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    Summary
    EudraCT Number:2017-002236-17
    Sponsor's Protocol Code Number:VACIRISS
    National Competent Authority:UK - MHRA
    Clinical Trial Type:EEA CTA
    Trial Status:GB - no longer in EU/EEA
    Date on which this record was first entered in the EudraCT database:2018-01-24
    Trial results
    Index
    A. PROTOCOL INFORMATION
    B. SPONSOR INFORMATION
    C. APPLICANT IDENTIFICATION
    D. IMP IDENTIFICATION
    D.8 INFORMATION ON PLACEBO
    E. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE TRIAL
    F. POPULATION OF TRIAL SUBJECTS
    G. INVESTIGATOR NETWORKS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL
    N. REVIEW BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OR ETHICS COMMITTEE IN THE COUNTRY CONCERNED
    P. END OF TRIAL
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    A. Protocol Information
    A.1Member State ConcernedUK - MHRA
    A.2EudraCT number2017-002236-17
    A.3Full title of the trial
    Pneumococcal Vaccination to Accelerate Immune Recovery in Sepsis Survivors: randomized placebo-controlled trial
    A.3.1Title of the trial for lay people, in easily understood, i.e. non-technical, language
    Vaccination for immune recovery following sepsis
    A.3.2Name or abbreviated title of the trial where available
    The VACIRISS Trial
    A.4.1Sponsor's protocol code numberVACIRISS
    A.7Trial is part of a Paediatric Investigation Plan No
    A.8EMA Decision number of Paediatric Investigation Plan
    B. Sponsor Information
    B.Sponsor: 1
    B.1.1Name of SponsorGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
    B.1.3.4CountryUnited Kingdom
    B.3.1 and B.3.2Status of the sponsorNon-Commercial
    B.4 Source(s) of Monetary or Material Support for the clinical trial:
    B.4.1Name of organisation providing supportNIHR Clinician Scientist Award
    B.4.2CountryUnited Kingdom
    B.5 Contact point designated by the sponsor for further information on the trial
    B.5.1Name of organisationGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
    B.5.2Functional name of contact pointDr Manu Shankar-Hari
    B.5.3 Address:
    B.5.3.1Street AddressICU Offices, St Thomas’ Hospital
    B.5.3.2Town/ cityLondon
    B.5.3.3Post codeSE1 7EH
    B.5.3.4CountryUnited Kingdom
    B.5.4Telephone number440207188 3044
    B.5.5Fax number440207188 2284
    B.5.6E-mailmanu.shankar-hari@gstt.nhs.uk
    D. IMP Identification
    D.IMP: 1
    D.1.2 and D.1.3IMP RoleTest
    D.2 Status of the IMP to be used in the clinical trial
    D.2.1IMP to be used in the trial has a marketing authorisation Yes
    D.2.1.1.1Trade name Prevenar 13
    D.2.1.1.2Name of the Marketing Authorisation holderPfizer Limited
    D.2.1.2Country which granted the Marketing AuthorisationUnited Kingdom
    D.2.5The IMP has been designated in this indication as an orphan drug in the Community No
    D.2.5.1Orphan drug designation number
    D.3 Description of the IMP
    D.3.1Product namePrevenar 13
    D.3.4Pharmaceutical form Solution for injection
    D.3.4.1Specific paediatric formulation No
    D.3.7Routes of administration for this IMPIntramuscular use
    D.3.8 to D.3.10 IMP Identification Details (Active Substances)
    D.3.8INN - Proposed INNPNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE CONJUGATE VACCINE (13-VALENT, ADSORBED)
    D.3.9.3Other descriptive namePCV13
    D.3.9.4EV Substance CodeSUB181170
    D.3.10 Strength
    D.3.10.1Concentration unit ml millilitre(s)
    D.3.10.2Concentration typeequal
    D.3.10.3Concentration number0.5
    D.3.11 The IMP contains an:
    D.3.11.1Active substance of chemical origin No
    D.3.11.2Active substance of biological/ biotechnological origin (other than Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) Yes
    The IMP is a:
    D.3.11.3Advanced Therapy IMP (ATIMP) No
    D.3.11.3.1Somatic cell therapy medicinal product No
    D.3.11.3.2Gene therapy medical product No
    D.3.11.3.3Tissue Engineered Product No
    D.3.11.3.4Combination ATIMP (i.e. one involving a medical device) No
    D.3.11.3.5Committee on Advanced therapies (CAT) has issued a classification for this product No
    D.3.11.4Combination product that includes a device, but does not involve an Advanced Therapy No
    D.3.11.5Radiopharmaceutical medicinal product No
    D.3.11.6Immunological medicinal product (such as vaccine, allergen, immune serum) Yes
    D.3.11.7Plasma derived medicinal product No
    D.3.11.8Extractive medicinal product No
    D.3.11.9Recombinant medicinal product No
    D.3.11.10Medicinal product containing genetically modified organisms No
    D.3.11.11Herbal medicinal product No
    D.3.11.12Homeopathic medicinal product No
    D.3.11.13Another type of medicinal product No
    D.8 Information on Placebo
    D.8 Placebo: 1
    D.8.1Is a Placebo used in this Trial?Yes
    D.8.3Pharmaceutical form of the placeboInjection
    D.8.4Route of administration of the placeboIntramuscular use
    E. General Information on the Trial
    E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation
    E.1.1Medical condition(s) being investigated
    Sepsis
    E.1.1.1Medical condition in easily understood language
    Sepsis
    E.1.1.2Therapeutic area Body processes [G] - Immune system processes [G12]
    MedDRA Classification
    E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation
    E.1.2Version 20.0
    E.1.2Level PT
    E.1.2Classification code 10040047
    E.1.2Term Sepsis
    E.1.2System Organ Class 10021881 - Infections and infestations
    E.1.3Condition being studied is a rare disease No
    E.2 Objective of the trial
    E.2.1Main objective of the trial
    To compare the hazard ratio for infection related rehospitalisation or death within the 365-day follow-up period between intervention and control arm.
