing, a head to head comparison of nOPV2 and mOPV2 is not possible. For these reasons, Phase 4 trials have been conducted with Sabin mOPV2 to provide control data on safety, immunogenicity, against which data for nOPV2 in subsequent Phase I and II studies will be evaluated and compared. The Phase 4 trials of Sabin mOPV2 were designed to parallel the expected design of the Phase 1 and 2 nOPV2 studies with respect to overall design, inclusion of similar study cohorts. This study is designed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of two novel type 2 OPV candidates in adults before testing in young children and then infants. The study will include both OPV-vaccinated and IPV-vaccinated adults to provide safety and immunogenicity data relevant to the decision to advance to future studies with testing in children who have not been exposed to OPV2. The primary objectives of the study include the general safety and immunogenicity of the two candidate vaccines, primarily based on comparison with historical data obtained in a Phase 4 study of Sabin mOPV2 for OPV-vaccinated subjects, in order to establish non-inferior immunogenicity and acceptable safety profile. Assessment of the general safety of the 2 candidate vaccines in IPV-only vaccinated participants will be based on comparison with data from a placebo group. The phase 4 control study (UAM1) used for the comparison in this study is registered with EudraCT (2015-003325-33). Participants were healthy adults aged 18-50 years with documented history of at least three polio vaccinations, including OPV, and were randomly assigned to either one dose or two doses of monovalent OPV2. Between January and March 2016, 100 volunteers were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive one or two doses of monovalent OPV2 (n=50 in each group).
Investigators
Pierre Van Damme
Full Professor
Universiteit Antwerpen
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •For Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4: healthy males or females, from 18 to 50 years of age inclusive, having previously received at least 3 doses of OPV more than 12 months before the start of the study;
- •For Groups 5, 6 and 7: healthy males or females, from 18 to 50 years of age inclusive, having previously received at least 3 doses of IPV more than 12 months before the start of the study;
- •Having residence in Belgium;
- •In good physical and mental health as determined on the basis of medical history and general physical examination performed at Day 0;
- •Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to the use of an effective method of birth control throughout the study and up to 3 months after last vaccine dose;
- •Willing to adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions specified in this protocol;
- •Informed Consent Form (ICF) and Code of Conduct signed voluntarily by the subject before any study-related procedure is performed, indicating that the subject understands the purpose of any procedures required for the study and is willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •A condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise the well-being of the subject or course of the study, or prevent the subject from meeting or performing any study requirements;
- •For Groups 5, 6 and 7: ever having received any OPV in the past;
- •Any travel to polio endemic countries or countries with evidence of recent (within last 6 months) wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus circulation during the total duration of the study;
- •Professional handling of food, catering or food production activities during the total duration of the study;
- •Having Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis or having had major surgery of the gastrointestinal tract involving significant loss or resection of the bowel;
- •A known allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to the study vaccine or the placebo, or to any of their components or to any antibiotics;
- •Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficiency condition (including human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\] infection, hepatitis B or C infections or total serum immunoglobulin A \[IgA\] level below laboratory lower limit of normal \[LLN\]);
- •Will have household or professional contact with known immunosuppressed people or people without full polio vaccination (i.e. complete primary infant immunization series), e.g. babysitting during the total duration of the study;
- •Neonatal nurses or others having professional contact with children under 6 months of age during the total duration of the study;
- •Chronic administration (i.e., longer than 14 days) of immunosuppressant drugs or other immune-modifying drugs within 6 months prior to the first vaccine dose or planned use during the study. For instance, for corticosteroids, this means prednisone, or equivalent, ≥ 0.5 mg/kg/day (inhaled and topical steroids are allowed whereas intra-articular and epidural injection/administration of steroids are not allowed);
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Severe Adverse Events
Time Frame: Up to 42 days after each vaccination
An SAE is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose met any of the following conditions: * Resulted in death; * Was life-threatening; * Required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing inpatient hospitalization; * Resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity; * Was a congenital anomaly/birth defect; * Was medically important. A solicited AE is a pre-selected sign or symptom that occurred within 7 days after each dose, whereas unsolicited AEs were collected throughout the study. Solicited AEs included headache, fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, paresthesia, anesthesia, paralysis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. A severe AE is an AE that prevented normal everyday activities and which was not classified as an SAE. A related AE is an AE the investigator considered probably or possibly caused by the study vaccine, meaning that there was a reasonable temporal association or the AE was not attributable to other conditions.
Seroprotection Rate After a Single Dose of Novel OPV2 in Former OPV Recipients
Time Frame: Baseline (Day 0 prior to vaccination) and Day 28
Seroprotection rate was defined as the percentage of participants with anti-type 2-specific poliovirus neutralizing antibody titers ≥ 1:8. Neutralizing antibodies against poliovirus type 2 were determined using the World Health Organization (WHO) standard microneutralization assay (WHO EPI GEN 93.9). The lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) was 5.7 and the upper limit of quantitation (ULOQ) was 1448.
Secondary Outcomes
- Number of Former OPV Recipients With Solicited Adverse Events Within 7 Days of Vaccination With Novel OPV2(Up to 7 days after each dose (Day 0-7 post-dose 1 and Day 28-35 post-dose 2))
- Number of Former IPV Recipients With Solicited Adverse Events After Vaccination With Novel OPV2(7 days post-dose (Day 0-7 post-dose 1 and and Day 28-35 post-dose 2))
- Number of Participants With Unsolicited Adverse Events(Up to 42 days after each vaccination)
- Number of Former OPV Recipients With Clinically Relevant Laboratory Abnormalities Up to 28 Days After Each Vaccination(Day 0, Day 7, Day 14, and Day 28 for Groups 1-4 and at Day 35, Day 42, and Day 56 for participants in Groups 2 and 4)
- Number of Former IPV Recipients With Clinically Relevant Laboratory Abnormalities Up to 28 Days After Each Vaccination(Day 0, Day 7, Day 14, Day 28, Day 35, Day 42 and Day 56)
- Anti-Poliovirus Type-2 Neutralizing Antibody Titers After A Single Dose of Novel OPV2(Day 0 and Day 28)
- Seroprotection Rate 28 Days After Two Doses of Novel OPV2 in Former OPV Recipients(Day 56)
- Seroprotection Rate in Former IPV Recipients(Day 0, Day 28, and Day 56)
- Seroconversion Rate After a Single Dose of Novel OPV2 in Former OPV Recipients(Day 28)
- Seroconversion Rate After Two Doses of Novel OPV2 in Former OPV Recipients(Day 56)
- Seroconversion Rate in Former IPV Recipients(Day 28 and Day 56)