Clinical trial NCT05654467: Study of a Novel Type 3 Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine in Panama
Official title: A Phase 2, Randomized, Observer-Blind, Controlled, Age De-escalation, Dosage Escalation Study to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Novel Live Attenuated Type 3 Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine in Healthy Young Children, Infants, and Neonates in Panama
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Poliomyelitis
Keywords: Vaccine tolerability
Vaccine safety
Vaccine reactogenicity
Vaccine viral shedding
Vaccine immunogenicity
Lead sponsor: PATH
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
name: PT Bio Farma
name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
name: Technical Resources International, Inc. (TRI)
First posted: 2022-12-16
Enrollment: 1532
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 1
Maximum age (years): 4
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: A 12-arm, randomized, observer-blind, controlled, age de-escalation, dosage escalation study.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this clinical trial is to assess the safety and tolerability (primary objective), immunogenicity (primary and secondary objectives), fecal shedding of vaccine viruses (secondary objective) and the potential for neurovirulence of shed virus (secondary objective) of a novel oral polio type 3 vaccine, nOPV3, as compared to Sabin monovalent type 3 vaccine controls (mOPV3), in healthy young children (192 subjects), infants (860 subjects), and neonates (480 subjects).

Detailed description: This multicentered, 12-arm phase 2 study will be the first pediatric evaluation of nOPV3 in healthy young children, infants, and newborns. This trial will be initiated once results in the adult phase 1 study of nOPV3 indicate that there are no safety concerns, and that the vaccine elicits demonstrable immunogenicity. Additionally, prior to enrolling into cohort 2, the adult phase 1 data must show no concerning signals of reversion of attenuating sites from a subset of Next Generation Sequencing.

This study is intended to provide critical data on safety, immunogenicity, and genetic stability, as well as to demonstrate the vaccine's ability to reduce fecal shedding following a challenge with the Sabin type 3 strain.

Enrollment in this pediatric study will be staggered into three age-descending cohorts of 6 treatment groups of escalated target dose levels for the nOPV3 vaccine: cohort 1 composed of 192 healthy young children 1 to \<5 years of age who have completed their full routine polio immunization series; cohort 2 composed of 860 healthy infants 6 weeks of age not previously vaccinated (OPV/IPV) who will be primed with a dose of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) prior to OPV3 vaccination \[a subset, of the infants (n=360) will also receive the challenge virus\]; and cohort 3, composed of 480 healthy poliomyelitis unvaccinated neonates (day of birth +3 days).

Progression into the next cohort and groups within cohorts will depend on safety evaluations of the prior Phase 1 adult trial and Day 8 safety evaluation of the previous groups in prior cohorts in the study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for all participants:

1. Healthy, as defined by the absence of any clinically significant medical condition or congenital anomaly as determined by medical history, physical examination, and clinical assessment of the investigator.
2. Parent(s) or guardian(s) willing and able to provide written informed consent prior to performance of any study-specific procedure.
3. Resides in study area and parent(s) or guardian(s) understands and is able and willing to adhere to all study visits and procedures (as evidenced by a signed informed consent form \[ICF\] and assessment by the investigator).
4. Parent(s) or guardian(s) agrees for participant to receive all routine infant and childhood immunizations as per the approved protocol adjusted schedule.

Inclusion Criteria for cohort 1 participants only:

1. Male or female child from ≥1 to \<5 years-of-age at the time of initial study vaccination.
2. Based on available documentation or parental/guardian(s) report, previously completed the primary poliomyelitis immunization series for the jurisdiction, with last dose received more than 28 days prior to initial study vaccination.

Inclusion Criteria for cohort 2 participants only:

1. Male or female infant expected to be 6 weeks of age (43rd to 49th day of life \[with day of birth being the first day of life\], inclusive + 6 day window), at the time of initial study vaccination.
2. Prior to study vaccination has received no doses of IPV or OPV, based on no evidence of such vaccination per available parental/guardian(s) report or documentation.

Inclusion Criteria for Cohort 3 participants only:

1. Male or female newborn (1st day of life + 3-day window), at the time of initial study vaccination.
2. Prior to study vaccination has received no doses of IPV or OPV vaccine, based on no evidence of such vaccination per available parental/guardian(s) report or documentation.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria for all participants:

1. For all participants the presence of anyone under 10 years of age in the participant's household (living in the same house or apartment unit) who does not have complete "age appropriate" vaccination status with respect to poliovirus vaccines at the time of study vaccine administration. For household members younger than 10 years of age appropriate vaccination is complete series of the primary poliomyelitis immunization series for the jurisdiction.
2. For all participants having a member of the participant's household (living in the same house or apartment unit) who has received OPV based on the vaccination records in the previous three months before study vaccine administration.
3. Any participating children attending day care or pre-school during their participation in the study until one month after their last study vaccine administration.
4. Moderate or severe (grade ≥ 2) acute illness at the time of enrollment/first study vaccination-temporary exclusion (see Appendix II: Severity Grading Tables). Participant with mild (grade 1) acute illnesses may be enrolled at the discretion of the investigator.
5. Presence of fever on the day of enrollment/first study vaccination (axillary temperature

