Study of Immunogenicity & Safety of 2 Different Formulations of Human Rotavirus (HRV) Vaccine for the Prophylaxis of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis

Summary

Rotavirus (RV) is the most important cause of acute gastroenteritis (GE) requiring the hospitalization of infants and young children in developed and developing countries and can be a frequent cause of death in children less than 5 years of age (estimated nearly 500,000 annual deaths worldwide). GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals has developed a vaccine against human rotavirus gastroenteritis. A new formulation of the vaccine, with an alternative buffer, was developed. This study will be conducted to evaluate the new formulation compared to the existing formulation of the HRV vaccine.

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Start

2005-08

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-11

Publications

• Background Debrus S et al. Study of the viral activity of RIX4414 - human rotavirus vaccine. Abstract presented at the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Chicago, USA, 17-20 September 2007.
• Background Debrus S et al. Viral shedding (methodology). Abstract presented at the 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Chicago, USA, 17-20 September 2007.
• Background Vesikari T et al. Immunogenicity of liquid formulation of the oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix™). Abstract presented at the 12th Annual Congress of Sociedad Latinoamericana de Infectología Pediátrica (SLIPE). San Jose, Costa Rica 8-11 May 2007.
• Vesikari T, Karvonen A, Bouckenooghe A, Suryakiran PV, Smolenov I, Han HH. Immunogenicity, reactogenicity and safety of the human rotavirus vaccine RIX4414 oral suspension (liquid formulation) in Finnish infants. Vaccine. 2011 Mar 3;29(11):2079-84. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.01.004. Epub 2011 Jan 14.

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