E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Prevention of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MnB) in adolescents and young adults, aged 10 through 25 years. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Prevent invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Body processes [G] - Immune system processes [G12] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 14.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10004049 |
E.1.2 | Term | Bacterial meningitis |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004862 |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
demonstrate immune response(based on geometric mean titer GMT)induced by MCV4 and Tdap vaccines given with bivalent rLP2086 vaccine(Group1)is noninferior to immune response induced by MCV4 and Tdap vaccines alone(Group2)when measured 1month after first vaccination(Visit2)in both groups. Immune response to all components of MCV4 and Tdap vaccines will be assessed.
demonstrate immune response (based on GMT)induced by bivalent rLP2086 vaccine,as measured by serum bactericidal assay using human complement(hSBA)performed with 2MnB strains, 1expressing LP2086 subfamily A and 1expressing LP2086 subfamily B proteins,given with MCV4 and Tdap vaccines(Group1)is noninferior to the immune response induced by bivalent rLP2086 vaccine alone(Group3),when measured 1month after the third vaccination(Visit6)with bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in both groups
evaluate safety profile of bivalent rLP2086 vaccine as measured by proportion of subjects reporting local reactions,systemic events,adverse events |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To describe the immune response as measured by serum bactericidal assay using human complement (hSBA) performed with 2 MnB strains, one expressing LP2086 subfamily A and one expressing LP2086 subfamily B proteins, measured 1 month after the third vaccination (Visit 6) with bivalent rLP2086 vaccine (Group 3).
To describe the immune response as measured by serum bactericidal assay using human complement (hSBA) performed with 2 MnB strains, one expressing LP2086 subfamily A and one expressing LP2086 subfamily B proteins, measured 1 month after the second vaccination (Visit 4) with bivalent rLP2086 vaccine (Group 3)
To describe the seroresponses to antigens contained in MCV4 and Tdap (Groups 1 and 2) when measured 1 month after vaccination with MCV4 and Tdap (Visit 2)
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document (ICD) indicating that the subject (and a legally authorized representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
2. Parent /legally authorized representative and subjects who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.
3. Male or female subject aged ≥10 and <13 years at the time of enrollment.
4. Available for the entire study period and can be reached by telephone.
5. Healthy subject as determined by medical history, physical examination, and judgment of the investigator.
6. Has received full series (5-dose series is preferred, 4-dose catch up series is allowed) of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whole cell or acellular) vaccines per country specific recommendations applicable at the time of receipt.
7. Male and female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception throughout the study (through the follow-up phone contact at month 12). A subject is of childbearing potential if, in the opinion of the investigator, he/she is biologically capable of having children and is sexually active. Refer to Section 4.5 for further information.
8. Negative urine pregnancy test for all female subjects.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Previous vaccination with any meningococcal serogroup B vaccine.
2. Vaccination with any diphtheria, tetanus or pertussis vaccine within 5 years of the first study vaccination.
3. Previous vaccination with any MCV4 vaccine.
4. A previous anaphylactic reaction to any vaccine or vaccine-related component.
5. Contraindication to vaccination with MCV4 and/or Tdap vaccine.
6. Subjects receiving any allergen immunotherapy with a non-licensed product or receiving allergen immunotherapy with a licensed product and are not on stable maintenance doses.
7. Bleeding diathesis or condition associated with prolonged bleeding time that would contraindicate intramuscular injection.
8. A known or suspected defect of the immune system that would prevent an immune response to the vaccine, such as subjects with congenital or acquired defects in B cell function, those receiving chronic systemic (oral, intravenous or intramuscular) corticosteroid therapy, or those receiving immunosuppressive therapy. Subjects with terminal complement deficiency may not be included.
9. History of culture-proven disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis or Neisseria gonorrhoea.
10. Significant neurological disorder or history of seizure (excluding simple febrile seizure).
11. Receipt of any blood products, including immunoglobulin within 6 months before the first study vaccination.
12. Current chronic use of systemic antibiotics.
13. Participation in other studies during study participation. Participation in purely observational studies is acceptable.
14. Received any investigational drugs, vaccines or devices within 28 days before administration of the first study vaccination.
15. Any neuroinflammatory or autoimmune condition, including, but not limited to, transverse myelitis, uveitis, optic neuritis, and multiple sclerosis.
16. Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study.
17. Subjects who are investigational site staff members or relatives of those site staff members, or who are Pfizer employees directly involved in the conduct of the trial or relatives of those Pfizer employees.
18. Subject is pregnant or breastfeeding. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary endpoints for the co-primary objectives are:
The primary endpoints for the first co-primary objective are the geometric mean titers (GMTs) or geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) for each of the antibodies reactive with each of the 10 antigenic components in the marketed vaccines at visit 2, among subjects in Groups 1 and 2
The primary endpoints for the second co-primary objective are the hSBA GMTs for each of the 2 primary strains (PMB80 [A22] and PMB2948 [B24]) at visit 6, among subjects in Groups 1 and 3.
