immunity persistence after abridged intradermal rabies pep

Conditions: Rabies

Summary: after exposure, rabies can be prevented in almost 100% of cases by the administration of sufficient and timely post-exposure prophylaxis (pep). pep is based on wound cleansing, antisepsis, administration of rabies vaccine as well as rabies immunoglobulin, if reviewed. however, anti-rabies pep remains too often out of financial and / or geographic access, especially for poor and / or rural populations in endemic countries who remain the most exposed to the risk of contracting rabies. two major studies planned in cambodia between 2014 and 2018 - the resist 0/1 clinical - epidemiological study and the resist-2 study on the antibody response to the vaccine - provided the basis that allowed a change in international recommendations on ppe. since april 2018, the new "ipc protocol" of three sessions of reduced double doses (0.1 ml x 2) administered intradermally (id) over one week has replaced the already very effective "trc protocol" of four sessions over one month which was the reference dose-sparing protocol for endemic countries until 2018. it remains to be determined whether the ipc protocol (3 sessions / 1 week) confers long-term immunity equivalent to that obtained after a trc id protocol (4 sessions / 1 month). this question is of importance to public health decision-makers and clinical teams in endemic countries who would hesitate to switch to the abbreviated ipc protocol.

this is a multicenter, randomized, non-inferior clinical trial with samples for examinations and vaccination booster. to achieve this study, persons who previously received pep and of any age (including children), gender or medical condition (including pregnant women) and whichever the status of the dog which bit at least 2, 5 or 10 years ago will be contacted and invited to participate to the study. this study will take place in two centers : * the rabies prevention center at institut pasteur du cambodge * the rabies prevention center at institut pasteur de madagascar. the study will be coordinated by institut pasteur in paris which will subsequently conduct the analysis in collaboration with researchers at institut pasteur du cambodge and institut pasteur de madagascar. this study will take place in two visits : * the first visit (day 0) : after receiving consent from the participants, the member of the investigating team will perform the blood sample, followed by a single session of two intradermal doses of 0.1 ml. the investigators will also carry out measurements and complete the questionnaire with the participant. * the second visit (day 7) : a follow-up visit will be performed by a member of the investigating team who will perform a second blood sample to all the participants to the study. the investigator will complete a second paper crf with the participants to document any unwanted effects which may have occurred during the seven days between the inclusion visit and the follow-up visit.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * person identified in ip cambodia or ip madagascar records for having received id pep by 4 sessions/1 month or 3 sessions/1 week at least two, five or 10 years earlier, with no rabies boosting since that time; * person who received information adapter to his/her age and who signed the consent form (or his/her legal tutors) exclusion criteria: * person who received rabies vaccine booster since the earlier pep * person with allergy or other severe unwanted effect at the time of the earlier pep

Keywords: rabies vaccine post-exposure prophylaxis persistent immunity short protocol