Phase III Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02406729 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 2, 2015
Last Update Posted : February 4, 2021
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This is a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study that will evaluate efficacy and safety of a live attenuated, tetravalent, lyophilized dengue vaccine produced by Butantan Institute.
The study will be carried out in multiple sites in Brazil. The study will be community-based in select urban areas where there's dengue transmission.
Study's intervention will be a single dose of the tetravalent dengue vaccine or placebo in a ratio 2:1. For efficacy analysis will be considered all dengue cases occurring after 28 days post-vaccination in the entire population of 16944 participants.
For safety analysis participants will be divided in three age groups: 18 to 59 ys, 7-17 ys and 2 to 6 ys. In each of these age groups there will be a minimum of 4992 participants. The age groups of 18 to 59 ys and 7 to 17 ys will start first. Once safety data for the first 21 days after vaccination is analysed for 450 participants in 7-to17-ys age group, the following group, of 2 to 6 ys, will start.
The study's hypothesis is that the vaccine under investigation and produced by Butantan Institute is safe and provides protection against dengue symptomatic disease of 80% or more with a lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of 25%. This way, the expected number of dengue cases virologically confirmed is 24 or more which will provide a response in terms of vaccine efficacy.
All participants will be followed up for five years to verify dengue incidence, regardless severity.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Dengue | Biological: Dengue 1,2,3,4 (attenuated) vaccine Other: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 16944 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Phase III Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of a Dengue 1,2,3,4 (Attenuated) Vaccine |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 2016 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | August 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 2024 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Dengue 1,2,3,4 (attenuated) vaccine
Dengue 1,2,3,4 (attenuated) vaccine Single dose, SC
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Biological: Dengue 1,2,3,4 (attenuated) vaccine
Dose 1000 PFU per virus (1,2,3,4) Route:subcutaneous
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo Single dose, SC
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Other: Placebo
Route:subcutaneous |
- Efficacy (incidence density of symptomatic dengue cases, virologically confirmed) [ Time Frame: at 52 weeks post vaccination, all cases after 28 days post-vaccination ]• The primary efficacy outcome is incidence density of symptomatic dengue cases, virologically confirmed, after 28 days post-vaccination. Virological confirmation might be done by viral isolation, RT-PCR and/or detection of NS1.
- Safety (adverse reactions) [ Time Frame: in the first 21 days post-vaccination ]• The primary safety outcome is the frequency of local and systemic adverse reactions, solicited and non-solicited in the three age groups, within the first 21 days post-vaccination. Adverse reactions are defined as adverse events that have a reasonable causal relationship with vaccination.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 24 Months to 59 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children who have completed 24 months of age, adolescents and adults who have not completed 60 years of age;
- Agree with periodic contacts, either/or by phone, electronic means, and home visits.
- Show voluntary intention to participate in the study, documented by the participant's or participant's legal representative's signature of the informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
- For women: Pregnancy (confirmed by positive beta-hCG test) or breastfeeding;
- Evidence of active neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic or renal disease as per clinical history and/or physical examination;
- Compromised immune system diseases including: decompensated diabetes mellitus, cancer (except basal cell carcinoma), congenital or acquired immune deficiencies and not controlled autoimmune, as per clinical history and/or physical examination;
- Behavioral, cognitive or psychiatric disease that in the opinion of the principal investigator or his representative physician, affects the participant ability to understand and cooperate with all study protocol requirements;
- Abusive usage of alcohol or drugs in the past 12 months that has caused medical, professional or family problems, indicated by clinical history;
- History of severe allergic reactions or anaphylaxis to the vaccine or to components of the vaccine in study;
- History of asplenia;
- Use of any investigational product within 28 days before or after receiving this study vaccination;
- Has participated in another clinical trial six months prior to inclusion in the study or planning to participate in another clinical trial within 2 years following inclusion;
- Use of immunosuppressant drugs such as: antineoplastic chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunosuppressants to induce tolerance to transplants, and corticosteroids use (except topical or nasal). For this protocol will be considered for exclusion use of corticosteroids 3 months prior to the inclusion in the study and 6 months prior to the inclusion for the other therapies mentioned, and planned use of any immunosuppressant therapy within 2 years following inclusion in the study. It will be considered immunosuppressive dose of corticosteroids the equivalent to a dose ≥20 mg of prednisone per day for adults and the equivalent of prednisone at 2 mg/kg/day for children for over 7 days;
- Have received blood products in the past three months, including transfusions or immunoglobulin, or scheduled administration of blood products or immunoglobulin for the following 2 years after vaccination;
- Fever or suspected fever within 72 hours prior to vaccination or axillary temperature greater than 37,8°C on the day of vaccination (inclusion might be postponed until participant has completed 72 hours of no fever);
- Have received live virus vaccine within 28 days or killed virus vaccine in the last 14 days prior to vaccination, or have a scheduled immunization during the first 28 days after receiving the investigational product;
- Any other condition that might put in risk the safety/rights of a potential participant or hurdle his/her compliance with this protocol in investigator's opinion or his representative physician.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02406729
Brazil | |
Fundação de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieira Dourado | |
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 69040-000 | |
Instituto Gonçalo Muniz - Fiocruz Bahia | |
Simões Filho, BA, Brazil, 43700-000 | |
Universidade Federal do Ceará | |
Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, 60430-160 | |
Universidade de Brasília | |
Brasilia, DF, Brazil, 71691-082 | |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | |
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 30750-140 | |
Hospital Universitário Júlio Müller da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso | |
Cuiabá, Mount, Brazil, 78048-610 | |
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul | |
Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, 79070-900 | |
Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães - Fiocruz Pernambuco | |
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50740-465 | |
Universidade Federal de Roraima - UFRR | |
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, 69304-000 | |
Centro de Pesquisas em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia (CEPEM) | |
Porto Velho, RO, Brazil, 78918-791 | |
Hospital São Lucas da Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul | |
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90619-900 | |
Universidade Federal de Sergipe | |
Laranjeiras, SE, Brazil, 49170-000 | |
Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo - CSEBF | |
São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 01133-020 | |
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP | |
São José Do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 15090-000 | |
Instituto de Infectologia Evandro Chagas - Fiocruz | |
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 21710-232 | |
HCFMUSP | |
São Paulo, Brazil, 05403-000 |
Study Director: | Ricardo Palacios, MD, PhD | Butantan Institute | |
Principal Investigator: | Esper G Kallas, MD, PhD | School of Medicine, University of São Paulo |
Responsible Party: | Butantan Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02406729 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DEN-03-IB U1111-1168-8679 ( Registry Identifier: UTN ) |
First Posted: | April 2, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 4, 2021 |
Last Verified: | February 2021 |
Dengue Arbovirus Infections Virus Diseases Flavivirus Infections |
Flaviviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral |