Completed
Safety and Efficacy of Pentavalent (G1, G2, G3, G4 , and P1) Human-Bovine Reassortant Rotavirus Vaccine in Healthy Infants
What is being tested
Rotateq™
+ Comparator: Placebo
Biological
Who is being recruted
Infections+2
+ Reoviridae Infections
+ RNA Virus Infections
How is the trial designed
Prevention Study
Placebo-ControlledPhase 3
Interventional
Study Start: January 2001
Summary
Principal SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Last updated: December 11, 2025
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Study start date: January 1, 2001
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.This study was designed to evaluate the safety of the investigational rotavirus vaccine and the efficacy to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis.
Principal SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Last updated: December 11, 2025
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Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
69274 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Prevention Study
Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.
Healthy volunteers allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
InfectionsReoviridae InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsRotavirus InfectionsVirus Diseases
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy infants Exclusion Criteria: * None Specified
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
2 intervention groups are designated in this study
50% chance of being blinded to the placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
ExperimentalRotaTeq
Group II
PlaceboPlacebo
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
CompletedNo study centers