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Plague is a potentially fatal infection in humans caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Pneumonic plague is typically diagnosed in humans with high mortality. It has a long history for plague as an agent of biowarfare, and poses a serious threat to international security. Althought the killed whole-cell plague vaccine and live attenuated vaccine have been licensed, they are rarely used today because of toxicities, limited evidence for efficacy to prevent plague, and limited commercial availability. In the last twenty years,the recombinant subunit vaccines comprised by fraction 1 capsule(F1)and virulence-associated (V)antigens as the main composition have caused widely attention with providing greater protection than vaccines comprised of either subunit alone. This study was aimed to explor the safety and immunogenicity of a new type plague subunit vaccine which comprised natural F1 antigen and recombined V antigen (F1+rV).
Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by bacteria, Yersinia pestis. Modern antibiotics are effective against plague, but if an infected person is not treated promptly the disease is likely to cause illness or death. The purpose of this study is to evaluate at the safety, immunogenicity (bodily defense reaction), and tolerability of a new research vaccine. Up to 48 people will be enrolled in this study at the Center for Vaccine Development at Saint Louis University. Four groups of 12 volunteers will be given vaccine or placebo (inactive substance) one group at a time starting with the lowest dose working up to the highest dose. Shots will be given in the arm 2 times separated by 28 days. Study procedures include: physical exam, blood samples, and recording temperature and side effects in a memory aid. Participants will be involved in study related procedures for about 13 months.
Multicenter, randomized, single-blinded comparison of two formulations of the rF1V vaccine at a single dosage of 80 µg and two 3-dose schedules in 400 healthy, adult volunteers in four parallel cohorts. Two rF1V vaccine cohorts (N=160 each) and two rF1V antigen-only cohorts (N=40 each) will be vaccinated at two different three-dose schedules (Days 0, 56 and 182 or Days 0, 56 and 121).
One hundred and five subjects will be recruited into three groups. Each subject will receive two doses of recombinant plague vaccine at one of three dose levels (rF1 and rV recombinant antigen proteins).
This clinical trial will compare the effectiveness of streptomycin, which historically is the standard drug for treatment of plague, with gentamicin. The hypothesis is that gentamicin is not inferior to streptomycin but that it will have less severe side effects. The study is being done in Madagascar because that country reports the most plague cases in the world. Patients coming into a participating clinic with suspected plague (bubonic, pneumonic, or septicemic) will be randomized into one of two treatment arms after giving informed consent. Patients will be monitored for side effects and for improvement of symptoms. In addition, rapid diagnostic test strips have been developed but not fully evaluated for use on humans. The investigators will evaluate these new tests on specimens from the same patients, comparing their performance with that of classical diagnostic methods such as culture and serology.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a two-dose schedule of the recombinant plague vaccine rF1V in healthy volunteers when given as an intramuscular (IM) injection at four ascending dose-levels. The purpose of the Cohort 4 Extension is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a third intramuscular (IM) dose of 160 ug rF1V in healthy volunteers who have previously been vaccinated with the same concentration of rF1V vaccine.