MK-1654 in Infants and Children at Increased Risk for Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease (MK-1654-007)

Sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Industry)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT04938830
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the safety and tolerability of MK-1654 compared to palivizumab as assessed by the proportion of participants experiencing adverse events (AEs).

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Biological: MK-1654
  • Biological: Palivizumab
  • Biological: Placebo
Phase 3

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
1000 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Partially Blinded, Palivizumab- Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of MK-1654 in Infants and Children at Increased Risk for Severe RSV Disease
Actual Study Start Date :
Nov 30, 2021
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Aug 21, 2025
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Apr 27, 2026

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: MK-1654

Participants will receive intramuscular (IM) injections of MK-1654 and placebo

Biological: MK-1654
IM injection

Biological: Placebo
IM injection

Active Comparator: Palivizumab

Participants will receive IM injections.

Biological: Palivizumab
IM injection

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Participants with solicited injection-site Adverse Events (AEs) in RSV Season 1 [Up to 5 days]

    Percentage of participants with solicited injection-site AEs in RSV Season 1

  2. Participants with solicited daily body temperature with fever in RSV Season 1 [Up to 5 days]

    Percentage of participants with solicited daily body temperature with fever in RSV Season 1

  3. Participants with solicited systemic AEs in RSV Season 1 [Up to 5 days]

    Percentage of participants with solicited systemic AEs in RSV Season 1

  4. Participants with anaphylaxis/hypersensitivity AEs of special interest (AESI) in RSV Season 1 [Up to 42 days]

    Percentage of participants with anaphylaxis/hypersensitivity AESI in RSV Season 1

  5. Participants with rash AESI in RSV Season 1 [Up to 42 days]

    Percentage of participants with rash AESI in RSV Season 1

  6. Participants with non-serious AEs in RSV Season 1 [Up to 42 days]

    Percentage of participants with non-serious AEs in RSV Season 1

  7. Participants with serious AEs (SAEs) through the duration of participation in RSV Season 1 [Up to 365 days]

    Percentage of participants with serious AEs (SAEs) through the duration of participation in RSV Season 1

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Participants with RSV-associated medically attended lower respiratory infection (MALRI) in RSV Season 1 [Up to 150 days]

    Percentage of participants with RSV-associated medically attended lower respiratory infection (MALRI) in RSV Season 1

  2. Participants with RSV-associated hospitalization in RSV Season 1 [Up to 150 days]

    Percentage of participants with RSV-associated hospitalization in RSV Season 1

  3. Participants with solicited injection-site AEs in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 400 days]

    Percentage of participants with solicited injection-site AEs in RSV Season 2

  4. Participants with solicited daily body temperature with fever in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 400 days]

    Percentage of participants with solicited daily body temperature with fever in RSV Season 2

  5. Participants with solicited systemic AEs in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 400 days]

    Percentage of participants with solicited systemic AEs in RSV Season 2

  6. Participants with anaphylaxis/hypersensitivity AESI in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 440 days]

    Percentage of participants with anaphylaxis/hypersensitivity AESI in RSV Season 2

  7. Participants with rash AESI in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 440 days]

    Percentage of participants with rash AESI in RSV Season 2

  8. Participants with non-serious AEs in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 440 days]

    Percentage of participants with non-serious AEs in RSV Season 2

  9. Participants with SAEs in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 575 days]

    Percentage of participants with SAEs in RSV Season 2

  10. Concentration of MK-1654 in RSV Season 1 [Up to 240 days]

    Serum concentration of MK-1654 after dose of MK-1654 in RSV Season 1

  11. Concentration of MK-1654 in RSV Season 2 [From approximately 393 days up to 550 days]

    Serum concentration of MK-1654 after dose of MK-1654 in RSV Season 2

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A to 1 Year
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Participants at increased risk for severe RSV infection recommended to receive palivizumab in accordance with national or local guidelines or professional society recommendations.

  • Is available to complete the follow-up period.

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Requires mechanical ventilation at time of enrollment.

  • Has a life expectancy <6 months.

  • Has known hepatic or renal dysfunction, or chronic seizure disorder.

  • Is hospitalized at the time of randomization unless discharge is expected within 7 days after randomization.

  • Has severe immunodeficiency or is severely immunocompromised.