    E.2.2Secondary objectives of the trial
    - Derive outcome event data with necessary precision to inform future definitive trial design
    - To generate feasibility data and complete a focus group discussion during internal pilot phase of the trial
    - Describe immune recovery patterns in sepsis survivors
    - Describe vaccine responder characteristic
    E.2.3Trial contains a sub-study No
    E.3Principal inclusion criteria
    - Male or female adult patients aged 18 years or older on the date of screening for the trial
    - Registered with a General practitioner
    - Reason for admission to intensive care unit or high dependence unit was sepsis.
    - Clinical condition has improved and the patient is ready for step down to HDU or ward based care in the next 24 – 48 hours
    - Provision of written informed consent by the patient OR by patient’s Legal Representative OR Professional Consultee
    E.4Principal exclusion criteria
    - Core temperature ≥38.0°C within the past 24 hours prior to study IMP administration. As with other vaccines, the administration of Prevenar 13 should be postponed in subjects suffering from acute, severe febrile illness. However, the presence of a minor infection, such as a cold, should not result in the deferral of vaccination.
    - Hypersensitivity reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis) to any component of Prevnar 13 or any diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine.
    - Recent vaccination defined as any vaccination administered to subjects within 7 days of enrolment.
    - Pregnant and lactating women.
    - Limitations of care set including not for resuscitation, not for readmission to critical care.
    - Residence in a nursing home, long-term care facility, or other institution, or requirement of semiskilled nursing care. (An ambulatory subject who was a resident of a retirement home or village is eligible for the trial.)
    - As the IMP is administered intra muscularly, coagulopathy defined as platelet count less than 50 x 109/L and/or INR greater than 1.3. For this exclusion criteria bloods taken within 72 hours of screening are valid. If these standard of care blood results are not available, then these should form part of the screening bloods for assessing eligibility.
    - Splenectomy (previous or in the current admission)
    - Diagnosis of pneumococcal sepsis in the current admission
    - APACHE II score defined Immune deficiency or suppression, defined as presence of 1 or more of the following conditions:
    - Documented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at any time-point pre-trial. If previous results are not available and/or current admission is not due to HIV infection, these patients do not need new testing and are considered eligible for the trial.
    - leukaemia (presence defined as having been treated by or been eligible for treatment by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy within the last 5 years)
    - lymphoma (presence defined as having been treated by or been eligible for treatment by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy within the last 5 years)
    - Hodgkin disease (presence defined as having been treated by or been eligible for treatment by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy within the last 5 years)
    - multiple myeloma (presence defined as having been treated by or been eligible for treatment by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy within the last 5 years)
    - malignancy (defined as presence of any malignancy that had been treated by or had been eligible for treatment by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy within the last 5 years)
    - chronic renal failure (defined as receipt of renal dialysis or transplant) or nephrotic syndrome
    - receipt of immunosuppressive therapy, including steroids, within 3 months of study vaccine administration (For corticosteroids, prednisone or equivalent 0.5 mg/kg/day for 14 days or longer). Inhaled, intra- articular, and topical steroids are not considered immunosuppressive.
    - Receipt of an organ or bone marrow transplant with ongoing immunosuppressive medications. Failed previous transplant patients not currently on immunosuppression are eligible.
    E.5 End points
    E.5.1Primary end point(s)
    Differences in time to first infection related rehospitalisation or death within the 365-day follow-up period between the intervention and control arm
    E.5.1.1Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point
    Within 365 days from IMP administration
    E.5.2Secondary end point(s)
    Generating precision estimates for the proportion of rehospitalisation, proportions of reinfections, proportion of reinfection related rehospitalisation, and time to first antibiotic therapy in general practice at different follow-up time points within the 365 days follow-up period between the intervention and control arm.
