Phase I Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Dose Ranging Study, Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00772954

Recruitment Status : Terminated (Issues with CTM stability.)

First Posted : October 15, 2008

Results First Posted : May 21, 2012

Last Update Posted : May 21, 2012

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Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Sanofi

Study Type	Interventional
Study Design	Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment; Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator); Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions	Clostridium Difficile Infection Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea
Interventions	Biological: Vaccine diluent buffer Biological: Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine (50 μg) Biological: Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine (100 μg)
Enrollment	36

Participant Flow

Recruitment Details	Participants were enrolled on 28 March 2006 in 2 clinical centers in the US.
Pre-assignment Details	A total of 36 participants who met the inclusion, but no exclusion criteria were enrolled and vaccinated.


Arm/Group Title	Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2
Arm/Group Description	Participants received a dose of pla...	Participants received a dose of 50 ...	Participants received a dose of 100...
Arm/Group Description	Participants received a dose of placebo (vaccine diluent) on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 50 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 100 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.
Period Title: Overall Study
Started	12	12	12
Completed	12	12	11
Not Completed	0	0	1
Reason Not Completed
Adverse Event	0	0	1

Baseline Characteristics

Arm/Group Title		Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2	Total
Arm/Group Description		Participants received a dose of pla...	Participants received a dose of 50 ...	Participants received a dose of 100...	Total of all reporting groups
Arm/Group Description		Participants received a dose of placebo (vaccine diluent) on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 50 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 100 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.	Total of all reporting groups
Overall Number of Baseline Participants		12	12	12	36
Baseline Analysis Population Description		[Not Specified]
Baseline Analysis Population Description		[Not Specified]
Age, Categorical Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants
	Number Analyzed	12 participants	12 participants	12 participants	36 participants
	<=18 years	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%
	Between 18 and 65 years	12 100.0%	12 100.0%	12 100.0%	36 100.0%
	>=65 years	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%
Age Continuous Mean (Standard Deviation) Unit of measure: Years
	Number Analyzed	12 participants	12 participants	12 participants	36 participants
		38.3 (12.98)	36.9 (12.67)	30.0 (8.57)	35.1 (11.84)
Sex: Female, Male Measure Type: Count of Participants Unit of measure: Participants
	Number Analyzed	12 participants	12 participants	12 participants	36 participants
	Female	7 58.3%	11 91.7%	5 41.7%	23 63.9%
	Male	5 41.7%	1 8.3%	7 58.3%	13 36.1%
Region of Enrollment Measure Type: Number Unit of measure: Participants
United States	Number Analyzed	12 participants	12 participants	12 participants	36 participants
United States		12	12	12	36

Outcome Measures

1.Primary Outcome


Title	Number of Participants Reporting Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events Post-vaccination With One of Two Formulations of Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine or a Placebo Vaccine.
Description	[Not Specified]
Description	[Not Specified]
Time Frame	Day 0 up to 70 days post first vaccination

Outcome Measure Data

Analysis Population Description

Safety assessments were on the safety population.


Arm/Group Title	Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2
Arm/Group Description:	Participants received a dose of pla...	Participants received a dose of 50 ...	Participants received a dose of 100...
Arm/Group Description:	Participants received a dose of placebo (vaccine diluent) on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 50 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 100 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.
Overall Number of Participants Analyzed	12	12	12
Measure Type: Number Unit of Measure: Participants
Injection site pain	7	12	9
Headache	5	4	5
Blood potassium decreased	1	4	3
Protein urine present	1	4	3
White blood cell count increased	1	4	3
Diarrhoea	3	3	2
Fatigue	3	3	2
Myalgia	1	5	1
White blood cells urine positive	2	2	3
Eosinophil count increased	3	1	3
Abdominal pain	2	1	3
Injection site erythema	2	3	1
Red blood cells urine positive	2	2	2
Injection site swelling	0	4	1
Injection site warmth	0	2	2
Malaise	0	3	0
Blood urea increased	2	1	0
Sinus congestion	2	0	1
Urine ketone body present	0	0	2

Adverse Events

Time Frame	Adverse events data were collected from the day of vaccination 1 (Day 0) to up to 8 months post-vaccination.
Adverse Event Reporting Description	[Not Specified]

