Clinical trial • Phase III • Infectious Disease
GSKVX000000025896 for Varicella (chickenpox)
Phase III trial of GSKVX000000025896 for Varicella (chickenpox).
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Infectious Disease
- Trial Disease
- Varicella (chickenpox)
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Vaccine
- Paediatric Trial
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 09-01-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 05-05-2025
Trial design
Randomised, varivax (varicella live attenuated vaccine; comparator) — 0.5 ml, subcutaneous, single dose (as per product information).-controlled Phase III trial across 18 sites in Bulgaria, Poland, Estonia and others.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- VARIVAX (varicella live attenuated vaccine; comparator) — 0.5 ml, subcutaneous, single dose (as per product information).
- Target Sample Size
- 385
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 181
Eligibility
Recruits 385 paediatric patients.
- Vulnerable Population
- Participants are infants (12 to 15 months). Consent must be provided by the participant’s parent(s) or legally authorised representative (LAR). The protocol requires "Written or witnessed/thumb printed informed consent obtained from the participant’s parent(s)/LAR(s) prior to performance of any study-specific procedure." Parents/LARs are expected to comply with protocol requirements (e.g., completion of eDiaries, follow-up visits).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant’s parent(s)/LAR(s), who, in the opinion of the investigator, can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol (e.g., completion of the eDiaries, return for follow-up visits)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Written or witnessed/thumb printed informed consent obtained from the participant’s parent(s)/LAR(s) prior to performance of any study-specific procedure."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Healthy participants as established by medical history and clinical examination before entering into the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- A male or female between, and including, 12 to 15 months of age (i.e., from the day of 1 year birthday until the day before 16 months of age) at the time of the administration of study interventions."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Only for children in countries where PCV is recommended at 12 to 15 months of age as per national immunization schedule and provided as part of the study interventions: − Participant who previously received the primary series of PCV in the first year of life with last dose at least 60 days prior to study entry."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- History of any reaction or hypersensitivity likely to be exacerbated by any component of the study interventions."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Previous vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Previous vaccination against hepatitis A virus."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Previous vaccination against varicella virus."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Only for children in countries where PCV is recommended at 12 to 15 months of age as per national immunization schedule and provided as part of the study interventions, participant who previously received a booster dose of any PCV."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Concurrently participating in another clinical study, at any time during the study period, in which the participant has been or will be exposed to an investigational or a non-investigational intervention (drug/invasive medical device)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Active untreated tuberculosis."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition, based on medical history and physical examination (no laboratory testing required)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Hypersensitivity to latex."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Recurrent history of uncontrolled neurological disorders or seizures."}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of varicella disease."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any other clinical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, might pose additional risk to the participant due to participation in the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Use of any investigational or non-registered product (drug, vaccine or invasive medical device) other than the study interventions during the period beginning 30 days before the dose of study interventions administration (Day -29 to Day 1), or their planned use during the study period."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Planned administration of a vaccine in the period starting 30 days before the dose and ending 43 days after the dose of study interventions administration* (Visit 2), with the exception of inactivated influenza vaccine which may be given at any time during the study and administered at a different location than the study interventions."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Chronic administration of immune-modifying drugs (defined as more than 14 consecutive days in total) and/or planned use of long-acting immune-modifying treatments at any time up to the end of the study. − Up to 90 days prior to the study intervention administration: • For corticosteroids, this will mean prednisone equivalent ≥0.5 mg/kg/day with maximum of 20 mg/day for pediatric participants. Inhaled and topical steroids are allowed. • Administration of immunoglobulins and/or any blood products or plasma derivatives. − Up to 180 days prior to study interventions administration: long-acting immune modifying drugs including among others immunotherapy (e.g., tumor necrosis factor-inhibitors), monoclonal antibodies (except the ones not interfering with the immune response to the study vaccines, e.g., nirsevimab), antitumoral medication."