Human Challenge Model Refinement With Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Strain B7A

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

47 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-30

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the safe and optimal dose and regimen (fasting duration) for administering the challenge ETEC strain B7A, a CS6 expressing ETEC strain.

Additionally, an assessment of homologous protection following rechallenge with B7A will be assessed.

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Detailed Description

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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the most common causes of infectious diarrhea in children in resource limited countries, and is also a frequent cause of traveler's diarrhea in civilian and military travelers to endemic countries. ETEC strains express one or both of two enterotoxins (heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxin (ST)) that cause help the bacteria cause the main symptom of watery diarrhea. They also express a variety of colonization factors (CF) that help them attach to the intestinal wall. Each colonization factor has one or more surface antigens (CS).

Vaccines and treatments to prevent ETEC disease are under development. Some of these target specific enterotoxins or colonization factors. For over 40 years, we have used ETEC human challenge studies to understand the ETEC disease process, immune response, and more recently, to determine whether treatments or vaccines are protective or effective in mitigating disease. One concern about these challenge study is the use of high doses of bacteria given may overwhelm the protective efficacy of the vaccine or treatment. Several strains of ETEC have been used in these challenge studies; a frequently used strain is B7A (CS6+, LT+, ST+. O148:H28).

This study will explore the optimal dosing strategy for B7A, in order to minimize the dose of ETEC necessary to produce disease in healthy adult volunteers. There will be two inpatient admissions. The first will examine 4 dosing and fasting regimens in healthy volunteers. The second admission will include volunteers who became ill during the first admission, as well as a new group of volunteers. This second admission will validate the optimal dose from the first admission, as well as to determine if previous infection with B7A ETEC will protect against a new infection. Trying to understand the immune response to this challenge organism may help us optimize vaccine design and delivery to protect people from this infection.

Conditions

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Healthy Volunteer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Cohort 1 group A

Volunteers will receive 8 logs of E. coli strain B7A after overnight fast

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

ETEC Bacteria

Cohort 1 group B

Volunteers will receive 9 logs of E. coli strain B7A after 90 minute fast

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

ETEC Bacteria

Cohort 1 group C

Volunteers will receive 9 logs of E. coli strain B7A after overnight fast

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

ETEC Bacteria

Cohort 1 group D

Volunteers will receive 10 logs of E. coli strain B7A after 90 minute fast

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

ETEC Bacteria

Cohort 2 group A

subjects from Cohort 1 who met primary endpoint will receive optimal regimen as determined by analysis after Cohort 1.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

ETEC Bacteria

Cohort 2 group B

Naive subjects who will receive optimal regimen as determined by analysis after Cohort 1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

ETEC Bacteria

Interventions

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ETEC strain B7A (O148:H28 CS6+ LT+ST+) (Lot 0481) in Buffer

ETEC Bacteria

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female between 18 and 50 years of age, inclusive.
2. General good health, without clinically significant medical history, physical examination findings or clinical laboratory abnormalities per clinical judgment of the PI.
3. Completion of a training session and demonstration of comprehension of the protocol procedures and knowledge of ETEC-associated illness by passing a written examination.
4. Willingness to participate after informed consent obtained.
5. Availability for the study duration, including all planned follow-up visits.
6. Negative pregnancy test with understanding to not become pregnant during the study or within three months following last scheduled study visit.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Presence of a significant medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator precludes participation in the study.
2. Significant abnormalities in screening hematology or serum chemistry as determined by PI or PI in consultation with the research monitor and sponsor.
3. Evidence of confirmed infection with HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C.
4. Evidence of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency (serum IgA \< 7 mg/dL or below the limit of detection of assay).
5. Evidence of current excessive alcohol consumption or drug dependence (a targeted drug screen may be used to evaluate at the clinician's discretion).
6. Evidence of impaired immune function.
7. Recent vaccination or receipt of an investigational product (within 30 days before receipt of challenge).
8. Any other criteria which, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise the ability of the subject to participate in the study, the safety of the study, or the results of the study.
9. History of microbiologically confirmed ETEC or cholera infection in last 3 years.
10. Occupation involving handling of ETEC or Vibrio cholerae currently, or in the past 3 years.
11. Symptoms consistent with Travelers' Diarrhea concurrent with travel or planned travel to countries where ETEC infection is endemic.
12. Vaccination for or ingestion of ETEC, cholera, or E coli heat labile toxin within 3 years prior to dosing.
13. Any prior experimental infection with ETEC strain B7A.
14. Abnormal stool pattern.
15. Regular use of laxatives, antacids, or other agents to lower stomach acidity.
16. Use of any medication known to affect the immune function.
17. Known allergy to two of the following antibiotics: ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and amoxicillin.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes