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CompletedNCT02100631Updated Jun 28, 2023Results posted

A Study of Live Oral Cholera Vaccine, PXVX200 in Healthy Older Adults

A Phase 3 interventional study of PXVX0200 and Placebo in Cholera, sponsored by Bavarian Nordic. Completed at 16 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 46 Years to 64 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-28.

Sponsored by Bavarian Nordic · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
398
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
46 Years to 64 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Demonstrate that the vaccine offers protection based on antibody levels in older adults and is similar to antibody levels in adults aged 18-45 following vaccination with PXVX0200.

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Demonstrate that seroconversion by classical Inaba vibriocidal antibody at Day 11 in older adults ages 46-64 years (inclusive) was non inferior to seroconversion at Day 11 in younger adults ages 18-45 years following vaccination with PXVX0200.

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Conditions studied

  • Cholera

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In context

Cholera

83 studies on the registry are indexed under Cholera; 16 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 398 is above the median of 262 across 72 interventional studies indexed under Cholera.

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Lead sponsor

Bavarian Nordic is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Of its 16 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 12 (75%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
46 Years to 64 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Able to understand the study and give written consent.
  2. Healthy male and female adults, age 46-64 years (inclusive) without significant medical history, physical, or abnormal screening laboratory test results at screening.
  3. Women of must have had a negative urine pregnancy test at screening, prior to vaccination. Female subjects must be of non-childbearing potential (as defined as surgically sterile or for more than 1 year), or if of childbearing potential must be practicing abstinence or using an effective licensed method of (eg, use hormonal or barrier birth control such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices [IUDs], cervical sponges, diaphragms, condoms with spermicidal agents; or must have a vasectomized partner) within 2 months of vaccination and must agree to continue such precautions during the study.
  4. Willing and able to comply with the study requirements and procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Currently active unstable or undiagnosed medical conditions including immunodeficiency, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, endocrine disorder, liver disease, renal disease, gastrointestinal disease, neurologic illness, psychiatric disorder requiring hospitalization, current drug or alcohol abuse. Examples of unstable or undiagnosed medical conditions including unstable angina pectoris, shortness of breath on exertion without clear etiology and chronic renal failure requiring dialysis. Examples of conditions that do not meet exclusion criteria include mild controlled hypertension, mild controlled asthma, and treated depression without hospitalization.
  2. Abnormal stool pattern defined as fewer than 3 stools per week or more than 2 stools per day in past 6 months.
  3. Regular use of laxatives in the past 6 months.
  4. Previously received a licensed or cholera vaccine.
  5. History of cholera or enterotoxigenic E. coli infection (natural infection or experimental challenge).
  6. Travel to a cholera-endemic area in the previous 5 years.
  7. Received or plans to receive any other licensed vaccines, except for seasonal influenza vaccine, from 14 days prior to the study vaccination through to 29 days after vaccination.
  8. Received or plans to receive antibiotics or chloroquine within 14 days prior to the study vaccination through to 29 days after vaccination.
  9. Recipient of bone marrow or solid organ transplant.
  10. Use of systemic chemotherapy in the previous 5 years prior to the study.
  11. (excluding non-melanotic skin cancers) or lymphoproliferative disorders diagnosed or treated during the past 5 years.
  12. Received or plans to receive systemic therapy, radiation therapy, parenteral or high-dosage inhaled (>800 µg/day of beclomethasone diproprionate or equivalent) within 6 months prior to the study vaccination through to Day 29.
  13. History of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
  14. Pregnant or nursing.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
398 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PXVX0200 in Older Adults

    PXVX0200 Single dose; liquid suspension after reconstitution with buffer; \> 2x10\^8 CFU in a liquid suspension

    Biological: PXVX0200

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo in Older Adults

    Placebo physiological saline

    Biological: Placebo

  • Other
    Historical Control: Adults Aged 18-45

    This arm consists of historical data from subjects who received a single dose of PXVX0200 in study PXVX-VC-200-004. The data was included in study PXVX-VC-200-005 as a comparator bridging population for the Day 11 seroconversion. NCT02094586 PubMed ID:29317118

    Biological: PXVX0200

Interventions

  • BiologicalPXVX0200
  • BiologicalPlacebo
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Seroconversion Rate at Day 11

    The seroconversion rate is defined as the percentage of subjects with a 4-fold or greater rise over baseline Day 1 Serum Vibriocidal Antibody (SVA) titer against the classical Inaba biotype of V. cholerae at Day 11 following one dose of Vaxchora vaccine. The hypothesis was that the seroconversion rate would be non-inferior to the seroconversion rate at Day 11 in adults between the ages of 18 and 45 years.

    Time frame: Day 11

Secondary outcomes

  1. Geometric Mean Titer (GMT)

    The Day 11 vibriocidal GMTs were compared between older and younger adults.

