Status:

COMPLETED

Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccine Coadministered With Measles Vaccine in Infants 9 Months of Age

Lead Sponsor:

PATH

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka

Mahidol University

Conditions:

Japanese Encephalitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

9-9 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

To facilitate introduction of live attenuated SA 14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis vaccine (LJEV) into the National Immunization Programme of Sri Lanka, we evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of co-ad...

Detailed Description

JE virus is an arbovirus that causes a devastating neurological disease resulting in high rates of mortality orneurologic sequelae. The severity of sequelae, together with the volume of cases, makes J...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy child 9 months (±2 weeks) of age at the enrollment visit.
  • Subject was a full-term infant.
  • Subject's parent or legal guardian is literate and willing to provide written informed consent.
  • Subject is up-to-date for all vaccinations recommended in the Sri Lankan childhood immunization schedule.

Exclusion

  • Enrolled in another clinical trial involving any therapy.
  • Subject and/or parent(s) or guardian(s) are unable to attend the scheduled visits or comply with the study procedures.
  • Received any non-study vaccine within 2 weeks prior to enrolment or refusal to postpone receipt of such vaccines until 28 days after study entry.
  • Prior or anticipated receipt of immune globulin or other blood products, or injected or oral corticosteroids or other immune modulator therapy except routine vaccines within 6 weeks of administration of study vaccine. Individuals on a tapering dose schedule of oral steroids lasting \<7 days may be included in the trial as long as they have not received more than one course within the last 2 weeks prior to enrolment.
  • History of documented or suspected encephalitis, encephalopathy, or meningitis.
  • History of measles.
  • History of Japanese encephalitis.
  • Serious adverse event related (i.e., possible, probably, definite) to previous receipt of any JE vaccine, if applicable.
  • Persistent inconsolable crying (\>3 hours) observed after previous receipt of any JE vaccine, if applicable.
  • Hypotonic - hyporesponsiveness after past receipt of any JE vaccine, if applicable.
  • Suspected or known hypersensitivity to any of the investigational or marketed vaccine components.
  • History of serious chronic disease (cardiac, renal, neurologic, metabolic, or rheumatologic).
  • Underlying medical condition such as inborn errors of metabolism, failure to thrive, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or any major congenital abnormalities requiring surgery or chronic treatment.
  • History of thrombocytopenic purpura.
  • History of seizures, including history of febrile seizures, or any other neurologic disorder.
  • Known or suspected immunologic function impairment of any kind and/or known HIV infection.
  • Parent with known or suspected immunologic function impairment of any kind and/or known HIV infection.
  • Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose a health risk to the participant or interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 7 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 6 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

278 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00463684

Start Date

July 7 2007

End Date

October 6 2008

Last Update

February 8 2019

Active Locations (3)

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Homagama MOH Division Medical Office

Homagama, District of Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Kolonnawa MOH Division Medical Office

Kolonnawa, District of Colombo, Sri Lanka

3

Moratuwa MOH Division Medical Office

Moratuwa, District of Colombo, Sri Lanka