Immunogenicity and Safety of a Purified Vero Rabies Vaccine - Serum Free in Comparison With Verorab® and Imovax® Rabies, in a Pre-exposure Regimen in Both Pediatric and Adult Populations and a Single Booster Dose of Purified Vero Rabies Vaccine - Serum Free Administered at 1 Year Post-3-dose Primary Series, and Between 2 up to 3 Years Post-One Week 2-Dose Primary Series in a Subset of Adults in Thailand
The primary objective of this study is: To demonstrate the VRVg-2 is non-inferior to Verorab and Imovax Rabies vaccines in each age group (pediatric and adult populations) when administered as a 3-dose PrEP regimen, in terms of proportion of participants achieving a rabies virus neutralizing antibody (RVNA) titer ≥ 0.5 IU/mL at Day 42, ie. 14 days after the 3rd injection (for Primary Series Cohort 1). The secondary objectives of this study are: First 1-5 with hypotheses testing will be evaluated sequentially - only if the previous objective is achieved, will the next objective be tested To demonstrate that: * the observed proportion of participants in the VRVg2(VRVg) group at D42 is at least 99% with a lower limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI) of at least 97% * VRVg is non inferior (NI) to Verorab and Imovax Rabies vaccines (Imovax) in each age group at D28 * 2-dose VRVg at D28 is NI to 3-dose Imovax at D42 in each age group * the observed proportion of participants in the VRVg group at D28 is at least 99% with a lower limit of the 95% CI of at least 97% * 2-dose Imovax at D28 is NI to 3-dose Imovax at D42 in overall participants (Cohort1) To describe: * the immune response induced by VRVg versus Verorab and Imovax at D28 and at D42 in all age groups * the immune response induced by VRVg at D14 after a booster dose of VRVg administered at M12 (Cohort1) and between M24 up to M36 (Cohort2) * the persistence of immune response at M6,12,18, and pre-booster between M24 up to M36 post-primary series vaccination (Cohort2) * safety profile of VRVg versus Verorab and Imovax in primary series and after a booster dose of VRVg
• Aged ≥1 year on the day of inclusion
‣ Cohort 1 - pediatrics (\>1 to 17 years old) and adult (≥18 years old)
⁃ Cohort 2 - all adults (≥18 years old)
• Informed consent form has been signed and dated by the participant and /or and parent(s) or legally acceptable representative (LAR) and by an independent witness (if required by local regulations), as necessary; and assent form has been signed and dated by the participant, as required
• Participant (adult ≥18 years) or participant and parent/LAR (1 year to \<18 years) are able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all study procedures.