UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000058371
Receipt number R000066732
Scientific Title Evaluation of the Association Between Antiviral Agents for Herpes Zoster and Encephalopathy or Other Outcomes Using the JADER Database and Real-World Cases
Date of disclosure of the study information 2025/08/01
Last modified on 2025/07/05 09:58:02

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Basic information

Public title

Observational Study on the Use of Antiviral Agents for Herpes Zoster and Their Association with Encephalopathy and Other Patient Outcomes

Acronym

Zoster-Antiviral Safety Study (ZASS)

Scientific Title

Evaluation of the Association Between Antiviral Agents for Herpes Zoster and Encephalopathy or Other Outcomes Using the JADER Database and Real-World Cases

Scientific Title:Acronym

Zoster Outcomes and Antivirals Safety Study (ZASS)

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Herpes zoster, Encephalopathy, Meningitis

Classification by specialty

Medicine in general Neurology Infectious disease
Geriatrics

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To clarify the association between amenamevir or conventional antiviral agents and encephalopathy or exacerbation of herpes zoster using the JADER database and pharmacy case data.

Basic objectives2

Safety

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Exploratory

Trial characteristics_2

Explanatory

Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

Frequency of encephalopathy after antiviral drug administration based on the JADER database and pharmacy case data

Key secondary outcomes

Frequency of herpes zoster exacerbation
Association of drug type, duration, and co-medications with encephalopathy onset
Impact of differences in cerebrospinal fluid penetration on patient outcomes


Base

Study type

Observational


Study design

Basic design


Randomization


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Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment



Intervention

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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

10 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

120 years-old >=

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

Patients diagnosed with herpes zoster who were prescribed antiviral agents (amenamevir, acyclovir, valacyclovir, or famciclovir)
Antiviral therapy lasting at least 7 days
Adverse events (encephalopathy or herpes zoster exacerbation) occurring within 3 months after the first dose
Availability of patient background information such as age, sex, and comorbidities

Key exclusion criteria

Patients who received antiviral therapy for indications other than herpes zoster.
Lost to follow up Cases in which adverse event outcomes cannot be confirmed within 3 months after the initial prescription.
Patients with a prior history of encephalopathy or meningitis before antiviral use.
Cases in which adverse events are clearly attributable to other drugs.
Patients receiving immunosuppressive agents.
Patients with marked immunosuppression, such as those post bone marrow or organ transplantation.

Target sample size

1000


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Shingo
Middle name
Last name Nemoto

Organization

Aisei Pharmacy Co., Ltd.

Division name

Kanagawa Branch

Zip code

100-0005

Address

Marunouchi Mitsui Building, 2-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

TEL

03-3240-0222

Email

sentaminami@aisei.co.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Shingo
Middle name
Last name Nemoto

Organization

Aisei Pharmacy Co., Ltd.

Division name

Kanagawa Branch

Zip code

100-0005

Address

Marunouchi Mitsui Building, 2-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

TEL

03-3240-0222

Homepage URL


Email

sentaminami@aisei.co.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Aisei Pharmacy Co., Ltd.

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Aisei Pharmacy Co., Ltd.

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Other

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Other related organizations

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IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Aisei Pharmacy Ethics Review Committee

Address

Marunouchi Mitsui Building, 2-2-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Tel

03-3240-0222

Email

sentaminami@aisei.co.jp


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions



Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2025 Year 08 Month 01 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications


Number of participants that the trial has enrolled

1153

Results


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Progress

Recruitment status

No longer recruiting

Date of protocol fixation

2025 Year 02 Month 01 Day

Date of IRB

2025 Year 02 Month 28 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2025 Year 03 Month 01 Day

Last follow-up date

2026 Year 03 Month 31 Day

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Other

Other related information

Fill in the tentative dates according to the input format of the UMIN registration format. In this study, the extracted data will be analyzed backward.


Management information

Registered date

2025 Year 07 Month 05 Day

Last modified on

2025 Year 07 Month 05 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000066732