ZOSTAVAX® in Renal Transplant Patients
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Official title
Phase I Trial of ZOSTAVAX® Prior to Renal Transplantation
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to test the safety of a licensed zoster vaccine, ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live) in 40 subjects, age 18 years or older, with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant. ZOSTAVAX® is not licensed for use in immunosuppressed persons and in the United States for individuals less than 50 years of age. Subjects will receive either ZOSTAVAX® vaccine or placebo (inactive substance) no less than 4 weeks prior to their kidney transplant. Study procedures include: physical exam, blood samples and documentation of daily temperatures and/or side effects in a diary following vaccination. Participants may be involved in study related procedures for up to 18 months.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01137669
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 34 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 99 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2010
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2015
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- Jan 8, 2017
2010 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iowa - Vaccine Research and Education Unit | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242-2600 | — |
| University of Maryland Baltimore - School of Medicine - Medicine | Baltimore | Maryland | 21201-1509 | — |
| Vanderbilt University - Medicine - Infectious Diseases | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232-2035 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 8, 2017 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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