PfSPZ Challenge in Healthy Malaria-Naïve Adults in the United States

Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Plasmodium Falciparum Infection

In brief

This phase I trial of the replication-intact PfSPZ Challenge vaccine given under CQ cover will enroll 28 healthy volunteers to receive PfSPZ or placebo, as well as suppressive doses of chloroquine (CQ)on varying schedules. 10 weeks post 3rd immunization subjects will be subjected to controlled human malarial infection. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of escalating doses of Sanaria PfSPZ Challenge administered by DVI on varying schedules to healthy malaria-naïve adults taking suppressive doses of CQ (PfSPZ-CVac).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02773979

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

28

Starts

2016-09-12

Expected to finish

2018-01-22

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy adults (males and non-pregnant, non-lactating females) between the ages of 18 and 45 years, inclusive.
• Able and willing to participate for the duration of the study.
• Able and willing to provide written (not proxy) informed consent.
• Provides informed consent before any study procedures, correctly answers >/= 70% of questions on the post consent quiz and is available for all study visits.
• Women of childbearing potential* must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test prior to each vaccination and on the day of malaria challenge.
• Not sterilized via bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, hysterectomy, or menopausal and still menstruating or < 1 year of the last menses.
• Women of childbearing potential must have used an acceptable method of contraception* in the 30 days prior to enrollment and must agree to continue use of the same method throughout the study.
• Includes, but is not limited to, abstinence from sex with men, monogamous relationship with vasectomized partner who has been vasectomized for 6 months or more prior to enrollment, barrier methods such as condoms or diaphragms with spermicide or foam, effective intrauterine devices, NuvaRing, successful Essure placement (permanent, non-surgical, non-hormonal sterilization) with documented confirmation test at least 3 months after the procedure, and licensed hormonal methods such as implants, injectables, or oral contraceptives.
• Is in good health, as judged by the investigator, and determined by vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, and oral temperature), medical history and physical examination.
• Able to understand and comply with planned study procedures.
• Reachable (24/7) by mobile phone during the whole study period and willing to provide two close contacts to assist with making contact.
• Lives in the greater Seattle area and within an approximately one hour commute to the study research clinic.
• Willing to avoid non-study related blood donation for 3 years following P. falciparum challenge.
• Agrees not to travel to a malaria endemic region during the entire course of the trial.
• Agrees not to travel away from the greater Seattle area from the day of first study immunization through 20 days after the last study immunization, and during the 29 days after CHMI.

You may not qualify if…

• History of malaria infection or vaccination, residence in a malaria-endemic area for > / =5 years, travel to a malaria-endemic area in the past 6 months, or participation in a malaria research study.
• Is breastfeeding or plans to breastfeed at any time throughout the study.
• Plans to become pregnant at any time throughout the study.
• Use of any antimalarial antibiotic or drug within 28 days prior to Study Day 1 or planned use during the study period.
• Any clinically significant acute or chronic medical condition* or need for chronic medications** that, in the opinion of the investigator, will interfere with immunity or affect safety.
• Includes, but is not limited to, disorders of the liver, kidney, lung, heart, or nervous system, or other metabolic or autoimmune/inflammatory conditions.
• Receipt of systemic, prescription medications for the treatment of chronic medical conditions or variations of normal physiologic functions are permissible if, in the opinion of the investigator, they are used for conditions that are not clinically significant and would not impact the effectiveness of the vaccine or the safety of the subject or the safety and immunogenicity outcomes of the protocol. Use of systemic, over-the-counter medications and PRN systemic, prescription medications are allowed if, in the opinion of the investigator, they pose no additional risk to subject safety, vaccine efficacy or assessment of immunogenicity/reactogenicity. Topical (except corticosteroid) medications, nasal (including corticosteroid) medications, vitamins, and supplements are permissible. Any drug with antimalarial properties is not permissible.
• Asthma, other than mild, well-controlled asthma*.
• Cold or exercise induced asthma controlled with inhaled medications other than inhaled corticosteroids is permissible. Subjects should be excluded if they require daily bronchodilator use, or have had an asthma exacerbation requiring oral/parenteral steroid use or have used theophylline or inhaled corticosteroids in the past year.
• Diabetes mellitus.
• History of a psychiatric condition that may make study compliance difficult, such as schizophrenia, or unstable bipolar disorder*.
• Includes persons with psychoses or history of suicide attempt or gesture in the 3 years before study entry or an ongoing risk for suicide.
• Any history of non-febrile seizures or complex febrile seizures*
• History of simple febrile seizures or a family history of seizure disorder is not exclusionary
• Autoimmune disease (autoimmune thyroid disease is permissible and vitiligo or mild eczema not requiring chronic therapy is permissible).
• Known or suspected congenital or acquired immunodeficiency including anatomic or functional asplenia* or immunosuppression as a result of underlying illness or treatment. *Any splenectomy is exclusionary.
• Abuse of alcohol or drugs that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the subject's ability to comply with the protocol.
• Body mass index (BMI) > / = 35 kg/m\^2.
• Active neoplastic disease*.
• Subjects with a history of malignancy may be included if treated by surgical excision or if treated by chemotherapy or radiation therapy and has been observed for a period that in the investigator's estimation provides a reasonable assurance of sustained cure (not less than 36 months).
• Chronic topical or systemic corticosteroid use*.
• Corticosteroid nasal sprays for allergic rhinitis are permissible. Persons using a topical corticosteroid for a limited duration for mild uncomplicated dermatitis such as poison ivy or contact dermatitis may be enrolled the day after their therapy is completed. Oral or parenteral (IV, SC, or IM) corticosteroids given for non-chronic conditions not expected to recur are permissible if, within the year prior to enrollment, the longest course of therapy was no more than 14 days and no oral or parenteral corticosteroids were given within 30 days prior to enrollment. Intraarticular, bursal, tendon, or epidural injections of corticosteroids are permissible if the most recent injection was at least 30 days prior to enrollment.
• Receipt or planned receipt of inactivated vaccine or allergy desensitization injection from 14 days before the first immunization through 14 days after the last immunization.
• Planned receipt of inactivated vaccine or allergy desensitization injection from 14 days prior to CHMI through 28 days after CHMI.
• Receipt or planned receipt of live attenuated vaccine 30 days before or at any time during the study up to 28 days after CHMI.

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute - Vaccines and Infectious Diseases — Seattle, Washington, United States

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