   ≥37.5˚C)-(Temporary exclusion for cohorts 1 and 2). If resolved in 48 hrs., can be enrolled.
6. A known allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to any components of the study vaccines, including all macrolide and aminoglycoside antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin and kanamycin).
7. Any self-reported known or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficiency condition (including HIV infection) in the participant or household member (living under the same roof/in the same building rather than in the same compound).
8. Receipt of any systemic immune-modifying or immunosuppressant drugs prior to the first study vaccine dose or planned use during the study of study participants or a household member.
9. Any known or suspected bleeding disorder in the participant that would pose a risk to venipuncture or intramuscular injection.
10. Presence of severe malnutrition (weight-for-length/height z-score ≤-3SD median \[per WHO published child growth standards\])-temporary exclusion if marginal and subsequently gains weight.
11. Participation in another investigational product (drug or vaccine) clinical trial within 30 days prior to entry in this study or receipt of any such investigational product other than the study vaccine within 30 days prior to the first administration of study vaccine, or planned use during the study period.
12. Receipt of transfusion of any blood product or immunoglobulins within 12 months prior to the first administration of study vaccine or planned use during the study period.
13. Parent(s) or guardian(s) or participant has any condition that in the opinion of the investigator would increase the participant's health risks in study participation or would increase the risk of not achieving the study's objectives (e.g., would compromise adherence to protocol requirements or interfere with planned safety and immunogenicity assessments).

Exclusion Criteria for cohort 2 and 3 participants only:

1. Premature birth (less than 37 weeks gestation or less than 2500 grams birth weight).
2. From multiple birth (due to increased risk of OPV transmissions between siblings).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Frequency of serious adverse events (SAEs)
timeFrame: Up to last visit for last subject, around 18 months
measure: Frequency of solicited adverse events (AEs) for 7 days (day of vaccination and 6 following days) after each vaccination
timeFrame: Vaccination to 7 days post vaccination
measure: Frequency of unsolicited AEs for 28 days (day of vaccination and 27 following days) after each vaccination
timeFrame: From vaccination to 28 days post vaccination
measure: Post-vaccination frequency of seroconversion of type 3 anti-polio serum neutralizing antibody (NAb) in infants.
timeFrame: 28 days post second vaccination
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Post-vaccination frequency of seroconversion of type 3 anti-polio serum NAb
timeFrame: Baseline and 28 days post vaccination (Day 1 and Day 29 for neonates; Day 29,Day 57 and Day 85 for infants; Day 1, Day 29 and Day 57 young children)
measure: Median type 3 anti-polio serum NAb titers
timeFrame: Baseline and 28 days post vaccination (Day 1, Day 29 and Day 57 for young children and neonates; Day 29, Day 57 and Day 85 for infants)
measure: Type 3 anti-polio serum NAb Geometric Mean Titer (GMT)
timeFrame: Baseline and 28 days post vaccination (Day 1, Day 29 and Day 57 for young children and neonates;Day 29, Day 57 and Day 85 for infants)
measure: Post-vaccination GMT ratios of type 3 anti-polio serum NAb, adjusted for baseline immunity
timeFrame: Baseline and 28 days post vaccination (Day 1, Day 29 and Day 57 for young children and neonates; Day 29, Day 57 and Day 85 for infants)
measure: Seroprotection rate, defined as type 3 anti-polio serum NAb reciprocal titer ≥ 8
timeFrame: Baseline and 28 days post vaccination (Day 1, Day 29 and Day 57 for young children and neonates; Day 29, Day 57 and Day 85 for infants)
measure: Geometric mean fold rise (GMFR) in NAb titer relative to baseline for post-dose-1 and relative to post-dose-1 for post-dose-2.
timeFrame: Baseline and 28 days postvaccination (Day 1, Day 29 and Day 57 for young children and neonates; Day 29, Day57 and Day 85 for infants)
measure: Proportion of participants shedding type 3 poliovirus at any and at each post-vaccination stool collection, as assessed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in infants
timeFrame: Baseline through to 28 days post initial vaccination (Day 29 through to Day 57 for infants)
measure: Proportion of participants shedding type 3 poliovirus at any and at each post-challenge stool collection, as assessed by PCR in infants
timeFrame: Day of challenge through to 28 days post challenge (Day 113 through to Day 141, for infants)
measure: Neurovirulence of shed study vaccine virus from select stool samples as measured by a transgenic mouse neurovirulence test in a subset of infants
timeFrame: Baseline through to 28 days post initial vaccination (Day 1 through to Day 29 for neonates)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Panama City
country: Panama
facility: Cevaxin - 24 de Diciembre
city: Panama City
country: Panama
facility: Cevaxin - Chorrera
city: Panama City
country: Panama
facility: Cevaxin-- Avenida Mexico
Study officials:
affiliation: Cevaxin
name: Xavier Saez-Llorens, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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