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RabiesPhase 1NCT02657161

Safety and Efficacy of a PIKA Rabies Vaccine Containing the PIKA Adjuvant

A Phase 1 study testing RABIPUR®, PIKA rabies vaccine and PIKA rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimen in people with Rabies, run by Yisheng Biopharma (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. at 1 site in Singapore.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Phase I clinical study for an investigational PIKA (Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid Based Adjuvant) rabies vaccine comprising Inactivated and Purified Rabies Virus (IPRV) and the PIKA adjuvant. The primary objective of the study was to assess the clinical safety of the vaccine composition in healthy adult volunteers. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Rabies
What is being tested?
RABIPUR®, PIKA rabies vaccine and PIKA rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimen
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
37 participants
Where
1 siteSingapore
Study dates
Feb 2015to Jul 2015
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 21 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Informed consent form has been signed and dated
  • Able to attend all scheduled visits and comply with all trial procedures.
  • Never received rabies vaccine before.
  • Refrain from blood donation during the course of the study.
  • Able to attend all scheduled visits and comply with all trial procedures.

Who cannot join

  • For women who are pregnant and breast-feeding
  • Previous vaccination against rabies (in pre- or post-exposure regimen) with either the trial vaccine or another vaccine
  • History of allergies to the medicine (S), convulsions, epilepsy, mental illness and brain disease and clear serious systemic reaction
  • Known bleeding disorder or suspected impairment of immunologic function, or receipt of immunosuppressive therapy or immunoglobulin since birth
  • Participation in any other interventional clinical trial
  • Donation of blood within the last 2 months or who have donated plasma within the last 14 days
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  • Patient with clinical signs of encephalitis
  • Recipient of any vaccine in the 4 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination, except for influenza vaccination
  • Concomitant use or at high probability of expected concomitant use during the planned study of medication such as immune suppressants, steroids, non-study vaccine or similar substances
  • Use of any investigational or non-registered drug or vaccine other than the study vaccine(s) within 30 days preceding the first dose of study vaccine, or planned use during the study period.
  • Administration of immunoglobulins and/or any blood products within 3 months prior to the first dose of study vaccine or planned administration during the study period.
  • History of allergic disease or reactions likely to be exacerbated by any component of the study vaccines.
  • Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Uncontrolled acute or chronic, clinically significant pulmonary, cardiovascular, hepatic or renal functional abnormality, as determined by medical history or physical examination.
  • Chronic administration of immuno-suppressants or other immune-modifying drugs within 3 months prior to the first vaccine dose.
  • Clinical Manifestation of Metabolic, blood system, lungs, heart, the gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, kidneys, urinary system, endocrine, liver disease or malignant tumor

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Singapore1 site
  • SingHealth Investigational Medicine Unit

    Singapore, Singapore, 169608

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About this study

Official title: Phase I Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of a PIKA Rabies Vaccine Containing the PIKA Adjuvant

Phase I clinical study for an investigational PIKA (Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid Based Adjuvant) rabies vaccine comprising Inactivated and Purified Rabies Virus (IPRV) and the PIKA adjuvant. The primary objective of the study was to assess the clinical safety of the vaccine composition in healthy adult volunteers. The secondary objective was to evaluate the vaccine's efficacy based on an accelerated vaccine regimen.

Read the detailed description

A single-center, open label, randomized phase I study in healthy naïve adult subjects. There were three study groups; subjects were randomly assigned to groups A (12), B (12) and C (12). Group A, as a control arm of the study, had received a commercially available rabies vaccine, RABIPUR® and Group B had received doses of the investigational PIKA rabies vaccine. Group C received an accelerated vaccine regimen with the investigational PIKA rabies vaccine. Group A and B followed the same vaccine regimen of (1-1-1-1), one injection on days 0, 3, 7 and 14 was administered respectively. Group C received the accelerated regimen (2-2-1), two injections on both days 0 and 3 were administered in different arms; and only one injection was administered on day 7.

