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NCT Number: NCT05575830

Immune Response of Shingrix Vaccine in People Living With HIV (> 50 y.o.) Compared to Age-matched Controls

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the adjuvanted recombinant Zoster vaccine (RZV, or Shingrix®) in older people (> 50 years) living with HIV (PLWH) compared to age-matched healthy adults over a 1-year period.

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Key information

Age range

50 year–95 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Hôpital Saint-André, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

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About this study

This is a prospective multicentric phase IV study, aiming at evaluating the immunogenicity and safety profile of RZV in PLWH over 50 years of age (YOA) on long term antiretroviral therapy (ART) (>10 years) compared to non-HIV age-matched adult controls to address the combined effect of aging and immunosuppression from HIV disease.

Inclusion will be stratified as follow:

HIV+ groups:

  • Group 1: PLWH registered in the SHCS or ANRS CO3, >75 YOA and under cART for more than 10 years - N=50
  • Group 2: PLWH patients registered in the SHCS, aged between 60 and 75 and under cART for more than 10 years - N=50
  • Group 3: PLWH patients registered in the SHCS, aged between 50 and 59 and under cART for more than 10 years - N=50

Control groups:

  • Group 4: Healthy adults aged >75 YOA- N=25
  • Group 5: Healthy adults aged between 60 and 75 - N=25
  • Group 6: Healthy adults aged between 50 and 59 - N=25

In addition, participants of all groups will be proposed to be included in the "Innate substudy" (target of 15 participants/group) and have two additional blood drawings 1 day after each vaccine dose to measure innate response triggered by RZV.

Participants will receive Shingrix® on Day0 and Day60; immunological response will be assessed on Day 1, Day61, Day90, Day360.

Unsolicited Adverse events of special intesrest (AESI) will be collected on Day 28, Day 60, Day90, Day360; patients reported outcomes (PROs) will be declared for one week after each vaccination.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

For PLWH:

  • Be registered in the SHCS or in the ANRS CO3 Aquitaine Cohort
  • Age >50 YOA
  • Time since cART initiation > 10 years
  • Not already vaccinated with RZV
  • HIV viral load <50 copies/ml (within 6 months from the last blood sampling)
  • Informed consent as documented by signature
  • (France) : Person affiliated with or beneficiary of the French social security scheme

For aged/gender-matched controls

  • Age >50 YOA
  • Not already vaccinated with RZV
  • Informed consent as documented by signature
  • (France) Not HIV infected
  • (France) Person affiliated with or beneficiary of the French social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

  • Ongoing signs of febrile or non-febrile infection at the time of the first vaccination
  • Immunosuppression from the following:
  • Current malignant neoplasm;
  • primary immunodeficiency;
  • recent (<2 years) solid or bone-marrow transplant or any transplant still requiring immunosuppressive therapy
  • Intake of drugs which suppress the immune system (e.g. glucocorticoids for a long time [an equivalent dose of prednisolone >20 mg/day > 3 months], monoclonal antibodies, cytostatics, biological products, etc.) within 6 months before screening.
  • Administration of immunoglobulins or any blood products within 3 months preceding the first dose of vaccine or planned administration during the study period
  • Having received a vaccine in the last month or is expected to receive a vaccine in the next month
  • Having received a shingles vaccine within one year
  • Presented with herpes zoster in the previous year
  • Contra-indication to RZV
  • Hospitalized patients
  • Unable to provide informed consent or inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant
  • Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study.
  • (France) Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
  • (France) Patient governed by articles L 1121-5 to L 1121-8 (persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, minors, persons of legal age who are the object of a legal protection measure or unable to express their consent)

Treatment and study plan

Recombinant zoster vaccine

Biological

Shingrix® vaccine will be administered in two vaccinations on Day0 and Day60

Other names: (Shingrix® )

Primary outcomes

  1. Geometric mean titer (GMT) of gE-specific total IgG

    Time frame: Day 90

    gE-specific total IgG titers is determined by gE-specific ELISA from sera samples

Secondary outcomes

  1. Vaccine safety - AESI 7 days

    Time frame: 7 days

    Incidence adverse events of special interest (AESI) in the 7 days following each vaccination (reactogenicity) collected in a diary card

  2. Vaccine safety - SAE 360 days

    Time frame: 360 days

    Incidence of SAE throughout the study period

  3. Vaccine safety -pIMDs

    Time frame: 360 days

    Incidence of potential immune mediated disorders (pIMDs) throughout the study period

  4. Vaccine safety - PLWH

    Time frame: Day 90

    In PLWH: Percentage of PLWH with viral load >50 copies/ml one month after the second RZV vaccination (D90)

  5. Vaccine immunogenicity - CD4+ T cells

    Time frame: Day 90

    Mean of gE-specific CD4+ T cells expressing at least 2 activation markers (i.e. CD40L, IFN-gamma, IL-2 or TNF-alpha) per million of T cells, measured at D90

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Calmy Alexandra

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Registry information

Official study title

Immune Response to the Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in People Living With HIV Over 50 Years of Age Compared to Non-HIV Age- and Gender-matched Controls - The Shingr'HIV Phase IV Multicenter Study

Acronym: Shingr'HIV

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2026
First posted
Oct 12, 2022
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2025

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