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CompletedNCT01251276Updated Sep 13, 2022Results posted

Hepatitis B Challenge Dose in Adults (V232-059-10)

A Phase 3 interventional study of Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Hepatitis B, sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. Completed. Open to participants aged 50 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-13.

Sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
204
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
50 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this trial is to describe the Seroprotection Rate (SPR) at least 2 years following completion of a primary series with a hepatitis B vaccine (Base Study V232-059, NCT00440531) and 1 month following a challenge dose with a Modified Process Hepatitis B vaccine.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Hepatitis A

2,709 studies on the registry are indexed under Hepatitis A; 142 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 204 is above the median of 100 across 1,887 interventional studies indexed under Hepatitis A.

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Lead sponsor

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC is the lead sponsor of 2,114 studies on the registry; 133 are open to participants now.

Of its 489 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 362 (74%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • In general good health based on a medical history.
  • Received 3 doses of an Hepatitis B vaccine in Base Study V232-059, NCT00440531 at least 2 years prior to enrollment in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known history of previous Hepatitis B infection.
  • History of vaccination with any Hepatitis B vaccine within the last 2 years.
  • History of febrile illness.
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any component of HBVaxPro.
  • Receipt of medication / vaccine that may interfere with study assessments.
  • Known or suspected immune impairment.
  • Pregnant women and nursing mothers.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
204 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base Study

    Participants who received 3 doses of Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in the Base Study were eligible to receive a single challenge dose of Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine on Day 1 of the Challenge Dose Study

    Biological: Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine

  • Experimental
    ENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study

    Participants who received 3 doses of ENGERIX-B™ vaccine in the Base Study were eligible to receive a single challenge dose of Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine on Day 1 of the Challenge Dose Study

    Biological: Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine

Interventions

  • BiologicalModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine

    Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine given IM (intramuscular) as a single 1.0 mL (10 mcg) challenge dose on Day 1 of the Challenge Dose Study

    Also known as: HBVaxPro

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Seroresponders Before and After the Challenge Vaccination

    A seroresponder was a participant with an anti-hepatitis B surface antibody titer \>=10 milli Merck U/mL. The percentage of seroresponders was assessed before and after the challenge dose.

    Time frame: Predose (Day 1) and 1 month after challenge dose (Month 1)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants With One or More Adverse Experiences

    An adverse experience is defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the sponsor's product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening of a preexisting condition which is temporally associated with the use of the sponsor's product, is also an adverse experience. The percentage of participants with one or more adverse experiences was assessed.

    Time frame: Up to Day 15 after challenge dose

  2. Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued the Study Due to an Adverse Experience

    The percentage of participants who discontinued the study due to an adverse experience was assessed.

    Time frame: Up to Month 7

  3. Percentage of Participants With One or More Injection-site Adverse Experiences

    The percentage of participants with one or more injection-site adverse experiences was assessed.

    Time frame: Up to Day 15 after challenge dose

  4. Percentage of Participants With One or More Systemic Adverse Experiences

    The percentage of participants with one or more systemic adverse experiences was assessed.

    Time frame: Up to Day 15 after challenge dose

  5. Percentage of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Experiences

    A serious adverse experience is an adverse experience that results in death, is life threatening, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, results in or prolongs a hospitalization, is a congenital anomaly or birth defect, is a cancer, or may jeopardize the participant and may require medical or surgical intervention. The percentage of participants with one or more serious adverse experiences was assessed.

    Time frame: Up to Month 1 after challenge dose

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Results

Posted Aug 28, 2017

Participant flow

A total of 296 participants were eligible for the challenge-dose study and 204 were enrolled

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Started96108
Vaccinated96108
Completed95107
Not completed11
Withdrew: Protocol violation10
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up01

Outcome measures

PrimaryPercentage of Seroresponders Before and After the Challenge Vaccination

A seroresponder was a participant with an anti-hepatitis B surface antibody titer \>=10 milli Merck U/mL. The percentage of seroresponders was assessed before and after the challenge dose.

