The purpose of this study is to investigate if the study vaccine, m-IPV2 HD (vaccine that only contains polio serotype 2 in high dose), is as safe as the standard IPV Imovax (that contains the 3 serotypes of polio). This safety evaluation will be done in young adults. If the study vaccine appears to be safe, it will be tested at a later stage in the target group (infants and children) to evaluate the immunogenicity of the vaccine. After all, the purpose is to use the study vaccine in the future to protect young children against Polio serotype 2. Disease with Polio type 2 indeed recently re-appeared, so vaccination of young children to come to a complete eradication of Polio is needed. The standard use of Imovax to protect against Polio serotype 2 would be too expensive. Therefore, a monovalent Polio vaccine containing only serotype 2 (= the vaccine that will be evaluated in this study), has been developed. The duration of the study will be approximately 6 months. 120 subjects between 18 and 45 years of age will participate in Belgium. During the study there will be 2 groups of subjects. Subjects will be assigned by chance to one of these groups. One group will receive one single injection of the study vaccine m-IPV2 HD (which contains only serotype 2), the other group will receive one single injection of the standard polio vaccine IPV, Imovax (which contains the 3 serotypes). After this vaccination, there will be a follow-up period of 6 months. Subjects will be asked to come to the study centre one more time for the second visit (on Day 8, which is 7 days after the first visit). They will also receive 2 follow-up phone calls for approximately one month and 6 months after vaccination.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
a single dose m-IPV2 HD (study vaccine), 0,5ml
a single 0.5 ml dose Imovax Polio (control vaccine)
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
the safety of a single dose of m-IPV2 HD and licensed trivalent IPV
To assess the safety of a single dose of m-IPV2 HD and licensed trivalent IPV in healthy adults based on the incidence of serious and severe adverse events (AEs) within 4 weeks of vaccine administration.
Time frame: 4 weeks
the reactogenicity of a single dose of m-IPV2 HD and licensed trivalent IPV
To assess the reactogenicity of a single dose of m-IPV2 HD and licensed trivalent IPV in healthy adults based on the incidence of solicited local and general AEs within 7 days of vaccine administration.
Time frame: 7 days
the safety of a single dose of m-IPV2 HD and licensed trivalent IPV
To assess the safety of a single dose of m-IPV2 HD and licensed trivalent IPV in healthy adults based on the incidence of serious AEs within 6 months of vaccine administration.
Time frame: 6 months
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