Zika VirusNCT02794181
Zika Virus and Related Arbovirus Infections in Deferred Blood Donors (ZVADD)
An observational study of Zika Virus and Dengue Virus, run by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Background: Zika virus is mostly passed on by the bite of an infected mosquito. It usually causes mild illness. But in pregnant women it can cause serious birth defects to the baby. The virus can also spread by blood transfusion and sexual intercourse. This is why the U.S. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Zika Virus, Dengue Virus, Chikungunya Virus Infections
- How many people
- 34 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 8 Jun 2016to 14 Mar 2019
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Adults who traveled within the past month to places with local transmission of ZIKV, DENV and/or CHIKV who would otherwise be eligible to donate blood;
- Volunteer adult blood donors or potential blood donors who are deferred from blood donation because they tested positive for Zika virus.
- Volunteer adult blood and platelet donors (blood donors) who present to the NIH Clinical Center Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM) and the Fishers Lane Donor Center are eligible for study enrollment if they:
- Are deferred because of travel to an area with active ZIKV transmission within the past 4 weeks; or
- Are deferred because of sexual contact during the past 4 weeks with a sexual partner who traveled to an area with active ZIKV transmission in the 3 months prior to that instance of sexual contact; or
- Are deferred because of travel to a malaria-endemic area; and returned from the area in the past month; or
- Have donated blood or platelets AND within 2 weeks of donation they called the NIH DTM or Fishers Lane Donor Centers to report any signs or symptoms of infection, AND they traveled to an area with active transmission of ZIKV, DENV or CHIKV within the past 4 weeks (from symptom onset); OR had sexual contact within the past 4 weeks (from symptom onset) with a sexual partner who traveled to an area with active ZIKV transmission in the 3 months prior to that instance of sexual contact.
Who cannot join
- Potential donors who do not meet the inclusion criteria are excluded. Potential donors under 18 years of age, paid or research blood donors and pregnant women are excluded from enrollment. Children are not eligible to donate blood without parental consent and the frequency of number of follow-up visits places an undue burden on school age children. Paid or research blood donors are not representative of the normal blood donor population. Pregnant women are not eligible to donate blood.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
About this study
Official title: Study of Zika Virus and Related Arbovirus Infections in Deferred Blood Donors
Background:
Zika virus is mostly passed on by the bite of an infected mosquito. It usually causes mild illness. But in pregnant women it can cause serious birth defects to the baby. The virus can also spread by blood transfusion and sexual intercourse. This is why the U.S. Food \& Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that people should not give blood if possibly exposed to Zika virus. Dengue virus and chikungunya virus are passed by the same mosquitoes as Zika virus. These can cause severe reactions if passed through transfused blood.
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Donated blood is usually not tested for these three viruses. Researchers want to count the infections in people who have been exposed because of travel or sexual exposure. They want to learn the risk these viruses might pose to the U.S. blood supply. They also want to study the natural history of these viruses by following infected people over time.
Objective:
To study the risk of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses to the U.S. blood supply.
Eligibility:
Adults age 18 or older who were turned down for donating blood because of possible exposure to certain viruses.
Design:
Participants will have blood and urine tests. They will answer questions about their travel.
They will be called in about a week with virus test results.
Participants with negative results do not have any more study visits.
Participants with positive results will be asked to stay in the study for 6 months. They will have weekly clinic visits and tests until results are negative for 2 straight weeks. Once test results are negative, they will have monthly visits. Visits will include physical exams, blood and urine samples, and optional semen samples from men.
Most people will have 3-4 weekly visits and 5 monthly visits.
Read the detailed description
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an Aedes species mosquito-transmitted Flavivirus responsible for an ongoing epidemic in over twenty countries and territories in the Caribbean, and in North, Central and South America. A 20-fold increased risk of microcephaly has been reported in newborns of infected mothers in Brazil. Of nine identified pregnant travelers returning to the U.S. from areas with local ZIKV infection, five have experienced severe neonatal outcomes.