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Other exclusion criteria may apply as per the study Protocol."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Occurrence of solicited: •administration site events within 4 days (Day 1 to Day 4) post dose of VNS vaccine or VV administration. •systemic events within 15 days (Day 1 to Day 15) post-dose of study interventions administration. •systemic event (fever) within 22 days (Day 1 to Day 22) post-dose of study interventions administration. •administration site and systemic events (rash) within 43 days (Day 1 to Day 43) post-dose of study interventions administration.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Solicited adverse events at specified time windows post-dose: administration-site events Day 1–4; systemic events Day 1–15; fever Day 1–22; administration-site and systemic rash Day 1–43. Measurement by collection of solicited AE reports (eDiaries/clinic assessment) within the defined windows."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Occurrence of any unsolicited AEs within 43 days (Day 1 to Day 43) post-dose of study interventions administration.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Any unsolicited adverse events reported or observed during Day 1–43 post-dose, collected via eDiary/clinic contact and recorded as AEs."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Occurrence of any medically attended AEs post-dose of study interventions administration up to study end (Day 181).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Medically attended adverse events captured from Day 1 post-dose through Day 181 (end of study) via medical records and investigator reports."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Occurrence of SAEs post-dose of study interventions administration up to study end.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serious adverse events recorded from dose administration through study end (Day 181) via standard SAE reporting mechanisms."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- Yes
- Planned Sample Size
- 385
- Recruitment Window Months
- 17
- Consent Approach
- Consent is provided by the participant’s parent(s) or legally authorised representative (LAR). The protocol requires "Written or witnessed/thumb printed informed consent obtained from the participant’s parent(s)/LAR(s) prior to performance of any study-specific procedure." Parent/guardian information sheets and informed consent forms are provided (subject information/ICF parental documents) in country languages (including English, Bulgarian, Polish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Danish where applicable) and digital consent toolkits are available for pre-consent information.
Methods
- Physician referral letters to parent/guardian (documents: Dr-to-Parent-Guardian Letter) — targeted at paediatric HCPs to refer eligible infants.
- Site-based materials (flyers, posters, brochures, participant ID cards) displayed in clinics targeting parents/guardians attending pediatric services.
- Digital waiting room advertisements and digital vaccine information brochures targeting parents in clinic digital environments.
- Digital pre-consent toolkit and digital post-consent toolkits (country-specific) including animation video storyboard and study slides to inform parents prior to consent.
- HCP fact sheets and site toolkits provided to investigators and site staff to support recruitment and informed discussions.
- Physician referral and program animation materials tailored per country (country-specific recruitment packets for BG, PL, EE, LTU, DNK).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 18
- Total Number Of Participants
- 385
Bulgaria
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 28-03-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 09-05-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 42
- Number Of Sites
- 7
- Number Of Participants
- 55
Sites
- Site Name
- Medical Center Hera - Kyustendil EOOD
- Contact Person Name
- Iliana Gogeva
- Contact Person Email
- iliana.gogeva@heraclinics.com
- Site Name
- Medical Center Doktor Staykov Ltd.
- Contact Person Name
- Mariya Irikova
- Contact Person Email
- mariya.irikova.md@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment Dr. Tota Venkova AD
- Department Name
- Department of pediatrics
- Contact Person Name
- Svetla Pashova-Mihova
- Contact Person Email
- dr.svetla.pashova@gmail.com
- Site Name
- UNIMED Medical Center EOOD
- Contact Person Name
- Stanka Kalcheva
- Contact Person Email
- st_kalcheva@yahoo.com
- Site Name
- University Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment Saint Georgi EAD
- Department Name
- Clinic of pediatrics
- Contact Person Name
- Miroslava Bosheva
- Contact Person Email
- bosheva@mail.bg
- Site Name
- Specialized Hospital For Active Treatment Of Pneumo-Phthisiatric Diseases Dr. Dimitar Gramatikov-Ruse
- Department Name
- Department of pneumology
- Contact Person Name
- Svetoslav Dachev
- Contact Person Email
- svetoslav_dachev@yahoo.com
- Site Name
- Medical Center Dianamed 2001 EOOD
- Contact Person Name
- Slavka Kirilova
- Contact Person Email
- slavka.kirilova@mail.bg
Poland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 24-04-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 12-05-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 18
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 68
Sites
- Site Name
- Mtz Clinical Research Powered By Pratia
- Contact Person Name
- Damian Okruciński
- Contact Person Email
- badacz@pratia.com
- Site Name
- Pratia S.A.
