Vellore Typhoid Vaccine Impact Trial

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India72,500 enrolled

Overview

This cluster randomised trial will examine the impact of introducing TyphiBEV, a typhoid conjugate vaccine licensed in India, on the incidence of typhoid fever in a high burden urban setting in South India.

TyphiBEV®, a typhoid conjugate vaccine from Biological E, has been licensed by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organaisation in India based on immunogenicity and safety data. A similar typhoid conjugate vaccine has been demonstrated in large clinical trials to provide 80% vaccine efficacy in Nepal and Bangladesh. The TyphiBEV® has not been similarly evaluated. The demonstration of the impact of a city-scale typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction on the burden of typhoid will aid policy decisions on the use of typhoid conjugate vaccines in the national immunisation program. After written informed consent, the investigators will establish stimulated passive surveillance in 72,000 individuals between 1 and 30 years of age within the Vellore Demographic Surveillance System to determine the incidence of blood-culture confirmed typhoid fever. Thirty-six thousand surveillance participants between 1 year and 30 years residing in the 30 clusters (areas) randomised to receive the vaccine will receive the vaccine at the beginning of the trial. Those in other areas will receive the same at the end of two years. Using a stimulated passive surveillance approach, those with acute febrile illness will be encouraged to visit study surveillance hospitals. Participants will be evaluated for blood-culture confirmed typhoid fever if they are eligible. The incidence of typhoid among those living in areas assigned to vaccination compared to those whose residence is in areas not designated for vaccination will be used to calculate the impact of the vaccine on disease burden.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

72,500

Conditions

Typhoid Fever

Interventions

Typhoid conjugate VaccineBIOLOGICAL

TyphiBEV is a clear colourless monovalent vaccine containing 25 µg of Typhoid Vi polysaccharide manufactured using the Citrobacter freundii sensu lato3056 (Vi) and is conjugated to CRM 197 as a carrier protein. Sodium chloride and Phosphate buffer are used as a buffering agent in the vaccine formulation with 2-Phenoxyethanol as a preservative.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 YearMax age: 30 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Consent * For adults, 18 years and over - they must be willing and competent to provide informed consent * For those aged under 18 years, the parent/guardian is willing and competent to provide informed consent, and if the participant is 11 to 18 years of age, informed assent will also be sought, * Age: * Between 1 and 30 years (i.e., up to 29 years 364 days) at time of recruitment into the surveillance * Currently living within the study catchment area with no plans to leave the study area in the next 24 months Exclusion Criteria: * For fever surveillance o Medical reasons that prevent the participant from complying with study requirements including follow up and testing during illness * For vaccination * Has received a typhoid vaccine in the previous three years * Is known to have an allergy to any vaccine component * Nursing mothers, Pregnancy or planning pregnancy around vaccination * Receipt of any other vaccine in the past 30 days (temporary exclusion) * Febrile illness in the 24 hours before vaccination (temporary exclusion)

Locations (1)

Christian Medical College Vellore

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Total effect

Number of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever episodes in vaccinated participants from vaccine clusters compared to the number of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever episodes in unvaccinated participants from non-vaccine clusters

Time frame: at 24 months of follow up beginning 28 days after vaccine introduction in vaccine clusters.

Secondary Outcomes

Overall effect

The number of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever episodes in participants from vaccine clusters compared to the number of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever episodes in participants from non-vaccine clusters

Time frame: at 24 months of follow up beginning 28 days after vaccine introduction in vaccine clusters.

Effect in children 1 to 14 years

The number of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever episodes in vaccinated children between 1 year and 14 years and 364 days from vaccine clusters compared to the number of blood culture confirmed typhoid fever episodes in unvaccinated children between 1 year and 14 years and 364 days from non-vaccine clusters

Time frame: at 24 months of follow up beginning 28 days after vaccine introduction in vaccine clusters.

Effect on all febrile illness requiring healthcare visits

The number of febrile illness episodes where healthcare is sought among vaccinated participants from vaccine clusters compared to unvaccinated participants from non-vaccine clusters

Time frame: at 24 months of follow up beginning 28 days after vaccine introduction in vaccine clusters.

Safety outcomes

The number and description of solicited and non-solicited adverse events reported within the first seven days after vaccination in the safety subset of vaccine recipients

Time frame: Seven days after vaccine receipt

Central Contacts

Jacob John, MD PhD

CONTACT

00919442631628 jebu@cmcvellore.ac.in

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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