Human Challenge With Live-attenuated Rotavirus to Assess Next-generation Rotavirus Vaccines in Africa

Diarrhea Clinical Trial

Official title:

Human Challenge With Live-attenuated Rotavirus to Assess Next-generation Rotavirus Vaccines in Africa

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04658914
• Other study ID #: MRC Rotavirus HIC
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: April 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Despite the widespread introduction of vaccines against Rotavirus, Rotavirus continues to be a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. This study will assess protection against rotavirus infection and investigate immune correlates of protection following vaccination with a novel trivalent VP8 subunit rotavirus vaccine used alone or in combination with oral rotavirus vaccine.

Description:

This is a randomized, open-label clinical trial of Rotarix and trivalent VP8 subunit vaccine given alone or in combined schedules to 720 infants in Zambia at 6, 10 and 14 weeks followed by challenge at 18 weeks used to assess mucosal immunity.

Potential participants will be identified through antenatal and child health monitoring clinics in selected facilities in Lusaka Zambia. Interested parents will be invited to the clinical research site for informed consent procedures and assessment of eligibility. Children meeting the eligibility criteria with written informed consent for participation will be randomized to one of the four available study arms using simple randomization in block sizes of 8. Blood, stool, and saliva samples will be collected prior to completing vaccination according to randomization arm. All parents/guardians will be provided with post immunisation diary cards to document any reactions following vaccination. Trained study staff will contact parents and guardians of enrolled participants weekly to enquire on the child's health and assist with documentation of solicited reactions following vaccinations.

Enrolled children will be followed up for at least five months following enrollment. Follow up vaccinations will be provided each month until all children have completed all assigned study vaccinations. Upon completion of study vaccination, participants will be challenged with oral rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix TM to assess mucosal immunity.

Primary outcome:

The primary objective of the study will be to detect a reduction in the proportion of children shedding vaccine rotavirus in stool at any timepoint 5-9 days after challenge, among children immunized with P2-VP8 subunit vaccine alone or in combination with Rotarix, compared with infants receiving Rotarix alone. The primary outcomes will be prevalence of rotavirus (Rotarix) shedding at any timepoint in samples collected 5,7 and 9 days after challenge.

Secondary outcomes:

i.) Seroconversion following vaccination: Detection of an increase in seroconversion in either of the combined vaccination arms compared with Rotarix alone.

ii.) Immune boosting. We will compare the number of gut-homing (alpha 4 beta 7+) Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) rotavirus VP8-specific Antibody secreting cells (ASCs) 7 days after the third clinic visit in 50 infants from each study arm (i.e. after the first VP8 vaccine booster dose, after the third VP8 vaccine dose (alone or in combination with Rotarix), or after no vaccine (control) in the Rotarix only arm).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 720
• Est. completion date: October 2023
• Est. primary completion date: September 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy infants as established by medical history and physical examination.

• Infants will be 6-10 weeks old at time of enrollment

• parents plan to remain in the area for the duration of the study.

• Parent/guardian understands the study procedures and willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acutely unwell

• Infant or infant's mother has syndromic or documented evidence of being immunocompromised (independent of HIV status)

• Known allergy to any vaccine component

• Previously received rotavirus vaccine

• Received immunosuppressive medication

• Major congenital or genetic abnormality

• Any condition in the parents/infant that, in the judgment of the investigator, would interfere with or serves as a contraindication to protocol adherence or a participant's parents' ability to give informed consent.

• Participant's parents not available or willing to accept active follow-up by the study staff

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diarrhea
• Diarrhea Rotavirus

Intervention

Biological:
• Rotarix
Live-attenuated oral human rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix) manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline containing at least 10^6 CCID50(median cell culture infective doses) of G1P[8] rotavirus, RIX4414 strain produced in Vero cells. This vaccine is an oral suspension with a single dose (1.5ml) administered using an oral applicator.
• Trivalent P2-VP8
Trivalent P2-VP8 subunit vaccine manufactured by SK Chemicals containing 90ug of each VP8 antigen derived from P[4] (DS-1), P[6] (1076), and P[8] (Wa) rotavirus strains fused to the P2 epitope from tetanus toxoid and adsorbed to aluminium hydroxide. A single dose (0.5ml) of this vaccine is administered intramuscularly through injection.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Zambia	Chawama first level hospital	Lusaka

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia	Imperial College London, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France, Medical Research Council, PATH, University of Liverpool

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Zambia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Vaccine Shedding	to detect a reduction in the proportion of children shedding vaccine rotavirus in stool at any timepoint 5 -9 days after challenge, among children immunized with P2-VP8 subunit vaccine alone or in combination with Rotarix, compared with infants receiving Rotarix alone. We estimate that approximately 50% (range 30-70%) of children previously vaccinated with 2 doses of Rotarix will shed Rotarix detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) at any timepoint 5-9 days after challenge	5-9 days after Challenge
Secondary	Seroconversion following vaccination	Seroconversion After 2 doses of Rotarix in Zambia seroconversion was 60% (130/216) in an earlier study and 45% (10/22) in our Medical Research Council UK MRC-funded pilot of Rotarix challenge, based on IgA to whole virus cell culture lysate (largely anti -VP6 antibodies). Seroconversion based on anti-VP8 antibodies has not been studied after Rotarix administration but may be similar.	14 and 18 weeks of age
Secondary	Immune boosting	i.) We will compare the number of gut-homing (alpha 4 beta 7+) IgA and IgG rotavirus VP8-specific ASCs 7 days after the third clinic visit in 50 infants from each study arm (i.e. after the first VP8 vaccine booster dose, after the third VP8 vaccine dose (alone or in combination with Rotarix), or after no vaccine (control) in the Rotarix only arm).	7 days after 3rd clinic visit