Clinical trial • Not applicable • Infectious Disease
recombinant varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E for Herpes zoster
Not applicable trial of recombinant varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E for Herpes zoster. open-label, none/not specified-controlled. 10 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Infectious Disease
- Trial Disease
- Herpes zoster
- Trial Stage
- Not applicable
- Drug Modality
- Vaccine
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 23-09-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 04-12-2025
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled Not applicable trial across 1 site in Belgium.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Target Sample Size
- 10
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 21
Eligibility
Recruits 10 No vulnerable populations selected; participants are healthy adults aged 50-65; informed consent required from each participant (no assent procedures described)..
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected; participants are healthy adults aged 50-65; informed consent required from each participant (no assent procedures described).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Male and female adults between 50 and 65 years of age"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Be healthy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willingness to sign the consent form"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willingness to the 9 blood samples"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willingness to receive the 2 doses of the RHZ vaccine (at 2-6 months interval)"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Intake of any immunosuppressive therapies"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Contraindication for the RHZ vaccine or one or more of the constituents"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Pre-menoposal women"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any form of immunosuppression"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Recent live or non-live vaccination(s) (3 months prior to inclusion)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Unwillingness to sign the consent form"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Prior varicella zoster virus vaccination"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Prior herpes zoster virus vaccination"}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of prior episode of herpes zoster"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Active herpes zoster at day 0 of the study"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The primary endpoint of the study will be the variations and evolution of quantitative values of the 3 parameters over the 3 weeks study period: VZV-specific CMI and quantification, VZV-specific HMI and quantification and Lymphocyte typing","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quantitative values of VZV-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI), VZV-specific humoral immunity (HMI) and lymphocyte typing measured by blood tests over the 3-week study period (measurements before and after vaccination)."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 10
- Recruitment Window Months
- 9
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent required from each adult participant; subject information and informed consent form for adults provided (document 'L1_SIS and ICF adults'). No assent procedures described. Languages of consent documents not specified.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 1
- Total Number Of Participants
- 10
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 17-11-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 04-12-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 17
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 10
Sites
- Site Name
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
- Department Name
- Dermatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Arjen Nikkels
- Principal Investigator Email
- af.nikkels@chuliege.be
- Contact Person Name
- Arjen Nikkels
- Contact Person Email
- af.nikkels@chuliege.be
- Number Of Participants
- 10
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Belgium
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Shingrix powder and suspension for suspension for injection Herpes zoster vaccine (recombinant, adjuvanted)
- Active Substance
- recombinant varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E
- Modality
- Vaccine
- Routes Of Administration
- Intramuscular injection
- Route
- Intramuscular injection
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/18/1272/001)
- Frequency
- Two doses, 2-6 months apart
- Maximum Dose
- 2 ml (max total dose amount)
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