Immunogenicity and Safety of ChimeriVax™ Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine in Thai Toddlers and Children
Japanese Encephalitis, Hepatitis A
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Japanese Encephalitis focused on measuring Japanese encephalitis (JE), Hepatitis A, Inactivated Mouse-Brain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Provision of consent form signed by at least one parent or another legally acceptable representative, and by at least one independent witness.
- Completion of vaccinations according to the national immunization schedule
- Subject and parent/legally acceptable representative able to attend all scheduled visits and comply with all trial procedures.
- Previous receipt of two doses of a mouse-brain-derived JE vaccine at 12 to 15 months of age according to the national immunization schedule and aged 2 to 5 years on the day of inclusion.
- Aged 12 to 24 months on the day of inclusion and have not received any JE vaccine.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation in another clinical trial investigating a vaccine, drug, medical device, or a medical procedure in the 4 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination.
- Known or suspected congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, immunosuppressive therapy such as anti-cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the preceding 6 months, or long-term systemic corticosteroids therapy.
- Known systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components or history of a life-threatening reaction to the trial vaccine or to a vaccine containing any of the same substances.
- Chronic illness, at a stage that could interfere with trial conduct or completion, in the opinion of the Investigator.
- Receipt of blood or blood-derived products in the past 3 months, that might interfere with the assessment of the immune response.
- Receipt of hepatitis A vaccine.
- History of flavivirus infection (confirmed either clinically, serologically or microbiologically).
- Administration of any anti-viral within 2 months preceding the screening visit.
- History of central nervous system disorder or disease.
- Personal or family history of thymic pathology (thymoma), thymectomy, or myasthenia.
- Planned participation in another clinical trial during the present trial period.
- Receipt of any vaccine in the 4 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination.
- Planned receipt of any vaccine in the 4 weeks following any trial vaccination.
- Personal human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B or hepatitis C seropositivity in the blood sample taken at screening.
- Thrombocytopenia, bleeding disorder or anticoagulants in the 3 weeks preceding inclusion contraindicating IM vaccination.
- Previous vaccination against flavivirus disease at any time before the trial other than a mouse-brain-derived JE vaccine given in a two-dose regimen at 12 to 15 months of age in accordance with the national immunization schedule.
- Febrile illness or any acute illness/infection on the day of vaccination, according to investigator judgment
- History of seizures.
- Previous vaccination against flavivirus disease.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
JE-CV/Hepatitis A (Group 1)
Hepatitis A/JE-CV (Group 2)
JE-CV/Hepatitis A (Group 3)
Hepatitis A/JE-CV (Group 4)
Participants aged 2 to 5 years at enrollment; to receive Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Day 0) and Hepatitis A vaccine (Day 28)
Participants aged 2 to 5 years at enrollment; to receive Hepatitis A vaccine (Day 0) and Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Day 28)
Participants aged 12 to 24 months at enrollment; to receive Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Day 0) and Hepatitis A vaccine (Day 28)
Participants aged 12 to 24 months at enrollment; to receive Hepatitis A vaccine (Day 0) and Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Day 28)