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Register: RPCEC
Last refreshed on: 27 May 2013
Main ID:  RPCEC00000031
Date of registration: 27/02/2009
Primary sponsor: Center for Genetic Engineering and Biothecnology (CIGB), in Havana.
Public title: Safety and immunogenicity of commercial Hepatitis B vaccines.
Scientific title: “Comparative immunogenicity and reactogenicity of Heberbiovac-HB and three commercial recombinant hepatitis B vaccines in healthy adults”.
Date of first enrolment: 31/03/2004
Target sample size: 400
Recruitment status: Closed
URL:  http://registroclinico.sld.cu/trials/RPCEC00000031-En
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomization: Randomized Controlled Trial Blinding: Double Blind Placebo: Active Assignment: Parallel Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Cuba
Contacts
Name: Arístides  Betancourt
Address:  31st Ave. between 158 and 190, Cubanacan, Playa, 6162 Havana City Cuba
Telephone: (53-7)-2716022 (ext.7227).
Email: aristides.aguilar@cigb.edu.cu
Affiliation:  Center for Genetic Engineering and Biothecnology (CIGB), in Havana.
Name: Arístides  Betancourt
Address:  31st Ave. between 158 and 190, Cubanacan, Playa. 6162 Havana City Cuba
Telephone: (53-7)-2716022 (ext.7227).
Email: aristides.aguilar@cigb.edu.cu
Affiliation:  Center for Genetic Engineering and Biothecnology (CIGB), in Havana.
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Healthy adults from both sexes. 2.Age range: 18 until 45 years old. 3.Current use of contraceptive method for women of fertile age. 4.Written informed consent obtained.
Exclusion criteria: 1.Known history of infection with hepatitis B or present antibodies surface antigen (antiHBs) prior to the inclusion (including pre-vaccination anti-hepatitis B). 2.Positive for surface antigen of hepatitis B (HBsAg +). 3.Underlying immunosuppressive disease, ingestion of current immunosuppressive drugs (including steroids) or in the six months prior to study. 4.People who are decompensated chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, heart failure, hyperthyroidism, malignancy, epilepsy, etc.). Or suffer from any autoimmune disease (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus type 1 , etc). 5.Persons with a severe allergy (asthma grade III or IV, hives, dermatitis, bronchitis, etc). 6.Thiomersal allergy or any of the components of the vaccine. 7.Pregnancy and lactancy.

Age minimum: 18 years
Age maximum: 45 years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatitis B (Prevention).
Intervention(s)
Volunteers were assigned (ratio 1:1:1:1) to one of the four treatment groups (recombinant hepatitis B vaccines): one cuban (Heberbiovac HB, CIGB, Havana), two Korean vaccines (Euvax-B, LG Chemical Ltd. and Hepavax-Gene, Greencross Vaccine Corp.), and one Belgian (Engerix B, GlaxoSmithKline). The schedule of administration of the vaccine was three 20?g doses of the HBsAg used intramuscularly (schedule 0-1-2 months).
Primary Outcome(s)
Immunogenicity (seroprotection percentage [antiHBs=10 UI/L], hyper-responders [antiHBs=1000UI/L] and geometric mean titers of anti-HBs [antiHBs GMT] at 60 and 90-days postvaccination).
Secondary Outcome(s)
Reactogenicity, adverse events rate in each dose (first 72 hours), 7 and 30 days post-vaccination.
Secondary ID(s)
IG/VHI/HB/0302
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Heber Biotec S.A. and Cuban Ministry of Public Health.
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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