ZIKV can be transmitted via blood transfusion and by sexual exposure to a ZIKV-infected man. In response, AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) made recommendations and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance for donor deferral based on 1) travel to locations with active ZIKV transmission; or for 2) sexual exposure to a man who has traveled to an area with active ZIKV transmission. Further, Aedes species mosquito vectors that transmit ZIKV also transmit dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Areas with local ZIKV transmission also commonly have local DENV and CHIKV transmission. DENV and CHIKV are transmissible via blood transfusion and can result in severe outcomes in transfusion recipients.
The primary aims of this study are to: 1) assess the prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among adults who attempted to donate blood but were deferred because of travel to places with local transmission of ZIKV, DENV and/or CHIKV (travel-deferred donors); 2) assess the prevalence of ZIKV infection (RNA-positives) among adults who attempted to donate blood who were deferred due to potential sexual exposure to ZIKV infection; 3) assess the prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among blood donors whose blood or platelets were collected and who called back to report any illness within 2 weeks of donation; and to 4) study the 24-week natural history of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection among deferred adult donors who tested RNA-positive for any of these agents.
- Conditions
- Zika Virus, Dengue Virus, Chikungunya Virus Infections
- Keywords
- Transfusion-Transmitted Infections, Dengue Virus, Chikungunya Virus, Natural History, Blood Transfusion
- Medical subject headings
- Zika Virus Infection, Chikungunya Fever, Transfusion Reaction
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among travel-deferred adult blood donors in the study population.
Measured: Time 0; among RNA-positives: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24
Prevalence of ZIKV infection (RNApositives) among adult blood donors with a history of potential sexual exposure to ZIKV infection, in the study population.
Measured: Time 0; among RNA-positives: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24
24-week Natural History of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV (RNA-positives).
Measured: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Jun 2016 (estimated)
- Study start8 Jun 2016
- Primary completion14 Mar 2019
- Study completion14 Mar 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Zika VirusStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Robert D Allison, M.D., Principal investigator, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02794181
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 160124
- Other IDs
- 16-CC-0124
- Status last verified
- 14 Mar 2019
- First submitted
- 8 Jun 2016
- Last updated
- 18 Mar 2019
- Results posted
- No
Publications
Musso D, Nhan T, Robin E, Roche C, Bierlaire D, Zisou K, Shan Yan A, Cao-Lormeau VM, Broult J. Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014 Apr 10;19(14):20761. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.14.20761.
PubMed 24739982Alter HJ, Stramer SL, Dodd RY. Emerging infectious diseases that threaten the blood supply. Semin Hematol. 2007 Jan;44(1):32-41. doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.09.016.
PubMed 17198845Lanciotti RS, Kosoy OL, Laven JJ, Velez JO, Lambert AJ, Johnson AJ, Stanfield SM, Duffy MR. Genetic and serologic properties of Zika virus associated with an epidemic, Yap State, Micronesia, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1232-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1408.080287.
PubMed 18680646
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Mar 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Study of Zika Virus and Related Arbovirus Infections in Deferred Blood Donors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02794181
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 160124
- Conditions
- Zika Virus, Dengue Virus, Chikungunya Virus Infections
- Keywords
- Transfusion-Transmitted Infections, Dengue Virus, Chikungunya Virus, Natural History, Blood Transfusion
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)US National Institutes of Health
- Study start
- 8 Jun 2016
- Primary completion
- 14 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 14 Mar 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 9 Jun 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Background:
Zika virus is mostly passed on by the bite of an infected mosquito. It usually causes mild illness. But in pregnant women it can cause serious birth defects to the baby. The virus can also spread by blood transfusion and sexual intercourse. This is why the U.S. Food \& Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that people should not give blood if possibly exposed to Zika virus. Dengue virus and chikungunya virus are passed by the same mosquitoes as Zika virus. These can cause severe reactions if passed through transfused blood.
Donated blood is usually not tested for these three viruses. Researchers want to count the infections in people who have been exposed because of travel or sexual exposure. They want to learn the risk these viruses might pose to the U.S. blood supply. They also want to study the natural history of these viruses by following infected people over time.
Objective:
To study the risk of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses to the U.S. blood supply.
Eligibility:
Adults age 18 or older who were turned down for donating blood because of possible exposure to certain viruses.
Design:
Participants will have blood and urine tests. They will answer questions about their travel.
They will be called in about a week with virus test results.
Participants with negative results do not have any more study visits.
