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. 2011 Mar 16;2011(3):CD008603. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008603.pub2

3. The vaccine composition, dosing and participants in efficacy trials of live attenuated vaccines.

Vaccine code
(Trade name)
Item Vaccine composition, dosing and population used in the field trials
CVD103‐HGR
(not currently available)
Composition Richie 2000 Indonesia: 5 x 109 lyophilized organisms of a genetically modified V. cholerae O1 Classical Inaba (569B)
Tacket 1999: 2 to 8 x 108 CFU of lyophilized organisms of a genetically modified strain of V. cholerae O1 plus buffer
Dosing schedule A single dose
Field trial
Artificial challenge study
Richie 2000 Indonesia: 67,508 participants
Tacket 1999: 51 participants
Population Richie 2000 Indonesia: Age 2 to 41 years in Jakarta, Indonesia
Tacket 1999: Adults aged 18 to 40 in USA
Peru15
(not currently available)
Composition 5 x 108 CFU of a live attenuated strain of V. cholerae O1 El Tor Inaba plus 200ml CeraVacx buffer (Cera Products, Columbia)
Dosing schedule A single dose
Artificial challenge study Cohen 2002: 36 participants
Population Volunteers aged 18 to 40 in USA
VC638
(not currently available)
Composition 1 x 109 CFU of a live attenuated strain of V. cholerae O1 El Tor Ogawa plus buffer
Dosing schedule A single dose
Artificial challenge study García 2005: 21 participants
Population Volunteer males aged 8 to 40 in Cuba

CFU = Colony forming units