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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2009-012458-19-DE
EUCTR2009-012458-19-DEActive, not recruitingNot Applicable

An open-label, randomised, comparative, multicentre study of theimmunogenicity and safety of ZOSTAVAX® when administered byintramuscular route or subcutaneous route to subjects =50 years of age

Sanofi Pasteur MSD S.N.C.0 sites354 target enrollmentStarted: July 15, 2009Last updated:
Conditions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
354

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Subject of either gender aged =50 years on day of vaccination
  • 2. Varicella history-positive or residence for >30 years in a country with endemic
  • VZV infection
  • 3. Signed informed consent form prior to any study procedure
  • 4. Female subjects who are of reproductive potential must have a negative serum
  • or urine pregnancy test and agree to remain abstinent, or use (or have their
  • partner use) 2 acceptable methods of birth control for 3 months postvaccination.
  • (In areas where abstinence is not a locally acceptable method of contraception, 2 acceptable methods of birth control must be used for 3 months postvaccination)
  • An acceptable method of birth control is defined as: intrauterine device,
  • oral contraception, diaphragm with spermicide, contraceptive sponge, condom,
  • 5. Subject able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all study
  • procedures.
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Febrile (oral temperature =38.3°C) within the last 72 hours before vaccination
  • 2. History of hypersensitivity or anaphylactoid reaction to ZOSTAVAX® components
  • including gelatin or neomycin
  • 3. Prior herpes zoster episode clinically diagnosed by a physician
  • 4. Prior receipt of varicella or zoster vaccine
  • 5. Exposure to varicella or herpes zoster within the 4 weeks prior to vaccination by:
  • - continuous household contact, or
  • - non-household contact (generally >1 hour of exposure indoors), or
  • - hospital contact (in same 2- to 4-beds room or adjacent beds in a large
  • ward or face-to-face contact with an infectious staff member or
  • subject), or
  • - contact with a newborn whose mother had onset of varicella 5 days or
  • less before delivery or within 48 hours after delivery
  • 6. Active untreated tuberculosis
  • 7. Any severe thrombocytopenia or any other coagulation disorder that would
  • contraindicate intramuscular injection
  • 8. Receipt of immunosuppressive therapy or expected to receive
  • immunosuppressive therapy during the study as examples:
  • - Chemotherapy agents to treat cancer, treatments associated with
  • organ or bone marrow transplantation,
  • - Daily -or on alternate days- systemic corticosteroids at a dose
  • >5mg/day of prednisone (or equivalent) for > 14 days in the 4 weeks
  • prior to the vaccination
  • 9. Known or suspected immune dysfunction that is caused by a medical condition,
  • or any other cause.
  • - Examples: immune dysfunction including congenital immunodeficiency,
  • human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, organ or bone marrow
  • transplantation, leukaemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, multiple
  • myeloma, or generalized malignancy
  • - Exceptions: subjects with prostate or breast cancer with no
  • chemotherapeutic drugs or receiving only hormone blocking drugs,
  • subjects with skin cancer who are not receiving radiation therapy or
  • chemotherapy, and subjects with a history of other malignancies who
  • have been disease-free for at least 6 months can be included
  • 10. Receipt of any other live virus vaccine within = 28 days prior to vaccination, or
  • planned vaccination with any other live virus vaccine during the study
  • 11. Receipt of any inactivated vaccine within = 14 days prior to vaccination, or ,planned vaccination with any inactivated vaccine during the study
  • 12. Receipt of immunoglobulins or any blood products, other than autologous blood
  • transfusion, given during the 5 months prior to vaccination or expected
  • treatment with immunoglobulins or blood products during the study
  • 13. Concomitant use of non-topical antiviral therapy (examples: acyclovir,
  • famciclovir, valacyclovir, ganciclovir, foscarnet, cidofovir, brivudine) or expected
  • to receive non-topical antiviral therapy during the study
  • 14. The subject is at the time of signing informed consent, a user of recreational or
  • illicit drugs or a user who has had a recent history (within the last year) of drug
  • or alcohol abuse or dependence
  • 15. Any other condition or situation that in the opinion of the investigator could
  • interfere with the interpretation of the study, including possible interference
  • caused by acute intercurrent illness (examples: upper respiratory infection,
  • 16. Participation in any other clinical study within 4 weeks prior to study vaccination
  • +1 more not shown

Investigators

Sponsor
Sanofi Pasteur MSD S.N.C.

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