Time frame:
Predose (Day 1) and 1 month after challenge dose (Month 1)
Reported as:
Number · Percentage of participants
Percentage of Seroresponders Before and After the Challenge Vaccination
Percentage of participantsModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Predose (Day 1); n=88, 10245.5 (34.8 to 56.4)58.8 (48.6 to 68.5)
Postdose (Month 1); n=88, 10385.2 (76.1 to 91.9)88.3 (80.5 to 93.8)
SecondaryPercentage of Participants With One or More Adverse Experiences

An adverse experience is defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the sponsor's product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening of a preexisting condition which is temporally associated with the use of the sponsor's product, is also an adverse experience. The percentage of participants with one or more adverse experiences was assessed.

Time frame:
Up to Day 15 after challenge dose
Reported as:
Number · Percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants With One or More Adverse Experiences
Percentage of participantsModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Percentage of Participants With One or More Adverse Experiences39.645.8
SecondaryPercentage of Participants Who Discontinued the Study Due to an Adverse Experience

The percentage of participants who discontinued the study due to an adverse experience was assessed.

Time frame:
Up to Month 7
Reported as:
Number · Percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued the Study Due to an Adverse Experience
Percentage of participantsModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued the Study Due to an Adverse Experience00
SecondaryPercentage of Participants With One or More Injection-site Adverse Experiences

The percentage of participants with one or more injection-site adverse experiences was assessed.

Time frame:
Up to Day 15 after challenge dose
Reported as:
Number · Percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants With One or More Injection-site Adverse Experiences
Percentage of participantsModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Percentage of Participants With One or More Injection-site Adverse Experiences35.429.9
SecondaryPercentage of Participants With One or More Systemic Adverse Experiences

The percentage of participants with one or more systemic adverse experiences was assessed.

Time frame:
Up to Day 15 after challenge dose
Reported as:
Number · Percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants With One or More Systemic Adverse Experiences
Percentage of participantsModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Percentage of Participants With One or More Systemic Adverse Experiences16.728.0
SecondaryPercentage of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Experiences

A serious adverse experience is an adverse experience that results in death, is life threatening, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, results in or prolongs a hospitalization, is a congenital anomaly or birth defect, is a cancer, or may jeopardize the participant and may require medical or surgical intervention. The percentage of participants with one or more serious adverse experiences was assessed.

Time frame:
Up to Month 1 after challenge dose
Reported as:
Number · Percentage of participants
Percentage of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Experiences
Percentage of participantsModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Percentage of Participants With One or More Serious Adverse Experiences00.9

Adverse events

Collected over All adverse events: up to Day 15 after the challenge dose; serious adverse events: up to 1 month after the challenge dose. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base Study—0/96 (0%)34/96 (35.4%)
ENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study—1/107 (0.9%)30/107 (28%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Bipolar disorderPsychiatric disorders0/961/107
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventModified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base Study
Injection-site painGeneral disorders31/9627/107
Injection-site erythemaGeneral disorders7/965/107
Injection-site swellingGeneral disorders7/964/107

Baseline characteristics

All enrolled and vaccinated participants

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(Years)Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base StudyTotal
Mean63.8 ± 7.363.6 ± 6.763.7 ± 7.0
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Modified Process Hepatitis B Vaccine in Base StudyENGERIX-B™ Vaccine in Base StudyTotal
Female4863111
Male484593
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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Sharma R, Ahlm C, Ostergaard L, Dowell A, Tran C, Thomas S, Eymin C. Persistence of immunity in healthy adults aged >/= 50 years primed with a hepatitis B vaccine 3 years previously. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2015;11(7):1709-16. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1019187. PubMed 25996838 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — http://engagezone.msd.com/doc/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 13, 2022, 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
NCT01251276
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 1, 2010
Start date
Nov 30, 2010
Primary completion
Apr 12, 2011
Completion
Apr 12, 2011
Results posted
Aug 28, 2017
Last update
Sep 13, 2022

Study contacts

Medical Director
study director · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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