Safety and Efficacy of Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin (Human) VariZIG in Patients at Risk of Varicella Infection

April 1, 2013 updated by: Cangene Corporation
This study is to assess VariZIG™ for the treatment of patients at risk for developing serious complications from chicken pox.

Study Overview

Status

Approved for marketing

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In most individuals, chicken pox or varicella zoster (VZV) infections are benign; however, in certain at-risk populations such as immunocompromised patients or infants VZV disease can produce significant morbidity and mortality. In such patients, varicella zoster immune globulin (VZIG) has been used to prevent or reduce the severity of VZV infections in at-risk patients exposed to individuals with active infections. Massachusetts Public Health Biologic Laboratories (Boston, MA) has discontinued manufacture of the only FDA approved VZIG product. Cangene Corporation (Winnipeg, Canada) is conducting this expanded access IND protocol for VariZIG™, which is a purified human immune globulin preparation made from plasma of donors with high anti-varicella antibody titers.

This study is an open label, non-randomized, expanded access study that will make VariZIG™ available to eligible patients for whom there is no alternative licensed treatment while a pivotal study is conducted. The study will begin recruiting in February 2006 and will collect safety and basic efficacy data over 42 days following VariZIG™ administration. Physicians will be required to assess measures of varicella infection as well as provide study specific documentation.

Study Type

Expanded Access

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed informed consent.
  • Cangene Corporation VariZIG™ release requirement.

  • Any of the following at-risk patients exposed to varicella within the previous 96 hours:

    • Immunocompromised pediatric or adult patients.
    • Neonates (less than 1 year of age) and pre-term infants.
    • Pregnant women.
    • Newborns whose mothers had VZV infection shortly before delivery (< 5 days) or after (< 2 days) delivery.
    • Healthy non-immune adults

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hypersensitivity to blood or blood products, including intravenous (IV) or intramuscular (IM) human immunoglobulin preparations.
  • Selective immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency.
  • Evidence of VZV infection.
  • Evidence of zoster infection.
  • Known immunity to VZV(previous varicella infection or varicella vaccination)
  • Severely thrombocytopenic ( platelets < 50 x 10x9 / L )

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?

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Cangene Corporation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Robert Gale, MD, FFF Enterprises

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2006

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2009

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 15, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 15, 2006

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

June 20, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 4, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2013

Last Verified

April 1, 2013

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • VZ-009

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