A Phase I Randomized, Observer-Blinded, Dose-Ranging Study in Healthy Subjects 24 to <72 Months of Age

A Phase I Randomized, Observer-Blinded, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Immunogenicity and Safety of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Recombinant Fusion (F) Nanoparticle Vaccine, With or Without Aluminum Adjuvant, in Healthy Subjects 24 to <72 Months of Age

This is a randomized, observer-blind, irrelevant comparator-controlled trial in male and female subjects ≥24 months of age and <72 months of age. Subjects will be without symptomatic chronic cardiopulmonary disease, including recurrent wheezing. Subjects will be screened for seropositivity to RSV in a qualified serum microneutralization (MN) assay and will be excluded if titers for either RSV/A or RSV/B are <1:16 (4 log2).

Treatments will comprise an IM dose of saline placebo or RSV F vaccine on Day 0 and an IM dose of RSV F vaccine or a licensed hepatitis A vaccine on Day 28. Hepatitis A vaccine (and in one group placebo) will be used to maintain the study blind; all subjects will receive a complete course of hepatitis A vaccine as a study benefit.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Respiratory Synctial Virus
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: RSV F Vaccine with adjuvant (0.5mL injection); Biological: Hepatitis A Vaccine (0.5mL injection); Biological: RSV F Vaccine (0.5mL injection); Biological: Placebo (0.5mL injection)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Alberta
    • Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 6A8
      • University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital
  • Nova Scotia
    • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8
      • Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre- Canadian Center for Vaccinology
  • Ontario
    • Brampton, Ontario, Canada, L6T 0G1
      • Aggarwal And Associates
    • Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, P3E 1H5
      • Medicore Research, Inc

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 2 years to 6 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy males and females, ≥24 months of age and <72 months of age, without known chronic cardiopulmonary disease including especially persistent or frequently recurrent wheezing.
2. Free of other illnesses that are believed to increase the risks associated with influenza or other respiratory viral infections, including: diabetes mellitus, congenital or acquired blood dyscrasias, renal or hepatic dysfunction, and morbid obesity.
3. Parent(s)/guardian(s) willing and able to give informed consent prior to study enrollment, and assert ability to comply with study requirements.
4. Parent(s)/guardian(s) and/or other designated child care provider must have continuous capacity for telephone communication with the study site.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Serum MN titers against RSV/A or RSV/B <1:16 (4 log2).
2. Toxicity grade ≥2 for any safety laboratory parameter.
3. Participation in research involving an investigational product (drug/biologic/device) within 45 days before planned date of first vaccination and planned participation at any time during the study.
4. History of a serious reaction to any prior vaccination, including Guillain-Barré Syndrome within six weeks following a previous influenza vaccination.
5. Receipt of any vaccine (other than the influenza vaccine specified in the protocol) in the four weeks preceding the first study vaccination and/or planned receipt of a licensed vaccine (other than the hepatitis A vaccine specified in the protocol) at any time prior to Study Day 56.
6. Receipt of an RSV vaccine at any time.
7. Any known or suspected immunosuppressive condition, acquired or congenital, as determined by medical history and/or physical examination.
8. Chronic administration (defined as more than 14 continuous days) of immunosuppressants or other immune-modifying drugs within 6 months prior to the administration of the study vaccine. An immunosuppressant dose of glucocorticoid will be defined as a systemic dose ≥1 mg/kg of prednisone per day or equivalent. The use of topical glucocorticoids for minor cutaneous symptoms will be permitted, but the use of nasal or inhaled glucocorticoids in exclusionary (because of potential related diagnoses rather than immunosuppression).
9. Administration of immunoglobulins and/or any blood products within the three months preceding the administration of the study vaccine or during the study.
10. Acute disease at the time of enrollment (defined as the presence of a moderate or severe illness with or without fever or an oral temperature >38.0°C on the planned day of vaccine administration).
11. Known disturbance of coagulation.
12. Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator would pose a health risk to the subject if enrolled or could interfere with evaluation of the vaccine or interpretation of study results (including social, neurologic, or psychiatric conditions in the subject or parent(s)/guardian(s) deemed likely to impair the quality of safety reporting).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

5

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment Group A; Day 0: RSV F Vaccine with adjuvant, Day 28: RSV F Vaccine with adjuvant	Biological: RSV F Vaccine with adjuvant (0.5mL injection)
Experimental: Treatment Group B; Day 0: RSV F Vaccine with adjuvant, Day 28: Hepatitis A Vaccine	Biological: RSV F Vaccine with adjuvant (0.5mL injection); Biological: Hepatitis A Vaccine (0.5mL injection)
Experimental: Treatment Group C; Day 0: RSV F Vaccine, Day 28: RSV F Vaccine	Biological: RSV F Vaccine (0.5mL injection)
Experimental: Treatment Group D; Day 0: RSV F Vaccine, Day 28: Hepatitis A Vaccine	Biological: Hepatitis A Vaccine (0.5mL injection); Biological: RSV F Vaccine (0.5mL injection)
Placebo Comparator: Treatment Group E; Day 0: Placebo, Day 28: Hepatitis A Vaccine	Biological: Hepatitis A Vaccine (0.5mL injection); Biological: Placebo (0.5mL injection)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Numbers and percentages of subjects with solicited local and systemic AEs.	Solicited local and systemic AEs over the 7 days post injection; and all AES, solicited and unsolicited, including adverse changes in clinical laboratory parameters, over 56 days post- first injection. In addition, MAEs, SAEs, and SNMCs will be collected for one year.	Up to Day 392
Immunogenicity as assessed by serum IgG antibody levels specific for the F protein antigen as detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) providing a standardized ELISA Unit (EU) reasout based on a standard reference sample.	Derived/ calculated endpoints based on these data will include: Geometric mean EU (GMEU) Geometric mean ratio (GMR) Seroresponse rate (SRR)	Up to Day 392

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Epitope-specific immune responses to the RSV F protein antigen measured by serum titers in a competition ELISA assay using known-efficacious prophylactic antibody preparation, or in vitro neutralization assays using at least one prototype RSV/A and RSV/B	Derived/ calculated endpoints based on these data will include: Geometric mean EU (GMEU) Geometric mean ratio (GMR) Seroconversion rate (SCR) Seroresponse rate (SRR)	Up to Day 392

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Epitope-specific immune responses to the RSV F protein antigen measured by serum titers in a direct binding ELISA using an immobilized linear peptide representing the conserved RSV F protein neutralizing antigenic site II.	Derived/ calculated endpoints based on these data will include: Geometric mean EU (GMEU) Geometric mean ratio (GMR) Seroconversion rate (SCR) Seroresponse rate (SRR)	Up to Day 392

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Novavax
• Investigators: Study Director: D. Nigel Thomas, Ph.D., Novavax

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

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Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 8, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 17, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): November 20, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): April 28, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2016
• Last Verified: April 1, 2016

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Physiological Effects of Drugs; Immunologic Factors; Vaccines
• Other Study ID Numbers: RSV-P-101