Study of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Given at an Earlier Schedule With Shorter Intervals

Completed 300 enrolled Pan American Health Organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · collab Institute Pedro Kouri, Ministry of Public Health (Cuba) · collab World Health Organization · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindPrevention

Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluated the effectiveness of inactivated poliovirus vaccine at a vaccine schedule that is commonly used in developing countries. The effectiveness of inactivated poliovaccine given at this schedule is important to national policy makers as they consider vaccination policies after the use of oral polio vaccine is discontinued.

Timeline

Start: 2001-08
Primary completion: —
Completion: 2003-01

Publications

Cuba IPV Study Collaborative Group. Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Cuba. N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 12;356(15):1536-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa054960.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Inactivated Polio Vaccine	Vaccine	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.