Immunogenicity and Safety of Sanofi Pasteur's AVAXIM 80U Pediatric Vaccine Followed by Booster Dose
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00483470 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 7, 2007
Last Update Posted : January 22, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hepatitis A | Biological: Hepatitis A vaccine AVAXIM 80U Biological: Hepatitis A vaccine (HAVRIX 720) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 720 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Study Start Date : | June 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2008 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1 |
Biological: Hepatitis A vaccine AVAXIM 80U
0.5 mL, Intramuscular
Other Name: AVAXIM 80U Pediatric vaccine |
Active Comparator: 2 |
Biological: Hepatitis A vaccine (HAVRIX 720)
0.5 mL, Intramuscular |
- To provide information concerning the immunogenicity of AVAXIM 80U Pediatric vaccine [ Time Frame: 1 month post-vaccination ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Months to 15 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria :
Inclusion criteria to be checked at the screening visit (SC):
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Toddlers, children and adolescents:
Sub-Group 1: from 12 months to 3 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 2: from 4 to 6 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 3: from 7 to 9 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 4: from 10 to 12 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 5: from 13 to 15 years of age on the day of inclusion
- Screening informed consent form signed by the parent(s) or other legal representative for all the subjects and by the adolescents (sub-group 5 only)
Inclusion criteria to be checked at the inclusion visit (V01):
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Toddlers, children and adolescents:
Sub-Group 1: from 12 months to 3 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 2: from 4 to 6 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 3: from 7 to 9 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 4: from 10 to 12 years of age on the day of inclusion
Sub-Group 5: from 13 to 15 years of age on the day of inclusion
- Inclusion informed consent form signed by the parent(s) or other legal representative for all the subjects and by the adolescents (sub-group 5 only)
- Able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all trial procedures
- Subject anti-HAV seronegative (IgG) according to the screening results (assay performed with local kit)
- Subject HBsAg seronegative and ALT <40 IU/l according to the screening results
Exclusion Criteria :
Exclusion criteria to be checked at the inclusion visit (V01):
- Participation in another clinical trial in the 4 weeks preceding trial vaccination
- Planned participation in another clinical trial during the present trial period
- Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, immunosuppressive therapy such as long-term systemic corticosteroids therapy
- Systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccines components or history of a life-threatening reaction to the trial vaccines or a vaccine containing the same substances
- Chronic illness at a stage that could interfere with trial conduct or completion
- Blood or blood-derived products received in the past 3 months
- Any vaccination in the 4 weeks preceding the trial vaccination
- Any vaccination planned in the 4 weeks following the trial vaccination
- History of hepatitis A infection (confirmed either clinically or serologically )
- Previous vaccination against hepatitis A with the trial vaccine or another hepatitis A vaccine
- Thrombocytopenia or a bleeding disorder contraindicating intramuscular vaccination
- History of /current seizures
- Clinical or serological evidence of systemic illness including Hepatitis C and HIV
- Febrile (axillary temperature ≥ 37.1°C) or acute illness

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00483470
China, Guangxi | |
Guilin City, Guangxi, China, 541001 | |
Nanning, Guangxi, China, 530021 | |
Yongfu Country, Guangxi, China, 541800 |
Study Director: | Medical Director | Sanofi Pasteur Inc |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00483470 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HAF78 |
First Posted: | June 7, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 22, 2014 |
Last Verified: | January 2014 |
Hepatitis A |
Hepatitis A Hepatitis Liver Diseases Digestive System Diseases Hepatitis, Viral, Human Virus Diseases Infections |
Enterovirus Infections Picornaviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Vaccines Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |