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RecruitingNCT06306196Updated Apr 29, 2025

Immunogenicity and Safety of Hecolin® in HIV Positive/Negative Adults and in Children

A Phase 2 interventional study of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine and Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection in Hepatitis E Virus Infection, sponsored by International Vaccine Institute. Recruiting at 3 sites in South Africa. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-29.

Sponsored by International Vaccine Institute · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jan 2026, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Apr 2024; still recruiting 2 years 7 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,040
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 45 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate non-inferiority of 30 µg of Hecolin® in healthy children, compared to healthy adults as measured by seroresponse rates (SR) of anti-HEV IgG titers, 4 weeks after 3 doses (0, 1 and 6 months) and to assess and descriptively compare safety profile data intra and inter age Strata. As secondary objectives, Geometric Mean Concentration (GMC) of anti-HEV IgG ELISA will be evaluated 4 weeks after 3 doses (0, 1 and 6 months) and 4 weeks after 2 doses (0- and 6-months dose) in healthy children. SR and GMC will also be evaluated 24 weeks after 3 doses and 2 doses. The immune response will be compared among adult participants between HIV positive and HIV negative individuals and between virally suppressed and virally unsuppressed HIV positive individuals

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The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate immune non-inferiority of 30 µg Hecolin® when given to healthy children (2-17 years) as compared to healthy adults (18-45 years) as measured by seroresponse rates (SR) of anti- HEV IgG ELISA antibody titers, 4 weeks after the 3 doses given at 0, 1- \& 6-months. Co-primary objective is to assess safety in each age cohort and descriptively compare lower age cohorts with higher age cohorts. Other immune parameters would be assessed as secondary objectives. Healthy children and adolescents collectively (2-17 years) will be compared for immune non-inferiority with healthy adults (18-45 years) as measured by geometric mean concentration (GMC) of anti-HEV IgG ELISA antibody titers, 4 weeks after the 3 doses given at 0, 1- \& 6-months. Among children (2-17 years) 3 doses of Hecolin® given at 0, 1 and 6 months will be compared with 2 doses of Hecolin® given at 1 and 6 months in terms of immune non-inferiority of SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG ELISA antibody titers. The immune response will be compared between HIV positive and HIV negative adults in terms of SR and GMC as measured by anti-HEV IgG ELISA antibody titers at 4 weeks after completing 3 doses of Hecolin® (0, 1 and 6 months).

A total of 860 participants will be enrolled in the main study and will be divided into 4 age strata; 18-45 years (Cohort A), 12-17 years (Cohort B), 6-11 years (Cohort C) and 2-5 years (Cohort D) having 410, 175, 175 and 100 participants respectively. Cohort A will be further divided into Arm A1 and A2 having 232 HIV -ve and 178 HIV +ve participants respectively. All participants in cohort A will receive intramuscular injection of 3 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0, 1 and 6 months. Cohort B will be further divided into Arm B1, B2 and B3 having 70, 70 and 35 participants respectively. Arm B1 will receive intramuscular injection of 3 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0, 1 and 6 months. Arm B2 will receive intramuscular injection of 2 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0 and 6 months while Arm B3 will receive intramuscular injection of comparator (placebo) intramuscularly at 0, 1 and 6 months. Similarly, Cohort C will be further divided into Arm C1, C2 and C3 having 70, 70 and 35 participants respectively. Arm C1 will receive intramuscular injection of 3 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0, 1 and 6 months. Arm C2 will receive intramuscular injection of 2 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0 and 6 months while Arm C3 will receive intramuscular injection of comparator (placebo) intramuscularly at 0, 1 and 6 months. Cohort D will be further divided into Arm D1, D2 and D3 having 40, 40 and 20 participants respectively. Arm D1 will receive intramuscular injection of 3 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0, 1 and 6 months. Arm D2 will receive intramuscular injection of 2 doses of 30 µg Hecolin® at 0 and 6 months while Arm D3 will receive intramuscular injection of comparator (placebo) intramuscularly at 0,1 and 6 months.

In the main study a total of 6 blood samples for immunogenicity will be collected from all participants at Day 0 (baseline), one month after first vaccination, one month after second vaccination, 6 months after first vaccination, one month after third vaccination, and at 6 months after third vaccination.

Blood samples will be collected at screening and one month after third vaccination from the HIV + arm to document CD4 T cells and HIV Viral load.

