The purpose of the study is to better understand how the immune system responds to the new herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine (Shingrix®). The study will be looking at certain markers in the blood after vaccination with Shingrix®.
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can cause two distinct diseases: chicken pox (varicella) and herpes zoster (shingles). The primary infection with VZV causes chicken pox, a widespread rash occurring with fever, mostly in childhood. The virus can then remain dormant in a person's body and has the ability to reactivate later in life causing shingles. Shingles is a painful rash, occurring mostly in older individuals or those who have a weakened immune system. After resolution of the rash, individuals may experience persistent pain in the same area, called post-herpetic neuralgia. The purpose of the study is to better understand how the immune system responds to the new herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine (Shingrix®). In particular, looking at certain markers in the blood after vaccination with Shingrix®. The study will be an open label clinical trial in healthy older adults. There will be two groups of participants: those aged 50 to 60 years or those who are 70 years old and above, both groups will receive the vaccine. This will help compare the immune response to the herpes zoster vaccine in different age cohorts of older adults. Subjects will be recruited by flyer advertisements. Interested individuals will be screened for the study and if they qualify they will be consented and enrolled in the study. Blood samples will be collected and banked. There are optional storage of data/specimens for future research including: being contacted for future studies, having contact information and limited medical information entered into a clinic database, and storage of Protected Health Information and samples for future research (yes, no, and de-identified).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
38
A zoster vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted, recently approved by the FDA for prevention of herpes zoster (shingles) in adults aged 50 years and older. It is given in two doses (0.5 mL each): at 0 and 2 to 6 months.
The Hope Clinic
Decatur, Georgia, United States
Change in Innate Immune Signatures Post-vaccine Dose
Will be assessed between D0, D1, and D7 and each dose of Zoster vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted, in both age cohorts: 50-60 years and \>70 years of age. Results will be reported using Mean Normalized Enrichment Score (NES) of the Antiviral Interferon Signature Module (NES reflects the degree to which the activity level of a set of transcripts is overrepresented at the extremes (top or bottom) of the entire ranked list of transcripts within a sample and is normalized by accounting for the number of transcripts in the set. An NES of 0 indicates no change from baseline, a negative score reflects a reduction in the score (less activity), and a positive score reflects more activity of the module).
Time frame: Day 1 from Day 0, Day 7 from Day 0, Day 61 from day 60, Day 67 from day 60
Safety of Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted
Differences in related adverse events and serious adverse events between each dose of Zoster vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted, in both age cohorts. Number of participants with related AEs and SAEs (assessed within 7 days post-vaccination) will be reported.
Time frame: Day 270 post-intervention
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