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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to examine the safety and the effectiveness of a new vaccine for the prevention of the disease, smallpox.
The objective of this study is to determine the minimum dose of ACAM2000 needed to produce a cutaneous reaction in at least 90% of a population of healthy adults at least 28 years of age and previously vaccinated against smallpox.
The study seeks to define, with precision, the safety and efficacy of APSV, two dose potencies of one lot in vaccinia-naive adults. The ability of this vaccine to induce a classic �take� as defined by formation of a lesion at the injection site consistent with the �Jennerian� process (see Appendix A) and vaccine specific immune responses will be assessed. The local cutaneous lesion is considered to be a surrogate for clinical effectiveness of live, replicating smallpox vaccines. Neutralizing antibody formation has been correlated with takes for the Dryvax vaccine and is considered to be cross-protective for other orthopoxviruses, including variola. The study also seeks to characterize preliminarily the cell mediated immune (CMI) response to APSV (as compared to Dryvax).
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effect of diluting smallpox vaccine, making a larger number of doses in case smallpox is released into the environment. A total of up to 927 healthy adults between the ages of 32 and 70 years who were already vaccinated against smallpox (but not since 1989) will volunteer for this study for up to 34 weeks and receive different strengths of vaccine. Some subjects may participate for longer if they choose to be revaccinated because the first vaccination does not take. The vaccine will be given by making small cuts in the skin and putting the vaccine into these cuts. After the screening visit, volunteers will be followed through study visits and follow up phone calls. Blood will be collected during some study visits to look at the immune system (body system that fights infection) response.
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of both Dryvax® and the new cell-cultured vaccine (CCSV) in a comparative fashion. Across 3 cohorts, 150 vaccinia-naive volunteers will be randomly assigned to receive either CCSV (100 volunteers) or Dryvax® (50 volunteers) in a blinded fashion. Subjects will be followed closely for up to 6 months and a subgroup of volunteers will be followed up to 3 years in order to evaluate the duration of immunity following vaccination. Another cohort will enroll 100 vaccinia-experienced volunteers and randomly assign them to receive either CCSV (50 volunteers) or Dryvax® (50 volunteers) and a sub group will be followed up to 3 years. A fifth cohort will enroll 100 vaccinia-naive volunteers and randomly assign them to receive different dilutions of CCSV (1:1, 1:5, 1:25, and 1:50).
To define the safety of vaccination with APSV as determined by the reactogenicity of the vaccine and the development of expected and un-expected adverse events associated with vaccination. To assess the proportion of individuals who respond to vaccination with a "take" (those who form a visible lesion at the injection site) 6 to 8 days after the vaccination.
A double-blind, randomized, dose-response study of four dilutions of Dryvax in previously vaccinated adults in order to assess the clinical success rates, humoral responses, and virus-specific actifity of cytotoxi T cells and interferon-y producing T cells
The purpose of this study is to see how many people respond to a smallpox vaccine when a sore forms where the shot was given. The world was declared free of smallpox in 1980. General routine vaccinations for smallpox were stopped in the U.S. in 1971. In 1976, the recommendation for routine vaccination of healthcare workers was also discontinued. The only people who presently receive this vaccine are people who work with vaccinia virus or monkeypox virus. Because the world was considered free of smallpox infections, this vaccine was no longer produced; there is a limited supply available in the United States. Because of the limited amount of Dryvax vaccine (vaccinia virus) against smallpox, this study will look at the ability to dilute the vaccine making more doses available in the event of a smallpox outbreak. The study seeks to characterize a strategy of vaccination against smallpox with various doses of Dryvax, followed by revaccination with the same dose, if required, in volunteers 18-32 years of age with a negative history of smallpox vaccination.
To determine the physiological and immunological responses in healthy HIV seronegative adult volunteers vaccinated with a) the HIVAC-1e (vaccinia-HIV) vaccine expressing the envelope glycoproteins of HIV and b) the Wyeth smallpox vaccine. The parameters to be studied will include: 1. The course of physiological responses to vaccination, including (a) lesion development, progression, and resolution; (b) physiological changes such as temperature, malaise, itching at the site, etc. and (c) any observable AE. 2. The appearance, identity, quantity, and duration of humoral antibodies against HIV and vaccinia virus. 3. The appearance, identity, quantity, and duration of cell-mediated immunity against HIV and vaccinia virus. 4. The adequacy of a procedure using a special dressing to contain viral shedding from the vaccination site. 5. The safety, humoral and cellular immune responses of a booster injection of the recombinant subunit gp160 vaccine (MicroGeneSys) in HIVAC-1e recipients.