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This study will assess the safety of a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) and will evaluate if giving the vaccine by mouth, injection, or by both methods produces greater results. BCG vaccine and/or placebo (substance containing no medication) will be given by mouth and/or by injection into the skin. This study, conducted at Saint Louis University, will enroll 60 (up to 80) healthy volunteers, 18-40 years old, who are negative for a TB test (QuantiFERON®-Gold) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Study procedures will include a physical exam; review of TB exposure history and medical history; collection of multiple samples of blood, urine, stool, tears, and nose fluid; and skin and blood tests for TB. Volunteers may participate for about 24 months.
Vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used as part of tuberculosis (TB) control strategies in most of the world outside of the United States and constitutes the most widely implemented vaccination strategy worldwide. However, despite widespread use of BCG, TB remains a leading infectious cause of death worldwide and it is estimated that one-third of the world's population is chronically and asymptomatically (latently) infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of TB. This is a phase I, single-center, randomized, vaccine trial including six double-blind, placebo-controlled groups and one open-label group. Approximately 68 (up to 80) healthy male and female subjects 18-40 years old, inclusive, who are negative for QuantiFERON®-TB Gold and human immunodeficiency virus will be enrolled. The expected total duration of the volunteer enrollment, vaccination, and follow-up (volunteer participation) for this study is 30 months. All volunteers are expected to be enrolled over a period of 9 months and on study for 24 months. Detailed immune studies with frozen samples will be expected to continue after collection of all samples and after the protocol has been completed. Eligibility will be determined by volunteer's health at prescreening and eligible subjects will give study specific main study informed consent for enrollment in the study. Subjects randomized to Groups A-F will receive, at Day 0 and 1 year later, BCG intradermally, orally, or by both routes. PBS (PO) and Sauton medium (injectable) placebo will be used to blind the study. Subjects randomized to Group G will receive BCG intradermally at Day 0 only. The primary study objectives are the assessment of the safety of combined and individual intradermal (ID) and oral (PO) vaccination with Statens Serum Institut (SSI) BCG in healthy, immunologically naïve volunteers; comparisons of mycobacteria-specific interferon-gamma responses and mucosal immunoglobulin-A induced by SSI BCG vaccination given intradermally, orally and by both routes combined; and comparison of safety and immunogenicity of Danish and Connaught BCG given intradermally. The secondary study objectives are the assessment of purified protein derivative skin test responses as an indication of cutaneous T cell trafficking after vaccination with SSI BCG; and quantitation of BCG replication in Sanofi Pasteur ID BCG ulcerative lesions after ID BCG vaccination. The exploratory study objectives are comparisons of intracellular killing activity induced by SSI BCG vaccination given intradermally, orally, and by both routes combined; and characterization of mycobacteria-specific T cells induced intradermally, orally, or both routes by vaccination with SSI BCG using dendritic cells as antigen-presenting cells and stored peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a source for matched T cells collected before and after vaccination. Parent protocol to sub-study 12-0110 and 10-0026.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group A: BCG ID/Placebo PO; Placebo ID/Placebo PO | Experimental | Primary vaccination: BCG ID (Danish)/Placebo PO; secondary vaccination (1 year later): Placebo ID/Placebo PO. |
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| Group B: BCG ID/Placebo PO; BCG ID/Placebo PO | Experimental | Primary vaccination: BCG ID (Danish)/Placebo PO; secondary vaccination (1 year later): BCG ID (Danish)/Placebo PO. |
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| Group C: Placebo ID/BCG PO; Placebo ID/Placebo PO | Experimental | Primary vaccination: Placebo ID/BCG PO (Danish); secondary vaccination (1 year later): Placebo ID/Placebo PO. |
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| Group D: Placebo ID/BCG PO; Placebo ID/BCG PO | Experimental | Primary vaccination: Placebo ID/BCG PO (Danish); secondary vaccination (1 year later): Placebo ID/BCG PO (Danish). |
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| Group E: BCG ID/BCG PO; Placebo ID/Placebo PO | Experimental | Primary vaccination: BCG ID (Danish)/BCG PO (Danish); secondary vaccination (1 year later): Placebo ID/Placebo PO. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| BCG strain Connaught | Biological | Connaught strain Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), 8-32 x 10^5 CFU vaccine for intradermal administration. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Immunogenicity: post-vaccination increases in mycobacteria-specific Th1 responses measured by both 7 day whole blood interferon (IFN)-gamma secretion and overnight IFN-gamma enzyme linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assays. | Harvested immediately before primary vaccination, and 1 week, 2, 6, and 12 months after primary vaccination, and 1 week, 2, 6, and 12 months after secondary vaccination. | |