Out of the 860 participants enrolled in the main study, 2 additional blood samples after reconsent for the 2-year long term follow up period will be collected at V8 (12 months after 3rd dose) and V9 (24 months after 3rd dose) from any 100 HIV negative adults in Cohort A and from participants in Hecolin arms in Cohorts B, C and D (B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, and D2) for immunogenicity assessment. In the additional 0-1-month dose schedule component/arm, a total of 4 blood samples will be collected from all participants at V2 (Day 0), V3 (28 days after 1st dose), V4 (28 days after 2nd dose), V5 (6 months after 2nd dose), and 2 additional samples will be collected from participants in Hecolin arms in Cohorts B, C and D (B4, C4, and D4) at V6 (12months after 2nd dose), and V7 (24 months after 2nd dose) for immunogenicity assessment.

All participants will be observed at the study site for 30 minutes after each Investigational Product (IP) injection for any reactogenicity events. Local and systemic solicited adverse events will be recorded in a diary card during 7 days after each IP dose while unsolicited adverse events will be recorded during the 4 weeks after each IP injection. Serious adverse events (SAEs), Medically attended adverse events (MAAEs) and Adverse of special interest (AESI) will be recorded during the entire study period i.e., until 6 months post last dose.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatitis E Virus Infection

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In context

Hepatitis E

37 studies on the registry are indexed under Hepatitis E; 9 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 1,040 is above the median of 330 across 26 interventional studies indexed under Hepatitis E.

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Lead sponsor

International Vaccine Institute is the lead sponsor of 47 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria (healthy participants only):

  1. Healthy participants 2 to 45 years of age at enrollment,
  2. Participants/Parent(s)/LAR who have voluntarily given /assent,
  3. Participants/Parent(s)/LAR willing to follow the study procedures and available for the entire duration of the study and agrees to the collection of all biospecimens,
  4. negative,
  5. Not pregnant,
  6. Agreement to practice effective for female participants of and non-sterile males until at least 8 months after the first vaccination.
  7. Has practiced adequate contraception or has abstained from all activities that could result in pregnancy for at least 28 days prior to the first dose of vaccine, and
  8. Female participant not currently breastfeeding.

Exclusion Criteria:

An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

  1. Has received any hepatitis E vaccine in the past,
  2. Febrile illness (body temperature ≥ 38°C) or acute illness within 3 days prior to the study vaccination,
  3. Known history or allergy to study vaccine components and/or or other medications, or any other allergies or medical history deemed by the investigator to increase the risk of an adverse event if they were to participate in the trial (e.g., Guillain-Barre Syndrome),
  4. Major congenital abnormalities which in the opinion of the investigator may affect the participant's participation in the study,
  5. Known history of immune function disorders including immunodeficiency diseases (known HIV infection or other immune function disorders) and lupus,
  6. Chronic use of systemic (>2 mg/kg/day or >20 mg/day prednisone equivalent for periods exceeding 10 days), cytotoxic or other drugs within the past 6 weeks,
  7. Any abnormality or chronic disease which in the opinion of the investigator might be detrimental to the safety of the participant and interfere with the assessment of the study objectives,
  8. Behavioral or cognitive impairment, chronic substance abuse, or psychiatric disease or neural disorders, that, in the opinion of the investigator, could interfere with the participant's ability to participate in the trial,
  9. History of splenectomy,
  10. History of thrombocytopenia and/or thrombosis, myocarditis or pericarditis or any other significant cardiac condition,
  11. With a known bleeding diathesis or any condition that may be associated with a prolonged bleeding time resulting in for IM injections/blood extractions.,
  12. Receipt of blood or blood-derived products in the past 3 months,
  13. Receipt of other vaccines from 4 weeks prior to test vaccination or planned to receive any vaccine within 4 weeks of last dose of study vaccine,
  14. Concomitantly enrolled or scheduled to be enrolled in another trial,
  15. Research staff involved with the clinical study or family/household members of research staff,
  16. (BMI) of ≥ 40 in adults and for children a BMI- index-for-age is ≥95th percentile, at the time of the screening visit, or
  17. As per the Investigator's medical judgement, an individual could be excluded from the study despite meeting all inclusion/exclusion criteria mentioned above.

