Polio End-game Strategies - Poliovirus Type 2 Challenge Study

Aga Khan University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Poliomyelitis

Treatments: Biological: tOPV; Biological: bOPV and IPV; Biological: bOPV; Biological: bOPV and IPV and IPV2; Biological: IPV

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02189811

PEGS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Poliomyelitis eradication has entered its last phase with only three remaining endemic countries, of which Pakistan is one. There hasn't been a case of wild type poliovirus 2 since 1999, and no case of wild type poliovirus 3 since November 2012. However, paralytic polio resulting from circulating strains of Sabin poliovirus type 2 have become a challenge, and reported from several areas with low population immunity to polio, including in Pakistan. This study will provide data to National Immunization Authorities in order to make strategic decisions about their polio vaccination schedules in anticipation of the global tOPV to bOPV switch and will provide data on the proposed responses to type 2 poliovirus outbreaks.

Full description

The "Polio Endgame Strategy" consists of set of tasks and activities that will be implemented in the next five years. It includes gradual withdrawal of the widely used oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV) containing live poliovirus, and will eventually lead to complete eradication and containment of all wild, vaccine-related (VDPV) and Sabin polioviruses. The withdrawal of the type 2 components of trivalent OPV (tOPV) is the key component in the elimination of cVDPVs. This entails strengthening of the immunization system by introducing at least one dose of affordable IPV into the routine immunization schedule globally and then replacing the trivalent OPV with bivalent OPV in all OPV-using countries - setting the stage for eventually ending bOPV use in 2019-2020. Most of the developing countries have an OPV schedule however many developed and European countries follow the IPV only schedule. The current recommendations for polio eradication and endgame is IPV vaccine to be administered together with third OPV dose, which in most countries occurs at 14 weeks of age.

This study will assess the protection to type 2 poliovirus achieved after completion of the recommended schedule with bOPV and IPV; it will compare immunogenicity of bOPV + IPV schedule with tOPV only schedule; and will quantify the cross-reactivity of bOPV on inducing type 2 immunological reaction. In addition, it will also provide first data on the proposed outbreak response to type 2 (either with mOPV 2 or with a combination of mOPV 2 and IPV 2).

This study will provide data to National Immunization Authorities in order to make strategic decisions about their polio vaccination schedules in anticipation of the global tOPV to bOPV switch and will provide data on the proposed responses to type 2 poliovirus outbreaks.

Enrollment: 900 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 1 day old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newborn of either gender born healthy with birth weight 2.0 kg or more, with immediate cry, at the study sites (home or health facility births)
• Not planning to travel away during entire the study period (birth-154 days; birth 22 weeks).
• Parents resident of the study area for last 3 month at the time of enrolment
• Parent/guardian provides informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Newborns found acutely ill at the time of enrolment and requiring emergent medical care/hospitalization, birth weight below 2.0 kg, cry >2 minutes after birth, or family is planning to be absent during the birth - 154 days study period
• Refusal of blood testing and cord blood testing
• Receipt of OPV after birth before eligibility screen
• Newborns with certain medical conditions i.e., syndromic infants, neonate with petechial or purpura (contraindication of intramuscular injections)
• A diagnosis or suspicion of immunodeficiency disorder (either in the participant or in a member of the immediate family - e.g. several early infant deaths, household member on chemotherapy) will render the newborn ineligible for the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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900 participants in 5 patient groups

IPV

Experimental group

Description:

IPV at birth, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14 weeks, followed by tOPV at 18 and 22 weeks

Treatment:

Biological: IPV

bOPV

Experimental group

Description:

bOPV at birth, 6, 10, and 14 weeks. followed by tOPV at 18 and 22 weeks of age

Treatment:

Biological: bOPV

bOPV and IPV

Experimental group

Description:

bOPV at birth, 6, 10 weeks, and IPV+bOPV at 14 weeks, and tOPV at 18 and 22 weeks of age

Treatment:

Biological: bOPV and IPV

bOPV and IPV and IPV2

Experimental group

Description:

bOPV at birth, 6, 10 weeks and bOPV+IPV at 14 weeks and tOPV+IPV2 at 18 weeks and tOPV alone at 22 weeks of age

Treatment:

Biological: bOPV and IPV and IPV2

tOPV

Active Comparator group

Description:

tOPV at birth, 6, 10, 14, 18 and 22 weeks of age

Treatment:

Biological: tOPV