    Time frame: Day 11

Other outcomes

  1. Cumulative Seroconversion Through Day 29 Compared to Day 11 for Younger Adults

    The cumulative seroconversion through Day 29 for older adults was compared to the Day 11 seroconversion for the younger adults aged 18 - 45 yrs. Seroconversion is defined as a 4-fold rise in antibody titer relative to baseline values.

    Time frame: Day 29

  2. Mean Fold Change in Vibriocidal Antibody Titer Between Day 1 and Day 11

    The mean log2 fold change between Day 1 and Day 11 in classical Inaba vibriocidal antibody titer attained by older adults was compared to the younger adults aged 18 - 45 yrs.

    Time frame: Day 11

  3. Seroconversion Against Other V. Cholerae Biotypes/Serotypes

    Seroconversion of the vibriocidal antibody response against 4 V. cholerae biotypes/serotypes - classical Inaba, El Tor Inaba, classical Ogawa and El Tor Ogawa was assessed.

    Time frame: Day 11

  4. Anti-CT Antibody Response in Older Adults

    The seroconversion of anti-Cholera Toxin (CT) antibody response in older adults was assessed. Seroconversion is defined as a 4-fold rise in anti-CT antibody titer relative to baseline values.

    Time frame: Day 11

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Results

Posted Apr 30, 2021

Participant flow

This study included healthy volunteers (46 - 64 years) who were not previously immunized against cholera. A total of 398 subjects randomized, of which 299 received study treatment and 99 received placebo. A total of 36 subjects from the treatment group continued in the Immune Sub-study population.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestonePXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45
Started299992688
Completed292952688
Not completed740
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject100
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up340
Withdrew: 3 subjects randomized to treatment unable to receive vaccine as product not available,300

Outcome measures

PrimarySeroconversion Rate at Day 11

The seroconversion rate is defined as the percentage of subjects with a 4-fold or greater rise over baseline Day 1 Serum Vibriocidal Antibody (SVA) titer against the classical Inaba biotype of V. cholerae at Day 11 following one dose of Vaxchora vaccine. The hypothesis was that the seroconversion rate would be non-inferior to the seroconversion rate at Day 11 in adults between the ages of 18 and 45 years.

Time frame:
Day 11
Reported as:
Number · % of participants
Seroconversion Rate at Day 11
% of participantsPXVX0200 in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45
Seroconversion Rate at Day 1190.4 (86.4 to 93.5)93.5 (92.5 to 94.4)
Statistical analysis
  • PXVX0200 in Older Adults vs Historical Control: Adults Aged 18-45 · Risk difference (rd): -3.1 · 95% CI -6.7 to 0.4
SecondaryGeometric Mean Titer (GMT)

The Day 11 vibriocidal GMTs were compared between older and younger adults.

Time frame:
Day 11
Reported as:
Mean · Geometric Mean Titer
Geometric Mean Titer (GMT)
Geometric Mean TiterPXVX0200 in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Placebo in Older Adults
Geometric Mean Titer (GMT)4282 (3344 to 5484)9688 (9067 to 10351)44 (36 to 56)
Statistical analysis
  • PXVX0200 in Older Adults vs Historical Control: Adults Aged 18-45 · Geometric mean ratio (gmr): 0.44 · 95% CI 0.34 to 0.57
Other pre-specifiedCumulative Seroconversion Through Day 29 Compared to Day 11 for Younger Adults

The cumulative seroconversion through Day 29 for older adults was compared to the Day 11 seroconversion for the younger adults aged 18 - 45 yrs. Seroconversion is defined as a 4-fold rise in antibody titer relative to baseline values.

Time frame:
Day 29
Reported as:
Number · % of participants
Cumulative Seroconversion Through Day 29 Compared to Day 11 for Younger Adults
% of participantsPXVX0200 in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Placebo in Older Adults
Cumulative Seroconversion Through Day 29 Compared to Day 11 for Younger Adults94.2 (90.8 to 96.6)93.5 (92.5 to 94.4)1.0 (0.0 to 5.5)
Statistical analysis
  • PXVX0200 in Older Adults vs Historical Control: Adults Aged 18-45 · Risk difference (rd): 0.6 · 95% CI -2.2 to 3.5
Other pre-specifiedMean Fold Change in Vibriocidal Antibody Titer Between Day 1 and Day 11

The mean log2 fold change between Day 1 and Day 11 in classical Inaba vibriocidal antibody titer attained by older adults was compared to the younger adults aged 18 - 45 yrs.

Time frame:
Day 11
Reported as:
Mean · Fold Change in Titer from Day 1
Mean Fold Change in Vibriocidal Antibody Titer Between Day 1 and Day 11
Fold Change in Titer from Day 1PXVX0200 in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45
Mean Fold Change in Vibriocidal Antibody Titer Between Day 1 and Day 116.6 (6.2 to 7.0)7.1 (7.0 to 7.3)
Statistical analysis
  • PXVX0200 in Older Adults vs Historical Control: Adults Aged 18-45 · t-test, 2 sided · p = 0.0062
Other pre-specifiedSeroconversion Against Other V. Cholerae Biotypes/Serotypes

Seroconversion of the vibriocidal antibody response against 4 V. cholerae biotypes/serotypes - classical Inaba, El Tor Inaba, classical Ogawa and El Tor Ogawa was assessed.

