Malaria Clinical Trial
Official title:
Phase 1, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Direct Venous Inoculation of a Radiation-attenuated Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoite Vaccine (PfSPZ Vaccine) in Equatoguinean Adults
This is a single center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial to assess the
safety and immunogenicity of PfSPZ Vaccine administered by direct venous inoculation (DVI).
The study to be conducted in Baney District, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (EG), will be
to establish whether three doses of the higher regimen - three doses of 2.7x10^5 PfSPZ of
the PfSPZ Vaccine administered at 8 week intervals - is as well-tolerated and efficacious in
malaria exposed African adults as the five dose regimens. Specifically, the trial will
address the following objectives: is the three dose regimen:
1. Safe and well tolerated in Equatoguinean (EG) adults.
2. As immunogenic in EG adults as is the five-dose regimen of 1.35x10^5 PfSPZ in Tanzanian
and U.S. adults or as three-, four- and five-dose regimens of 2.7x10^5 PfSPZ being
tested in Tanzanian, Malian and U.S. adults.
In addition, as an exploratory objective, the volunteers in the EG trial will be followed
longitudinally to measure the incidence of malaria during the initial six months following
immunization, providing a preliminary assessment of efficacy.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 33 |
Est. completion date | February 2016 |
Est. primary completion date | September 2015 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Male |
Age group | 18 Years to 35 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Healthy literate male aged between 18 - 35 years - Good health status based on history and clinical examination. - Long term (at least two year) or permanent residence in the city of Baney or community of Rebola, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea - Free from malaria parasitaemia by blood smear at screening - Not suffering from any chronic illness including HIV/AIDS. - Able and willing to come for complete one year follow up. - Answered correctly 10 out 10 questions demonstrating their understanding of study and study procedures. - Written informed consent. - Volunteer agrees to inform study doctor and agrees to release medical information concerning contra-indications for participation in the study. - Living with a third party who will contact the study team, if there is any alteration of consciousness during the first six months of the study. - Willingness to be attended by a study clinician and take all necessary medications prescribed during study period. - Availability through mobile phone 24 hours during the whole study period. - Agreement not to participate in another study during the study period. - Agreement not to donate blood during the study period. - Willingness to attend all study visits. - Willingness to undergo HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C tests. Exclusion Criteria: - Plans to travel outside the Bioko, Equatorial Guinea in first nine months of the study. - Previous receipt of an investigational malaria vaccine or participation in a malaria drug study. - History of arrhythmias or prolonged QT-interval or other cardiac disease. - History of drug or alcohol abuse interfering with normal social function. - A history of psychiatric disease. - The use of chronic immunosuppressive drugs, antibiotics, or other immune modifying drugs within three months of study onset (inhaled and topical corticosteroids are allowed) and during the study period. - Symptoms, physical signs and laboratory values suggestive of systemic disorders including renal, hepatic, blood, cardiovascular, pulmonary, skin, immunodeficiency, psychiatric, and other conditions which could interfere with the interpretation of the study results or compromise the health of the volunteers. - History of diabetes mellitus or cancer. - An estimated, ten year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease of =5%, as estimated by the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) system. - Clinically significant abnormalities in electrocardiogram (ECG) at screening. - Body Mass Index (BMI) below 18 or above 30 kg/m2. - Any clinically significant deviation from the normal range in biochemistry or hematology blood tests or in urine analysis or electrolytes. - Positive HIV, hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus tests. - Participation in any other clinical study within 30 days prior to the onset of the study or during the study period. - Volunteers unable to be closely followed for social, geographic or psychological reasons. - Study team employees and their immediate family relatives. - Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition, including asplenia. - Risk factor for clinically active tuberculosis + positive tuberculin skin test (TST) |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
Country | Name | City | State |
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Equatorial Guinea | La Paz Medical Center | Malabo |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Sanaria Inc. | Government of Equatorial Guinea, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Ifakara Health Institute, Marathon Oil Corporation, Noble Oil Services, Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute |
Equatorial Guinea,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
---|---|---|---|---|
Primary | Number of adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability | Occurrence of solicited adverse events during a 7-day surveillance period after vaccination (day of vaccination and study days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). Occurrence of unsolicited adverse events during a 28-day surveillance period after each vaccination. | Until 28 days after each vaccination | Yes |
Primary | Number of serious adverse events | Occurrence of serious adverse events during the study period. | From first vaccination upto 50 weeks | Yes |
Primary | Number of Pf infections | Occurrence of Pf infection of vaccine type detected at any point after the first vaccination (retrospectively determined). | From first vaccination upto 50 weeks | Yes |
Secondary | Antibody titers to PfCSP, PfLSA-1, PfEXP-1 and PfMSP-5 by ELISA | Antibody titers to PfCSP, PfLSA-1, PfEXP-1 and PfMSP-5 by ELISA, and their functional activity to block invasion of hepatocytes at screening, before each vaccination, at 2 and 4 weeks after the first and second vaccinations (groups 2 and 3) and at 2, 4, 8, and 24 weeks after the last vaccination. | Before each vaccination, at 2 and 4 weeks after 1st and 2nd vaccinations (groups 2 and 3) and at 2, 4, 8, and 24 weeks after the last vaccination. | No |
Secondary | Antibody titers to whole Pf sporozoite by Immunofluorescence (IFA) | Antibody titers to whole Pf sporozoite by Immunofluorescence (IFA) and their functional activity to block invasion of hepatocytes at screening, before each vaccination, 2 and 4 weeks after each vaccination, and at 8, and 24 weeks after the last vaccination. | Before each vaccination, 2 and 4 weeks after each vaccination, and at 8, and 24 weeks after the last vaccination. | No |
Secondary | Cellular immune responses | Cellular immune responses to the whole PfSPZ and synthetic peptides from selected Pf pre-erythrocytic antigens by ELISPOT and Intracellular Cytokine Staining (ICS) at screening and at 2 and 24 weeks after the last vaccination | Screening and at 2 and 24 weeks after the last vaccination | No |
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