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Active, not recruitingNCT05669625Updated Jun 18, 2023

A Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Live Attenuated Varicella Vaccine

A Phase 3 interventional study of Investigational live attenuated varicella vaccine and Placebo of live attenuated varicella vaccine in Varicella, sponsored by China National Biotec Group Company Limited. Active, not recruiting at 13 sites in China. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 59 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-18.

Sponsored by China National Biotec Group Company Limited (part of Sinopharm) · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Apr 2024, 2 years 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12,440
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
1 Year to 59 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of a live attenuated varicella vaccine manufactured by Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd in healthy children.

Read the detailed description

This trial is aim to evaluate the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of a live attenuated varicella vaccine manufactured by Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd in healthy children aged 1-12 years old.

This study will be conducted in two stage. the stage 1 adopts an open design, and 20 subjects aged 18\~59 and 13\~17 years old (18\~59 years old→ 13\~17 years old, sequentially enrolled) are enrolled, and 1 dose of the trial vaccine is administered to explore safety.

The stage 2 adopts a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled design, 12400 healthy participants aged 1-12 years old will be randomly assigned into experimental group or control group with the ratio 1:1.

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Conditions studied

  • Varicella

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Keywords

  • vaccine efficacy
  • varicella vaccine
  • safety
  • immunogenicity
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In context

Chickenpox

180 studies on the registry are indexed under Chickenpox; 28 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 12,440 is above the median of 475 across 149 interventional studies indexed under Chickenpox.

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Lead sponsor

China National Biotec Group Company Limited is the lead sponsor of 37 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

First submitted after China National Biotec Group Company Limited became part of Sinopharm.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 59 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy volunteer between 13 - 59 years old for Stage 1, 1-12 years old for Stage 2, and be able to provide legal identification ;
  • Subject and/or guardian has the ability to understand study requirements and processes, consent to participate in clinical trials, and sign forms;
  • Consent to use effective during study participation, no pregnancy and no family planning (for women of or their spouses);
  • Axillary temperature ≤ 37.0 °C on the day of enrollment;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has received any varicella vaccine before ( Not applicable to Stage 1);
  • Has history of varicella or herpes zoster infection, or contact with varicella/shingles patients or suspected varicella/shingles patients within 30 days before enrollment ( Not applicable to Stage 1);
  • Currently using salicylates (including salicylic acid, aspirin, diflunisalin, p-aminosalicylate (sodium), dicalicylate, benoxate, etc.), or plan to use it for a long time during the study;
  • Have had febrile illness (axillary temperature ≥ 38.5 °C) or used antipyretic, analgesic, anti-allergic drugs (such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, aspirin, loratadine, cetirizine, etc.) 3 days before vaccination;
  • Have a history of allergy to vaccine components and or severe drug allergy, such as anaphylactic shock, allergic laryngeal edema, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, thrombocytopenic purpura, local allergic necrosis (Arthus) reaction, severe urticaria, etc;
  • Have a history of epilepsy, convulsions or convulsions, and have a family history of severe neurological disease or psychosis
  • or diagnosed with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, infection, lymphoma, leukemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, or other diseases;
  • With severe congenital malformations, hereditary diseases, serious cardiovascular diseases, serious liver/kidney diseases, complicated diabetes, malignant tumors, and severe malnutrition
  • Immunosuppressant therapy, such as long-term oral or injectable therapy (≥ 14 days, dose ≥2 mg/kg/day or ≥20 mg/day or equivalent to prednisone), within 3 months prior to enrollment or planned within 30 days of vaccination, but topical medications (e.g., ointments, eye drops, inhalers, or nasal sprays) are not restricted
  • Have received blood/blood-related products or immunoglobulins 3 months prior to vaccination, or plan to use such products 30 days after vaccination;
  • Have received a within 30 days prior to the trial vaccine, or any vaccine within 14 days prior to vaccination;
  • Asplenectomy or splenectomy due to any condition (e.g. splenectomy);
  • Those with a history of thrombocytopenia or other coagulation disorders, which may cause to subcutaneous injection;
  • Suffering from various infectious, purulent or allergic skin diseases;
  • Are participating in other or unregistered clinical trials of products (drugs, vaccines or devices, etc.), or have plans to participate in other clinical trials before the end of this clinical trial;
  • Has any other factors that are not suitable for participation in the clinical trial in the judgment of the investigator
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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.

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.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

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Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

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

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Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
12,440 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental Group

    Single subcutaneous injection of the investigational vaccine (0.5 ml)

    Biological: Investigational live attenuated varicella vaccine

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo Group

    Single subcutaneous injection of the investigational placebo (0.5 ml)

    Biological: Placebo of live attenuated varicella vaccine

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The incidences of varicella in each group

    The first 24 cases of varicella occurred 30 days after injection will be collected

    Time frame: number of cases reported 30 days after vaccination

  2. The efficacy of the live attenuated varicella vaccine

    The vaccine efficacy will be calculated based on the reported cases occurred 30 days after vaccination

    Time frame: number of cases reported 30 days after vaccination

Secondary outcomes

  1. The vaccine efficacy against laboratory-confirmed cases of moderate and severe varicella

    The vaccine efficacy will be calculated based on the reported cases occurred 30 days after vaccination

    Time frame: number of cases reported 30 days after vaccination

  2. The vaccine efficacy against clinical-confirmed cases

    calculated based on the reported cases occurred 30 days after vaccination

    Time frame: number of cases reported 30 days after vaccination

  3. The incidences of adverse events (AEs)

    AEs occurred within 30 days after injection will be collected

    Time frame: within 30 days after vaccination

  4. The incidences of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    SAEs occurred within 6 months after vaccination will be collected

    Time frame: at least 6 months after vaccination

  5. The geometric mean titer (GMT) in the immunogenicity subgroup

    Geometric mean titer (GMT) will be measured before and 30 days after vaccination

    Time frame: 30 days after vaccination

  6. The seroconversion rate of the immunogenicity subgroup

    The seroconversion rate will be calculated before and 30 days after vaccination

    Time frame: 30 days after vaccination

  7. The geometric mean fold increase (GMI) of the immunogenicity subgroup

    Geometric mean fold increase (GMI) of the immunogenicity group will be calculated based on the geometric mean titer

    Time frame: 30 days after vaccination

  8. The immune persistence of the immunogenicity subgroup

    Geometric mean titer (GMT) will be measured

    Time frame: 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after vaccination

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Study locations

13 sites
  • Sinan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Tongren, Guizhou, China
  • Songtao Miao Autonomous County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Tongren, Guizhou, China
  • Yuping Dong Autonomous County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Tongren, Guizhou, China
  • Qi County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Hebi, Henan, China
  • Wuzhi County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Jiaozuo, Henan, China
  • Wuyang County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Luohe, Henan, China
  • Pei County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221600, China
  • Huaiyin District Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Xuzhou, Jiangsu 223300, China
  • Mianyang Anzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Mianyang, Sichuan, China
  • Southern County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Nanchong, Sichuan, China
  • Neijiang City Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Neijiang, Sichuan, China
  • Lancang Lahu Autonomous County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Pu'er, Yunnan, China
  • Yanshan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    Wenshan, Yunnan, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 18, 2023, 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
NCT05669625
Collaborators
Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd., Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 3, 2023
Start date
Dec 26, 2022
Primary completion
Apr 14, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 14, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 18, 2023

Study contacts

Hongxing Pan
principal investigator · Jiangsu Province Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Oversight

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