Safety and Immunogenicity of Oral Cholera Vaccine in Kolkata

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Cholera
• Interventions: Biological: killed whole cell oral cholera vaccine; Biological: Heat Killed E. coli

• Registration Number: NCT00119197
• Lead Sponsor: International Vaccine Institute

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to confirm the safety and immunogenicity of the oral killed bivalent cholera vaccine in adult and pediatric volunteers in Eastern Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Detailed Description

Cholera remains to be a serious public health problem worldwide. In the mid-1980s following technology transfer from Sweden, Vietnamese scientists developed and produced an oral killed monovalent cholera vaccine for Vietnam's public health programs. A 2-dose regimen of this vaccine has been shown to be safe and efficacious. Subsequently, a bivalent vaccine was developed containing the newly emergent O139 V. cholerae. This vaccine has several advantages over the existing Swedish vaccine. It confers protection against the El Tor biotype in younger children, is considerably less expensive, does not require a buffer during administration and does not require strict cold chain requirements. However, this vaccine is not licensed for use in countries other than Vietnam.

Through IVI, an agreement between VABIOTECH in Hanoi and Shantha Biotechnics PVT, LTD in India has been reached that will make the bivalent vaccine available in India. A double-blind randomized phase III trial in a cholera-endemic area would be necessary to demonstrate the efficacy of this vaccine in other settings. This would pave the way for the introduction of the vaccine into the national immunization programme in India and the internationalization of this vaccine and licensure in other countries where it is needed. Prior to the phase III trial, a phase II study will be performed among adults and children.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2005-07-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-07-04
• Study First Posted: 2005-07-13
• Study Start: 2005-08
• Primary Completion: 2006-06
• Study Completion: 2006-07
• Status Verified: 2008-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-06-26
• Last Update Posted: 2008-07-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy non-pregnant adults aged 18-40 years and children aged 1-17 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Diarrhea during the past week
• Antibiotic and anti-diarrheal medicine use during the past week
• One or more episodes of diarrhea or abdominal pain lasting for 2 weeks during the past 6 months
• Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite or generalized ill feeling for the past 24 hours
• Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	killed whole cell oral cholera vaccine	Killed Whole Cell Oral Cholera Vaccine
2	Heat Killed E. coli	Heat-killed E. coli

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
adverse events	immediate events - 30 minutes after each dose, adverse events - for 3 days following dose, serious adverse events throughout study - 28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
serum vibriocidal antibody response	baseline and 14 days after second dose

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases; 🇮🇳 Kolkata, West Bengal, India