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NCT05559671RecruitingPhase 4

Safety of the Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Lupus

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Non-inferiority Crossover Study Evaluating the Safety and Immunogenicity of the Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority crossover study will evaluate the Herpes Zoster Sunbit (HZ/su) vaccine in SLE patients in order to evaluate safety and immunogenicity in patients with variable baseline clinical activities, ages and immunosuppressant exposures. The investigators hypothesize that HZ/su administration will be non-inferior to placebo with respect to the risk of moderate or severe SLE flare(s) occurring within 24 weeks of receiving the first dose of the assigned treatment. In addition, the investigators hypothesize that immunogenicity of the vaccine in SLE patients will be at least 50% of levels observed in healthy subjects from prior large clinical trials.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
224 (estimated)
First submitted
26 Sept 2022
Start date
21 Dec 2023
Primary completion date
1 Feb 2028
Lead sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Diseases
Lupus (SLE)
NCT number
NCT05559671

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Planned participants: 224
  • From 21 Dec 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Feb 2028
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Prior administration of the Herpes Zoster subunit vaccine (Shingrix) or the Varicella-Zoster virus vaccine live (Zostavax)
  • Clinical HZ infection within 12 months prior to screening or during screening
  • Any vaccine, including the final/booster dose of any SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, within six weeks enrollment

Other illness

  • Moderate to severe infectious febrile illness or use of systemic antibiotics (antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, or antiparasitic agent) within 4 weeks of enrollment
  • Known primary or secondary immunodeficiency (malignancy, HIV, common variable immune deficiency) or medications used during cancer chemotherapy

Other

  • Hybrid SLEDAI \>12 at screening visit
  • Presence of a mild, moderate, or severe flare per the rSFI at time of screenin
  • Increase in clinical SLEDAI parameters at time of enrollment relative to screening visit
  • Receipt of rituximab or cyclophosphamide within nine months of enrollment
  • Participation in an interventional clinical trial of SLE or other therapeutics within six months of enrollment
  • Are pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy while enrolled in the study

Who the study is looking for

  • Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures
  • Female or male ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent
  • Meet the 2019 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for SLE
  • Female subjects must use 1 effective method of avoiding pregnancy, from the time they sign consent until end of the study period unless the subject is surgically sterile (e.g., bilateral oophorectomy or complete hysterectomy), has a sterile male partner, is at least 1 year postmenopausal, or practices sustained abstinence consistent with the subject's customary lifestyle. Postmenopausal is defined as at least 1 year since last menses and the subject has an elevated follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) level greater than the threshold laboratory value of post-menopausal women at screening.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
NYU Langone Health
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
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Oklahoma CityUnited StatesRecruiting

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