Primary Endpoints : GMs
Marketed Vaccine Components
Meningococcal serogroup A : GMT
Meningococcal serogroup C : GMT
Meningococcal serogroup Y : GMT
Meningococcal serogroup W-135 : GMT
Diphtheria : GMC
Tetanus : GMC
Pertussis toxoid (PT) : GMC
Pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) : GMC
Pertussis pertactin (PRN) : GMC
Pertussis fimbriae types 2 and 3 (FIM) : GMC
rLP2086 Vaccine Strains
PMB80 (A22) : GMT
PMB2948 (B24) : GMT
All of the safety endpoints will be applied to each group.
• Proportion of subjects reporting local reactions (pain, redness and swelling) and by severity after each vaccination visit.
• Proportion of subjects reporting systemic events (fever, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fatigue, chills, muscle pain other than muscle pain at any injection site, and joint pain) and by severity after each vaccination visit.
• Proportion of subjects reporting the use of antipyretic medication after each vaccination visit.
• Proportion of subjects who develop at least one adverse event occurring during the following time periods:
• 30 days after each vaccination
• 30 days after any vaccination
• During the vaccination phase [from the first study vaccination (Visit 1) through 1 month after the last study vaccination (Visit 6)]
• Proportion of subjects with at least one SAE during the following time periods:
• 30 days after each vaccination
• 30 days after any vaccination
• During the vaccination phase [from the first study vaccination (Visit 1) through 1 month after the last study vaccination (Visit 6)]
• During the follow-up phase [from 1 month after the last study vaccination (Visit 6) through 6 months after the third study vaccination (Visit 7)]
• Throughout the study period [from the first study vaccination (Visit 1) through 6 months after the third study vaccination (Visit 7)].
• Proportion of subjects reporting at least one immediate adverse event after each vaccination.
• Proportion of subjects reporting at least one newly diagnosed major illness, during the follow-up phase [from 1 month after the last study vaccination (Visit 6) through 6 months after the third study vaccination (Visit 7)].
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
• One month post vaccination 1 and last vaccination for first and secondary co-primary immunogenicity endpoint
Safety Endpoints
Local Reactions, Systemic Events, Antipyretic Use
• 7days after each vaccination
AE’s
• 30 days after each/any vaccination
• During vaccination [from first through 1 month after last study vaccination ]
SAE’s
• 30 days after each/any vaccination
• During vaccination [from first through 1 month after last study vaccination ]
• During the follow-up [from 1 month after last through 6 months after third study vaccination ]
• Throughout study [from first through 6 months after third study vaccination
Immediate AE’s
• 30min after each vaccination
Newly Diagnosed Major Illness
• 1 month after last through 6 months after third study vaccination |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
• The seroresponse rate at visit 2 for each of the 10 marketed vaccine antigens in Group 1 and Group 2.
• For Tdap vaccine, the booster response is used, which is defined as at least 4-fold rise in antibody concentration if the pre-vaccination concentration is ≤ cutoff value and at least 2-fold rise in antibody concentration if the pre-vaccination concentration is > cutoff value. The cutoff values are described as below:
Table 1. Cutoff for Booster Response
Antigens : Cutoff
Tdap
Diphtheria : 0.1 IU/mL
Tetanus : 0.1 IU/mL
Pertussis toxoid (PT) : 0.9 EU/mL
Pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) : 2.9 EU/mL
Pertussis pertactin (PRN) : 3.0 EU/mL
Pertussis fimbriae types 2 and 3 (FIM) : 10.6 EU/mL
• For MCV4, the seroconversion rate is used, which is defined as ≥4-fold rise on serum bactericidal assay using rabbit complement (rSBA) titers
• Proportion of subjects (Groups 1 and 2) who achieve an antibody level ≥1.0 IU/mL to tetanus and proportion of subjects (Groups 1 and 2) who achieve an antibody level ≥1.0 IU/mL to diphtheria toxoid
• hSBA titers as measured by GMTs for each of the 2 primary MnB test strains (PMB80 [A22] and PMB2948 [B24]) at each applicable blood sampling time point
• Proportion of subjects with hSBA titers ≥LLOQ, ≥1:4, ≥1:8, ≥1:16 , ≥1:32, ≥1:64, ≥1:128 at each blood draw visit, for each of the 2 primary strains (PMB80 [A22] and PMB2948 [B24])
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
• One month after vaccination 1.
• One month after vaccination 1.
• One month after vaccination 1.
• One month after first, second, and third vaccination.
• One month after first, second, and third vaccination
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Yes |
E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description |
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E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
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E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 3 |
E.8.3 |
Will this trial be conducted at a single site globally?
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E.8.4 | Will this trial be conducted at multiple sites globally? | Yes |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.3 | Specify the countries outside of the EEA in which trial sites are planned |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The end of the clinical phase of the study will be the telephone contact to the last subject. At this time, sites will be closed out, the institutional review board/independent ethics committee (IRB/IEC) will be informed, and no further Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) reports will be sent. For other purposes, the end of the study will be last serology sample assayed. |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 2 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |