Efficacy and Safety of a PIKA Rabies Vaccine Containing the PIKA Adjuvant With an Accelerated Regimen

Summary

Phase II clinical study for an investigational PIKA(Polyinosinic Polycytidylic Acid Based Adjuvant) rabies vaccine comprising Inactivated and Purified Rabies Virus (IPRV) and the PIKA adjuvant. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of the vaccine composition in healthy adult volunteers under the accelerated regimen. The secondary objective is to achieve higher seroconversion of the vaccine under accelerated regimen at Day 7.

Timeline

Start

2016-02

Primary completion

2016-10

Completion

2016-10

Publications

• Yu P, Liu Y, Tao X, He Y, Liu Q, Wang B, Zheng H, Zhang N, Bi S, Zhu W, Zhang Y. Potential option for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis: New vaccine with PIKA adjuvant against diverse Chinese rabies strains. Vaccine. 2023 Nov 2;41(46):6852-6862. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.001. Epub 2023 Oct 9.
• Kalimuddin S, Wijaya L, Chan YFZ, Wong AWL, Oh HML, Wang LF, Kassim JA, Zhao J, Shi Z, Low JG. A phase II randomized study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of the novel PIKA rabies vaccine containing the PIKA adjuvant using an accelerated regimen. Vaccine. 2017 Dec 18;35(51):7127-7132. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.097. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

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