Safety of a Herpes Simplex Candidate Vaccine (gD2t) With MPL and Its Efficacy to Prevent Genital Herpes Disease

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety of Herpes Simplex candidate vaccine (gD2t) with adjuvant and its efficacy to prevent genital herpes disease in HSV positive or negative consorts of subjects with genital herpes disease.

Timeline

Start

1996-03

Primary completion

1999-10

Completion

1999-10

Publications

• Background Stanberry LR, Spruance SL, Cunningham AL, Bernstein DI, Mindel A, Sacks S, Tyring S, Aoki FY, Slaoui M, Denis M, Vandepapeliere P, Dubin G; GlaxoSmithKline Herpes Vaccine Efficacy Study Group. Glycoprotein-D-adjuvant vaccine to prevent genital herpes. N Engl J Med. 2002 Nov 21;347(21):1652-61. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa011915.
• Background Tavares F, Cheuvart B, Heineman T, Arellano F, Dubin G. Meta-analysis of pregnancy outcomes in pooled randomized trials on a prophylactic adjuvanted glycoprotein D subunit herpes simplex virus vaccine. Vaccine. 2013 Mar 25;31(13):1759-64. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.01.002. Epub 2013 Jan 10.
• Background Verstraeten T, Descamps D, David MP, Zahaf T, Hardt K, Izurieta P, Dubin G, Breuer T. Analysis of adverse events of potential autoimmune aetiology in a large integrated safety database of AS04 adjuvanted vaccines. Vaccine. 2008 Dec 2;26(51):6630-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.049.

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