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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02477150
Date of registration: 17/06/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Tuen Mun Hospital
Public title: Safety and Immunogenicity of a Zoster Vaccine in SLE
Scientific title: Immunogenicity and Safety of a Herpes Zoster Vaccine (Zostavax) in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: November 2015
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02477150
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     CC Mok, MD
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Affiliation:  Tuen Mun Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. SLE patients who fulfill =4 of the 1997 ACR (17) or the 2012 SLICC/ACR criteria for
SLE (18)

2. Age =18 years

3. Clinically inactive disease with SELENA-SLEDAI score <6 (see below) and receiving
stable dose of immunosuppressive agents for =6 months

4. History of varicella (chickenpox) or herpes zoster infection in the past

5. Willing to comply with all study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Active infection, including upper respiratory tract infection

2. Active untreated tuberculosis

3. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

4. Lymphocyte count <500/mm2

5. Reduced serum IgG, IgA or IgM level (below normal range)

6. Serum creatinine >200umol/L

7. History of hematological malignancies (eg. lymphoma, leukaemia) and other solid tumors

8. Patients receiving doses of immunosuppressive agents exceeding the following:

- Prednisolone (>15mg) or equivalent

- Azathioprine (>100mg/day)

- Mycophenolate mofetil (>1000mg/day)

- Cyclosporin A (>100mg/day)

- Tacrolimus (>3mg/day)

- Methotrextate (>15mg/week)

- Cyclophosphamide (any dose)

- Biological agents eg. rituximab, belimumab (any dose)

9. Patients who are pregnant or plan to become pregnancy within one year of study entry

10. Patients who cannot give a written consent (mentally incapable or illiterate)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Intervention(s)
Biological: Zostavax
Biological: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
antibody rise to varicella zoster virus [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
safety (incidence of herpes zoster reactivation or chickenpox infection) [Time Frame: week 6]
T cell response to VZV [Time Frame: week 6]
Secondary ID(s)
NTWC/CREC/15029
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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