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Filter by:This is a randomized, observer-blind, placebo controlled, multicenter Phase 2 study conducted in two study phases: a run-in phase and a main study phase. The study was investigated 3 doses of a multivalent OspA (Outer Surface Protein A) based Lyme vaccine (VLA15) in healthy adults aged 18 to 65 years of age. Study participants received 3 immunizations of the vaccine at a monthly interval. The study assessed the immune response as well as the safety profile of the vaccine.
Next Generation Sequencing is capable of sequencing millions of small strands of DNA from a single blood sample, potentially improving its sensitivity compared to PCR testing, which only detects predetermined larger strands of DNA. We will test the ability of NGS to detect Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in the blood of pediatric patients with Lyme disease. We will conduct an observational study of NGS testing on pediatric patients at all stages of Lyme disease. Study involvement will require a single study visit for clinical data collection and blood draw. We will enroll patients at all phases of suspected Lyme disease, collect clinically relevant information, and test for Lyme disease using Next Generation Sequencing and standard Lyme serologic testing. If the patient has multiple erythema migrans, Lyme meningitis, facial nerve palsy, arthritis, or carditis, a B. burgdorferi serum PCR will also be sent. Enrollment and Next Generation Sequencing blood draw will occur before or up to 24 hours after the first dose of antibiotics is administered. We will also study the impact of antibiotics on NGS testing by running the test 6-24 hours after antibiotics are started among a small subset of patients with a multiple erythema migrans rash. Collected data will be analyzed with basic descriptive statistics.
The investigators will focus on elderly patients with early Lyme borreliosis with the aim of assessing clinical course, serological response and treatment outcome of the disease as compared to younger adults. Furthermore, the investigators will compare the prevalence of nonspecific symptoms among patients and among age-matched controls without a history of Lyme borreliosis.
Observer-blind, partially randomized, multi-center dose escalation Phase I study in healthy adults below 40 years of age. 180 subjects will be enrolled in 6 treatment groups (different doses; different formulation: with/without adjuvant); vaccinations will be given I.M.(intramuscular) into the deltoid region on Days 0, 28 and 56. Study participants will be followed up until one year after first vaccination. Booster Extension: Subjects in the 48µg and 90µg Treatment groups who received a complete Primary immunization schedule will be included into a Booster Extension 13 months after the first immunization.
Background: The most common tick-borne illness in the United States, Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that are transmitted to people by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Most cases of Lyme disease are cured by antibiotics, but some patients continue to experience symptoms despite the absence of detectable Lyme bacteria. Xenodiagnosis uses a vector to detect the presence of a disease-causing microbe.. Researchers will use live, laboratory-bred ticks to see if Lyme disease bacteria can be detected in people after completing antibiotic therapy and if that is more common in people who continue to experience symptoms such as fatigue and joint pain. Objectives: - To see if ticks can be used to detect B. burgdorferi in people who have had Lyme disease and received antibiotic therapy and if it correlates with persistent symptoms. Eligibility: - Adults at least 18 years old who have: - Untreated erythema migrans (the Lyme disease rash); OR - Untreated Lyme arthritis; OR - Continuing symptoms after treatment for Lyme disease; OR - Had Lyme disease and antibiotic treatment within the past 12 months. - Healthy volunteers Design: - Participants will be screened with medical history, physical exam, and blood tests. - Visit 1: - Blood and urine tests, health questionnaire. - Up to 30 laboratory-bred, pathogen-free, larval ticks (each smaller than a poppy seed) will be placed under a dressing. - Participants may have two small biopsies of skin . - 4 6 days later, Visit 2: - Dressing will be removed and ticks will be collected. - Participants will answer symptom questions. - If many ticks are still attached, participants will have to come back the next day. If not enough ticks feed successfully, the procedure may be repeated. - Participants will keep a diary of symptoms for 30 days. Over 3 months, they will be return to the clinic 3 times to see how they feel and answer questionnaires. Test results will be discussed.
Test and evaluate a new diagnostic method (SRM-MS/MS: Selected Reaction Monitoring- Mass spectrometry) for Lyme Borreliosis on human skin biopsies. Patients included are those with the early skin manifestation (erythema migrans). This new proteomic method will be compared to the two existing method: culture of Borrelia and PCR detection of Borrelia (DNA detection of the bacteria).
Background: - While doxycycline is a standard antibiotic for treatment of erythema migrans in Europe as well as in the USA, the effectiveness of cefuroxime axetil in the treatment of adult patients with erythema migrans has been assessed only in the USA where the causative agent of Lyme disease is Borrelia burgdorferi, but not in Europe where the main etiologic agents are B. afzelii and B. garinii. - Controversy exists over the significance and even the existence of post-Lyme disease symptoms because of the high rate of similar background symptoms in the general population. Purpose: The two main purposes of this European, prospective clinical trial in which doxycycline and cefuroxime axetil are compared in the treatment of adult patients with erythema migrans and which included a control group to address the significance of post-Lyme disease symptoms are: - To assess and compare the effectiveness of doxycycline and cefuroxime axetil in the treatment of erythema migrans using clinical and bacteriological criteria (noninferiority testing approach), and - to compare the frequency of post-Lyme disease symptoms in adult patients treated for EM with antibiotics and the frequency of similar symptoms in control subjects without Lyme disease.
Section 1: The purpose of the study is to obtain safety and immunogenicity data of different dose levels of a multivalent recombinant OspA Lyme Borreliosis (mv rOspA LB) Vaccine with and without adjuvant in seronegative healthy adults aged 18 to 70 years. The outcome shall provide the basis for dose/formulation selection for Section 2 of the study. Section 2: An additional purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the optimal dose(s)/formulation of the mv rOspA LB Vaccine in a larger population of seronegative and seropositive healthy subjects aged 18 to 70 years.
Tick borne diseases are increasing in Norway. Lyme borreliosis is the most common infection. Erythema migrans is mainly diagnosed and treated in general practice. There is disagreement about what antibiotic treatment that should be given. An RCT with the three most common antibiotics used, will support data for revision of national guidelines.
IXODES GmbH intends to develop SHB001, an azithromycin dermal formulation in order to prevent Lyme disease at early stages of infection after tick bite.