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Filter by:The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if and how Avastin (bevacizumab) may affect cancer that has spread to the meninges of the brain or the spinal cord. The safety of this drug will also be studied. Objectives: 1. Primary: 1. Determine preliminary response data of intravenous bevacizumab in patients with NM a. As measured by clearance of malignant cells from the Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at 2, 4, 6, 12, 18, and 24 weeks, then every 8 weeks up to 54 weeks, and b. Time to neurological progression (TTNP) 2. Secondary: 1. Evaluate the safety of intravenous bevacizumab in patients with NM 2. Further describe the efficacy of this intervention as measured by 1. improvement of MR imaging evidence of disease 2. overall survival 3. maintenance of quality of life 3. Determine effects of systemically administered bevacizumab on CSF, serum, and urine Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)levels levels 4. Correlate changes in CSF VEGF with response measurements. 5. Correlate primary tumor tissue VEGF expression with CSF VEGF levels 6. Correlate urine VEGF levels with serum and CSF VEGF levels 7. Evaluate serum and CSF VEGF index
Safety: To describe the rates of immediate reactions, solicited injection-site and systemic reactions, all unsolicited adverse events, and serious adverse events following vaccination with either Menactra® vaccine or Menomune® vaccine. Immunogenicity: To evaluate the immune response to serogroups A, C, Y, and W-135 in each of the four study groups.
To evaluate the persistence of bactericidal antibodies in adolescents and adults who received one dose of Menactra® vaccine approximately four to eight years earlier
The objective of this trial is to study the administration of the Menomune vaccine given intradermally and low-dose subcutaneously versus standard subcutaneously. This study will describe the immunogenicity of Menomune® - A/C/Y/W-135 administered subcutaneously (standard dose) versus intradermally over a dose range (1/10th, 2/10th, and 3/10th of standard dose) and a low dose (2/10th of standard dose) subcutaneously. The secondary objective is to describe the safety of the subcutaneous (SC) and intradermal (ID) routes at different dosages
The proposed study is an Extension Study of V72P13 to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of Novartis Meningococcal B Recombinant Vaccine When Administered as a Booster at 12 Months of Age or as a Two-dose Catch-up to Healthy Toddlers
The primary objective of this phase 3b study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Novartis MenACWY conjugate vaccine when administered with routine infant vaccinations to healthy infants
Meningitis or septicaemia (blood poisoning) caused by group B meningococcal infection (MenB) is an important cause of death and disability in the UK. Prevention through vaccination therefore remains a key public health priority. Research from national "meningitis" vaccine programmes against MenC, Hib and Streptococcus pneumoniae show us that their success is in part due to their ability to protect both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, so−called herd immunity. This protection probably occurs by reducing carriage of these meningitis bacteria in the back of the throat (mucosal immunity). How this happens is poorly understood but our research shows that naturally acquired immunity (transient contact between the immune system and the meningococcus in the back of the throat without causing disease) may impact on this process. We believe that to develop a MenB vaccine that is able to cause mucosal immunity and prevent MenB carriage, it is important to understand the interaction between natural immunity and vaccination. In this study we propose to administer MenB vaccine to adults in order to investigate this process. Our findings will provide important insights into Men B immunity, inform the design of novel vaccine strategies and allow the rational testing of new vaccines as they become available.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate, in 12-23 months old subjects, the non-inferiority of meningococcal vaccine GSK134612 and pneumococcal vaccine GSK1024850A when co-administered, compared to each vaccine administered individually.
To further characterize the safety profile of Menactra vaccine and to identify any signals of potentially vaccine-related adverse events (AEs) not detected during pre-licensure studies.
Primary :1.To demonstrate a sufficient immune response of rMenB+OMV NZ, when given concomitantly with routine infant vaccines to healthy infants at 2, 4 and 6 and 2, 3 and 4 months of age, as measured by percentage of subjects with serum bactericidal activity (SBA) titer ≥1:5, at 1 month after the third vaccination Secondary :To demonstrate that immunogenicity of routine infant vaccines, when given concomitantly with rMenB+OMV NZ to healthy infants at 2, 3 and 4 months of age, was non-inferior to that of routine infant vaccines given without rMenB+OMV NZ. 2. To demonstrate that the immunogenicity of rMenB+OMV NZ when given concomitantly with routine infant vaccines was non-inferior to that of rMenB+OMV NZ given without routine infant vaccines at 2, 4 and 6 months of age. 3. To assess prevalence of meningococcal B antibodies over the study period by evaluation of SBA, at baseline and at 1 month after third vaccination, in subjects- received routine infant vaccine without rMenB+OMV NZ.