Inclusion criteria for HIV-positive arm:

  1. Adults 18-45 years living with HIV on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and willing to have CD4 and viral load measured as per protocol,
  2. Able to provide a voluntary signed informed consent,
  3. Participants willing to follow the study procedures of the study and available for the entire duration of the study and agrees to the collection of all biospecimens,
  4. Agreement to practice effective contraception for female participants of childbearing potential and non-sterile males until at least 3 months after the last vaccination.
  5. Has practiced adequate contraception or has abstained from all activities that could result in pregnancy for at least 28 days prior to the last dose of vaccine, and
  6. Female participant is currently not breastfeeding.

Exclusion Criteria for HIV-positive arm:

An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

  1. Has received any hepatitis E vaccine in the past,
  2. Newly diagnosed HIV-positive (diagnosed on screening) on ARVs for 0-4 weeks (Note: These participants can be re-screened and enrolled once they have been on ARVs for 4 weeks),
  3. Febrile illness (body temperature ≥ 38°C) or acute illness within 3 days prior to the study vaccination,
  4. Serious adverse reaction to any vaccine, or any component of the vaccine, including a history of anaphylaxis and symptoms of a severe allergic reaction and history of allergies in the past,
  5. Current hospitalization,
  6. History of inherited blood disorders, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, or thromboembolic disorders,
  7. History of any blood product transfusion up to 6 months before enrolment,
  8. Receipt of other vaccines from 4 weeks prior to test vaccination or planned to receive any vaccine within 4 weeks of last dose of study vaccine
  9. Currently taking anti-coagulation therapy, or chronic aspirin in the past 3 months,
  10. Pregnant or breastfeeding women throughout the study period,
  11. Extreme obesity (defined as BMI of 40 kg/m2 or higher),
  12. Chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis,
  13. Liver disease (Note mild chronic liver disease is not an exclusion criterion),
  14. Participants with acquired or hereditary immunodeficiencies other than HIV,
  15. History of hereditary, idiopathic, or acquired angioedema,
  16. No spleen or functional asplenia,
  17. disorder or other bleeding disorder that may cause injection contraindication,
  18. Chronic use (more than 14 continuous days) of any medications that may be associated with impaired immune responsiveness including, but not limited to, systemic corticosteroids exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone equivalent, allergy injections, immunoglobulin, interferon, or immunomodulators. The use of low dose topical, ophthalmic, inhaled, and intranasal steroid preparations will be permitted,
  19. According to the judgement of the investigator, the participant has any other factors that might interfere with the results of the clinical trial or pose additional risk due to participation in the study,
  20. Assessed by the Investigator to be unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the protocol
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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

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.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

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

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

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.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

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.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

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.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
1,040 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group A1 (Three doses of Hecolin®; HIV negative adults aged 18-45 years)

    Three doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to HIV negative participants, age 18-45 years old, 232 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group A2 (Three doses of Hecolin®; HIV positive adults aged 18-45 years)

    Three doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to HIV positive participants, age 18-45 years old, 178 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group B1 (Three doses of Hecolin®; healthy adolescents aged 12-17 years)

    Three doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to age 12-17 years old, 70 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group B2 (Two doses of Hecolin®; healthy adolescents aged 12-17 years)

    Two doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months) and one dose of Placebo, administered at 1-month timepoint, to age 12-17 years old, 70 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine · Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Placebo comparator
    Group B3 (Placebo; healthy adolescents aged 12-17 years)

    Three doses of Placebo, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to age 12-17 years old, 35 participants

    Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Experimental
    Group C1 (Three doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 6-11 years)

    Three doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to age 6-11 years old, 70 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group C2 (Two doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 6-11 years)

    Two doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0 and 6 months and one dose of Placebo, administered at 1-month timepoint, to age 6-11 years old, 70 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine · Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Placebo comparator
    Group C3 (Placebo; healthy children aged 6-11 years)

    Three doses of Placebo, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to age 6-11 years old, 35 participants

    Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Experimental
    Group D1 (Three doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 2-5 years)

    Three doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to age 2-5 years old, 40 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group D2 (Two doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 2-5 years)

    Two doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0 and 6 months and of Placebo, administered at 1-month timepoint, to age 2-5 years old, 40 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine · Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Placebo comparator
    Group D3 (Placebo; healthy children aged 2-5 years)

    Three doses of Placebo, administered at 0, 1 and 6 months, to age 2-5 years old, 40 participants

    Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Experimental
    Group B4 (Two doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 12-17 years)

    Two doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, and 1 month, to age 12-17 years old, 50 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group B5 (Placebo; healthy children aged 12-17 years)

    Two doses of Placebo, administered at 0, and 1 month, to age 12-17 years old, 10 participants

    Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Experimental
    Group C4 (Two doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 6-11 years)

    Two doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, and 1 month, to age 6-11 years old, 50 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group C5 (Placebo; healthy children aged 6-11 years)

    Two doses of Placebo, administered at 0, and 1 month, to age 6-11 years old, 10 participants

    Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

  • Experimental
    Group D4 (Two doses of Hecolin®; healthy children aged 2-5 years)

    Two doses of Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine, administered at 0, and 1 month, to age 2-5 years old, 50 participants

    Biological: Hecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group D5 (Placebo; healthy children aged 2-5 years)

    Two doses of Placebo, administered at 0, and 1 month, to age 2-5 years old, 10 participants

    Biological: Isotonic Sodium Chloride injection

Interventions

  • BiologicalHecolin® Recombinant Hepatitis E Vaccine

    30㎍/dose, 0.5mL administered intramuscularly

  • BiologicalIsotonic Sodium Chloride injection

    0.5mL administered intramuscularly

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Seroresponse rate

    Seroresponse rate (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy children (2-17 years) as compared to healthy adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin®

  2. Proportion of immediate adverse events

    Proportion of immediate adverse events within 30 minutes post each dose of vaccination in all study participants

    Time frame: Within 30 minutes post each dose of vaccination

  3. Proportion of solicited local and systemic adverse events

    Proportion of solicited local and systemic adverse events within 7 days post each dose of vaccination in all study participants

    Time frame: Within 7 days post each dose

  4. Proportion of unsolicited adverse events

    Proportion of unsolicited adverse events within 28 days post each dose of vaccination in all study participants

    Time frame: Within 28 days post each dose

  5. Proportion of SAEs, MAAEs and AESIs

    Proportion of Serious adverse events (SAEs), Medically attended adverse events (MAAEs) and Adverse events of special interest (AESIs) post dose 1 until 6 months post last dose of vaccination

    Time frame: Post dose 1 until 6 months post last dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy children (2-17 years) as compared to healthy adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose

  2. SR

    SR (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) 4 weeks post two doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, and 6 months as compared to three doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy children (2-17 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post two doses of Hecolin®

  3. GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post two doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, and 6 months as compared to three doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy children (2-17 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post two doses of Hecolin®

  4. SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months in healthy older children (6-17 years) and healthy adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin®

  5. SR

    SR (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) at 24 weeks post two doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, and 6 months as compared to three doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy child

    Time frame: 24 weeks post two doses of Hecolin®

  6. GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 24 weeks post two doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, and 6 months as compared to three doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy children (2-17 years)

    Time frame: 24 weeks post two doses of Hecolin®

  7. SR

    SR (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to HIV-positive adults as compared to HIV-negative healthy adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin®

  8. GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to HIV-positive adults as compared to HIV-negative healthy adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin®

  9. SR

    SR (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to virally suppressed (CD4 count \< 350) and virally unsuppressed (CD4 count ≥ 350) HIV-positive adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin®

  10. GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    MC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to virally suppressed (CD4 count \< 350) and virally unsuppressed (CD4 count ≥ 350) HIV-positive adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post third dose of Hecolin®

  11. SR

    SR (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) at 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo administered at 0, 1 and 6 months in healthy children (12-17 years), (6-11 years), (2-5 years) and adults (18-45 years) individually

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo

  12. GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo administered at 0, 1 and 6 months in healthy children (12-17 years), (6-11 years), (2-5 years) and adults (18-45 years) individually

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo

  13. SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo administered at 0, 1 and 6 months in healthy children (12-17 years), (6-11 years), (2-5 years) and adults (18-45 years) collectively and individually as per sero- status at baseline.

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo

  14. GMC of anti-HEV IgG for additional 0-1 dose schedule

    GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post two doses of Hecolin® administered at 0 and 1 months as compared to three doses of Hecolin® administered at 0, 1 and 6 months to healthy children (2-17 years)

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second of Hecolin

  15. GMC of anti-HEV IgG for additional 0-1 dose schedule

    SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera at 4 weeks post each dose of Hecolin® /Placebo when administered two doses at 0 and 1 months or at 0 and 6 months or three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months in individual age groups in healthy children (12 - 17 years, 6 - 11 years, and 2 - 5 years) or three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months in adults (18 - 45 years).

