Single Dose Oral Cholera Vaccine Study in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Summary

Bangladesh remains endemic for cholera, which experiences biannual outbreaks with additional epidemics seen during times of floods, cyclones or any natural disaster. It affects all age groups with the majority of fatal cases occurring in children . Therefore, immunization against cholera remains an important public health component in the prevention and control of the disease .The current two-dose regimen of the internationally available oral cholera vaccines (OCV) create a logistical and programmatic challenge for use in national programs or during epidemics ,so it is important to determine if a single dose vaccine will be protective in regions where cholera is endemic. If the vaccine is found to be efficacious following a single dose, this will have profound implications for the use of the vaccine in areas with limited resources particularly in complex emergencies where a multiple dose regimen is difficult to deploy. A single-dose regimen of this vaccine will improve its 'field ability' and allow the vaccine to be used for outbreak control, especially in difficult settings where the risk of cholera is extremely high and provisions for clean water and sanitation are not available. With low OCV production rates, larger populations could be immunized against cholera if a single dose is found to be efficacious. A single-dose schedule could facilitate the inclusion of a global stockpile strategy. The study design is a two-arm individually randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. The primary outcome of the study is the proportion of persons receiving 1 dose of vaccine or placebo who are detected with diarrhea with faecal excretion of V. cholera O1 in the study treatment centres from 7 days to 6 months after dosage and whose identity is confirmed through home visit.

Timeline

Start

2012-12-09

Primary completion

2017-12-01

Completion

2017-12-31

Publications

• Results Kanungo S, Paisley A, Lopez AL, Bhattacharya M, Manna B, Kim DR, Han SH, Attridge S, Carbis R, Rao R, Holmgren J, Clemens JD, Sur D. Immune responses following one and two doses of the reformulated, bivalent, killed, whole-cell, oral cholera vaccine among adults and children in Kolkata, India: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Vaccine. 2009 Nov 16;27(49):6887-93. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.09.008. Epub 2009 Sep 15.
• Results Saha A, Chowdhury MI, Khanam F, Bhuiyan MS, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Khan IA, Clemens J, Ali M, Cravioto A, Qadri F. Safety and immunogenicity study of a killed bivalent (O1 and O139) whole-cell oral cholera vaccine Shanchol, in Bangladeshi adults and children as young as 1 year of age. Vaccine. 2011 Oct 26;29(46):8285-92. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.08.108. Epub 2011 Sep 9.
• Results Khan IA, Saha A, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Uddin MJ, Begum YA, Riaz BK, Islam S, Ali M, Luby SP, Clemens JD, Cravioto A, Qadri F. Coverage and cost of a large oral cholera vaccination program in a high-risk cholera endemic urban population in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Vaccine. 2013 Dec 9;31(51):6058-64. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.10.021. Epub 2013 Oct 22.
• Chowdhury F, Bhuiyan TR, Akter A, Bhuiyan MS, Khan AI, Tauheed I, Ahmed T, Ferdous J, Dash P, Basher SR, Hakim A, Lynch J, Kim JH, Excler JL, Kim DR, Clemens JD, Qadri F. Augmented immune responses to a booster dose of oral cholera vaccine in Bangladeshi children less than 5 years of age: Revaccination after an interval of over three years of primary vaccination with a single dose of vaccine. Vaccine. 2020 Feb 11;38(7):1753-1761. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.034. Epub 2019 Dec 24.
• Khan AI, Ali M, Lynch J, Kabir A, Excler JL, Khan MA, Islam MT, Akter A, Chowdhury F, Saha A, Khan IA, Desai SN, Kim DR, Saha NC, Singh AP, Clemens JD, Qadri F. Safety of a bivalent, killed, whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in pregnant women in Bangladesh: evidence from a randomized placebo-controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 May 15;19(1):422. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4006-3.
• Qadri F, Ali M, Lynch J, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Wierzba TF, Excler JL, Saha A, Islam MT, Begum YA, Bhuiyan TR, Khanam F, Chowdhury MI, Khan IA, Kabir A, Riaz BK, Akter A, Khan A, Asaduzzaman M, Kim DR, Siddik AU, Saha NC, Cravioto A, Singh AP, Clemens JD. Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine: results from 2 years of follow-up of a randomised trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;18(6):666-674. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30108-7. Epub 2018 Mar 14.
• Qadri F, Wierzba TF, Ali M, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Saha A, Khan IA, Asaduzzaman M, Akter A, Khan A, Begum YA, Bhuiyan TR, Khanam F, Chowdhury MI, Islam T, Chowdhury AI, Rahman A, Siddique SA, You YA, Kim DR, Siddik AU, Saha NC, Kabir A, Cravioto A, Desai SN, Singh AP, Clemens JD. Efficacy of a Single-Dose, Inactivated Oral Cholera Vaccine in Bangladesh. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5;374(18):1723-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1510330.

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