Safety and Immunogenicity of V116 in Pneumococcal Vaccine-naïve Adults (V116-003, STRIDE-3)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05425732 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 21, 2022
Last Update Posted : January 20, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pneumococcal Disease | Biological: V116 Biological: PCV20 | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 2600 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Active Comparator-controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of V116 in Pneumococcal Vaccine-naïve Adults |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 13, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 22, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 22, 2023 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cohort 1 V116
Pneumococcal vaccine-naïve adult participants (≥50 years of age) receive a single dose of V116 on Day 1.
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Biological: V116
Sterile 0.5 mL solution in prefilled syringe containing 4 μg of each PnPs antigen (3, 6A, 7F, 8, 9N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15A, 15C, 16F, 17F, 19A, 20, 22F, 23A, 23B, 24F, 31, 33F, and 35B) given by intramuscular (IM) injection.
Other Name: Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine |
Active Comparator: Cohort 1 PCV20
Pneumococcal vaccine-naïve adult participants (≥50 years of age) receive a single dose of PCV20 on Day 1.
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Biological: PCV20
Sterile 0.5 mL suspension in prefilled syringe containing 2.2 μg of each PnPs antigen (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 7F, 8, 9V, 10A, 11A, 12F, 14, 15B, 18C, 19A, 19F, 22F, 23F, 33F) and 4.4 μg of PnPs antigen 6B.
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Experimental: Cohort 2 V116
Pneumococcal vaccine-naïve adult participants (18 to 49 years of age) receive a single dose of V116 on Day 1.
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Biological: V116
Sterile 0.5 mL solution in prefilled syringe containing 4 μg of each PnPs antigen (3, 6A, 7F, 8, 9N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15A, 15C, 16F, 17F, 19A, 20, 22F, 23A, 23B, 24F, 31, 33F, and 35B) given by intramuscular (IM) injection.
Other Name: Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine |
Active Comparator: Cohort 2 PCV20
Pneumococcal vaccine-naïve adult participants (18 to 49 years of age) receive a single dose of PCV20 on Day 1.
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Biological: PCV20
Sterile 0.5 mL suspension in prefilled syringe containing 2.2 μg of each PnPs antigen (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 7F, 8, 9V, 10A, 11A, 12F, 14, 15B, 18C, 19A, 19F, 22F, 23F, 33F) and 4.4 μg of PnPs antigen 6B.
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- Percentage of participants with solicited injection-site AEs [ Time Frame: Up to 5 days postvaccination ]An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. Solicited injection-site AEs consisted of pain/tenderness, redness/erythema, and swelling.
- Percentage of participants with solicited systemic AEs [ Time Frame: Up to 5 days postvaccination ]An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. Solicited systemic AEs consist of headache, muscle aches/myalgia, and tiredness/fatigue.
- Percentage of participants with vaccine-related serious AE (SAE) [ Time Frame: Up to 194 days postvaccination ]A vaccine-related SAE is any untoward medical consequence that results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongs existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, or is an other important medical event.
- Serotype-specific opsonophagocytic (OPA) geometric mean titers (GMTs) in Cohort 1 for the 21 serotypes contained in V116 [ Time Frame: Day 30 postvaccination ]The serotype-specific OPA GMTs for the 21 serotypes contained in V116 will be determined using the multiplex opsonophagocytic assay (MOPA).
- Percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise from baseline in serotype-specific OPAs in Cohort 1 for for the 21 serotypes contained in V116 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 30 postvaccination ]The percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise from baseline in serotype-specific OPAs for the 21 serotypes contained in V116 will be determined.
- Serotype-specific OPA GMTs in Cohorts 1 and 2 [ Time Frame: Day 30 postvaccination ]The serotype-specific OPA GMTs will be determined using MOPA.
- Percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise in serotype-specific cross-reactive OPA responses in Cohorts 1 and 2 [ Time Frame: Day 30 postvaccination ]The percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise from baseline in serotype-specific cross-reactive OPAs will be determined.
- Serotype-specific cross-reactive OPA GMTs in Cohorts 1 and 2 [ Time Frame: Day 30 postvaccination ]The serotype-specific OPA GMTs will be determined using MOPA.
- Serotype-specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG) geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) in Cohort 1 [ Time Frame: Day 30 postvaccination ]The GMCs for serotype-specific IgG antibodies will be determined using pneumococcal electrochemiluminescence (PnECL).
- Geometric mean fold rise (GMFR) from baseline in serotype-specific OPA GMTs in Cohort 1 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 30 postvaccination ]The GMFR from baseline in serotype-specific OPA GMTs will be determined using MOPA.
- GMFR from baseline in serotype-specific IgG GMCs in Cohort 1 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 30 postvaccination ]The GMFR in GMCs for serotype-specific IgG antibodies will be determined using PnECL.
- Percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise from baseline in serotype-specific IgG GMCs in Cohort 1 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 30 postvaccination ]The GMFR in GMCs for serotype-specific IgG antibodies will be determined using PnECL.
- Percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise from baseline in serotype-specific OPA GMTs in Cohort 1 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Day 30 postvaccination ]The percentage of participants with ≥4-fold rise from baseline in serotype-specific OPAs will be determined.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- For females, is not pregnant or breastfeeding and is either not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) or is a WOCBP and uses acceptable contraception/abstinence; and has medical, menstrual, and recent sexual activity history reviewed by the investigator to decrease the chance of an early undetected pregnancy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Has a history of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) [positive blood culture, positive cerebrospinal fluid culture, or positive culture at another sterile site] or known history of other culture-positive pneumococcal disease within 3 years of Visit 1 (Day 1)
- Has a known hypersensitivity to any component of V116 or PCV20, including diphtheria toxoid
- Has a known or suspected impairment of immunological function including, but not limited to, a history of congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, documented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, functional or anatomic asplenia, or history of autoimmune disease
- Has a coagulation disorder contraindicating IM vaccination
- Had a recent febrile illness (defined as oral or tympanic temperature ≥100.4°F [≥38.0°C] or axillary or temporal temperature ≥99.4°F [≥37.4°C]) or received antibiotic therapy for any acute illness occurring <72 hours before receipt of study vaccine
- Has a known malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment <3 years before enrollment
- Received prior administration (prior to age of 5 is acceptable) of any pneumococcal vaccine or is expected to receive any pneumococcal vaccine during the study outside the protocol
- Received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone equivalent of ≥20 mg/day) for ≥14 consecutive days and has not completed intervention ≥14 days before receipt of study vaccine
- Is currently receiving immunosuppressive therapy, including chemotherapeutic agents or other immunotherapies/immunomodulators used to treat cancer or other conditions, and interventions associated with organ or bone marrow transplantation, or autoimmune disease
- Received any nonlive vaccine ≤14 days before receipt of study vaccine or is scheduled to receive any nonlive vaccine ≤30 days after receipt of study vaccine (inactivated influenza and SARS-CoV2 vaccines may be acceptable)
- Received any live virus vaccine ≤30 days before receipt of study vaccine or is scheduled to receive any live virus vaccine ≤30 days after receipt of study vaccine
- Received a blood transfusion or blood products, including immunoglobulin ≤6 months before receipt of study vaccine or is scheduled to receive a blood transfusion or blood product until the Day 30 postvaccination blood draw is complete

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05425732

Study Director: | Medical Director | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Responsible Party: | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05425732 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
V116-003 V116-003 ( Other Identifier: Merck ) 2022-000258-27 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | June 21, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 20, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | http://engagezone.msd.com/doc/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf |
URL: | http://engagezone.msd.com/ds_documentation.php |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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