A Study to Evaluate Safety and Immune Response of Novartis Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine In Infants - Full Text View

A Study to Evaluate Safety and Immune Response of Novartis Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine In Infants

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Novartis, April 2008

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Novartis Novartis Vaccines
Information provided by:	Novartis
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00474526

Purpose

This study will evaluate the safety and immune response of the Novartis Meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccine when administered with routine infant vaccinations to healthy infants

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Meningitis, Meningococcal	Biological: Meningococcal ACWY Conjugate Vaccine	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics:

Meningitis

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Official Title:	A Phase 3, Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel-Group, Multi-Center Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Novartis Meningococcal ACWY Conjugate Vaccine When Administered With Routine Infant Vaccinations to Healthy Infants

Further study details as provided by Novartis:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Immunogenicity of routine infant vaccines when given concomitantly with MenACWY in a primary vaccine series and as a booster at 12 months of age as measured by serum bactericidal antibodies.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Immunogenicity of Novertis MenACWY Conjugate Vaccine when given in an alternative primary or boost schedule
Safety and tolerability of Novartis MenACWY when given with concomitant vaccines during routine primary series or booster doses

Estimated Enrollment:	4500
Study Start Date:	March 2007

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	2 Months to 2 Months
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy term 2- month- old infants for whom a parent/legal representative has given written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects with a previous or suspected disease caused by Neisseria. meningitidies, Corynebacterium. diphtheriae, Clostridium. tetani, Poliovirus, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Pneumococcus or Bordetells. pertussis; previous immunization with a meningococcal vaccine or vaccine containing meningococcal antigen(s) or prior vaccination with Dipheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (acellular or whole cell), inactivated polio vaccineIPV or oral polio vaccineOPV, H. influenzae type b (Hib) or Pneumococcus; who have had household contact with and/or intimate exposure to an individual with laboratory confirmed N. meningitidis (serogroups A, C, W-135, or Y), B. pertussis, Hib, C. diphtheriae, Polio, or pneumococcal infection at any time since birth; Any serious acute, chronic or progressive disease

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00474526

Contacts


Contact: Novartis Vaccines - Information Services	+1 800 244 7668 ext press 2

Locations


Argentina
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Recruiting
	Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1406DGI

Sponsors and Collaborators

Novartis

Novartis Vaccines

Investigators


Study Chair:	Novartis - Vaccines	Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	V59P14
First Received:	May 16, 2007
Last Updated:	April 22, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00474526
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration; Argentina: Administracion Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnologia Medica; Colombia: INVIMA

Keywords provided by Novartis:

Meningococcal

meningitis

vaccine

infants

Meningococcal meningitis

Meningococcal disease

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Bacterial Infections

Central Nervous System Infections

Meningococcal Infections

Meningitis, Bacterial

Meningitis, Meningococcal

Central Nervous System Diseases

Healthy

Meningococcal infection

Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

Neisseriaceae Infections

Meningitis

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Nervous System Diseases

Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 05, 2008