    E.5.2.1Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point
    Within 365 days from IMP administration
    E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial
    E.6Scope of the trial
    E.6.1Diagnosis No
    E.6.2Prophylaxis Yes
    E.6.3Therapy Yes
    E.6.4Safety No
    E.6.5Efficacy No
    E.6.6Pharmacokinetic No
    E.6.7Pharmacodynamic No
    E.6.8Bioequivalence No
    E.6.9Dose response No
    E.6.10Pharmacogenetic No
    E.6.11Pharmacogenomic No
    E.6.12Pharmacoeconomic No
    E.6.13Others No
    E.7Trial type and phase
    E.7.1Human pharmacology (Phase I) No
    E.7.1.1First administration to humans No
    E.7.1.2Bioequivalence study No
    E.7.1.3Other No
    E.7.1.3.1Other trial type description
    E.7.2Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) No
    E.7.3Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) No
    E.7.4Therapeutic use (Phase IV) Yes
    E.8 Design of the trial
    E.8.1Controlled Yes
    E.8.1.1Randomised Yes
    E.8.1.2Open No
    E.8.1.3Single blind No
    E.8.1.4Double blind Yes
    E.8.1.5Parallel group No
    E.8.1.6Cross over No
    E.8.1.7Other No
    E.8.2 Comparator of controlled trial
    E.8.2.1Other medicinal product(s) No
    E.8.2.2Placebo Yes
    E.8.2.3Other No
    E.8.2.4Number of treatment arms in the trial2
    E.8.3 The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned No
    E.8.4 The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned Yes
    E.8.4.1Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned6
    E.8.5The trial involves multiple Member States No
    E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA
    E.8.6.1Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA No
    E.8.6.2Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA No
    E.8.7Trial 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
    The end of the trial is defined as database lock, following completion of analysis of biological samples for exploratory outcomes, addition of results to eCRF and resolution of queries.
    E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned years3
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned months10
    E.8.9.1In the Member State concerned days31
    F. Population of Trial Subjects
    F.1 Age Range
    F.1.1Trial has subjects under 18 No
    F.1.1.1In Utero No
    F.1.1.2Preterm newborn infants (up to gestational age < 37 weeks) No
    F.1.1.3Newborns (0-27 days) No
    F.1.1.4Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months) No
    F.1.1.5Children (2-11years) No
    F.1.1.6Adolescents (12-17 years) No
    F.1.2Adults (18-64 years) Yes
    F.1.2.1Number of subjects for this age range: 214
    F.1.3Elderly (>=65 years) Yes
    F.1.3.1Number of subjects for this age range: 214
    F.2 Gender
    F.2.1Female Yes
    F.2.2Male Yes
    F.3 Group of trial subjects
    F.3.1Healthy volunteers No
    F.3.2Patients Yes
    F.3.3Specific vulnerable populations Yes
    F.3.3.1Women of childbearing potential not using contraception For clinical trials recorded in the database before the 10th March 2011 this question read: "Women of childbearing potential" and did not include the words "not using contraception". An answer of yes could have included women of child bearing potential whether or not they would be using contraception. The answer should therefore be understood in that context. This trial was recorded in the database on 2018-01-24. Yes
    F.3.3.2Women of child-bearing potential using contraception Yes
    F.3.3.3Pregnant women No
    F.3.3.4Nursing women No
    F.3.3.5Emergency situation No
    F.3.3.6Subjects incapable of giving consent personally Yes
    F.3.3.6.1Details of subjects incapable of giving consent
    Regarding F.3.3.1, details are provided in section 4.5.3 of the clinical trial protocol.
    Regarding F.3.3.6, details are provided in section 4.6.1 of the clinical trial protocol.
    F.3.3.7Others No
    F.4 Planned number of subjects to be included
    F.4.1In the member state214
    F.5 Plans for treatment or care after the subject has ended the participation in the trial (if it is different from the expected normal treatment of that condition)
    All participants will come under the usual care of the trust or their local hospital once the trial is completed. Participants GP will be made aware of their participation in the trial. At the end of the trial follow-up and completion of analysis, unblinding will be done to offer all subjects in the control arm pneumococcal vaccination as per the national recommendations. The patient’s GP will be informed of this.
    G. Investigator Networks to be involved in the Trial
    N. Review by the Competent Authority or Ethics Committee in the country concerned
    N.Competent Authority Decision Authorised
    N.Date of Competent Authority Decision2018-02-16
    N.Ethics Committee Opinion of the trial applicationFavourable
    N.Ethics Committee Opinion: Reason(s) for unfavourable opinion
    N.Date of Ethics Committee Opinion2018-04-16
    P. End of Trial
    P.End of Trial StatusGB - no longer in EU/EEA
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