Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of V114 in Healthy Japanese Infants (V114-033)

July 20, 2023 updated by: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Active-Comparator-controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of V114 in Healthy Japanese Infants

The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a 4-dose schedule (3-dose primary series followed by a toddler dose) of V114 compared with Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13). The hypotheses are that: 1) V114 is non-inferior to PCV13 for the 13 shared serotypes between V114 and PCV13 based on the response rates at 30 days following dose 3; 2) V114 is non-inferior to PCV13 for the 2 unique V114 serotypes based on the response rate of the 2 unique V114 serotypes at 30 days following dose 3; 3) V114 is non-inferior to PCV13 for the 13 shared serotypes between V114 and PCV13 based on anti-pneumococcal polysaccharide (PnPs) serotype-specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG) geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) at 30 days following dose 3.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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694

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Japan
      • Fukui, Japan, 910-0833
        • Fukui Aiiku Hospital ( Site 3315)
      • Fukui, Japan, 918-8503
        • Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital ( Site 3314)
      • Fukuoka, Japan, 814-0121
        • Shindo Children's Clinic ( Site 3325)
      • Fukuoka, Japan, 815-0033
        • Kurokawa Michiko Pediatric Clinic ( Site 3319)
      • Fukuoka, Japan, 819-0002
        • Shimomura Pediatrics Clinic ( Site 3320)
      • Fukuoka, Japan, 819-0041
        • INAMITSU Children's Clinic ( Site 3321)
      • Kumamoto, Japan, 862-0920
        • Nagamine Soyokaze Clinic ( Site 3348)
      • Nagano, Japan, 388-8004
        • Minaminagano Medical Center Shinonoi General Hospital ( Site 3344)
      • Osaka, Japan, 536-0001
        • Saiseikai Noe Hospital ( Site 3330)
      • Osaka, Japan, 544-0033
        • Kubota Children's Clinic ( Site 3334)
      • Osaka, Japan, 553-0001
        • Sano Kids Clinic ( Site 3341)
      • Osaka, Japan, 556-0005
        • Aizenbashi Hospital ( Site 3317)
      • Shizuoka, Japan, 420-0853
        • Japanese Red Cross Shizuoka Hospital ( Site 3322)
      • Shizuoka, Japan, 424-8636
        • Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital ( Site 3347)
      • Tokyo, Japan, 112-0001
        • Hosaka Children's Clinic ( Site 3307)
      • Tokyo, Japan, 130-8587
        • The Fraternity Memorial Hospital ( Site 3333)
      • Tokyo, Japan, 146-0095
        • Okawa Children & Family Clinic ( Site 3305)
      • Toyama, Japan, 939-8511
        • Toyama City Hospital ( Site 3328)
    • Aichi
      • Kasugai, Aichi, Japan, 486-0836
        • Morinaga Maternity Clinic ( Site 3345)
      • Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 457-8511
        • Social Medical Corporation Koujunkai Daido Clinic ( Site 3326)
    • Chiba
      • Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 274-0063
        • Kyoritsu Narashinodai Hospital ( Site 3332)
      • Isumi, Chiba, Japan, 299-4503
        • Sotobo Children's Clinic ( Site 3323)
    • Fukuoka
      • Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan, 816-0801
        • Yokoyama Children's Clinic ( Site 3309)
    • Hiroshima
      • Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, 737-0193
        • Chugoku Rosai Hospital ( Site 3340)
    • Ibaraki
      • Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan, 300-0028
        • Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital ( Site 3327)
    • Kagoshima
      • Hioki, Kagoshima, Japan, 899-2503
        • Kagoshima Children's Hospital ( Site 3342)
    • Kanagawa
      • Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, 210-0013
        • Kawasaki Municipal Hospital ( Site 3302)
      • Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, 252-0392
        • National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital ( Site 3303)
      • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 222-0036
        • JOHAS Yokohama Rosai Hospital ( Site 3343)
    • Mie
      • Tsu, Mie, Japan, 514-1101
        • National Hospital Organization Mie Chuo Medical Center ( Site 3308)
    • Miyagi
      • Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 983-8520
        • National Hospital Organization Sendai Medical Center ( Site 3311)
    • Nagano
      • Ina, Nagano, Japan, 396-8555
        • Ina Central Hospital ( Site 3346)
      • Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, 390-8510
        • Aizawa Hospital ( Site 3313)
    • Osaka
      • Izumisano, Osaka, Japan, 598-0043
        • Taniguchi Hospital ( Site 3310)
      • Sakai, Osaka, Japan, 591-8023
        • Medical corporation Waffle GunGunkids Clinic ( Site 3329)
      • Suita, Osaka, Japan, 564-8567
        • Suita Municipal Hospital ( Site 3338)
      • Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, 569-1192
        • Takatsuki General Hospital ( Site 3318)
    • Saitama
      • Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, 350-0001
        • Aiwa Hospital ( Site 3336)
      • Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, 332-8558
        • Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital ( Site 3304)
      • Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, 359-1141
        • Hara Children's Clinic ( Site 3339)
      • Wako, Saitama, Japan, 351-0102
        • National Hospital Organization Saitama Hospital ( Site 3312)
    • Shiga
      • Ritto, Shiga, Japan, 520-3046
        • Saiseikai Shiga Hospital ( Site 3349)
    • Shizuoka
      • Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan, 426-0067
        • Kobayashi Pediatric Clinic ( Site 3301)
    • Tokyo
      • Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, 190-0002
        • Saiwai Kodomo Clinic ( Site 3331)
      • Tama, Tokyo, Japan, 206-0025
        • Nishida Kodomo Clinic ( Site 3306)

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

2 months to 6 months (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- Japanese male or female

