A Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy Study of PvRII/Matrix-M in Healthy Thai Adults Living in Thailand ( MIST3 )

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age20-55
SponsorUniversity of Oxford

About this trial

This project is the third part of a 5-year research program entitled "Malaria Infection Studies in Thailand (MIST)" and known as MIST3. MIST3's primary objectives are to assess the safety of the PvRII/Matrix-M vaccine candidate in healthy adult Thai volunteers and to establish whether the PvRII/Matrix-M vaccine can demonstrate a reduced parasite multiplication rate in vaccinated volunteers compared to a controlled group (placebo vaccine) in a blood-stage controlled human malaria infection model. This study will recruit up to 36 eligible healthy volunteers aged 20-55 in Thailand at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. Eighteen volunteers will receive three doses of the PvRII/Matrix-M candidate vaccine, and 18 volunteers will receive three doses of the placebo vaccine. Safety and immunogenicity will be evaluated after each dose as per protocol. Approximately four weeks after receiving the third vaccination, 24 volunteers will undergo blood-stage CHMI with Plasmodium vivax. The volunteers will be monitored closely as in-patients in the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and treated according to the Research Proposal Submission Form.

This study is funded by the UK Wellcome Trust. The grant reference number are Oxford/MORU: 212336/Z/18/Z and 212336/Z/18/A, and Mahidol University: 212336/A/18/Z and 212336/A/18/A

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Healthy Thai adults aged 20 to 55 years

Minimum educational level of high school or equivalent

Red blood cells positive for the Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor (DARC)

Women only: Must practice continuous effective contraception for the duration of the study period until 3 months post-challenge.

Disqualifiers

Positive malaria qPCR OR malaria film prior to vaccination and challenge

Presence of any medical condition (either physical or psychological) that, in the judgment of the investigator, would place the participant at undue risk (including the history of clinically significant contact dermatitis) or interfere with the results of the study (e.g., underlying cardiac, renal, hepatic or neurological disease; severe malnutrition; congenital defects or febrile condition)

Presence of chronic disease or chronic use of medication

Prior receipt of other investigational vaccine which is likely to impact the interpretation of the trial data as assessed by the Investigator.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Malaria Vaccine

    Biological/Vaccine

    blood stage Plasmodium vivax malaria vaccine

  • HBV vaccine

    Biological/Vaccine

    HBV Vaccine

Treatment groups

36 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Malaria VaccineExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: controlOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

solicited local adverse event

occurrence of solicited local reactogenicity signs and symptoms

Time frame
7 days following each vaccination
2

solicited systemic adverse event

occurrence of solicited systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms

Time frame
7 days following each vaccination
3

unsolicited adverse events

Occurrence of unsolicited adverse events

Time frame
28 days following each vaccination
4

safety laboratory measures

Number of participants with abnormal laboratory test results

Time frame
28 days following each vaccination

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Oxford

Lead sponsor

Mahidol University

Collaborator

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