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Plasmodium Falciparum MalariaPhase 1/2NCT01883609

A Safety and Efficacy Study of ChAd63/MVA METRAP + RTS,S

A Phase 1/2 study testing RTS,S/AS01B, ChAd63 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP in people with Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, run by University of Oxford at 4 sites in United Kingdom.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This is a clinical trial in which healthy volunteers will be administered experimental malaria vaccines. One group of volunteers will receive vaccination with the leading malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 45 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
What is being tested?
RTS,S/AS01B, ChAd63 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
48 participants
Where
4 sitesUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Sep 2013to Aug 2014
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 45 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • The volunteer must satisfy all the following criteria to be eligible for the study:
  • Healthy adults aged 18 to 45 years.
  • Able and willing (in the Investigator's opinion) to comply with all study requirements.
  • Willing to allow the investigators to discuss the volunteer's medical history with their General Practitioner.
  • Women only: Must practice continuous effective contraception for the duration of the study.
  • Agreement to refrain from blood donation during the course of the study and for at least 3 years after the end of their involvement in the study.
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  • Written informed consent to participate in the trial.
  • Reachable (24/7) by mobile phone during the period between CHMI and completion of antimalarial treatment.
  • Willingness to take a curative anti-malaria regimen following CHMI.
  • For volunteers not living in Oxford: agreement to stay in a hotel room close to the trial centre during a part of the study (from at least day 6.5 post mosquito bite until anti-malarial treatment is completed).
  • Answer all questions on the informed consent quiz correctly.

Who cannot join

  • The volunteer may not enter the study if any of the following apply:
  • History of clinical malaria (any species).
  • Travel to a malaria endemic region during the study period or within the preceding six months with significant risk of malaria exposure.
  • Use of systemic antibiotics with known antimalarial activity within 30 days of CHMI (e.g. trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, doxycycline, tetracycline, clindamycin, erythromycin, fluoroquinolones and azithromycin)
  • Receipt of an investigational product in the 30 days preceding enrolment, or planned receipt during the study period.
  • Prior receipt of an investigational malaria vaccine or any other investigational vaccine likely to impact on interpretation of the trial data. If any volunteers in Group 1 and 2 undergo rechallenge, this exclusion criterion does not extend to the vaccines previously received in the VAC055 trial
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  • Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient state, including HIV infection; asplenia; recurrent, severe infections and chronic (more than 14 days) immunosuppressant medication within the past 6 months (inhaled and topical steroids are allowed).
  • Use of immunoglobulins or blood products within 3 months prior to enrolment.
  • History of allergic disease or reactions likely to be exacerbated by any component of the vaccine (e.g. egg products, Kathon) or malaria infection.
  • Any history of anaphylaxis post vaccination.
  • History of clinically significant contact dermatitis.
  • History of sickle cell anaemia, sickle cell trait, thalassaemia or thalassaemia trait or any haematological condition that could affect susceptibility to malaria infection.
  • Pregnancy, lactation or intention to become pregnant during the study.
  • Use of medications known to cause prolongation of the QT interval and existing contraindication to the use of Malarone
  • Use of medications known to have a potentially clinically significant interaction with Riamet and Malarone
  • Any clinical condition known to prolong the QT interval
  • History of cardiac arrhythmia, including clinically relevant bradycardia
  • Disturbances of electrolyte balance, eg, hypokalaemia or hypomagnesaemia
  • Family history of congenital QT prolongation or sudden death
  • Contraindications to the use of all three proposed anti-malarial medications; Riamet, Malarone and Chloroquine.
  • History of cancer (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin and cervical carcinoma in situ).
  • History of serious psychiatric condition that may affect participation in the study.
  • Any other serious chronic illness requiring hospital specialist supervision.
  • Suspected or known current alcohol abuse as defined by an alcohol intake of greater than 42 standard UK units every week.
  • Suspected or known injecting drug abuse in the 5 years preceding enrolment.
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) detected in serum.
  • Seropositive for hepatitis C virus (antibodies to HCV) at screening.
  • An estimated, ten year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease of ≥5%, as estimated by the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) system.77
  • Positive family history in 1st and 2nd degree relatives < 50 years old for cardiac disease.
  • Volunteers unable to be closely followed for social, geographic or psychological reasons.
  • Any clinically significant abnormal finding on biochemistry or haematology blood tests, urinalysis or clinical examination. In the event of abnormal test results, confirmatory repeat tests will be requested. Absolute values for exclusion for confirmed abnormal results are shown in Section 17, Appendix A
  • Any other significant disease, disorder, or finding which may significantly increase the risk to the volunteer because of participation in the study, affect the ability of the volunteer to participate in the study or impair interpretation of the study data.