Participants with positive results will be asked to stay in the study for 6 months. They will have weekly clinic visits and tests until results are negative for 2 straight weeks. Once test results are negative, they will have monthly visits. Visits will include physical exams, blood and urine samples, and optional semen samples from men.
Most people will have 3-4 weekly visits and 5 monthly visits.
Detailed description
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an Aedes species mosquito-transmitted Flavivirus responsible for an ongoing epidemic in over twenty countries and territories in the Caribbean, and in North, Central and South America. A 20-fold increased risk of microcephaly has been reported in newborns of infected mothers in Brazil. Of nine identified pregnant travelers returning to the U.S. from areas with local ZIKV infection, five have experienced severe neonatal outcomes.
ZIKV can be transmitted via blood transfusion and by sexual exposure to a ZIKV-infected man. In response, AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) made recommendations and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance for donor deferral based on 1) travel to locations with active ZIKV transmission; or for 2) sexual exposure to a man who has traveled to an area with active ZIKV transmission. Further, Aedes species mosquito vectors that transmit ZIKV also transmit dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Areas with local ZIKV transmission also commonly have local DENV and CHIKV transmission. DENV and CHIKV are transmissible via blood transfusion and can result in severe outcomes in transfusion recipients.
The primary aims of this study are to: 1) assess the prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among adults who attempted to donate blood but were deferred because of travel to places with local transmission of ZIKV, DENV and/or CHIKV (travel-deferred donors); 2) assess the prevalence of ZIKV infection (RNA-positives) among adults who attempted to donate blood who were deferred due to potential sexual exposure to ZIKV infection; 3) assess the prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among blood donors whose blood or platelets were collected and who called back to report any illness within 2 weeks of donation; and to 4) study the 24-week natural history of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection among deferred adult donors who tested RNA-positive for any of these agents.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Adults who traveled within the past month to places with local transmission of ZIKV, DENV and/or CHIKV who would otherwise be eligible to donate blood;
- Volunteer adult blood donors or potential blood donors who are deferred from blood donation because they tested positive for Zika virus.
- Volunteer adult blood and platelet donors (blood donors) who present to the NIH Clinical Center Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM) and the Fishers Lane Donor Center are eligible for study enrollment if they:
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Potential donors who do not meet the inclusion criteria are excluded. Potential donors under 18 years of age, paid or research blood donors and pregnant women are excluded from enrollment. Children are not eligible to donate blood without parental consent and the frequency of number of follow-up visits places an undue burden on school age children. Paid or research blood donors are not representative of the normal blood donor population. Pregnant women are not eligible to donate blood.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among travel-deferred adult blood donors in the study population.
Time frame: Time 0; among RNA-positives: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24
Prevalence of ZIKV infection (RNApositives) among adult blood donors with a history of potential sexual exposure to ZIKV infection, in the study population.
Time frame: Time 0; among RNA-positives: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24
24-week Natural History of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV (RNA-positives).
Time frame: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Mar 2019.
- Background: PubMed 24739982Musso D, Nhan T, Robin E, Roche C, Bierlaire D, Zisou K, Shan Yan A, Cao-Lormeau VM, Broult J. Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014 Apr 10;19(14):20761. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.14.20761.
- Background: PubMed 17198845Alter HJ, Stramer SL, Dodd RY. Emerging infectious diseases that threaten the blood supply. Semin Hematol. 2007 Jan;44(1):32-41. doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.09.016.
- Background: PubMed 18680646Lanciotti RS, Kosoy OL, Laven JJ, Velez JO, Lambert AJ, Johnson AJ, Stanfield SM, Duffy MR. Genetic and serologic properties of Zika virus associated with an epidemic, Yap State, Micronesia, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1232-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1408.080287.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Robert D Allison, M.D. principal investigator
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Zika Virus and Dengue Virus, run by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) at 1 site in United States.
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 7 inclusion and 1 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 18 Mar 2019. 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 United States. 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.
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?
Prevalence of ZIKV, DENV and CHIKV infection (RNA-positives) among travel-deferred adult blood donors in the study population. (time frame: Time 0; among RNA-positives: weeks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,16,20,24). The study lists 3 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 NCT02794181, which also lists 3 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 18 Mar 2019.