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

NCT ID: NCT03799510

Last Updated: 2019-12-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

95 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-13

Study Completion Date

2019-08-07

Brief Summary

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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 years of age with intestinal and/or urinary schistosomiasis, living in the Valley of the Senegal River, a highly endemic area for schistosomiasis.

Detailed Description

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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) injections at D0, W4 (Week 4), W8; both groups receiving 50 μg Sm14 vaccine candidate solution, combined with 2.5μg GLA-SE. The third group is composed by non-vaccinated infected school children.

Sm14: recombinant protein produced in yeast following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) conditions, presented in vials containing 0.55 ml solution Sm14, 0.4 ml solution is diluted with 0.4 ml of GLA (Synthetic Glucopyranosyl lipid A) for intramuscular administration.

Medical examinations are performed at D0 (before injection, 1 hr and 4 hr after), and a safety evaluation at 24 hrs and 48 hrs, after each injection.

Blood analysis: Liver function tests - renal function tests - blood counts, at W-1 before inclusion, and at W9 and W21 during the follow-up.

Blood samples for immune response analysis at D0, W12 and W21.

Conditions

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Schistosomiasis

Keywords

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Schistosomiasis Recombinant vaccine rSm14 GLA-SE Fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) Phase II Clinical Trial Senegal

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

No masking

Study Groups

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Group 1

Healthy school children with no infectious history of Schistosomiasis receiving three (3) intramuscular injections of 50 μg Sm14 with 2.5 μg GLA-SE solution at D0, W4, W8 (D=day; W=week). Three-month follow-up (W12, W20).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sm14

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Three 0.5 mL intra-muscular injections of the vaccine solution (50μg Sm14) will be administered on D0, W4, W8 (D = day, W = week).

GLA-SE solution

Intervention Type DRUG

The lot concentration 10μg/mL for injection of 2.5μg GLA-SE/injection.

Group 2

School children with an infectious history of S. haematobium and-or S. mansoni and pretreated with 1 dose of Praziquantel (2-4 weeks prior to the first vaccine injection) receiving three (3) intramuscular injections of 50 μg Sm14 with 2.5 μg GLA-SE solution at D0, W4, W8 (D=day; W=week). Three-month follow-up (W12, W20).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sm14

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Three 0.5 mL intra-muscular injections of the vaccine solution (50μg Sm14) will be administered on D0, W4, W8 (D = day, W = week).

GLA-SE solution

Intervention Type DRUG

The lot concentration 10μg/mL for injection of 2.5μg GLA-SE/injection.

Group 3

School children with an infectious history of S. haematobium and S. mansoni and pretreated with 1 dose of Praziquantel (2-4 weeks prior to the first vaccine injection) not receiving vaccine. Control group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Sm14

Three 0.5 mL intra-muscular injections of the vaccine solution (50μg Sm14) will be administered on D0, W4, W8 (D = day, W = week).

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

GLA-SE solution

The lot concentration 10μg/mL for injection of 2.5μg GLA-SE/injection.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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rSm14 • Glucopyranosyl Lipid A in Stable Emulsion • Glucopyranosyl Lipid Adjuvant-Stable Emulsion • Toll-like Receptor 4 Agonist GLA-SE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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.

* 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.
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Orygen Biotecnologia SA

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Biomedical Research Center EPLS

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Access to Advanced Health Institute (AAHI)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Miriam Tendler, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Modou DIOP, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Biomedical Research Center ESPOIR POUR LA SANTE (BRC-EPLS)

Gilles RIVEAU, PharmD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Biomedical Research Center ESPOIR POUR LA SANTE (BRC-EPLS).

Anne-Marie SCHACHT, CRA

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Biomedical Research Center ESPOIR POUR LA SANTE (BRC-EPLS).

Locations

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Biomedical Research Center EPLS

Saint-Louis, , Senegal

Site Status

Countries

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Senegal

References

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Moser D, Tendler M, Griffiths G, Klinkert MQ. A 14-kDa Schistosoma mansoni polypeptide is homologous to a gene family of fatty acid binding proteins. J Biol Chem. 1991 May 5;266(13):8447-54.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 2022660 (View on PubMed)

Ramos CR, Spisni A, Oyama S Jr, Sforca ML, Ramos HR, Vilar MM, Alves AC, Figueredo RC, Tendler M, Zanchin NI, Pertinhez TA, Ho PL. Stability improvement of the fatty acid binding protein Sm14 from S. mansoni by Cys replacement: structural and functional characterization of a vaccine candidate. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Apr;1794(4):655-62. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.12.010. Epub 2008 Dec 25.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19150418 (View on PubMed)

Coler RN, Bertholet S, Moutaftsi M, Guderian JA, Windish HP, Baldwin SL, Laughlin EM, Duthie MS, Fox CB, Carter D, Friede M, Vedvick TS, Reed SG. Development and characterization of synthetic glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant system as a vaccine adjuvant. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 26;6(1):e16333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016333.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21298114 (View on PubMed)

Santini-Oliveira M, Coler RN, Parra J, Veloso V, Jayashankar L, Pinto PM, Ciol MA, Bergquist R, Reed SG, Tendler M. Schistosomiasis vaccine candidate Sm14/GLA-SE: Phase 1 safety and immunogenicity clinical trial in healthy, male adults. Vaccine. 2016 Jan 20;34(4):586-594. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.027. Epub 2015 Nov 10.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26571311 (View on PubMed)

Lambert SL, Yang CF, Liu Z, Sweetwood R, Zhao J, Cheng L, Jin H, Woo J. Molecular and cellular response profiles induced by the TLR4 agonist-based adjuvant Glucopyranosyl Lipid A. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051618. Epub 2012 Dec 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23284726 (View on PubMed)

Tendler M, Almeida MS, Vilar MM, Pinto PM, Limaverde-Sousa G. Current Status of the Sm14/GLA-SE Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Overcoming Barriers and Paradigms towards the First Anti-Parasitic Human(itarian) Vaccine. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 21;3(4):121. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3040121.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 30469320 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Sm14 Phase 2b - Sn

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id