Study to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals' Herpes Zoster Subunit (HZ/su) Vaccine in Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Blood Cancers

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of GSK Biologicals' vaccine GSK1437173A in subjects aged 18 years and older with blood cancers. The study will evaluate safety-related events and antibody and cellular immune responses to the study vaccine, as compared to placebo.

Timeline

Start

2013-03-01

Primary completion

2016-01-07

Completion

2017-01-06

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (non-inferiority test); GSK1437173A Group vs Placebo Group; p <0.0001; Adjusted Geometric Mean Concentration 29.75 (95% CI 21.09 to 41.96) NCT01767467 ↗

Publications

• Zorger AM, Hirsch C, Baumann M, Feldmann M, Brockelmann PJ, Mellinghoff S, Monsef I, Skoetz N, Kreuzberger N. Vaccines for preventing infections in adults with haematological malignancies. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 May 21;5(5):CD015530. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015530.pub2.
• Dagnew AF, Ilhan O, Lee WS, Woszczyk D, Kwak JY, Bowcock S, Sohn SK, Rodriguez Macias G, Chiou TJ, Quiel D, Aoun M, Navarro Matilla MB, de la Serna J, Milliken S, Murphy J, McNeil SA, Salaun B, Di Paolo E, Campora L, Lopez-Fauqued M, El Idrissi M, Schuind A, Heineman TC, Van den Steen P, Oostvogels L; Zoster-039 study group. Immunogenicity and safety of the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine in adults with haematological malignancies: a phase 3, randomised, clinical trial and post-hoc efficacy analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Sep;19(9):988-1000. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30163-X. Epub 2019 Aug 6.

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