NCT02230163

Brief Summary

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been detected in humans in the Caribbean area for the first time in November 2013 (St-Martin Island). By February 2014, the virus had spread to several other Caribbean islands as well as French Guyana, South America. During the outbreak of Chikungunya that affected the Reunion island in 2005/2006, it was observed that the neonatal forms of infections acquired by mother to child transmission during childbirth, were not the exception and were critical. Mother-to-child transmission occurs when the mother is viremic at the time of delivery. The mean duration of viremia after the onset of first clinical symptoms is six days. The rate of mother-to-child transmission is 50%. All neonates contaminated during labor and delivery present with a symptomatic disease and the rate of severe forms is about 50%, primarily due to damage of the central nervous system, often leaving permanent damage (seizures, cerebral palsy).Due to the severity of Chikungunya in neonates and the burden of cerebral palsy, it is imperative to identify a safe and effective preventive and/or curative intervention. Human polyvalent immunoglobulins purified from plasma samples obtained from Chikungunya-convalescent donors exhibit a potent neutralizing activity in vitro. They were evaluated for their preventive and curative effects in a neonatal mouse model of CHIKV infection. After administration of a lethal dose of CHIKV, all neonatal mice that had received immunoglobulins survived while all control animals that had received non hyperimmune immunoglobulins died. In humans, specific human immunoglobulins proved to be effective and safe in neonates born to hepatitis B viremic mothers. Hypothesis : The investigators hypothesize that the administration of anti-CHIKV hyperimmune human intravenous immunoglobulins to neonates exposed to a high risk of severe form of Chikungunya infection is safe enough to justify its evaluation in an open non randomized trial aimed to confirm the safety and preliminary assess the efficacy of this intervention.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
40

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_1

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2014

Geographic Reach
1 country

3 active sites

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 28, 2014

Completed
4 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2014

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 3, 2014

Completed
1.1 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

October 1, 2015

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 1, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

November 3, 2014

Status Verified

August 1, 2014

Enrollment Period

1.1 years

First QC Date

August 28, 2014

Last Update Submit

October 31, 2014

Conditions

Keywords

Chikungunya virusHuman anti-CHIKV hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulinsNeonates

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Safety

    The primary endpoint will measure tolerability and safety of anti-CHIKV hyperimmune IVIG. It will be evaluated in all enrolled neonates and will be based on the occurrence of the following events: * patent ductus arteriosus, * ulceronecrotizing enterocolitis, * pulmonary hemorrhage, * tachycardia, hypotension, decreased O2 saturation during anti-CHIKV IVIG infusion, * hemolytic anemia, * fluid overload, as indicated by hyponatremia and/or ascites.

    30 days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Efficacy

    30 days

Interventions

Anti-CHIKV immunoglobulins (CHIKVIg) were purified after the Tégéline manufacturing process from a pool of 583 plasma samples from donors in the convalescent phase of CHIKV infections. Anti-CHIKV hyper immune intravenous immunoglobulin (50 mg/ml) is prepared as a powder to be reconstituted. The therapeutic regimen will consist of 2 doses of 0.5 g/kg 12 hours apart.

Eligibility Criteria

AgeUp to 72 Hours
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Clinical symptoms consistent with CHIKV infection (acute-onset high-grade fever combined with bilateral polyarthralgia and no other cause than Chikungunya) during the pre-partum period or within the 48 hours post-partum,
  • Written informed consent obtained,
  • Negative Dengue fever rapid diagnostic test,
  • Blood sampled for CHIKV RT-PCR, processed in emergency, to be used to define 3 diagnosis categories at neonate's birth:
  • positive: definite maternal CHIKV infection,
  • pending: probable maternal CHIKV infection,
  • negative: maternal CHIKV infection excluded.

You may not qualify if:

  • Written informed consent signed by both neonate's parents (or legal guardians).
  • Delivery more than 6 days after the onset of first symptoms of CHIKV infection,
  • Maternal CHIKV infection excluded,
  • Chronic active HBV infection (positive HBs Ag),
  • HIV infection.
  • Preterm neonate below 28 weeks of gestational age.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

Centre Hospitalier de la Basse-Terre

Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 97109, France

NOT YET RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne "Andrée ROSEMON"

Cayenne, Guyane, 97306, France

NOT YET RECRUITING

CHU de Martinique

Fort-de-France, Martinique, 97261, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chikungunya Fever

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alphavirus InfectionsArbovirus InfectionsVector Borne DiseasesInfectionsMosquito-Borne DiseasesVirus DiseasesTogaviridae InfectionsRNA Virus Infections

Study Officials

  • Bruno HOEN, Professor

    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Bruno HOEN, Professor

CONTACT

Marc LECUIT, Professor

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 1
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 28, 2014

First Posted

September 3, 2014

Study Start

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion

October 1, 2015

Study Completion

April 1, 2016

Last Updated

November 3, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-08

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