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Status unknownNCT00890422immunisationUpdated Apr 29, 2009

Evaluation of Immunogenicity of Different Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Fast Protective Traveler Schemes With Inactivated TBE Whole Virus Vaccine

A Phase 2 interventional study of FSME vaccination (FSME-Immun) in Tick Borne Encephalitis, sponsored by Elisabethinen Hospital. Status unknown at 2 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 19 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-04-29.

Sponsored by Elisabethinen Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2009), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
99
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
19 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study aims to answer this question: whether adequate immunity can be achieved in a short time, that is, by a rapid immunisation process, using at least one of 3 new TBE immunisation schedules? The investigators will test the immunogenicity (the degree of immunity achieved) of each of the immunisation schedules at various times after the injections. If the results of this clinical study are positive, it may then be possible to develop the most successful immunisation schedule so that it can be used routinely. This means that the results of the clinical study have an enormous practical value in preventing TBE in people travelling or moving into areas with a high TBE risk.

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The data from at least 99 individuals will be needed if the study is to draw reliable conclusions. One-third of these individuals will receive 3 injections in all: 2 on the first day and the third injection 4 days later (immunisation schedule 1). Another one-third will receive 2 injections in all: one on the first day and one injection 4 days later (immunisation schedule 2). The remaining one-third will also receive 2 injections, both of these on the first day (immunisation schedule 3). Participants will be assigned completely randomly (by chance) to one of these three groups. So each participant stands a 33% chance (a 1:2 chance) of receiving any one particular immunisation schedule. If you agree to take part, the process will be as follows:

Brief Overview of the Course of the Clinical Study:

Vaccination scheme 1

Vaccination scheme 2

Vaccination scheme 3

Vaccinations:

I = Vaccination with FSME-IMMUN 0,5ml

  • Scheme 1: 2 vaccinations at U1 (day 0), one injection into the left and the right upper arm each, 1 vaccination at U2 (day 4), injection into the left upper arm
  • Scheme 2: one vaccination at U1 (day 0) and at U2 (day 4), injections into the left upper arm each
  • Scheme 3: 2 vaccinations at U1 (day 0), one injection into the left and the right upper arm each
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Conditions studied

  • Tick Borne Encephalitis

Keywords

  • encephalitis
  • FSME
  • central european encephalitis
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In context

Encephalitis, Tick-Borne

51 studies on the registry are indexed under Encephalitis, Tick-Borne; 9 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 99 is below the median of 192 across 32 interventional studies indexed under Encephalitis, Tick-Borne.

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Lead sponsor

Elisabethinen Hospital is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • written
  • FSME antibody level \< 7IU/ml (ELISA), retrospective
  • FSME antibody (IgG) \< 63 VIEU/ml (ELISA), retrospective
  • FSME antibody (IgM) negative
  • FSME antibody inhibition capacity \<1:10-retrospective
  • available for the next 56 days

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • age not 19 or over 65
  • pregnancy
  • risk of becoming pregnant
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Informed consent

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
99 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1FSME vaccination

    2 vaccination on day 0

    Biological: FSME vaccination (FSME-Immun)

  • Experimental
    2 FSME vaccination

    1 vaccination on day 0 and one vaccination on day 4

    Biological: FSME vaccination (FSME-Immun)

  • Experimental
    3 FSME vaccination

    2 vaccinations on day 0 and 1 vaccination on day 4

    Biological: FSME vaccination (FSME-Immun)

Interventions

  • BiologicalFSME vaccination (FSME-Immun)

    intra muscular 0.5 ml

    Also known as: FSME-Immun 0.5 ml

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. achievement of FSME-Antibody-level (IgG) >25IU/ml at visit U2, U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8 and U9-yes/no achievement of FSME antibody-level (IgG) of >126VIEU/ml at U2, U3;U4, U5, U6, U7, U8 and U9-yes/no

    Time frame: U2 (=day4) U3 (=day7) U4 (=day10) U5 (=day 14) U6 (=day21) U7 (=day28) U8 (=day42) U9 (=day56)

Secondary outcomes

  1. FSME antibody level at U2, U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8 and U9

    Time frame: U2 (=day4) U3 (=day7) U4 (=day10) U5 (=day 14) U6 (=day21) U7 (=day28) U8 (=day42) U9 (=day56)

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Elisabethinen Hospital
    Linz, upper Austria 4020, Austria
  • nemocnice ceske Budejovice
    Ceske Budejovice, 37087, Czech Republic
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 29, 2009, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00890422
Lead sponsor
Elisabethinen Hospital
Collaborators
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, ASOKLIF
First posted
Apr 29, 2009
Start date
Mar 2007
Primary completion
Nov 2009 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2010 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 29, 2009

Study contacts

Helmut Mittermayer
principal investigator · Elisabethinen Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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