Baseline Assessment of Skin Resident Memory T Cells in Healthy Unvaccinated Participants

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Conditions studied: Yellow Fever (Healthy Volunteers), Biopsy/Methods

In brief

In The main GeKoSkimm trial (= A randomized controlled trial to compare the immunogenicity and skin imprinting of intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular yellow fever vaccination) the investigators try to understand whether the route of injection (in the muscle, under the skin, or in the skin) when giving the yellow fever vaccine affects the strength of the body's immune response to yellow fever. More in particular the investigators want to know how well the immune responses are retained in the skin, as this is the place where the virus enters the body after a mosquito bite. This will be important for vaccines against infections transmitted via bites of mosquitoes and ticks, such as yellow fever virus. Because this is the first attempt on human samples and only skin samples after vaccination with yellow fever vaccine are available, the investigators want to assess the baseline or background immune response in 'unvaccinated' skin. Therefore, 40 volunteers will be recruited that have not been previously vaccinated against yellow fever and will not receive a yellow fever vaccine during this study. The participant will be requested to provide two skin samples from the upper arm and a blood sample to confirm their vaccination status regarded to yellow fever.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07636551

Run by

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

People needed

40

Starts

2026-06-15

Expected to finish

2026-11-15

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI >/=18,5 kg/m2 and ≤35 kg/m2
• Agreement to share and discuss participant's medical history and medical records when relevant with the study team
• Able and willing to provide written informed consent
• Agreement to refrain from blood donation and other vaccinations during the study

You may not qualify if…

• Participants with a confirmed flavivirus infection in the past
• Participants who received a flavivirus vaccination prior to enrolment (e.g. YFV, Japanese encephalitis virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Dengue)
• Receipt of any vaccine (licensed or experimental) within 30 days prior to enrolment or during the study
• Active participation in another interventional clinical study with active substance intake or large medical procedures affecting the study procedures during or 1 month prior to enrolment
• Participant has a clinically significant acute illness (this does not include minor illnesses such as diarrhea or mild upper respiratory tract infection) or temperature ≥38.0ºC within 24 hours prior to the visit; inclusion at a later date is permitted at the discretion of the investigator
• Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient state (incl. cancer and human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis B virus infection); asplenia; recurrent severe infections and use of immunosuppressant medication (including antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents or radiotherapy) within the last 6 months prior to enrolment, except topical or short-term oral steroids (<2 weeks of daily receipt of 20 mg of prednisone or equivalent). Refer to annex 1 for a list of immunosuppressive medication
• Severe and/or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease, liver disease, renal disease, endocrine disorder, psychiatric and neurological illness (mild/moderate well controlled comorbidities are allowed)
• History of bleeding disorder (e.g. factor deficiency, coagulopathy or platelet disorder), or prior history of significant bleeding or bruising following venipuncture
• Any significant disease, disorder or planned surgery which may affect the ability of the volunteer to participate in the study or impact (skin) immunity homeostasis
• Suspected or known alcohol or drug dependency
• Known pregnancy
• Tendency to keloid (scar) formation in response to skin damage
• Skin diseases or tattoo at the biopsy site
• In the opinion of the investigator, unlikely compliance to the requirements of the study
• History of thymus dysfunction (including myasthenia gravis, thymoma) or thymectomy
• Individuals who are working at the investigational site or within the research team of this study
• Participants who received immunoglobulins and/or any blood or blood derived products within 3 months preceding the study
• Participants who are currently on anticoagulant therapy
• Participants who are continuously using systemic antivirals

Where it is running

• Clinical Trial Site of the Institute of Tropical Medicine — Antwerp, Belgium

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