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 1 country.

United Kingdom4 sites

  • Infection and Immunity Section, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

    London, SW7 2AZ

  • Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust

    London, W12 0HS

  • Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford

    Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LE

  • Wellcome Trust CRF, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton

    Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I/IIa Sporozoite Challenge Study to Assess the Safety and Protective Efficacy of the Combination Malaria Vaccine Candidate Regimen of RTS,S/AS01B + ChAd63 and MVA Encoding ME-TRAP and Also RTS,S/AS01B Alone.

This is a clinical trial in which healthy volunteers will be administered experimental malaria vaccines. One group of volunteers will receive vaccination with the leading malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01. This vaccine schedule will consist of 3 doses of RTS,S/AS01 with an interval of 4 weeks between doses (Doses given at 0,4 and 8 week timepoints). Another group will receive a vaccination schedule composed of the same dosage and timing regimen of RTS,S, but they will also receive vaccination with ChAd63 ME-TRAP, 2 weeks after the first RTS,S followed 8 weeks later by vaccination with MVA ME-TRAP (2 and 10 week timepoints).

The study will assess the safety of the vaccinations, and the immune responses to vaccination. Immune responses are measured by tests on blood samples. Volunteers will be infected with malaria by mosquito bites, 12 weeks after the first vaccination. In addition, a group of volunteers not receiving vaccines will also be infected with malaria by the same method. These infection experiments will be used to assess vaccine efficacy: how well the vaccines act to prevent malaria disease. A further single volunteer may also be infected with malaria; this volunteer participated in a previous trial where they received vaccines and was completely protected against malaria disease after infection by mosquito bite.

Read more

The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine is a protein (RTS,S) mixed with an adjuvant (AS01). The ChAd63 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP vaccines are called viral vectored vaccines. They are made from viruses which are modified so that they can not multiply. The viruses have extra DNA in them so that after injection, the body makes malaria proteins (but malaria does not develop), so that the immune system builds a response to malaria without having been infected by it.

Healthy volunteers will be recruited in England at three research sites: in Oxford, London and Southampton.

Being tested
RTS,S/AS01B, ChAd63 ME-TRAP, MVA ME-TRAP
Keywords
Plasmodium Falciparum, Malaria, Vaccine, Plasmodium, Falciparum
Medical subject headings
Malaria, Falciparum, Malaria

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • RTS,S/AS01BBiological

    Each RTS,S/AS01B dose will be given intramuscularly, and will contain 50mcg of RTS,S and standard adult dose of AS01

  • ChAd63 ME-TRAPBiological

    ChAd63 ME-TRAP will be given intramuscularly at a dose of 5 x 1010 vp

  • MVA ME-TRAPBiological

    MVA ME-TRAP will be given intramuscularly at a dose of 2 x 108 pfu

Study groups in NCT01883609
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1Active comparatorGroup 1 receive combination vaccination strategy: RTS,S/AS01B at weeks 0, ChAd63 ME-TRAP at week 2, RTS,S/AS01B at weeks 4 and 8, then MVA ME-TRAP at week 10 followed by sporozoite challenge (mosquito bite) at week 12.
Receives: Biological: RTS,S/AS01B; Biological: ChAd63 ME-TRAP; Biological: MVA ME-TRAP
Group 2Active comparatorGroup 2 receive three vaccinations (RTS,S/AS01B) at weeks 0, 4 and 8 followed by sporozoite challenge (mosquito bite) at week 12.
Receives: Biological: RTS,S/AS01B
Group 3No interventionGroups 3 is an infectivity-control group for the sporozoite challenge procedures: these volunteers will not be vaccinated. Group 3 will undergo sporozoite challenge at the same time as Group 1 and 2 volunteers (week 12).
Group 4No interventionGroup 4 is an infectivity-control group for the sporozoite challenge procedures: these volunteers will not be vaccinated. Group 4 volunteers will be used as infectivity controls if any volunteers from groups 1 and 2 are rechallenged 5 - 7 months after the initial CHMI. CHMI may be administered in two separate cohorts if necessary due to limitations on volunteer availability.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. To assess the efficacy of a combination immunization regimen with ChAd63/MVA ME-TRAP and RTS,S/AS01B, and of RTS,S/AS01B alone, against malaria sporozoite challenge, in healthy malaria-naïve volunteers.

