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Malaria, FalciparumEarly Phase 1NCT05385471

A Phase Ia Clinical Trial to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of the Blood-stage Malaria Candidate Vaccines RH5.1 in Matrix-M and R78C in Matrix-M in Healthy UK Adults

A Early Phase 1 study testing Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1 in people with Malaria, Falciparum, run by University of Oxford at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

This is an open-label, single-centre Phase I P. falciparum blood-stage vaccine trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity and efficacy of the candidate malaria vaccines R78C and RH5.1 formulated in adjuvant Matrix-M Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 45 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Malaria, Falciparum
What is being tested?
Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
36 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
13 Jan 2023to 31 Mar 2026
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 adult 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 GP
  • Participants of childbearing potential only: must practice continuous effective contraception until 3 months after the final study vaccination (see section 9.10)
  • Agreement to refrain from blood donation for the duration of the study
  • Able and willing to provide written informed consent to participate in the trial

Who cannot join

  • The volunteer may not enter the study if any of the following apply:
  • History of clinical malaria (any species) or previous participation in any malaria vaccine trial or controlled human malaria infection trial
  • Travel to a clearly malaria endemic locality during the study period or within the preceding six months
  • Use of immunoglobulins or blood products (e.g. blood transfusion) in the last three months
  • Receipt of any vaccine in the 30 days preceding enrolment, or planned receipt of any other vaccine within 30 days following each study vaccination, with the exception of COVID-19 vaccines, which should not be received between 14 days before to 7 days after any study vaccination
  • Receipt of an investigational product in the 30 days preceding enrolment, or planned receipt during the study period
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  • Concurrent involvement in another clinical trial involving an investigational product or planned involvement during the study period
  • Prior receipt of an investigational vaccine likely to impact on interpretation of the trial data, as assessed by the Investigator
  • 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)
  • History of allergic disease or reactions likely to be exacerbated by any component of the vaccine
  • Any history of anaphylaxis in reaction to vaccinations
  • Pregnancy, lactation or intention to become pregnant during the study
  • 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 misuse as defined by an alcohol intake of greater than 25 standard UK units every week
  • Suspected or known injecting drug use in the 5 years preceding enrolment
  • Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) detected in serum
  • Seropositive for hepatitis C virus (antibodies to HCV) at screening (unless volunteer has taken part in a prior hepatitis C vaccine study with confirmed negative HCV antibodies prior to participation in that study, and negative HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) PCR at screening for this study)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Inability of the study team to contact the volunteer's GP to confirm medical history and safety to participate

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • CCVTM, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital

    Oxford, OX3 7LE

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About this study

Official title: A Phase Ia Clinical Trial to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of the Blood-stage Malaria Candidate Vaccines RH5.1 in Matrix-M and R78C in Matrix-M, Both Alone and in Combination, in Healthy UK Adults

This is an open-label, single-centre Phase I P. falciparum blood-stage vaccine trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity and efficacy of the candidate malaria vaccines R78C and RH5.1 formulated in adjuvant Matrix-M

Read the detailed description

Volunteers will be recruited into one of four groups (n=8+1 per group) at the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM), Oxford. Volunteers in groups 1, 2 and 4 will be followed up for a total of approximately 12 months. There will be 3 sentinel participants in each group (and for each successive vaccination), which will require an independent safety review prior to each successive vaccination. Group 3 is not a first-in-human group and so can be recruited at any time and participants will be followed up for a total of approximately 20 months from first vaccination. All volunteers will be given 10 µg R78C and/or 10 µg RH5.1 soluble protein in combination with 50 µg of Matrix-M via intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm.

Being tested
Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1
Keywords
R78C, RH5.1, Matrix-M
Medical subject headings
Malaria, Falciparum

What participants receive

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

  • Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1Biological

    50 µg of Matrix-M adjuvant with R78C and/or RH5.1 at different doses and timepoints

Study groups in NCT05385471
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1Experimental8+1 volunteers receiving three doses of 10 µg R78C with 50 µg of Matrix-M on days 0, 28 and 182 via intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm
Receives: Biological: Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1
Group 2Experimental8+1 volunteers receiving three doses of 10 µg R78C + 10 µg RH5.1 with 50 µg of Matrix-M on days 0, 28 and 182 via intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm
Receives: Biological: Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1
Group 3Experimental8+1 volunteers receiving three doses of 10 µg RH5.1 with 50 µg of Matrix-M on days 0, 28 and 56 via intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm
Receives: Biological: Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1
Group 4Experimental8+1 volunteers receiving two doses of 10 µg R78C + 10 µg RH5.1 with 50 µg of Matrix-M on days 0, 28, one dose of 10 µg R78C with 50 µg of Matrix-M on day 182 and one dose of 10 µg RH5.1 with 50 µg of Matrix-M on day 210, all administered via intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm
Receives: Biological: Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1

