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Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of a Polyvalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (V116) in Japanese Adults (V116-002)

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Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 1

Conditions

Pneumococcal Infection

Treatments

Biological: PNEUMOVAX™23
Biological: V116

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT04665050
jRCT2071200094 (Registry Identifier)
pPCV-002 (Other Identifier)
V116-002 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a polyvalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (V116) with that of PNEUMOVAX™23 in healthy Japanese adults.

Enrollment

102 patients

Sex

All

Ages

20+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • is a healthy Japanese male or female ≥20 years of age at time of randomization
  • male participants must agree to be abstinent or use contraception during the intervention period and for ≥30 days after the last dose of study intervention
  • female participants must not be pregnant or breastfeeding, and is either:
  • not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) or
  • a WOCBP who agrees to remain abstinent or use contraception during the intervention period and for ≥30 days after the last dose of study intervention

Exclusion criteria

  • has a history of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) within 3 years of Day 1
  • has a known hypersensitivity to any vaccine components
  • has impaired immunological function
  • has a coagulation disorder
  • had a recent febrile illness (axillary temperature ≥37.5°C or equivalent) within 72 hours before Day 1
  • has a known malignancy that is progressing/requiring treatment
  • has received, or is expected to receive, a pneumococcal vaccine outside the study protocol
  • has received systemic corticosteroids (prednisone equivalent of ≥20 mg/day) for ≥14 consecutive days and has not completed the regimen for ≥30 days prior to Day 1
  • is receiving immunosuppressive therapy
  • has received any non-live vaccine from 14 days prior to Day 1 other than inactivated influenza vaccine
  • has received any live vaccine from 30 days prior to Day 1
  • has received a blood transfusion or blood products
  • has participated in another clinical trial within 2 months of this study
  • has clinically relevant drug or alcohol abuse
  • has any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, precludes participation in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

102 participants in 2 patient groups

V116
Experimental group
Description:
Participants receive a single 1.0 mL intramuscular (IM) injection of V116 on Day 1.
Treatment:
Biological: V116
PNEUMOVAX™23
Active Comparator group
Description:
Participants receive a single 0.5 mL IM injection of PNEUMOVAX™23 on Day 1.
Treatment:
Biological: PNEUMOVAX™23

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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