HerpeVac Trial for Young Women

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to see if a herpes vaccine may prevent genital herpes disease in women who are not infected. The study will enroll approximately 7550 healthy women. These women will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 possible study groups: herpes vaccine (experimental group) or hepatitis A vaccine (control group). Participants will receive their assigned vaccine at 0, 1, and 6 months. Participants will have 9 scheduled study visits and additional unscheduled visits for an evaluation of herpes if it is suspected. Participants will be involved in study related procedures for up to 20 months.

Timeline

Start

2003-01-14

Primary completion

2009-08-22

Completion

2009-08-22

Publications

• Belshe RB, Blevins TP, Yu Y, Nethington AE, Bellamy A, Bryant C, Morrison LA. Neutralizing Antibody Kinetics and Immune Protection Against Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Genital Disease in Vaccinated Women. J Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 14;227(4):522-527. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac067.
• Belshe RB, Heineman TC, Bernstein DI, Bellamy AR, Ewell M, van der Most R, Deal CD. Correlate of immune protection against HSV-1 genital disease in vaccinated women. J Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;209(6):828-36. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit651. Epub 2013 Nov 27.
• Belshe RB, Leone PA, Bernstein DI, Wald A, Levin MJ, Stapleton JT, Gorfinkel I, Morrow RL, Ewell MG, Stokes-Riner A, Dubin G, Heineman TC, Schulte JM, Deal CD; Herpevac Trial for Women. Efficacy results of a trial of a herpes simplex vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jan 5;366(1):34-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1103151.

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