- Department Name
- Centrum Medyczne Pratia Bydgoszcz
- Contact Person Name
- Oleg Warszalewski
- Contact Person Email
- owarszalewski@pratia.pl
- Site Name
- Szpital Im. Sw. Jadwigi Slaskiej W Trzebnicy Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej
- Department Name
- Oddział Pediatryczny z Pododdziałem Niemowlęcym
- Contact Person Name
- Henryk Szymański
- Contact Person Email
- henryk.t.szymanski@gmail.com
Estonia
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 22-04-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 12-08-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 112
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 89
Sites
- Site Name
- Linnamoisa Perearstikeskus OÜ
- Contact Person Name
- Eve Kivistik
- Contact Person Email
- perearst@linnamoisa.ee
- Site Name
- Al Mare Perearstikeskus OU
- Contact Person Name
- Kaia Kiiroja
- Contact Person Email
- kaia@almarearstid.ee
Lithuania
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 31-03-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 16-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 350
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 97
Sites
- Site Name
- Inmedica UAB
- Contact Person Name
- Alina Kucinskiene
- Contact Person Email
- alina.kucinskiene@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Lietuvos sveikatos mokslu universiteto Kauno ligonine
- Department Name
- Department of Children Diseases
- Contact Person Name
- Giedra Leviniene
- Contact Person Email
- giedralev@gmail.com
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 23-04-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 05-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 316
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 76
Sites
- Site Name
- Odense University Hospital
- Department Name
- Infectious Diseases
- Contact Person Name
- Isik S. Johansen
- Contact Person Email
- isik.somuncu.johansen@rsyd.dk
- Site Name
- Hvidovre Hospital
- Department Name
- Infectious diseases
- Contact Person Name
- Thomas Benfield
- Contact Person Email
- thomas.lars.benfield@regionh.dk
- Site Name
- Rigshospitalet
- Department Name
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
- Contact Person Name
- Anja Poulsen
- Contact Person Email
- anja.poulsen.01@regionh.dk
- Site Name
- Aarhus Universitet
- Department Name
- Infectious Diseases
- Contact Person Name
- Nina Breinholt Stærke
- Contact Person Email
- ninase@rm.dk
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Belgium
Contract research organisations
- Name
- IQVIA Limited
- Responsibilities
- Sponsor duties codes: 1,11,12,15 (Drug supply co-ordination, Event adjudication IDMC, Image Transfer from subject to site for evaluation, eCOA, IPP), 2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Third parties
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Medical Equipment Supplies And Management Limited","duties_or_roles":"Equipment supply","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Corevitas LLC","duties_or_roles":"GSK vendor for SPFQ","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Akkodis Belgium","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties code: 11","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"IQVIA Limited","duties_or_roles":"Sponsor duties codes: 1,11,12,15 (Drug supply co-ordination, Event adjudication IDMC, Image Transfer from subject to site for evaluation, eCOA, IPP), 2,3,4,5,6,7,8","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Keyrus Life Science","duties_or_roles":"GSK vendor for IDMC","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- VNS (investigational varicella vaccine)
- Active Substance
- GSKVX000000025896
- Modality
- Vaccine
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBCUTANEOUS
- Route
- SUBCUTANEOUS
- Authorisation Status
- Investigational
- Starting Dose
- 0.5 ml
- Frequency
- Single dose
- Maximum Dose
- 0.5 ml
- Investigational Product Name
- VARIVAX (comparator varicella vaccine)
- Active Substance
- Varicella virus Oka/Merck strain (live, attenuated)
- Modality
- Vaccine
- Routes Of Administration
- SUBCUTANEOUS
- Route
- SUBCUTANEOUS
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation referenced for comparator product PRD4585484 / PRD11373079)
- Starting Dose
- 0.5 ml
- Frequency
- Single dose
- Maximum Dose
- 0.5 ml
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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