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Registration number
NCT03486834
Ethics application status
Date submitted
28/03/2018
Date registered
3/04/2018
Date last updated
23/01/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
V160 2-Dose and 3-Dose Regimens in Healthy Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Seronegative Females (V160-002)
Scientific title
Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2b, Multi-center Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy and Immunogenicity of a 2-Dose and a 3-Dose Regimen of V160 (Cytomegalovirus [CMV] Vaccine) in Healthy Seronegative Women, 16 to 35 Years of Age
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2017-004233-86
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
V160-002
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Infection 0 0 0 0
Other infectious diseases
Infection 0 0 0 0
Studies of infection and infectious agents

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - V160
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: V160 3-Dose Regimen - Participants received 3 doses of vaccine V160 (100 Units/0.5 mL dose with Merck aluminum phosphate adjuvant [MAPA], 4°C stable formulation) administered by intramuscular (IM) injection on Day 1, Month 2, and Month 6.

Experimental: V160 2-Dose Regimen - Participants received 2 doses of vaccine V160 (100 Units/0.5 mL dose with MAPA, 4°C stable formulation) administered IM on Day 1 and Month 6 and a placebo-saline solution at Month 2.

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Participants received placebo (saline solution) by IM injection on Day 1, Month 2, and Month 6.


Other interventions: V160
V160 was administered as a 0.5 mL (100 Units/0.5 mL dose with Merck aluminum phosphate adjuvant [MAPA], 4°C stable formulation) IM injection.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Saline solution administered as a 0.5 mL IM injection
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Became Infected With Wild-Type Cytomegalovirus Infection Starting at 4 Weeks Post Last Dose (V160 3-dose Regimen Group and Placebo Group)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
4 weeks post last vaccination (Month 7) up to ~Month 24
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Number of Participants With Solicited Injection-site Adverse Events
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to 5 days after each vaccination
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of Participants With Solicited Systemic AEs
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to 14 days after each vaccination
Primary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of Participants With Vaccine-related Serious Adverse Events
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Up to 14 days after each vaccination
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Became Infected With Wild-Type CMV Infection Starting at 4 Weeks Post Last Dose (V160 2-dose Regimen Group and Placebo Group)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
4 weeks post last vaccination (Month 7) up to ~Month 24

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Healthy based on medical history and physical examination.

- Serologically confirmed to be CMV seronegative prior to receiving the first dose of
V160/placebo

- Have direct exposure to young children (=5 years of age) at home or occupationally

- Of childbearing potential

- Agrees to avoid becoming pregnant during the 6-month treatment period and for at least
4 weeks after the last dose of study drug by either 1) practicing abstinence from
heterosexual activity, or 2) use a highly-effective method of birth control (as
specified in the protocol) during heterosexual activity.
Minimum age
16 Years
Maximum age
35 Years
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
- Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, laboratory abnormality or
other circumstance that might expose the participant to risk by participating in the
trial, confound the results of the trial, or interfere with participation for the full
duration of the trial, as assessed by the investigator

- Has history of allergic reaction or anaphylactic reaction to any vaccine component
that required medical intervention or of any severe allergic reaction to any vaccine
component that required medical intervention.

- Has a recent (<72 hours) history of febrile illness (temperature =100.4°F/38.0°C, oral
equivalent)

- Is currently immunocompromised or has been diagnosed as having a congenital or
acquired immunodeficiency, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, lymphoma,
leukemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid
arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, or other autoimmune condition that requires
immunosuppressive medication.

- Has a condition in which repeated venipuncture or injections pose more than minimal
risk for the participant.

- A woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who has a positive pregnancy test at
screening or within 24 hours before the first dose of study treatment.

- Has previously received a CMV vaccine.

- Had any live virus vaccine administered or scheduled to be administered in the period
from 4 weeks prior to, and 4 weeks following receipt of any dose of trial vaccine.

- Had any inactivated vaccine administered or scheduled within the period from 14 days
prior to, through 14 days following, any dose of trial vaccine.

- Had administration of any immune globulin or blood product within 90 days prior to
injection with V160/placebo or scheduled within 30 days thereafter.

- Received systemic corticosteroids (equivalent of =2 mg/kg total daily dose of
prednisone or =20 mg/d for persons weighing >10 kg) for =14 consecutive days and has
not completed treatment at least 30 days prior to trial entry.

- Received systemic corticosteroids exceeding physiologic replacement doses (˜5 mg/d
prednisone equivalent) within 14 days prior to the first vaccination (participants
using inhaled, nasal, or topical steroids are considered eligible for the trial).

- Received any anti-viral agent with proven or potential activity against CMV two weeks
prior to vaccination or is likely to receive such an agent within 2 weeks after
vaccination.

- Receiving or has received in the year prior to enrollment immunosuppressive therapies
or other therapies used for solid organ/cell transplant, radiation therapy,
immunosuppressive/cytotoxic immunotherapy, chemotherapy and other immunosuppressive
therapies known to interfere with the immune response. Topical tacrolimus is allowed
provided that it is not used within 2 weeks prior to, or 2 weeks following a V160
dose.

- Participated in another clinical trial in the past 4 weeks, or plans to participate in
a treatment-based trial or a trial in which an invasive procedure is to be performed
while enrolled in this trial.

- Plans donation of eggs at any time from signing the informed consent through 1 month
after receiving the last dose of the trial V160/placebo.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
30/04/2018
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
30/06/2021
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
2200
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Paratus Clinical Pty Ltd - Blacktown Clinic ( Site 0247) - Blacktown
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Paratus Clinical Kanwal - Trial Clinic ( Site 0243) - Kanwal
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Holdsworth House Medical Practice ( Site 0241) - Sydney
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University of the Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Centre ( Site 0244) - Morayfield
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University of the Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Centre ( Site 0245) - Sippy Downs
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2148 - Blacktown
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2259 - Kanwal
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
2010 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
4506 - Morayfield
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
4556 - Sippy Downs
Recruitment outside Australia
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Alabama
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Tampere
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Santiago de Compostela

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the cytomegalovirus (CMV)
vaccine (V160) administered in a 2-dose or 3-dose regimen to healthy seronegative women 16 to
35 years of age. Participants received blinded V160 on Day 1, Month 2, and Month 6 (3-dose
regimen), V160 on Day 1 and Month 6 and placebo at Month 2 (2-dose regimen), or placebo on
Day 1, Month 2, and Month 6, and were followed to approximately Month 24. The primary
hypothesis of the study was that administration of a 3-dose regimen of V160 will reduce the
incidence of primary CMV infection compared to placebo.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03486834
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Medical Director
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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
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Summary Results

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