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CTRI Number  CTRI/2011/06/001787 [Registered on: 06/06/2011] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 21/08/2012
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Vaccine 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Multiple Arm Trial 
Public Title of Study   A clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of El-Shaddai Biologicals’ varicella zoster vaccine in healthy subjects aged 1 to 12 years. 
Scientific Title of Study   A phase III, multicentric, randomized single-blind study to evaluate the safety and the immunogenicity of El-Shaddai Biologicals’ varicella zoster vaccine in comparison to GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals’ Varilrix® in healthy subjects aged 1 to 12 years. 
Trial Acronym  Nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
ES/VZV/01/2010  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Pawan Bhusari 
Designation  Sr. Manager Clinical Operations 
Affiliation   
Address  Sristek Consulting Pvt Ltd DLF Cyber city 3rd block 8th floor gachibowli, Hyderabad

Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH
500019
India 
Phone  04066129512  
Fax    
Email  pawanbhusari@sristek.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Pawan Bhusari 
Designation  Sr. Manager Clinical Operations 
Affiliation   
Address  Sristek Consulting Pvt Ltd DLF Cyber city 3rd block 8th floor gachibowli, Hyderabad

Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH
500019
India 
Phone  04066129512  
Fax    
Email  pawanbhusari@sristek.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Pawan Bhusari 
Designation  Sr. Manager Clinical Operations 
Affiliation   
Address  Sristek Consulting Pvt Ltd DLF Cyber city 3rd block 8th floor gachibowli, Hyderabad

Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH
500019
India 
Phone  04066129512  
Fax    
Email  pawanbhusari@sristek.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
El Shaddai Biologicals Ltd 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  El Shaddai Biologicals Ltd 
Address  B. Baskara Narayanan Managing Director old no: 7, Dr. Thirumoorthy Nagar,5th Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - 600034  
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 4  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Sarika Prasad  Aadithya Adhikari Hospital  Aadithya Adhikari Hospital Contour Road, Gokulam Mysore-570002, Karnataka
Mysore
KARNATAKA 
9880692465

drsarikaprasad@gmail.com 
DrSanjay Lalwani   Bharatiya Vidyapeet Deemed University Hospital, Pune   Bharatiya Vidyapeet Deemed University Hospital, Pune Satara Road,-411 043
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9822051716

sanjalalwani2007@rediffmail.com 
Dr Venugopal  King George Hospital  King George Hospital, Maharanipeta, Viskhapatnam-530002
Visakhapatnam
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9848027203

venugopal_kgh@yahoo.com 
Dr Sharad Agarkhedkar   Padmashree Dr.D.Y.Patil Pratisthan Hospital & Research Centre   Padmashree Dr.D.Y.Patil Pratisthan Hospital & Research Centre Sant Tukaram Nagar,Pimpri-411018 Pune
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
09822030122

ashalaka@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 4  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ethics Committee, Dr.D.Y.Patil Medical College   Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, King George Hospital  Approved 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DEEMED UNIVERSITY Bharati vidyapeeth Elhavan, Lar Bahadur Shastri Marg, punc-3O  Approved 
Mysore Clinical research  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
Modification(s)  
Status 
Notified 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Preventive protection against chicken pox  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals’ Varilrix®  0.5 mL/dose administered subcutaneously as a single dose to the subjects 
Intervention  Lyophilised live attenuated varicella vaccine (0.5 mL/dose, not less than 2000 PFU per dose of live varicella virus)  0.5 mL/dose administered subcutaneously as a single dose to the subjects 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Year(s)
Age To  12.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Indian males and females aged 1 to 12 years at the time of vaccination.
2. Individuals in good health as determined by the outcome of medical history, physical examination and clinical judgment of the investigator.
3. Subject or subject’s parent/guardian must understand and sign a written informed consent.
4. Subjects who are willing to comply with the requirements of the protocol (e.g., completion of the diary cards, return for follow-up visits) and are available for all clinic visits scheduled in the study.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Individuals with history or any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, pose additional risk to the subjects due to participation in the study.
2. History of hypersensitivity, convulsion, epilepsy, psychosis, thrombocytopenia, coagulation disorder, and contraindications to subcutaneous injection.
3. History of allergic disease or reactions likely to be exacerbated by any component of the vaccine.
4. Individuals who have had chickenpox vaccine prior to Day 0 or documented confirmed or suspected chickenpox disease.
5. Hypersensitivity or intolerance to erythromycin and kanamycin.
6. Receipt of another investigational product within 4 weeks prior to enrollment or before completion of the safety follow-up period in this or in another study, unwilling to refuse a participation in another clinical study through the end of this study.
7. Receipt or planned receipt of any vaccine in the 4 weeks preceding or following the trial vaccination
8. Known or suspected impairment/alteration of immune function, for example resulting from:
a. receipt of immunosuppressive therapy such as systemic corticosteroids known to be associated with the suppression of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis or chronic use of inhaled high-potency corticosteroids within 6 months prior to Visit 1
b. cancer chemotherapy
c. receipt of immunostimulants within 6 months prior to Visit 1
d. receipt of parenteral immunoglobulin preparation, blood products and/or plasma derivatives within 3 months prior to Visit 1 or planned during the full length of the study
e. known HIV infection or HIV-related disease.
9. Individuals with axillary temperature ≥ 38.0°C within 3 days/on the day of intended study vaccination and/or moderate to severe acute illness/infection on the day of vaccination.
10. History of progressive or severe neurologic disorder (including Guillain-Barré syndrome and convulsions, but excluding febrile convulsions).
11. Individuals with any serious chronic or progressive disease and congenital malformation or maldevelopment according to judgment of the investigator (including, but not limited to neoplasm, insulin dependent diabetes, cardiac, renal, hepatic or respiratory disease, Down’s syndrome).
12. Bleeding diathesis.
13. Suffering from serious dermatoses (such as allergy, herpes, suppuration and fungal infection.
14. Planned surgery during the study period that in the Investigator’s opinion would interfere with the study visits schedule.
15. Relatives of research staff (The families of the site staff who are not involved in this trial are allowed their participation to this trial).
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Stratified block randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Participant Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Percentage of subjects achieving seroconversion (defined as rise in post vaccination test value in comparison with pre vaccination)  At day 42 to 47, in comparison to baseline 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Percentage of subjects with test value less than 0.60.
Percentage of subjects with test value greater than or equal to 0.60 to less than or equal to 0.90.
Percentage of subjects with test value greater than or equal to 0.90.
 
At day 42 to 47, in comparison to baseline 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="104"
Sample Size from India="104" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/06/2011 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   NA 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary  


The purpose of the study is to compare immunogenicity and safety of El-Shaddai Biologicals’ lyophilised live attenuated varicella zoster vaccine with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals’ Varilrix® in healthy subjects aged 1 to 12 years.

Objectives

1.      To assess the immunogenicity of the lyophilised live attenuated varicella vaccine in comparison to Varilrix® in healthy subjects.

2.      To assess the safety of the lyophilised live attenuated varicella vaccine in comparison to Varilrix® in healthy subjects.


 
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