Status:

COMPLETED

Anti-Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Sm14 Phase 2b-Sn in School Children

Lead Sponsor:

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Collaborating Sponsors:

Orygen Biotecnologia SA

Biomedical Research Center EPLS

Conditions:

Schistosomiasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

8-11 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The clinical trial phase 2b is designed to assess the safety and the specific immune response of the active ingredient (protein + adjuvant) in healthy and then in infected school children from 8 to 11...

Detailed Description

A phase 2b trial, self-contained, open-label, controlled, randomized study in three parallel arms, two of them formed by groups of healthy or infected school children, both receiving three (3) injecti...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • School children, of public schools in villages of Saint Louis region (Senegal), female or male, 8 to 11 years old (inclusive) at the time of inclusion.
  • Residence in the area during the period of the study.
  • Free of obvious/severe health problems except schistosomiasis, as established by clinical examination.
  • Written informed consent to participate obtained from subject's parents or legal guardian.
  • Free of obvious/severe health problems except schistosomiasis, established by blood analysis, i.e. hematological exams, liver and renal function tests.
  • Treated with 40mg/kg Praziquantel (PZQ) before inclusion (W-2 to W-4 before the first injection) in case of infection with S. mansoni and S. haematobium
  • Children of Group 1: not infected, no schistosomiasis history and living in area/village free of Sm and Sh transmission.
  • Children Groups 2 \& 3: infected with mansoni or/and haematobium schistosomiasis.

Exclusion

  • School child who does not respond to one of the inclusion criteria
  • Child under 20kg of body weight
  • Vaccination within 90 days preceding the first dose of Sm14 vaccine candidate, or planned use during the study period.
  • Current or previous chronic administration (defined as more than 14 days) of immunosuppressive drugs or other immuno-modifying drugs.
  • Known hypersensitivity to any component in the Sm14 vaccine or history of allergic disease.
  • Knowledge of non-infectious chronic disease
  • Known acute disease.
  • Other conditions which in opinion of the PI may potentially represent a danger for the patient to be enrolled.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 13 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 7 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

95 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03799510

Start Date

December 13 2018

End Date

August 7 2019

Last Update

December 9 2019

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Biomedical Research Center EPLS

Saint-Louis, Senegal, BP226