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has a history of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)
  • Has a known hypersensitivity to any component of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), or any diphtheria toxoid containing vaccine
  • Has a known or suspected impairment of immunological function
  • Has a history of congenital or acquired immunodeficiency
  • Has or his/her mother has a documented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Has or his/her mother has a documented hepatitis B surface antigen-positive test
  • Has known or history of functional or anatomic asplenia
  • Has a history of autoimmune disease
  • Has a known neurologic or cognitive behavioral disorder
  • Has received a dose of any pneumococcal vaccine prior to study entry
  • Has received a blood transfusion or blood products, including immunoglobulins

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: V114
Participants will receive a single 0.5 mL subcutaneous injection of V114 administered at 2 to 6 months of age, and second and third dose is administered at an interval of ≥27 days from the prior dose. The fourth dose is administered at 12 to 15 months of age.
Biological: V114
15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine containing 13 serotypes (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, 23F) present in PCV13 plus 2 additional serotypes (22F, 33F) in each subcutaneous 0.5 mL single dose.
Other Names:
  • VAXNEUVANCE™
  • Pneumococcal 15-Valent Conjugate Vaccine
Active Comparator: Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13)
Participants will receive a single 0.5 mL subcutaneous injection of PCV13 administered at 2 to 6 months of age, and second and third dose is administered at an interval of ≥27 days from the prior dose. The fourth dose is administered at 12 to 15 months of age.
Biological: PCV13
13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine containing 13 serotypes (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, 23F) in each subcutaneous 0.5 mL single dose.
Other Names:
  • Prevnar 13™

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Solicited Injection-Site Adverse Events
Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 14 post any vaccination, up to a total of 13.5 months
An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. Following any injection with either V114 or PCV13 the percentage of participants with solicited injection-site AEs was assessed. The solicited injection-site AEs were erythema, induration, pain, and swelling.
Day 1 to Day 14 post any vaccination, up to a total of 13.5 months
Percentage of Participants With Solicited Systemic Adverse Events
Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 14 post any vaccination, up to a total of 13.5 months
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. Following any of the injections with either V114 or PCV13, the percentage of participants with solicited systemic AEs was assessed. The solicited systemic AEs assessed were decreased appetite, irritability, somnolence, and urticaria.
Day 1 to Day 14 post any vaccination, up to a total of 13.5 months
Percentage of Participants With Vaccine-Related Serious Adverse Events
Time Frame: ~1 month after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
A serious adverse event (SAE) is an AE that is life-threatening, requires or prolongs an existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, is a congenital anomaly or birth defect, or is another important medical event deemed such by medical or scientific judgment. The percentage of participants with a vaccine-related SAE following dose 1 (with either V114 or PCV13) was reported. Vaccine-related SAEs were counted starting after vaccine dose 1 through completion of study.
~1 month after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
Percentage of Participants Meeting the Serotype Specific Immunoglobulin G Threshold Value of ≥0.35 μg/mL for Each Serotype in V114 After Dose 3
Time Frame: 30 Days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
The anti-pneumococcal polysaccharide (PnPs) serotype-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) response rates (percentage of participants meeting serotype-specific IgG threshold value of ≥0.35 μg/mL of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13) for the 15 serotypes contained in V114 were determined using an electrochemiluminescence assay.
30 Days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
Geometric Mean Concentration of Serotype-Specific IgG for the 13 Shared Serotypes in V114 and PCV13 After Dose 3
Time Frame: 30 Days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
The anti-PnPs serotype-specific IgG Geometric Mean Concentrations (GMCs) of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13 for the 13 serotypes shared in V114 and PCV13 were determined using an electrochemiluminescence assay.
30 Days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
GMC of Serotype-Specific IgG for the 2 Unique V114 Serotypes After Dose 3
Time Frame: 30 days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
The anti-PnPs serotype-specific IgG GMCs of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13 for the 2 unique V114 serotypes was determined using an electrochemiluminescence assay.
30 days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
Percentage of Participants Meeting the Serotype Specific IgG Threshold Value of ≥0.35 μg/mL for Each Serotype in V114 After Dose 4
Time Frame: 30 Days after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
The anti-PnPs serotype-specific IgG response rates (percentage of participants meeting serotype-specific IgG threshold value of ≥0.35 μg/mL of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13) for the 15 serotypes contained in V114 were determined using an electrochemiluminescence assay.
30 Days after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
GMC of Serotype-Specific IgG for Each Serotype in V114 After Dose 4
Time Frame: 30 Days after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
The anti-PnPs serotype-specific IgG GMCs of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13 for the 15 serotypes contained in V114 was determined using an electrochemiluminescence assay.
30 Days after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
Geometric Mean Titer of Serotype-Specific Opsonophagocytic Activity for Each Serotype in V114 After Dose 3
Time Frame: 30 Days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
The anti-PnPs serotype-specific opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) and geometric mean titers (GMTs) of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13 for the 15 serotypes contained in V114 was determined using a multiplexed opsonophagocytic assay.
30 Days after Dose 3, up to a total of 11 months
GMT of Serotype-Specific OPA for Each Serotype in V114 After Dose 4
Time Frame: 30 Days after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months
The anti-PnPs serotype-specific opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) and geometric mean titers (GMTs) of participants administered V114 versus participants administered PCV13 for the 15 serotypes contained in V114 was determined using a multiplexed opsonophagocytic assay.
30 Days after Dose 4, up to a total of 14 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Study Director: Medical Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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July 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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December 1, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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December 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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May 11, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 11, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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May 12, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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July 28, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 20, 2023

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • V114-033 (Other Identifier: Merck)
  • 205287 (Registry Identifier: JAPIC-CTI)
  • 2019-003644-68 (EudraCT Number)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

http://engagezone.msd.com/doc/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

Yes

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