Safety and Immunogenicity of VAX125 Influenza Vaccine in Community-living Adults >= 65 Years of Age

NCT00966238 | Completed Phase 2 Results

• 1 other identifier: VAX125-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

A multi-center, open-label, escalating dose-ranging study to assess the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of four different VAX125 vaccine doses; 0.5 µg, 1.0 µg, 2.0 µg, or 3.0 µg, delivered i.m. as a single dose vaccination on Day 0. Hypothesis: VAX125 is safe and immunogenic at one or more of the doses tested.

Conditions

Influenza

Keywords

influenza; vaccine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants With Local and Systemic Immediate Reactogenicity Complaints

  within 4 hours following vaccination

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Geometric Mean Hemagglutinin Inhibition (HAI) Antibody Titers

  28 days after vaccination

Study Arms (1)

VAX125

EXPERIMENTAL

HA1 influenza vaccine

Biological: VAX125

Interventions

VAX125 BIOLOGICAL

STF2.HA1(SI) (VAX125), which is a recombinant fusion protein that consists of Salmonella typhimurium flagellin type 2 (STF2), a Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) ligand, fused at its C-terminus to the globular head domain of the hemagglutinin (HA) antigen of influenza A HA1 Solomon Islands (SI).

VAX125

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult men or women aged 65 or older; female subjects must be post menopausal.
• Live in the community, independently or in an assisted living environment
• Based on the results of the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ), be rated as normal or have no greater than mild severity dementia.
• As defined by the Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale (CSHA-CFS), fitness ranging from very fit to mildly frail; Classes 1 to 5 of 7.
• Healthy volunteers, as determined by medical history, physical examination (PE), vital signs, and clinical safety laboratory examinations.
• Able to comprehend the study requirements, agree to its provisions, have the ability to adhere to the provisions of the study, and give written informed consent prior to study entry.
• Willing to receive the unlicensed (VAX125) vaccine given as an i.m. injection.
• Willing to provide multiple blood specimens collected by venipuncture.

You may not qualify if:

• Persons who in the opinion of the Investigator, have a psychiatric illness, a chronic illness (e.g., diabetes or liver or kidney disease), or who are taking a concomitant therapy or have any other condition that would interfere with the subject's participation in the study or interpretation of the study results.
• Persons having cancer or have received treatment for cancer within three years (persons with a history of cancer who are disease-free without treatment for three years or more are eligible.
• Persons with impaired immune responsiveness (of any cause), including diabetes mellitus.
• Persons presently receiving or having a recent history of receiving (within the past six months) any medication or therapeutic modality that affects the immune system such as allergy shots, immune globulin, interferon, immunomodulators, radiation therapy, cytotoxic drugs or drugs known to be frequently associated with significant major organ toxicity, or systemic corticosteroids (oral or injectable). Inhaled and topical corticosteroids are allowed.
• Persons who have had a prior serious reaction to influenza vaccine.
• Persons with a history of anaphylactic-type reaction to injected vaccines.
• Persons with a history of drug or chemical abuse in the year prior to screening.
• Persons currently participating in another research study involving study medications (drugs or vaccines) or who have participated within 30 days of vaccination.
• Persons who have received blood or blood products within eight weeks prior to vaccination or are planning to receive blood or blood products during the study period.
• Persons who have donated blood or blood products within eight weeks prior to vaccination or plan to donate at any time during the study.
• Persons with acute disease within 72 hours prior to vaccination defined as the presence of a moderate or severe illness as determined by the Investigator through medical history and physical examination. Vaccination can be delayed until the subject has recovered.
• Persons with significant cardiovascular disease e.g., New York Heart Associate (NYHA) Class 3 or 4 congestive heart failure; myocardial infarction within the past six months; unstable angina, coronary angioplasty within the past six months; uncontrolled ventricular cardiac arrhythmias; resting heart rate (HR) \>100 beats per minute (bpm)
• Persons with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or history of other lung disease.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• VaxInnate Corporation: lead

Study Sites (3)

JCCT

Lanexa, Kansas, 66219, United States

Location

Univ of Rochester

Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

Location

Coastal Carolina Research Center

Charleston, South Carolina, 29464, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Taylor DN, Treanor JJ, Strout C, Johnson C, Fitzgerald T, Kavita U, Ozer K, Tussey L, Shaw A. Induction of a potent immune response in the elderly using the TLR-5 agonist, flagellin, with a recombinant hemagglutinin influenza-flagellin fusion vaccine (VAX125, STF2.HA1 SI). Vaccine. 2011 Jul 12;29(31):4897-902. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.001. Epub 2011 May 17.

  PMID: 21596084 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Influenza, Human

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. David N. Taylor
• Organization: VaxInnate

david.taylor@vaxinnate.com

609-860-2260

Study Officials

• David Taylor, MD

  VaxInnate Corporation

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restriction Type: LTE60
• Restrictive Agreement: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2009
• First Posted: August 26, 2009
• Study Start: September 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2010
• Study Completion: March 1, 2011
• Last Updated: October 2, 2014
• Results First Posted: July 14, 2011

Record last verified: 2014-09

Locations

US (3)