What is being measured

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

  1. To assess the safety of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy adult volunteers at alone and in combination by assessing the occurrence of solicited local reactogenicity signs and symptoms for 7 days following each vaccination

    Occurrence of solicited local reactogenicity signs and symptoms for 7 days following each vaccination. These will be tabulated, detailing frequency, duration and severity of AEs. Haematological and biochemical laboratory values will be presented according to local grading scales.

    Measured: 7 days following each vaccination

  2. To assess the safety of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy adult volunteers at alone and in combination by assessing the occurrence of solicited systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms for 7 days following each vaccination

    Occurrence of solicited systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms for 7 days following each vaccination. These will be tabulated, detailing frequency, duration and severity of AEs. Haematological and biochemical laboratory values will be presented according to local grading scales.

    Measured: 7 days following each vaccination

  3. To assess the safety of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy adult volunteers at alone and in combination by assessing the occurrence of unsolicited adverse events for 28 days following the vaccination

    Occurrence of unsolicited adverse events for 28 days following the vaccination. These will be tabulated, detailing frequency, duration and severity of AEs. Haematological and biochemical laboratory values will be presented according to local grading scales.

    Measured: 28 days following the vaccination

  4. To assess the safety of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy adult volunteers at alone and in combination, assessed through the number of participants with abnormal laboratory test results

    Occurrence of change from baseline laboratory tests

    Measured: 28 days following vaccination

  5. To assess the safety of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy adult volunteers at alone and in combination, assessed through the number of participants with serious adverse events

    Occurrence of serious adverse events during the whole study duration. Haematological and biochemical laboratory values will be presented according to local grading scales.

    Measured: Whole duration of the Study (up to day 600 depending on group)

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. To assess the humoral immunogenicity of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M when administered to healthy volunteers alone and in combination assessing antigen-specific IgG antibody levels, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Serum ELISA response, quantitative antigen-specific IgG antibody levels (µg/mL readout) over time - analysis of peak responses and longevity, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Measured: From a number of key timepoints, baseline up to day 600 (dependant on group)

  2. To assess the humoral immunogenicity of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy volunteers assessing antigen-specific antibody subclass/isotype measurement, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Serum ELISA response, antigen-specific antibody subclass/isotype measurement, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Measured: From a number of key timepoints, baseline up to day 600 (dependant on group)

  3. To assess the humoral immunogenicity of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy volunteers assessing antigen-specific antibody avidity measurement, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Serum ELISA response, antigen-specific antibody avidity measurement, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Measured: From a number of key timepoints, baseline up to day 600 (dependant on group)

  4. To assess the humoral immunogenicity of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M when administered to healthy volunteers alone and in combination assessing In vitro GIA, with comparison before and after vaccination

    In vitro GIA against 3D7 clone P. falciparum parasites using purified total IgG and a single-cycle pLDH readout assay, with comparison before and after vaccination

    Measured: From a number of key timepoints, baseline up to day 600 (dependant on group)

  5. To assess the humoral immunogenicity of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy volunteers assessing Purified IgG ELISA versus GIA titration "Quality Analysis", with comparison before and after vaccination

    Purified IgG ELISA versus GIA titration "Quality Analysis"

    Measured: From a number of key timepoints, baseline up to day 600 (dependant on group)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted23 May 2022
  2. Study start13 Jan 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Mar 2026 (estimated)

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More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
36 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05385471
Sponsor's protocol ID
VAC089
Status last verified
Mar 2025
First submitted
17 May 2022
Last updated
1 Apr 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing Matrix M with R78C and/or RH5.1 in people with Malaria, Falciparum, run by University of Oxford at 1 site 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 7 inclusion and 23 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Apr 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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 phase mean?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

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

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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 safety of R78C in Matrix-M™ and RH5.1 in Matrix-M in healthy adult volunteers at alone and in combination by assessing the occurrence of solicited local reactogenicity signs and symptoms for 7 days following each vaccination (time frame: 7 days following each vaccination). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 Apr 2025.

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