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Clinical Trials/NCT00491985
NCT00491985CompletedPhase 2

Safety and Immunogenicity of 2 Formulations of an Intramuscular A/H5N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine in Children

Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company1 site in 1 country240 target enrollmentStarted: June 1, 2007Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Completed
Enrollment
240
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
To describe safety following administration of A/H5N1 inactivated split virion pandemic influenza vaccine.

Study Overview

Brief Summary

This is an open, randomized, multicenter clinical trial.

Objectives:

  • To describe the safety profiles during the 21 days following each primary and booster injection.
  • To describe the immune response 21 days after each primary and booster injection of each formulation.
  • To describe the antibody persistence after the first vaccination

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
6 Months to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • •All subjects:
  • •Able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all trial procedures.
  • •Children/Adolescents aged ≥ 2 years to < 18 years:
  • •Aged ≥ 2 years to < 18 years on the day of inclusion.
  • •Informed Consent Form signed by one parent or another legal representative and by an independent witness if the parent/legal representative is illiterate.
  • •For a female, inability to bear a child or negative urine pregnancy test (as applicable).
  • •For a female of child-bearing potential, use of an effective method of contraception or abstinence for at least 4 weeks prior to the first vaccination and at least 4 weeks after the last vaccination (as applicable).
  • •Infants/toddlers aged ≥ 6 months to < 2 years:
  • •Aged ≥ 6 months to < 2 years on the day of inclusion.
  • •Born at full term of pregnancy (≥ 37 weeks) with a birth weight ≥ 2 kg.
  • •Informed Consent Form signed by one parent/legally acceptable representative and an independent witness if the parent/legally acceptable representative is illiterate.
  • •Subject who completed vaccination according to the national immunization schedule.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •All subjects:
  • •Participation in another clinical trial in the 4 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination.
  • •Planned participation in another clinical trial during the present trial period.
  • •Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, immunosuppressive therapy such as anti-cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the preceding 6 months, or long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy.
  • •Systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components or history of life threatening reaction to the trial vaccine or a vaccine containing the same substances (egg proteins, chick proteins, thimerosal, aluminum, neomycin, formaldehyde, and octoxinol 9).
  • •Chronic illness at a stage that could interfere with trial conduct or completion.
  • •Blood or blood-derived products received in the past 3 months.
  • •Any vaccination in the 4 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination.
  • •Vaccination planned in the 4 weeks following any trial vaccination.
  • •History of the H5N1 infection (confirmed either clinically, serologically or virologically).
  • •Known HIV, Hepatitis B (HBsAg) or Hepatitis C seropositivity.
  • •Previous vaccination with an avian flu vaccine.
  • •Subject at high risk of the H5N1 infection during the trial.
  • •Thrombocytopenia or bleeding disorder contraindicating IM vaccination.
  • •Febrile illness (rectal equivalent temperature ≥ 38.0°C) on the day of inclusion.
  • •Children/Adolescents aged ≥ 2 years to < 18 years:
  • •Breast-feeding mothers.
  • •Current alcohol abuse or drug addiction that may interfere with the subject's ability to comply with trial procedures (if applicable, depending on the subject's age).
  • •Infants/toddlers aged ≥ 6 months to < 2 years:
  • •History of seizures.

Arms & Interventions

Study Group 1

Experimental

Subjects aged 9 to 17 years

Intervention: A/H5N1 Inactivated, split-virion pandemic influenza vaccine (Biological)

Study Group 2

Experimental

Subjects aged 3 to 8 years

Intervention: A/H5N1 Inactivated, split virion pandemic influenza vaccine (Biological)

Study Group 3

Experimental

Subjects aged 6 to 35 months

Intervention: A/H5N1 Inactivated, split virion pandemic influenza vaccine (Biological)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To describe safety following administration of A/H5N1 inactivated split virion pandemic influenza vaccine.

Time Frame: 21 Days post-vaccination

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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