Trial Comparing Three Strategies of Vaccination Against the Virus of Hepatitis B in HIV Infected Patients (VIHVAC-B)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00480792 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 31, 2007
Last Update Posted : July 23, 2013
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In HIV infected patients, individuals exposed to the virus of Hepatitis B are more susceptible to develop a chronic and severe liver disease with a major risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer.
However, the existing protocol of vaccination against Hepatitis B is less efficient in HIV-infected patients than in non HIV-infected-patients, and, in case of response, its longevity has to be followed up carefully. This study compares the efficacy of the standard protocol vaccination with GenHevac-B and 2 other protocols, a double-dose of GenHevac-B and a set of intradermal injections of Genhevac-B, in HIV-infected patients with lymphocytes T CD4 level above 200 permm3.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Biological: GenHevac B Pasteur | Phase 3 |
Comparison of 3 vaccination strategy against Hepatitis B in patients with HIV infection T CD4 above 200 per mm3
Intervention:
- Arm A: GenHevac-B 20 microgramme Intramuscular use at M0, M1, M6
- Arm B: GenHevac-B 40 microgramme Intramuscular use at M0, M1, M2, M6
- Arm C: GenHevac-B 4 microgramme Intradermal use at M0, M1, M2, M6
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 437 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Open-label, Randomized, and Multicentric Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing Three Strategies of Vaccination Against the Virus of Hepatitis B in HIV-1-infected Patients With CD4-positive T-lymphocytes Counts Above 200 permm3 ANRS HB 03 VIHVAC-B |
Study Start Date : | June 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: A
GenHevac-B 20 microgramme Intramuscular use at M0, M1, M6
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Biological: GenHevac B Pasteur
Intra-muscular injection 20 microgramme Intramuscular use at M0, M1, M6
Other Name: Sanofi Pasteur MSD |
Experimental: B
GenHevac-B 40 microgramme Intramuscular use at M0, M1, M2, M6
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Biological: GenHevac B Pasteur
Intra-muscular injection 40 microgramme intramuscular use at M0, M1,M2, M6
Other Name: Sanofi Pasteur MSD |
Experimental: C
GenHevac-B 4 microgramme Intradermal use at M0, M1, M2, M6
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Biological: GenHevac B Pasteur
GenHevac-B 4 microgramme Intradermal use at M0, M1, M2, M6
Other Name: Sanofi Pasteur MSD |
- HIV-infected patients who seroconvert in the first two months after the last vaccination. Seroconversion is defined as antibodies AbHBs titers equal or above 10 mUI per ml. [ Time Frame: two months after the last injection;week 28, month 18, month 30 and month 42 ]
- According to the vaccine administration (IM or ID) comparison of AbHBs titers,permanence of the humoral response,intensity of clinical and biological events and predicting factors related to seroconversion [ Time Frame: two months after the last injection; week 28, month 18, month 30 and month 42 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Age Eligible for Study: 18 years - NA, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- HIV infection
- T CD4 count cell level above 200 per mm3
- Serology Hepatitis B negative (AgHBs, AbHBs and AbHBc negative)
- unchanged ARV for the last 3 months for patients who are receiving ARV at the screening visit
- Undetectable for the last 6 months with ARV for any patient with T CD4 level below 350 per mm3
- Pregnancy test negative at the screening and inclusion visits
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any injection of the vaccine against Hepatitis B in the medical history
- Acute cytolysis in the last 3 months with transaminases equal or above 5 times the upper normal range for HIV-HCV coinfected patients, or transaminases equal or above 2 times the upper normal for non coinfected patients
- Any vaccine received one month before the inclusion
- History of intolerance to any component of GenHevac-B
- Evolutive opportunistic infection treated the month before the screening visit
- Severe and acute pyretic infection or unexplained fever the week before inclusion
- Evolutive hemopathy or solid-organ cancer
- Prothrombin factor equal or below 50 percent and/or platelets equal or below 50 000 per mm3
- Immunosuppressive treatment or general corticotherapy (equal or above 0,5 mg per kg per day during above 7 days) in the last 6 months before the screening visit
- Previous Immunomodulating treatment (interferon, interleukin-2,etc) or plan in the next 6 months
- Splenectomy
- Decompensated cirrhosis (Child Pugh B or C)
- Kidney deficient function (creatinine clearance below 50 ml per mn)
- Other immunocompromised condition not related to HIV infection (solid-organ transplantation, chemotherapy in the last 6 months)
- Any participation to another clinical trial plan until Week 28

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00480792
France | |
Hopital Cochin CIC de vaccinologie | |
Paris, France, 75014 |
Principal Investigator: | Odile Launay, MD | CIC de vaccinologie Cochin-Pasteur 27, rue du Fb Saint Jacques 75014 Paris Fr | |
Study Chair: | Fabrice Carrat, MD | Inserm U707 27, rue de Chaligny 75571 Paris cedex 12 Fr |
Responsible Party: | French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00480792 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2006-003940-50 ANRS HB 03 VIHVAC-B |
First Posted: | May 31, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 23, 2013 |
Last Verified: | July 2013 |
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