  • Has known hypersensitivity to any component of MK-1654 or palivizumab.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Orlando Health - Arnold Palmer Hospital-Orlando Health-Arnold Palmer Hospital Pulmonary and Sleep M Orlando Florida United States 32806
2 University of Kentucky HealthCare - Turfland ( Site 0044) Lexington Kentucky United States 40504
3 University of Rochester Medical Center ( Site 0017) Rochester New York United States 14642
4 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( Site 0035) Chapel Hill North Carolina United States 27514
5 Tribe Clinical Research, LLC ( Site 0002) Greenville South Carolina United States 29607
6 Driscoll Children's Hospital ( Site 0025) Corpus Christi Texas United States 78411
7 DHR Health Institute for Research and Development ( Site 0029) Edinburg Texas United States 78504
8 University Hospital-Pediatrics ( Site 0019) San Antonio Texas United States 78229
9 Multicare Rockwood Main Clinic-Rockwood Pediatrics ( Site 0004) Spokane Washington United States 99202
10 MultiCare Health System-Baker Center ( Site 0036) Tacoma Washington United States 98405
11 Telethon Kids Institute-Vaccine Trials Group ( Site 0101) Nedlands Western Australia Australia 6009
12 Clínica Alemana de Santiago-Neonatology department ( Site 0207) Santiago Region M. De Santiago Chile 8320325
13 Hospital Roberto del Río-Infectología Pediátrica ( Site 0205) Santiago Region M. De Santiago Chile 8380418
14 Hospital Padre Hurtado-NEONATOLOGY/PEDIATRICS ( Site 0201) Santiago Region M. De Santiago Chile 8880465
15 Fundación Hospitalaria San Vicente de Paúl ( Site 0233) Medellin Antioquia Colombia 050010
16 Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana ( Site 0227) Medellin Antioquia Colombia 50036
17 Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá - Hospital de San Jose ( Site 0230) Bogota Cundinamarca Colombia 1100100
18 Instituto de investigaciones Centro Medico Imbanaco ( Site 0229) Cali Valle Del Cauca Colombia
19 MeVac - Meilahti Vaccine Research Center ( Site 0306) Helsinki Uusimaa Finland 00290
20 Bordeaux University Hospital - Pellegrin-Pediatrics ( Site 0332) Bordeaux Aquitaine France 33076
21 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen - Hôpital Côte de N-Centre de Recherche Clinique Pédiatriq Caen Calvados France 14033
22 Centre Hospitalier de Versailles André Mignot-NEONATOLOGY ( Site 0331) Le Chesnay Yvelines France 78157
23 Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital ( Site 0358) Munich Bayern Germany 80337
24 München Klinik Harlaching ( Site 0351) Munich Bayern Germany 81545
25 Kinder und Jugendaerztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis Bedikian & Bouikidis ( Site 0359) Oberhausen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany 46145
26 Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden-Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Dresden Sachsen Germany 01307
27 Universitätsklinikum Leipzig-Neonatology ( Site 0354) Leipzig Sachsen Germany 04103
28 ATTIKON GENERAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-3rd Department of Pediatrics ( Site 0855) Chaidari Attiki Greece 124 62
29 Hippokration University Hopsital-3rd Pediatric Department ( Site 0851) Thessaloniki Kentriki Makedonia Greece 5 46 42
30 Bacs-Kiskun Megyei Korhaz-Pediatrics ( Site 0380) Kecskemét Bacs-Kiskun Hungary 6000
31 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Központi Kórház és Egyetemi Oktatókórház-Újszülött Intenzív Osztály ( Si Miskolc Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen Hungary 3526
32 Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg Megyei Kórházak és Egyetemi Otatókórház-Gyermekosztály ( Site 0376) Nyiregyhaza Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg Hungary 4400
33 Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont ( Site 0378) Debrecen Hungary 4032
34 Fukuoka Children's Hospital ( Site 0452) Fukuoka-shi Fukuoka Japan 813-0017
35 Aso Iizuka Hospital ( Site 0457) Iizuka Fukuoka Japan 820-8505
36 Japan Community Healthcare Organization Kyushu Hospital ( Site 0454) Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka Japan 806-8501
