Shingles Prevention Study

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

38,456

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 1998

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2004

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2011

Conditions
Herpes ZosterPostherpetic Neuralgia
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL

Varicella-zoster vaccine

Immunization with 0.5 ml, live, attenuated (Oka/Merck) varicella-zoster vaccine.

BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Placebo vaccine

Trial Locations (22)

10010

New York Harbor HCS, New York

11768

VA Medical Center, Northport, Northport

14642

Rochester, NY (NIH), Rochester

20892

NIH-NIAID (Bethesda, MD), Bethesda

21201

VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Baltimore

27705

VA Medical Center, Durham, Durham

33612

James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Tampa

35233

VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Birmingham

40502

VA Medical Center, Lexington, Lexington

48113

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor

55417

VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minneapolis

63106

VA Medical Center, St Louis, St Louis

77030

Baylor University, Houston

78229

University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio

80262

University of Colorado, Denver

92161

VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, San Diego

98108

VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Seattle

94304-1290

VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto

60141-5000

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines

02130

VA Medical Center, Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston

87108-5153

New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, Albuquerque

37212-2637

Vanderbilt University, Nashville

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

INDUSTRY

collaborator

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

lead

US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

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