Time frame:
Day 11
Reported as:
Mean · % of participants
Seroconversion Against Other V. Cholerae Biotypes/Serotypes
% of participantsPXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older Adults
Classical Inaba90.4 (86.4 to 93.5)0 (0.0 to 3.7)
El Tor Inaba91.0 (87.1 to 94.1)5.1 (1.7 to 11.4)
Classical Ogawa73.2 (67.7 to 78.2)2.0 (0.2 to 7.1)
El Tor Ogawa71.4 (65.8 to 76.5)6.1 (2.3 to 12.7)
Other pre-specifiedAnti-CT Antibody Response in Older Adults

The seroconversion of anti-Cholera Toxin (CT) antibody response in older adults was assessed. Seroconversion is defined as a 4-fold rise in anti-CT antibody titer relative to baseline values.

Time frame:
Day 11
Reported as:
Mean · % of participants
Anti-CT Antibody Response in Older Adults
% of participantsPXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older Adults
Anti-CT Antibody Response in Older Adults55.6 (38.1 to 72.1)0 (0.0 to 33.6)

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse event monitoring for this study will begin post-vaccination on Day 1 and will continue through Day 29 for all adverse events and the End-of-Study visit (Day 181) for serious adverse events. In order to fulfill safety reporting obligations, the Investigator should promptly report any SAEs resulting from study participation through the Day 181 visit.. Non-serious events are listed at a 1% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
PXVX0200 in Older Adults0/296 (0%)3/296 (1%)37/296 (12.5%)
Placebo in Older Adults0/99 (0%)0/99 (0%)11/99 (11.1%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventPXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older Adults
Atrial FibrillationCardiac disorders1/2960/99
Spinal Compression FractureInjury, poisoning and procedural complications1/2960/99
Myocardial InfarctionCardiac disorders1/2960/99
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventPXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older Adults
FatigueGeneral disorders11/2963/99
Back PainNervous system disorders6/2962/99
FlatulenceGastrointestinal disorders3/2962/99
RashSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders3/2962/99
Decreased AppetiteGastrointestinal disorders5/2960/99
HeadacheNervous system disorders3/2961/99
Pain in extremityMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders3/2961/99
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders3/2960/99

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)PXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Total
Between 46-64 years (inclusive) — <=18 years0000
Between 46-64 years (inclusive) — Between 18 and 65 years2999926883086
Between 46-64 years (inclusive) — >=65 years0000
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)PXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Total
Mean53.8 ± 4.9954.1 ± 5.2030.0 ± 7.833.1 ± NA
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)PXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Total
Female1645214821698
Male1354712061388
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)PXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Total
American Indian or Alaska Native611118
Asian025658
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1089
Black or African American6819671758
White2217718552153
More than one race205052
Unknown or Not Reported103738
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)PXVX0200 in Older AdultsPlacebo in Older AdultsHistorical Control: Adults Aged 18-45Total
United States2999923412739
Australia00347347
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Study locations

16 sites
  • Coastal Clinical Research
    Mobile, Alabama 36608, United States
  • Avail Clinical
    DeLand, Florida 32720, United States
  • Miami Research Associates
    Miami, Florida 33143, United States
  • Palm Beach Research Center
    Palm Beach, Florida 33409, United States
  • Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
  • Johnson County Clin-Trials
    Lenexa, Kansas 66219, United States
  • Heartland Research
    Wichita, Kansas 67207, United States
  • Central Kentucky Research
    Lexington, Kentucky 40509, United States
  • University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky 40536, United States
  • Boston University
    Boston, Massachusetts 02218, United States
  • Center for Pharmaceutical Research
    Kansas City, Missouri 64114, United States
  • St. Louis University
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63104, United States
  • Coastal Carolina Research
    Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464, United States
  • Research Across America
    Dallas, Texas 75234, United States
  • Jean Brown Research
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84124, United States
  • University of Vermont
    Burlington, Vermont 05405, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • McCarty JM, Lock MD, Bennett S, Hunt KM, Simon JK, Gurwith M. Age-related immunogenicity and reactogenicity of live oral cholera vaccine CVD 103-HgR in a randomized, controlled clinical trial. Vaccine. 2019 Mar 7;37(11):1389-1397. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.077. Epub 2019 Feb 13. PubMed 30772070 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02100631
Lead sponsor
Bavarian Nordic
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 1, 2014
Start date
May 2014
Primary completion
Feb 2015
Completion
Jun 2015
Results posted
Apr 30, 2021
Last update
Jun 28, 2023

Study contacts

James McCarty, MD
study director · Emergent Travel Health Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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