Safety and Efficacy of a PIKA Rabies Vaccine Containing the PIKA Adjuvant

A single-center, open label, randomized phase I study in healthy naïve adult subjects. There were three study groups; subjects were randomly assigned to groups A (12), B (12) and C (12). Group A, as a control arm of the study, had received a commercially available rabies vaccine, RABIPUR® and Group B had received doses of the investigational PIKA rabies vaccine. Group C received an accelerated vaccine regimen with the investigational PIKA rabies vaccine. Group A and B followed the same vaccine regimen of (1-1-1-1), one injection on days 0, 3, 7 and 14 was administered respectively. Group C received the accelerated regimen (2-2-1), two injections on both days 0 and 3 were administered in different arms; and only one injection was administered on day 7.

Each vaccine dose comprise 1.0 ml of PIKA rabies vaccine for Group B and Group C and 1.0 ml of RABIPUR® for Group A after reconstitution. The route of administration is intramuscular injection, given in the deltoid region of the arm.

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consent form has been signed and dated
• Able to attend all scheduled visits and comply with all trial procedures.
• Never received rabies vaccine before.
• Refrain from blood donation during the course of the study.
• Able to attend all scheduled visits and comply with all trial procedures.

Exclusion criteria

• For women who are pregnant and breast-feeding
• Previous vaccination against rabies (in pre- or post-exposure regimen) with either the trial vaccine or another vaccine
• History of allergies to the medicine (S), convulsions, epilepsy, mental illness and brain disease and clear serious systemic reaction
• Known bleeding disorder or suspected impairment of immunologic function, or receipt of immunosuppressive therapy or immunoglobulin since birth
• Participation in any other interventional clinical trial
• Donation of blood within the last 2 months or who have donated plasma within the last 14 days
• Patient with clinical signs of encephalitis
• Recipient of any vaccine in the 4 weeks preceding the first trial vaccination, except for influenza vaccination
• Concomitant use or at high probability of expected concomitant use during the planned study of medication such as immune suppressants, steroids, non-study vaccine or similar substances
• Use of any investigational or non-registered drug or vaccine other than the study vaccine(s) within 30 days preceding the first dose of study vaccine, or planned use during the study period.
• Administration of immunoglobulins and/or any blood products within 3 months prior to the first dose of study vaccine or planned administration during the study period.
• History of allergic disease or reactions likely to be exacerbated by any component of the study vaccines.
• Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
• Uncontrolled acute or chronic, clinically significant pulmonary, cardiovascular, hepatic or renal functional abnormality, as determined by medical history or physical examination.
• Chronic administration of immuno-suppressants or other immune-modifying drugs within 3 months prior to the first vaccine dose.
• Clinical Manifestation of Metabolic, blood system, lungs, heart, the gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, kidneys, urinary system, endocrine, liver disease or malignant tumor