Each vaccine dose comprise 1.0 ml of PIKA rabies vaccine for Group B and Group C and 1.0 ml of RABIPUR® for Group A after reconstitution. The route of administration is intramuscular injection, given in the deltoid region of the arm.

Conditions
Rabies
Being tested
RABIPUR®, PIKA rabies vaccine, PIKA rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimen
Medical subject headings
Rabies

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • RABIPUR®Biological

    Biological rabies vaccine

  • PIKA rabies vaccineBiological

    Also called 'PIKA rabies vaccine with PIKA adjuvant

    Biological rabies vaccine

  • PIKA rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimenBiological

    Also called 'PIKA rabies vaccine with PIKA adjuvant

    Biological rabies vaccine

Study groups in NCT02657161
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group AActive comparatorComparator vaccine RABIPUR® Healthy volunteers received rabies vaccination intramuscularly on days 0,3,7 and 14
Receives: Biological: RABIPUR®
Group BExperimentalPIKA Rabies vaccine Healthy volunteers received rabies vaccination intramuscularly on days 0,3,7 and 14
Receives: Biological: PIKA rabies vaccine
Group CExperimentalPIKA Rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimen Healthy volunteers received rabies vaccination intramuscularly on days 0 (2 Doses), 3 (2 Doses), and day 7 (1 Dose)
Receives: Biological: PIKA rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimen

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Identification of any adverse events for all the treatment groups

    Assessment of safety based on the identification of any adverse events for all the treatment groups, Group A, Group B and Group C through to the end of the study at day 42.

    Measured: 42 days

  2. Titer level of Rabies Virus Neutralizing Antibody (RVNA) from serum at day 14 and 42 after the first injection

    To analyze the titer level of RVNA from serum at day 14 and 42 after the first injection and with RVNA titer meeting the 0.5 IU(International units) /ml World Health Organization (WHO) requirement

    Measured: Day 14 and Day 42

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Detectable specific T cell mediated immune response on day 7 or day 14 and 42

    Assessment of efficacy was determined by the observed immune response in subjects receiving the investigational vaccine where:Detectable specific T cell mediated immune response on day 7 or day 14 and 42

    Measured: Day 7, Day 14 and Day 42

  2. Number of subjects in Group C who has higher RVNA titre level on Day 7 or Day 14 when compared to classic course.

    Evaluation of the accelerated regimen is studied to check if the levels of anti-rabies antibodies (serum RVNA titer) will be higher in day 7 or 14 than a classic course with control commercialized vaccine.

    Measured: Day 7 and Day 14

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Jan 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2015
  3. Primary completionJul 2015
  4. Study completionJul 2015

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
37 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02657161
Sponsor's protocol ID
RV001-I
Status last verified
Jan 2016
First submitted
11 Jan 2016
Last updated
15 Jan 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Yu P, Liu Y, Tao X, He Y, Liu Q, Wang B, Zheng H, Zhang N, Bi S, Zhu W, Zhang Y. Potential option for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis: New vaccine with PIKA adjuvant against diverse Chinese rabies strains. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 2;41(46):6852-6862. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.001. Epub 2023 Oct 9.

    PubMed 37821317
  • Wijaya L, Tham CYL, Chan YFZ, Wong AWL, Li LT, Wang LF, Bertoletti A, Low JG. An accelerated rabies vaccine schedule based on toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) agonist PIKA adjuvant augments rabies virus specific antibody and T cell response in healthy adult volunteers. Vaccine. 2017 Feb 22;35(8):1175-1183. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.031. Epub 2017 Jan 22.

    PubMed 28118938

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing RABIPUR®, PIKA rabies vaccine and PIKA rabies vaccine with an accelerated regimen in people with Rabies, run by Yisheng Biopharma (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. at 1 site in Singapore.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 16 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Jan 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Singapore. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Identification of any adverse events for all the treatment groups (time frame: 42 days). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02657161, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Jan 2016.

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