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo

  16. SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG for additional 0-1 dose schedule

    SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera at 4 weeks post each dose of Hecolin® /Placebo when administered two doses at 0 and 1 months or at 0 and 6 months or three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months in individual age groups in healthy children (12 - 17 years, 6 - 11 years, and 2 - 5 years) or three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months in adults (18 - 45 years).

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo

  17. SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG for additional 0-1 dose schedule

    SR (antibody response greater than four times or more increase of anti-HEV IgG in paired sera) at 24 weeks post two doses of Hecolin® administered at 0-, and 1- month in healthy children (2-17 years).

    Time frame: 24 weeks post two doses of Hecolin®

  18. SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG for additional long-term follow up component

    SR and GMC (defined as the percentage of participants with anti-HEV IgG antibodies above the detection limit, assessed at 1 year and 2 years post two doses of Hecolin® administered in healthy children (2-17 years) at 0- \& 6-months or at 0- \& 1-month or post 3 doses (0, 1 \& 6 month) in healthy children (2-17 years) and healthy adults (18-45 years)

    Time frame: 1 and 2 years post two doses of Hecolin®

Other outcomes

  1. SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG

    SR and GMC of anti-HEV IgG at 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo administered at 0, 1 and 6 months in healthy children (12-17 years), (6-11 years), (2-5 years) and adults (18-45 years) collectively and individually as per gender distribution

    Time frame: 4 weeks post first, second and third dose of Hecolin® /Placebo

  2. Safety in all participants as per gender distribution and serostatus

    1. Proportion of immediate adverse events within 30 minutes post each dose of vaccination in all study participants. 2. Proportion of solicited local and systemic adverse events within 7 days post each dose of vaccination in all study participants. 3. Proportion of unsolicited adverse events within 28 days post each dose of vaccination in all study participants. 4. Proportion of Serious adverse events (SAEs), Medically attended adverse events (MAAEs) and Adverse of special interest (AESI) until 6 months post last dose of vaccination.

    Time frame: 1. Within 30 minutes post each dose of vaccination. 2. Within 7 days post each dose of vaccination. 3. Within 28 days post each dose of vaccination. 4.Until 6 months post last dose of vaccination.

  3. Safety profile intra and inter age strata

    1. Proportion of immediate adverse events within 30 minutes post each dose of vaccination in all study participants. 2. Proportion of solicited local and systemic adverse events within 7 days post each dose of vaccination in all study participants. 3. Proportion of unsolicited adverse events within 28 days post each dose of vaccination in all study participants. 4. Proportion of Serious adverse events (SAEs), Medically attended adverse events (MAAEs) and Adverse events of special interest (AESI) post dose 1 until 6 months post last dose of vaccination.

    Time frame: 1. Within 30 minutes post each dose of vaccination. 2. Within 7 days post each dose of vaccination. 3. Within 28 days post each dose of vaccination. 4.Until 6 months post last dose of vaccination

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Study locations

3 of 3 sites recruiting
  • MeCRU Clinical Research Unit
    Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa
    Recruiting
  • Newtown Clinical Research Centre
    Johannesburg, South Africa
    Recruiting
  • Be Part Research
    Paarl, South Africa
    Recruiting
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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 Apr 29, 2025, 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
NCT06306196
Lead sponsor
International Vaccine Institute
Collaborators
Xiamen Innovax Biotech Co., Ltd, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 12, 2024
Start date
Apr 4, 2024
Primary completion
Jan 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 29, 2025

Study contacts

Tarun Saluja
Contact
tarun.saluja@ivi.int
+82-10-9736-2810
Sanet Aspinall
Contact
sanet.aspinall@ardent.consulting
+27 21 569 0611
Tarun Saluja
principal investigator · International Vaccine Institute
Sanet Aspinall
principal investigator · Ardent Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Elizabeth Hellström
principal investigator · Be Part Research
Maphoshane Nchabeleng
principal investigator · MeCRU Clinical Research Unit
Essack Mitha
principal investigator · Newtown Clinical Research Centre

Oversight

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