Assessment of Community Transmission of Sabin Type 2 Virus in Bangladesh
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02477046 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified October 2016 by Mami Taniuchi, PhD, University of Virginia.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 22, 2015
Last Update Posted : October 26, 2016
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The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has set a plan to replace trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) with bivalent OPV (bOPV) plus inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in routine immunization globally, to be instituted in 2015-2016. At the community level, the impact of the change from tOPV + IPV to bOPV + IPV on Sabin virus fecal-oral transmission (duration of circulation, degree of genetic reversion) and the persistence of environmental contamination are unknown. Also unknown is the impact of the change from tOPV to bOPV on community circulation of Sabin 2 after a special immunization (SI) activity with monovalent oral poliovirus type 2 (mOPV2). Finally it is unknown at the level of an individual child if type 2 fecal shedding will be limited by cross-protection from oral vaccination with Sabin type 1 and 3.
The investigators propose to measure at a community level transmission of Sabin 2 virus in Bangladesh, a low income country, where fecal-oral transmission and environmental exposures are high, comparing transmission in the setting of vaccination with tOPV+IPV vs. bOPV+IPV. The study will be conducted in 67 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh, using a cluster-randomized study design. Villages in Matlab will be randomly assigned to receive as part of routine immunization (RI) activities: (1) tOPV (6,10,14 weeks) plus IPV at 14 weeks; (2) bOPV (6,10, 14 weeks) plus IPV at 14 weeks; or (3) bOPV (6,10, 14 weeks) plus IPV at 14 and 18 weeks. Community and environmental surveillance for Sabin 2 virus will be conducted in each village over the 9 month period of these RI activities. In addition, a SI activity with mOPV2 will occur 9 months into the study to model an outbreak response. For the 6 months following the mOPV2 challenge, the impact of the different vaccination regimens on Sabin 2 transmission in the community will be determined, as well as individual level protection (as measured by fecal shedding from days 7-70 after mOPV2 challenge).
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Vaccine Virus Shedding | Biological: tOPV Biological: bOPV Biological: IPV | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 810 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Assessment of Community Transmission of Sabin Type 2 Virus in Bangladesh |
Study Start Date : | April 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2016 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: tOPV + IPV
tOPV (6, 10, and 14 weeks) + IPV (14 weeks) Randomized to receive tOPV plus IPV boost
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Biological: tOPV
administered per protocol Biological: IPV administered per protocol |
Experimental: bOPV + IPV
bOPV (6, 10, and 14 weeks) + IPV (14 weeks) Randomized to receive bOPV plus 1 IPV boost
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Biological: bOPV
administered per protocol Biological: IPV administered per protocol |
Experimental: bOPV + 2 IPV
bOPV (6, 10, and 14 weeks) + IPV (14 and 18 weeks) Randomized to receive bOPV plus 2 IPV boost
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Biological: bOPV
administered per protocol Biological: IPV administered per protocol |
- fecal shedding of type 2 Sabin virus by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) in 60% of infants that did not receive the mOPV2 challenge [ Time Frame: 10 weeks following mOPV2 challenge at month 9 of the study ]The transmission rate of type 2 Sabin virus in the 60% of the enrolled infants that did not receive the mOPV2 challenge between Arm A vs Arm B, Arm A vs Arm C, and Arm B and Arm C.
- fecal shedding of type 2 Sabin virus by RT-qPCR in 40% of infants that received the mOPV2 challenge [ Time Frame: 10 weeks following mOPV2 challenge at month 9 of the study ]Individual protection to type 2 poliovirus from different vaccination schedules

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 42 Days to 48 Days (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- A male or female infant at least 6 weeks of age (42-48 days) at the time of enrollment
- For the Special Immunization Activity (SIA) only, being age 5 years or younger at the time of the SIA
- An infant whose parent or guardian's primary residence, at the time of first Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) vaccinations, is a village selected to receive polio vaccine.
- Written informed consent obtained from the parent or guardian of the participant, prior to the participants's first study vaccination
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of prior polio vaccination (in the 810 infants enrolled at 6 weeks of age only)
- Hypersensitivity to the active substance or any component in the vaccine
- Subjects with uncorrected congenital malformation
- Infants with known or suspected immunodeficiency

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02477046
Bangladesh | |
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh | |
Matlab, Bangladesh |
Principal Investigator: | William A Petri, Jr., MD, PhD | University of Virginia | |
Principal Investigator: | Mami Taniuchi, PhD | University of Virginia | |
Principal Investigator: | K Zaman, MBBS, PhD | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh |

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Responsible Party: | Mami Taniuchi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research, University of Virginia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02477046 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
00000447 PR-15004 ( Other Identifier: ICDDRB ) |
First Posted: | June 22, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 26, 2016 |
Last Verified: | October 2016 |
Virus Diseases Infections |