A Study to Determine Whether 2 Investigational Malaria Vaccines Are Safe, Protective Against Malaria in Adults
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 2 investigational malaria vaccines are safe as well as protective against malaria in adults living in the United States
Description
35 volunteers aged 18 to 50 years will be enrolled to receive one of 2 investigational malaria vaccines. The vaccines are made of a malaria protein FMP2.1 mixed in 2 different adjuvants (AS01B and AS02A). Five volunteers will get a small (10 µg) dose of FMP2.1/AS01B since this vaccine has not yet been in humans. If it is safe, then 15 volunteers will get 50 µg FMP2.1 in AS02A and 15 will get 50 µg FMP2.1 in AS01B. All vaccines are given IM in the deltoid of the non-dominant arm, every 1 month for 3 months. After vaccination, the subjects will follow up at clinical trials for evaluation of any adverse events.
20 vaccinees (10 from each 50 µg vaccine group) will undergo primary sporozoite challenge 14-30 days after dose 3 via bite of 5 malaria-infected mosquitoes. All subjects will have a blood slide prepared and read to check for asexual P. falciparum parasitemia at least once daily beginning day 5 post challenge. Beginning on day 10 post challenge, subjects will check into a designated hotel, where 24 hour evaluation and care will be available for 10 nights. After this hotel phase, there will be follow-up visits to ensure there are no late developments of malaria in those who have not fallen ill (and thus are considered protected).
Any subject who tests positive for malaria will be treated with chloroquine. Efficacy readouts are complete protection or significant delay in patency defined as >2 days than the median prepatent period for the 6 infectivity controls. These 6 controls receive no vaccine and are enrolled for malaria-challenge only in order to provide comparison group for vaccinated individuals.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Control: Placebo Control, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention
Conditions
Malaria
Intervention
FMP 2.1 is a recombinant protein of apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) of 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum, and AS01B & AS02A are proprietary adjuvants of GSK
Location
Clinical Trials Center, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring
Maryland
United States
20910
Status
Completed
Source
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00385047
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Merozoite Surface Protein 1
A surface protein found on Plasmodium species which induces a T-cell response. The antigen is polymorphic, sharing amino acid sequence homology among PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; and PLASMODIUM YOELII.
Plasmodium
A genus of protozoa that comprise the malaria parasites of mammals. Four species infect humans (although occasional infections with primate malarias may occur). These are PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE, and PLASMODIUM VIVAX. Species causing infection in vertebrates other than man include: PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; P. vinckei, and PLASMODIUM YOELII in rodents; P. brasilianum, PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; and PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI in monkeys; and PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM in chickens.
Plasmodium Falciparum
A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics.
Malaria
A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the PLASMODIUM genus: PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM OVALE; and PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus ANOPHELES. Malaria is endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, and certain Caribbean islands. It is characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high FEVER; SWEATING; shaking CHILLS; and ANEMIA. Malaria in ANIMALS is caused by other species of plasmodia.
Malaria, Falciparum
Malaria caused by PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM. This is the severest form of malaria and is associated with the highest levels of parasites in the blood. This disease is characterized by irregularly recurring febrile paroxysms that in extreme cases occur with acute cerebral, renal, or gastrointestinal manifestations.
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