# Shingles Prevention Study

> **NCT00007501** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · enrollment: 38456 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Herpes Zoster
- Postherpetic Neuralgia

## Interventions

- **BIOLOGICAL:** Varicella-zoster vaccine
- **BIOLOGICAL:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00007501
- **Lead sponsor:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1998-11
- **Primary completion:** 2004-04
- **Final completion:** 2011-02
- **Target enrollment:** 38456 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-07-04

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00007501

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00007501, "Shingles Prevention Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00007501. Licensed CC0.

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