Status:

COMPLETED

Experimental Human Infection With Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (LptA Trial)

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Conditions:

Gonococcal Infection

Eligibility:

MALE

18-35 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

This is a Phase 1, interventional, non-randomized, experimental infection model study in healthy adult males (N=up to 25) between the ages of 18-35 at study enrollment. The study is designed to test t...

Detailed Description

This is a Phase 1, interventional, non-randomized, experimental infection model study in healthy adult males (N=up to 25) between the ages of 18-35 at study enrollment. The study is designed to test t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy man between the ages of 18 and 35 years.
  • Able and willing to be located easily by providing street address and telephone number (land line and/or cell phone number).
  • Willingness to provide written informed consent.
  • Able and willing to attend all study visits including 6-day stay in the Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) during the trial (with ability to leave the unit during the day) and follow-up visit during the week after treatment.
  • Able and willing to abstain from masturbation during the 6-day stay in the CTRC.
  • Able and willing to abstain from all sexual activity during the course of the study.
  • Acceptable medical history by screening evaluation.
  • Standard physical exam within normal limits (WNL).
  • Serum creatinine WNL.
  • Serum alanine transaminase (ALT) WNL.
  • White blood cell (WBC), polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) and hemoglobin values WNL.
  • Normal urinalysis.
  • Total Complement (CH50) WNL.
  • Urine negative for chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomonas and mycoplasma.
  • Negative HIV, syphilis, and Hepatitis C (HCV) test results.
  • Negative Hepatitis B (HBV) core and surface antibodies or results consistent with immunization (negative HBV core antibody/positive HBV surface antibody).
  • Denies history of STIs including syphilis and hepatitis B \& C.
  • Denies history of bleeding diathesis.
  • Denies history of seizures (due to reports of seizures with ciprofloxacin).
  • Denies history of cancer, except basal cell carcinoma of the skin more than 5 years ago.
  • Denies history of drug abuse.
  • Denies history of psychiatric disorders, except depression controlled by medication.
  • Denies history of genitourinary surgery.

Exclusion

  • Student or employee under the direct supervision of any of the study investigators.
  • Any known immunodeficiencies including complement deficiency, antibody deficiency, chronic granulomatous disease or HIV infection.
  • Psychiatric disorders that would interfere with the integrity of the data or volunteer safety.
  • Unstable depression (defined as receiving either \< 3 months of the same medication (and dose) or a decompensating event during the previous 3 months) or depression that, in the opinion of the investigator, will compromise the subject's ability to comply with protocol requirements.
  • Heart murmur or heart disease.
  • Anatomic abnormality of the urinary tract.
  • Any antibiotic treatment in the past 30 days, or azithromycin in the past 60 days.
  • Chemotherapy within the past year.
  • Current steroid use, except for topical application.
  • Allergy to penicillin, ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin or to lidocaine.
  • Treatment with medications that are contraindicated with ciprofloxacin or ceftriaxone and that cannot be withheld for the single doses given in this study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 10 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 28 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04870138

Start Date

March 10 2013

End Date

April 28 2015

Last Update

December 2 2021

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University of North Carolina Health Care - Infectious Diseases

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514-4220