Arm/Group Title	Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2
Arm/Group Description	Participants received a dose of pla...	Participants received a dose of 50 ...	Participants received a dose of 100...
Arm/Group Description	Participants received a dose of placebo (vaccine diluent) on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 50 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.	Participants received a dose of 100 μg Clostridium difficile toxoid vaccine on Day 0 and Day 28.
All-Cause Mortality
	Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2
	Affected / at Risk (%)	Affected / at Risk (%)	Affected / at Risk (%)
Total	--/--	--/--	--/--
Serious Adverse Events Serious Adverse Events
	Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2
	Affected / at Risk (%)	Affected / at Risk (%)	Affected / at Risk (%)
Total	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Other (Not Including Serious) Adverse Events
Frequency Threshold for Reporting Other Adverse Events	5%
	Placebo Vaccine Group	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 1	Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine Group 2
	Affected / at Risk (%)	Affected / at Risk (%)	Affected / at Risk (%)
Total	11/12 (91.67%)	12/12 (100.00%)	12/12 (100.00%)
Gastrointestinal disorders
Diarrhoea ^* 1	3/12 (25.00%)	3/12 (25.00%)	2/12 (16.67%)
Abdominal pain ^* 1	2/12 (16.67%)	1/12 (8.33%)	3/12 (25.00%)
Abdominal pain lower ^* 2	2/12 (16.67%)	1/12 (8.33%)	3/12 (25.00%)
Nausea ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Toothache ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
General disorders
Injection site pain ^* 1	7/12 (58.33%)	12/12 (100.00%)	9/12 (75.00%)
Fatigue ^* 1	3/12 (25.00%)	3/12 (25.00%)	2/12 (16.67%)
Injection site erythema ^* 1	2/12 (16.67%)	3/12 (25.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Injection site swelling ^* 1	0/12 (0.00%)	4/12 (33.33%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Injection site warmth ^* 1	0/12 (0.00%)	2/12 (16.67%)	2/12 (16.67%)
Malaise ^* 1	0/12 (0.00%)	3/12 (25.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Injection site hemorrhage ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Injection site induration ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Injection site pruritus ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Pyrexia ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Infections and infestations
Nasopharyngitis ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Sinusitis ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Injury, poisoning and procedural complications
Procedural pain ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Investigations
Blood potassium decreased ^* 1	1/12 (8.33%)	4/12 (33.33%)	3/12 (25.00%)
Protein urine present ^* 1	1/12 (8.33%)	4/12 (33.33%)	3/12 (25.00%)
White blood cell count increased ^* 1	1/12 (8.33%)	4/12 (33.33%)	3/12 (25.00%)
White blood cells urine positive ^* 1	2/12 (16.67%)	2/12 (16.67%)	3/12 (25.00%)
Eosinophil count increased ^* 1	3/12 (25.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	3/12 (25.00%)
Red blood cells urine positive ^* 1	2/12 (16.67%)	2/12 (16.67%)	2/12 (16.67%)
Blood urea increased ^* 1	2/12 (16.67%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Urine ketone body present ^* 1	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	2/12 (16.67%)
Blood bilirubin increased ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Blood calcium decreased ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Haematocrit decreased ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Monocyte count increased ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
White blood cell count decreased ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Metabolism and nutrition disorders
Anorexia ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Myalgia ^* 1	1/12 (8.33%)	5/12 (41.67%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Arthralgia ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Back pain ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Pain in extremity ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Pain in jaw ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Shoulder pain ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Musculoskeletal stiffness ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Nervous system disorders
Headache ^* 1	5/12 (41.67%)	4/12 (33.33%)	5/12 (41.67%)
Psychiatric disorders
Restlessness ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Reproductive system and breast disorders
Cervical dysplasia ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Dysmenorrhoea ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Sinus congestion ^* 1	2/12 (16.67%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
Pharyngolaryngeal pain ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Rhinitis allergic ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
Dermatitis contact ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Hyperhidrosis ^* 2	1/12 (8.33%)	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)
Rosacea ^* 2	0/12 (0.00%)	0/12 (0.00%)	1/12 (8.33%)
* Indicates events were collected by non-systematic assessment 1 Term from vocabulary, MedDRA 8.1 2 Term from vocabulary, MedDRA 8.0

Limitations and Caveats

This study was terminated early in light of issues with CTM stability. All other study procedures and visits were performed per protocol.

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Results Point of Contact

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Name/Title:	Medical Director
Organization:	Sanofi Pasteur Inc.
EMail:	RegistryContactUs@sanofipasteur.com

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Responsible Party:	Sanofi
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00772954
Other Study ID Numbers:	H-030-010
First Submitted:	October 10, 2008
First Posted:	October 15, 2008
Results First Submitted:	March 13, 2012
Results First Posted:	May 21, 2012
Last Update Posted:	May 21, 2012

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