A Clinical Trial for Inactivated Vaccine (Vero Cell) Against EV71 in Chinese Children and Infants

Summary

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common viral illness in infants and children caused by viruses that belong to the enterovirus genus of the picornavirus family. Although most HFMD cases do not result in serious complications, outbreaks of HFMD caused by enterovirus 71 (EV71) can present with a high rate of neurological complications, including meningoencephalitis, pulmonary complications, and can even cause infant death. HFMD caused by EV71 has become a major emerging infectious disease in Asia and the highly pathogenic potential of EV71 clearly requires the attention of world medical community. Recently, an inactivated vaccine(vero cell) against EV71 has been licensed by SFDA in China, this clinical trial phase Ib is armed to evaluate safety in Chinese healthy children (from 13 to 60 months old) and infants (from 6 to 12 months old) and also provide the evidences for the EV71 vaccine immunogenicity and the probable immunizing dose.

Timeline

Start

2011-03

Primary completion

2011-06

Completion

2011-06

Publications

• Mao Q, Cheng T, Zhu F, Li J, Wang Y, Li Y, Gao F, Yang L, Yao X, Shao J, Xia N, Liang Z, Wang J. The cross-neutralizing activity of enterovirus 71 subgenotype c4 vaccines in healthy chinese infants and children. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 19;8(11):e79599. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079599. eCollection 2013.

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