New combo vaccine for infants shows promise in small trial
NCT ID NCT03188692
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed Phase 3 study tested a combined vaccine called BK1310 in 33 healthy infants. The vaccine aims to protect against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Hib with a series of injections. Researchers measured antibody levels to see if the vaccine triggers a strong immune response.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BK1310 (combined DPT-IPV-Hib vaccine)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this vaccine could protect infants against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Hib with a single shot series.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed Phase 3 trial with only 33 infants, so results may not apply to larger populations. Vaccine side effects like fever or allergic reactions are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2017
- Finished
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Aug 2018
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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2 to 43 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy infants aged ≥2 and \<43 months at the first vaccination of the study drug (recommended: ≥2 and \<7 months). Those who are applicable of the following conditions must be carefully observed before the enrollment: infants with known underlying disease such as cardiovascular disease, renal disease, hepatic disease, blood dyscrasia, respiratory disease or developmental disorder. Infants who developed fever within 2 days after any previous vaccination. Infants with history of convulsions. * Written informed consent is obtained from a legal guardian (parent) Exclusion Criteria: * With past diagnosis of immunodeficiency or currently under immunosuppressive treatment * Have close relatives (the third degree of kinship) diagnosed with congenital immunodeficiency * Possibility of anaphylaxis due to food or pharmaceuticals * With diagnosis of thrombocytopenia and/or coagulopathy or currently under treatment of the antiplatelet agents and/or anticoagulant agents. * With experience of Hib infection, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus or acute poliomyelitis * With experience of Hib, diphteria, pertussis, tetanus or polio vaccination. * Administered a live vaccine within 27 days before the first vaccination of the study drug, or inactivated vaccine or toxoid within 6 days before vaccination * Administered transfusion, immunosuppressant (excluding drugs for external use), or immunoglobulin formulation * Administered corticosteroid 2 mg/kg per day or more as prednisolone (excluding drugs for external use) * Participated in other studies within 12 weeks before obtaining consent * With the gestational age \<37 weeks or weighed less than 2500 grams at birth. * Considered to be not eligible by the principal investigators (sub-investigators) of the enrollment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Investigational site 1
Chiba, Japan
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Investigational site 2
Tokyo, Japan
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Investigational site 3
Tokyo, Japan
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