ROTAVAC: A Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Protective Efficacy of Three Doses of Oral Rotavirus Vaccine (ORV) 116E

Sponsor
Bharat Biotech International Limited (Industry)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT01305109
Collaborator
Ministry of Science and Technology, India (Other), PATH (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The trial is a phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with the primary objective of evaluating the efficacy of three doses of ORV 116E, 10^5.0 FFU, against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis, in comparison with a placebo in India.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Biological: ORV 116E
  • Biological: Placebo
Phase 3

Detailed Description

The trial is a phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with the primary objective of evaluating the efficacy of three doses of ORV 116E, 10^5.0 FFU, against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis, in comparison with a placebo in India. The clinical trial is not a global trial. Three administrations of ORV 116E will be co-administered with childhood vaccines (which will include vaccines against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae B and Hepatitis B and OPV) at 6 to 7 weeks, greater than or equal to 10 weeks and greater than or equal to 14 weeks of age. 6800 subjects will be enrolled in three sites - Delhi, Pune (Maharashtra) and Vellore (Tamil Nadu) and followed up till the age of 2 years (24 months + up to 14 days). Multiple trial sites are included to ensure greater demographic distribution to obtain evidence of cross immunity and quicker recruitment of the necessary number of subjects. The subjects to be included from these sites would be representative of the population of India.

The protocol has been reviewed by the institutional review boards of the Society for Applied Studies (New Delhi), KEM Hospital Research Centre (Pune), Christian Medical College (Vellore). Ethics clearance has also been obtained from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and Western Institutional Review Board.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
6800 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
A Phase III, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Protective Efficacy of Three Doses of Oral Rotavirus Vaccine (ORV) 116E, Against Severe Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Infants
Study Start Date :
Mar 1, 2011
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2013
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Oral Rotavirus Vaccine 116E (ORV 116E)

Oral Rotavirus Vaccine 116E (ORV 116E), 10^5.0 FFU of Bharat Biotech International Limited, 3 doses of 0.5 mL at 4 week intervals

Biological: ORV 116E
Oral Rotavirus Vaccine 116E (ORV 116E), 10^5.0 FFU of Bharat Biotech International Limited, 3 doses of 0.5mL at 4 week intervals
Other Names:
  • ROTAVAC
  • Placebo Comparator: Placebo

    3 doses of 0.5 mL at 4 week intervals

    Biological: Placebo
    3 doses of 0.5 mL at 4 week intervals

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Efficacy against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus in all subjects from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Efficacy against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus [Up to 1 year of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus occurring at least 14 days following the third dose till the age of 12 months + up to 14 days

    2. Efficacy against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus [From the age of 12 months till the age of 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo for severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus occurring from the age of 12 months till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    3. Efficacy against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus in intent-to-treat population [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) caused by non vaccine rotavirus in the intent-to-treat population till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days.

    4. Efficacy against any severity of gastroenteritis caused by a non vaccine rotavirus [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo for any severity of gastroenteritis caused by non vaccine rotavirus from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    5. Efficacy against any severity of gastroenteritis irrespective of etiology [Up to 2 years of Age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo for any severity of gastroenteritis irrespective of etiology from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    6. Efficacy against severe (>=11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) gastroenteritis irrespective of etiology [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo for severe (≥11 on the 20 point Vesikari scoring scale) gastroenteritis irrespective of etiology from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    7. Efficacy to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised rehydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for gastroenteritis caused by non vaccine rotavirus [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised re-hydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for gastroenteritis caused by non vaccine rotavirus from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    8. Efficacy to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised rehydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for gastroenteritis of any etiology [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised re-hydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for gastroenteritis of any etiology from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    9. Efficacy to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised re-hydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for severe gastroenteritis caused by non vaccine rotavirus [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised re-hydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for severe gastroenteritis caused by non vaccine rotavirus from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    10. Efficacy to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised re-hydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for severe gastroenteritis of any etiology [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to a placebo to prevent hospitalization and/or supervised re-hydration therapy (equivalent to WHO plan B or C) in a treatment facility/hospital for severe gastroenteritis of any etiology from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    11. Efficacy against very severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (≥16 on the 20-point Vesikari scoring system) caused by non vaccine rotavirus [Up to 2 years of age]

      Efficacy of ORV 116E will be assessed in comparison to placebo against very severe rotavirus gastroenteritis (≥16 on the 20-point Vesikari scoring system) caused by non vaccine rotavirus from 14 days following the 3rd dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    12. Safety of ORV 116E for immediate adverse events and serious adverse events in comparison to a placebo [Up to 2 years of age]

      Safety of ORV 116E for immediate adverse events and serious adverse events in comparison to a placebo will be assessed in all the subjects, from day of 1st dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days.

    13. Safety of ORV 116E for adverse events in a subset [2 weeks period following each administration]

      Safety of ORV 116E for adverse events assessed daily in the 2 week period following each dose in comparison to a placebo in first one third of the enrolled subjects in all the three sites

    14. Safety of ORV 116E for intussusception events [Up to 2 years of age]

      Safety of ORV 116E for intussusception events in comparison to a placebo will be assessed in all subjects, from day of 1st dose till the age of 2 years (24 months) + up to 14 days

    15. Immunogenicity rates to three doses of the ORV 116E and vaccine virus shedding rates after each of the three doses of the ORV 116E in a subset [28 days after administration of third dose]

      Immunogenicity rates to three doses of the ORV 116E and vaccine virus shedding rates after each of the three doses of the ORV 116E in comparison to a placebo will be ascertained in approximately 150 subjects at each site.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    6 Weeks to 7 Weeks
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • At least one parent(s) or legally acceptable representative's consent for participation and are able to understand study procedures

    • Subjects aged 6 to 7 weeks at recruitment

    • No plans to move in the next 24 months

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Administration of rotavirus vaccine in the past

    • Presence of any illness requiring hospital referral (temporary exclusion)

    • Known case of immunodeficiency disease, known HIV positive

    • Known case of chronic gastroenteritis disease

    • Any other conditions which in the judgment of the investigator warrant exclusion (e.g. no exclusion criteria but seems "ill", investigators suspects neglect)

    • Diarrhea on the day of enrollment (temporary exclusion)

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Shirdi Sai Baba Rural Hospital, KEM Hospital Research Centre,Vadu Rural Health Pune Maharashtra India 412216
    2 Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies New Delhi India 110 062
    3 Christian Medical College Vellore India 632004

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Bharat Biotech International Limited
    • Ministry of Science and Technology, India
    • PATH

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Dr. Temsunaro R Chandola, MD, MSc, Centre for Health Research and Development, Society for Applied Studies
    • Principal Investigator: Gagandeep Kang, MDFRCPathPhD, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
    • Principal Investigator: Ashish Bavdekar, MD,DCH,DNB, Shirdi Sai Baba Rural Hospital, KEM Hospital Research Centre,Vadu Rural Health

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Bharat Biotech International Limited
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01305109
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • BBIL/ROTA/021
    • Clinical Trials Registry-India
    First Posted:
    Feb 28, 2011
    Last Update Posted:
    Jun 12, 2012
    Last Verified:
    Jun 1, 2012
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    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Jun 12, 2012