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Filter by:Background: Vibrio cholerae causes millions of cholera cases and thousands of deaths annually. Vaccines are in short supply. There is no agreement on how to introduce new vaccines or evaluate their effectiveness, and the lack of 'correlates of protection' (CoPs) against cholera is a major obstacle to vaccine development. CoPs are markers of effective immune response to vaccination. While other infectious diseases have well established CoPs, none are widely accepted for cholera. Relevance: Lack of accepted CoPs impedes development of cholera vaccines, limiting progress toward improved vaccines, slowing the licensure of new vaccines, and contributing to the current vaccine shortage; an immediate obstacle to achieving reductions in cholera-related illness and deaths. The identification of new CoPs will speed the development of improved cholera vaccines and provide a pathway to their licensure and use. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that some individuals who receive inactivated oral cholera vaccine (OCV) will develop antibody responses which predict protection against V. cholerae infection and that specific immune responses distinguish individuals who are protected against cholera by prior natural infection from those who are protected from OCVs. Objectives: We will administer an OCV or typhoid vaccine (TCV) control and monitor antibody responses to identify better CoPs for cholera following both vaccination and natural infection. Methods: We will randomize 1219 individuals; 554 will receive an inactivated bivalent OCV, 665 will receive a TCV control. We will collect 12 blood samples over two-years following vaccination to measure antibodies against V. cholerae and to monitor for re-infection. Outcome measures/variables: The endpoint of interest is V. cholerae infection after vaccination. We define infection as positive culture or PCR for V. cholerae or seroconversion events observed over the 2-year follow up period.
Cholera still remains a global public health concern affecting both children and adults, and patients can succumb in quick time if remain untreated. Cholera is a secretory diarrhea and is generally treated with oral or intravenous rehydration therapy to compensate for the fluid loss. However, antimicrobial treatment is given to patients with moderate to severe diarrhea. The consistent emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is a major concern for the management of infectious diseases including cholera. No antisecretory drug has so far been proven successful. In a phase II clinical trial, the investigators will assess the effectiveness of a novel antisecretory drug VR-AD-1005 for treating cholera. Changes in stool volume and rehydration therapy will be assessed for VR-AD-1005 in comparison with placebo. If successful, this will be a huge advance in managing cholera and other secretory diarrhea. The introduction of the antisecretory drug can minimize the hospital stay and reduce antibiotic use, which in turn can reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance among pathogens
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the coadministration of oral typhoid fever (Vivotif®) and cholera (Dukoral®) vaccines in healthy volunteers aged 18-65 years. The main question it aims to answer is: • Does coadministration impact the immune responses to Vivotif® and Dukoral® vaccines Participants will: - receive either oral typhoid fever (Vivotif®) or oral cholera (Dukoral®) vaccines or both simultaneously - give blood samples for immunogenicity analyses - participate in adverse event follow up Researchers will compare those receiving only one of the vaccines to those receiving both simultaneously to see if coadministration has an impact on antigen-specific responses measured with: - ELISPOT (plasmablast responses specific to Salmonella typhi, Vibrio Cholerae and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli) - ELISA (antibodies in lymphocyte supernatants (ALS) and serum antibodies specific to vaccine antigens)
Objective: The investigators objective is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a case area targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention in reducing cholera infections and increasing sustained WASH behaviors in transmission hotspots in a ring around cholera cases.
This project aims to fill this essential knowledge gap by assessing the impact of oral cholera vaccine mass campaigns in 2 sites (urban and rural) in DRC, described in this protocol. The evidence generated from this project will be key to develop future strategies regarding cholera vaccine use in endemic settings, including places with higher burden in terms of cholera mortality
Diarrhea remains a leading killer of children in need of better treatments.
An open-label, randomized controlled, non-inferiority study of co-administration of OCV, TCV and MR vaccines among children 12 to 59 months of age in Dhaka, Bangladesh will be conducted. Children who did not receive any of the aforementioned vaccines will be included in the study. This study will be conducted among 2117 children of 12-59 months of age residing in Mirpur area (wards 4, and 6-16) of Dhaka north and Kamrangirchar, Hazaribag and Rayerbazar areas (wards 14, 22, 56, 57, and 58) of Dhaka south to enroll the required number of participants. Only children who have not previously received the vaccines will be enrolled. The findings of this study are likely to have a significant impact on vaccine co-administration strategies for campaign and routine immunization programs. The participants will be randomly assigned to one of the six arms. The numbers are defined for each arm based on the sample size calculation. A list of children who did not receive MR, OCV and TCV will be prepared before enrollment by trained study staff (TSS). The TSSs will visit households in the defined study area and ask if the parents/guardians of children aged 12-59 months are willing to participate in the study. If they show willingness to participate, the TSSs will check their vaccination cards (if available) and prepare the list of potentially eligible children who have not received OCV, TCV and MR based on their vaccination card status and verbal statement (if vaccination card is not available). The investigators will enroll the participants after obtaining informed written consent and collect around 2-3 ml blood from each participant at different time points.
A Phase III randomized, modified double-blind, multi-centric, comparative study, to evaluate the non-inferiority of immunogenicity and safety of single strain oral cholera vaccine Hillchol® (BBV131) to the comparator vaccine Shanchol™ along with lot-to-lot consistency of Hillchol®(BBV131). Study Population: A total of 1800 participants will be enrolled in three descending age groups(Group I- ≥18, Group II: ≥5 to <18 and Group III: ≥1 to <5). In each group,600 participants will be enrolled and will receive two doses of Hillchol® (BBV131) vaccine two weeks apart.
This study is a first-in-human, Phase 1 study of the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of PanChol in healthy volunteers. There will be three modules in this clinical trial assessing dosing, safety, and immunogenicity: 1. a fixed dose-ranging module, 2. an adaptive dose-finding/optimization module, and 3. a placebo-controlled expansion module.
This Phase I, first-in-human study is intended to primarily determine the safety of the dose range with or without Aluminum phosphate adjuvant expected to be needed for later clinical studies, to determine the nature of adverse reactions (i.e., safety profile) and to secondly assess the Aluminum phosphate humoral immune responses in non-endemic population to guide future dose selection.