37 Maebashi Red Cross Hospital ( Site 0451) Maebashi Gunma Japan 371-0811
38 Ibaraki Children's Hospital ( Site 0458) Mito Ibaraki Japan
39 Nihon University Itabashi Hospital ( Site 0453) Itabashiku Tokyo Japan 173-8610
40 Shizuoka Saiseikai General Hospital ( Site 0456) Shizuoka Japan 422-8527
41 National Center for Child Health and Development ( Site 0455) Tokyo Japan 157-8535
42 Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II-Department of Pediatric ( Site 0477) Kota Bharu Kelantan Malaysia 15586
43 Hospital Pulau Pinang ( Site 0482) George Town Pulau Pinang Malaysia 10990
44 Sabah Women and Children Hospital ( Site 0478) Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia 88996
45 Hospital Sibu ( Site 0476) Sibu Sarawak Malaysia 96000
46 Hospital Tunku Azizah-Paediatric ( Site 0481) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 50300
47 Instituto Nacional de Pediatria ( Site 0506) Mexico City Distrito Federal Mexico 04530
48 Morales Vargas Centro de Investigacion ( Site 0509) León Guanajuato Mexico 37000
49 Instituto de Investigaciones Aplicadas a la Neurociencia A.C. ( Site 0508) Durango Mexico 34000
50 Oaxaca Site Management Organization ( Site 0504) Oaxaca Mexico 68000
51 ONCOLOGICO POTOSINO, S.C. ( Site 0505) San Luis Potosi Mexico 78209
52 Capital and Coast District Health Board-Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 0527) Newtown Wellington New Zealand 6021
53 Middlemore Clinical Trials ( Site 0526) Auckland New Zealand 2025
54 Oslo Universitetssykehus Ullevål ( Site 0551) Oslo Norway 0450
55 UPR Medical Sciences Campus-Pediatrics ( Site 0626) San Juan Puerto Rico 00935
56 Reimed ( Site 0706) Boksburg Gauteng South Africa 1459
57 Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital ( Site 0701) Soweto Gauteng South Africa 2013
58 King Edward VIII Hospital ( Site 0704) Durban Kwazulu-Natal South Africa 4001
59 Family Clinical Research Unit (Fam-Cru)-Pediatric ( Site 0703) Cape Town Western Cape South Africa 7500
60 Panorama Medical Centre ( Site 0702) Cape Town Western Cape South Africa 7500
61 2 Military Hospital ( Site 0708) Cape Town Western Cape South Africa 7824
62 Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias ( Site 0740) Oviedo Asturias Spain 33011
63 Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol ( Site 0738) Badalona Barcelona Spain 08916
64 Hospital Sant Joan de Déu ( Site 0730) Esplugues de Llobregat Barcelona Spain 08950
65 Hospital Universitary General de Catalunya-Pediatrics ( Site 0737) Sant Cugat del Vallès Barcelona Spain 08195
66 CHUS - Hospital Clinico Universitario-Servicio de Pediatría ( Site 0731) Santiago de Compostela La Coruna Spain 15706
67 Hospital Universitario La Paz ( Site 0726) Madrid Madrid, Comunidad De Spain 28046
68 HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO QUIRONSALUD MADRID ( Site 0739) Pozuelo de Alarcon Madrid Spain 28223
69 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre-Unidad Pediátrica de Investigación y Ensayos Clínicos ( Site 07 Madrid Spain 28041
70 Grupo Pediatrico Uncibay ( Site 0734) Malaga Spain 29015
71 Taichung Veterans General Hospital ( Site 0754) Taichung Taiwan 407
72 National Taiwan University Hospital ( Site 0751) Taipei Taiwan 10002
73 Mackay Memorial Hospital-Pediatrics ( Site 0753) Taipei Taiwan
74 Chang Gung Medical Foundation-Linkou Branch ( Site 0752) Taoyuan Taiwan 333
75 Ankara University Hospital Cebeci ( Site 0801) Ankara Turkey 06100
76 Gazi Universitesi ( Site 0806) Ankara Turkey 06560
77 Southampton General Hospital ( Site 0826) Southampton Hampshire United Kingdom SO16 0YD

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Investigators

  • Study Director: Medical Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04938830
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 1654-007
  • MK-1654-007
  • jRCT2031210664
  • 2020-005996-11
First Posted:
Jun 24, 2021
Last Update Posted:
Aug 18, 2022
Last Verified:
Aug 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Yes
Plan to Share IPD:
Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 18, 2022