    Use statistical analysis to compare number of completely protected individuals (those who do not, by Day 21 following sporozoite challenge, develop blood stage infection measured by occurrence of P. falciparum parasitemia, assessed by blood slide).

    Measured: 12 months

  2. To assess the safety of a combination immunization regimen with ChAd63/MVA ME-TRAP and RTS,S/AS01B, and of RTS,S/AS01B alone, in healthy malaria-naïve volunteers.

    Occurrence of solicited and unsolicited adverse events will be monitored at each clinic visit (from diary cards, clinical review, clinical examination (including observations) and laboratory results).

    Measured: 12 months

Secondary outcomes (2)

  1. To assess immunogenicity generated in malaria naïve individuals of a malaria vaccine schedule containing RTS,S/AS01B and ChAd63/MVA ME-TRAP, and of RTS,S/AS01B alone.

    Exploratory analysis of the correlation of the following humoral and cellular immune responses with vaccine efficacy: Anti-CS (RT, C-term, full-length), anti-HBs, and anti-ME-TRAP antibody titers; frequency of CS-specific, HBs-specific, and TRAP and ME specific T cells; ChAd63 neutralizing antibody titers. Exploratory analysis of transcriptomic correlates of vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy (this may be undertaken by microarray analysis or RNA sequencing or both techniques).

    Measured: 12 months

  2. To assess the efficacy of a combination immunization regimen with ChAd63/MVA ME-TRAP and RTS,S/AS01B, and of RTS,S/AS01B alone, against malaria sporozoite challenge, in healthy malaria-naïve volunteers.

    Separate analyses on the following endpoints: (i) blood stage malaria infection as defined by 20 or more P. falciparum parasites/ml in peripheral blood by quantitative PCR, (ii) blood stage infection as defined by 500 or more parasites/ml in peripheral blood by quantitative PCR, and (iii) blood stage infection defined by a composite of symptoms, blood film result and parasitaemia. Parasite density dynamics and parasite multiplication rates will also be compared.

    Measured: 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Jun 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2013
  3. Primary completionAug 2014
  4. Study completionAug 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
48 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01883609
Sponsor's protocol ID
VAC055
Other IDs
2013-000393-30
Status last verified
Sep 2014
First submitted
13 Jun 2013
Last updated
1 Oct 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Li K, Dodds M, Spreng RL, Abraha M, Huntwork RHC, Dahora LC, Nyanhete T, Dutta S, Wille-Reece U, Jongert E, Ewer KJ, Hill AVS, Jin C, Hill J, Pollard AJ, Munir Alam S, Tomaras GD, Dennison SM. A tool for evaluating heterogeneity in avidity of polyclonal antibodies. Front Immunol. 2023 Feb 16;14:1049673. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1049673. eCollection 2023.

    PubMed 36875126

  • Rampling T, Ewer KJ, Bowyer G, Bliss CM, Edwards NJ, Wright D, Payne RO, Venkatraman N, de Barra E, Snudden CM, Poulton ID, de Graaf H, Sukhtankar P, Roberts R, Ivinson K, Weltzin R, Rajkumar BY, Wille-Reece U, Lee CK, Ockenhouse CF, Sinden RE, Gerry S, Lawrie AM, Vekemans J, Morelle D, Lievens M, Ballou RW, Cooke GS, Faust SN, Gilbert S, Hill AV. Safety and High Level Efficacy of the Combination Malaria Vaccine Regimen of RTS,S/AS01B With Chimpanzee Adenovirus 63 and Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vectored Vaccines Expressing ME-TRAP. J Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 1;214(5):772-81. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw244. Epub 2016 Jun 15.

    PubMed 27307573

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing RTS,S/AS01B, ChAd63 ME-TRAP and MVA ME-TRAP in people with Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, run by University of Oxford at 4 sites in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 32 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Oct 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To assess the efficacy of a combination immunization regimen with ChAd63/MVA ME-TRAP and RTS,S/AS01B, and of RTS,S/AS01B alone, against malaria sporozoite challenge, in healthy malaria-naïve volunteers. (time frame: 12 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01883609, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Oct 2014.

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