Safety and Immunogenicity of Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine Sci-B-Vac® Compared to Engerix-B®

Last updated: March 24, 2022
Sponsor: VBI Vaccines Inc.
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis

Liver Disorders

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT04209400
38-13-040 RUS
  • Ages 18-45
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This study was a comparative, randomized, double-blind clinical study of the efficacy and safety of Sci-B-Vac® (10 μg dose) and the Engerix-B® (20 μg dose) vaccines in two parallel groups of hepatitis B-naive healthy adult subjects in Russia.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Availability of written Informed Consent to participate in the study from the subject.
  2. Male or female between 18 and 45 years old without previous contact with hepatitis Bvirus (HBV).
  3. Good health condition based on full physical examination.
  4. Normal values of laboratory biochemical blood tests.
  5. Seronegative with respect to anti-HBs (surface) antibodies, anti-HBc (core)antibodies, and HBs Antigen (HBsAg) on screening.
  6. Not pregnant and not breast-feeding.
  7. For men and women of reproductive age: consent for use of an effective contraceptionmethod, for example, an intrauterine device, oral contraceptive, hypodermic implant ordouble barrier method (a condom with contraceptive sponge or contraceptivesuppository) throughout the entire study.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Congenital or inherited immunodeficiency disorder in family history.
  2. Information of a serious blood disorder, cardiac disorder, or tumour.
  3. Current use of any medication that could alter immune reactivity.
  4. Infection with HBV at the present time or in the past, confirmed by HBV markers test.
  5. Anaphylaxis or severe allergy, or atopy, history of alcoholism or drug abuse.
  6. Pregnancy and breast-feeding.

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Study Start date:
April 18, 2014
Estimated Completion Date:
April 20, 2015

Study Description

This study was a comparative randomized double-blind clinical study of the efficacy and safety of Sci-B-Vac® (10 μg dose) and the Engerix-B® (20 μg dose) vaccines in hepatitis B-naive healthy adult subjects (n = 100). The study was conducted at 3 study sites in the Russian Federation. Subjects who passed the screening successfully were randomized into two groups, Sci-B-Vac® (10 μg dose) and Engerix-B® (20 μg dose), in a 1:1 ratio. Subjects were vaccinated three times at days 1, 28, and 180 of the study.

Statistical Methods: Evaluation and comparison of immunogenicity were conducted at baseline, day 28, day 90 (60 days after the second vaccination), day 180 (prior to administering the third vaccine, 90 days after the second vaccination), and day 210 (30 days after the third vaccination) of the study.

The primary outcome was the seroconversion rate (proportion of subjects with anti-HBs levels ≥ 2.1 mIU/mL) after the third vaccination at day 210. The non-inferiority margin was set at 4%. The percentage of subjects who achieved seroconversion was analyzed using the Chi-square test for proportions along with the McNemar's test for repeated measurements in each group. The non-inferiority hypotheses were confirmed if the lower range of the confidence interval was at least -4%. The secondary endpoint was SPR (≥10 mIU/ml), measured at days 1, 28, 90, 180 and 210.

Demographic data, initial parameters, safety parameters, tolerance of the experimental vaccine, and other study parameters were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean value, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum values, range, quartiles, the number of valid cases-for quantitative variables; absolute number, proportion, allocation-for qualitative variables). A comparative assessment of the detection rate for different parameters in the two comparison groups was conducted using the Student's t-test; differences were considered statistically significant at a significance level of 5%. The assay used to measure anti-HBs concentrations had an upper limit of 1000 mIU/mL.

Connect with a study center

  • Saint Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution

    Saint Petersburg, Mirgorodskaya 191167
    Russian Federation

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