Clinical Trial: Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) Attenuated Live-Virus Vaccine

Study Status: Withdrawn
Recruit Status: Withdrawn
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) Attenuated Live-Virus Vaccine VEE IA/B V3526 in VEE-Naive Healthy Volunteers After Sing

Brief Summary: This study is being done to determine the safety and tolerability of a new investigational vaccine referred to as VEE IA/B V3526, which may induce production of specific antibodies in vaccinated humans, and may protect them against infection with the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) Virus.

Detailed Summary:

Safety Objectives: 1) To determine preliminary safety, reactogenicity, and tolerability of VEE IA/B V3526 in VEE-naïve healthy volunteers after single dose subcutaneous (SC) administration; 2) To evaluate virological safety by assessing serum viremia and viral shedding in nose and throat.

Immunogenicity Objectives: 1) To assess the humoral immune response (plaque reduction neutralizing antibody titer (PRNT)) against VEE subtype IA/B after SC administration of different dose-levels of the VEE IA/B V3526 vaccine candidate; 2) To assess duration of immune response over six months after the VEE IA/B V3526 vaccination based on PRNT; and 3) To identify two suitable VEE IA/B V3526 vaccine dose-levels for future administration in dose optimization and expanded safety studies.

Exploratory Objectives: 1) To collect and store serum for future development of immunogenicity assays (e.g., ELISA) against multiple VEE subtypes IA/B, IE, IIIA, and other possible subtypes; 2) To collect and store serum for future use in the development of a passive transfer challenge model; 3) Collect VEE IA/B V3526 positive serum (Positive Control Serum) at the Day 21 visit.


Sponsor: DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, A CSC Company

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Incidence and character of adverse events considered related to the VEE IA/B V3526 vaccine
  • Level and duration of serum viremia and viral shedding in nose and/or throat


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Store samples collected for future use in the development of immunogenicity assays against multiple VEE subtypes IA/B, IE, IIIA, and other possible subtypes
  • Store samples collected for the future development of the passive transfer challenge model
  • Store VEE IA/B V3526 Positive Control Serum to be used in future studies


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, A CSC Company

Dates:
Date Received: April 27, 2005
Date Started: July 2005
Date Completion: December 2006
Last Updated: September 17, 2015
Last Verified: September 2015