| Immunogenicity: post-vaccination mycobacteria-specific secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). | Harvested immediately before primary vaccination, and 1 week, 2, 6, and 12 months after primary vaccination, and 1 week, 2, 6, and 12 months after secondary vaccination. | |
| Microbiologic: variability of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) replication in intradermal (ID) ulcerative lesions in Group G. | Days 7, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29, 34-36 and 41-43, and 2 months following ID BCG vaccination. | |
| Safety: incidence of adverse events. | Solicited symptoms Days 0-14 after each vaccination, unsolicited adverse events collected for 2 months after each vaccination, serious adverse events collected through 12 months after the last vaccination. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Immunogenicity: presence or absence of cutaneous T cell trafficking, as indicated by purified protein derivative (PPD) skin test responses as an indication of cutaneous T cell trafficking after vaccination with SSI BCG. | Assessed in the study 2 years after primary vaccination with SSI BCG. | |
| Immunogenicity: proportion of subjects in each treatment group achieving an immunologically significant increase in primary endpoint Mtb-specific immune responses (i.e., at least 2 standard deviations above mean for negative controls for above assays). |
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Inclusion Criteria:
-Demonstrate adequate understanding of the study and its requirements for participation, as demonstrated by the responses on a written assessment tool, discussions with the study staff, and ability to provide written informed consent to participate in the research study. -Be 18 to 40 years of age, inclusive. -Be available for a total of up to 36 months of follow-up (for those volunteers interested in the leukapheresis procedure). -Weigh at least 110 pounds. -Male or female. Females must not be pregnant, as determined by negative serum pregnancy test at screening, have a negative urine pregnancy test on the day of vaccination, and must be non-lactating. -Women will use an effective method of contraception (licensed hormonal treatment, monogamous relationship with vasectomized partner, surgical sterilization, barrier method such as diaphragm or condom with contraceptive foam or total abstinence) for 30 days prior to immunization and for the 2-year period of study follow-up. -Be in good health as judged by a physician on the basis of reported medical history and physical examination including blood pressure (BP) and respiratory evaluation. -Have a negative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. -Have negative serology tests for hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C virus antibody. -Have a negative QuantiFERON®-tuberculosis (TB) Gold test, defined as early secretory antigenic target (ESAT)-6 response minus nil response < 0.35 IU/ml, CFP-10 response minus nil response <0.35 IU/ml, nil response less than or equal to 0.7 IU/ml, and mitogen response greater than or equal to 0.5 IU/ml. -Have clinical hematologic and chemistry laboratory results within normal values for age and gender. For creatinine and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels, the applicable cut-offs for determination of normal are the upper limits of normal only, as there is no clinical significance associated with results below the lower limits of normal for these laboratory values. -Have a urine dipstick test negative for glucose and \
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Saint Louis University - Center for Vaccine Development | St Louis | Missouri | 63104-1015 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014376 | Tuberculosis |
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| D009164 | Mycobacterium Infections |
| D000193 | Actinomycetales Infections |
| D016908 | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections |
| D001424 | Bacterial Infections |
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| Group F: BCG ID/BCG PO; BCG ID/BCG PO | Experimental | Primary vaccination: BCG ID (Danish)/BCG PO (Danish); secondary vaccination (1 year later): BCG ID (Danish)/BCG PO (Danish). |
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| Group G: Connaught strain BCG ID | Experimental | Primary vaccination: Connaught strain BCG ID; secondary vaccination (1 year later): none. |
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| BCG strain Danish | Biological | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strain Danish from the Statens Serum Institute (SSI BCG). 1.2 X 10^8 colony-forming units (CFU) oral (PO) in 60 mililiters phosphate buffered saline (PBS). |
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| BCG strain Danish | Biological | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strain Danish from the Statens Serum Institute (SSI BCG). 2-8 X 10^5 colony-forming units (CFU) intradermal in 100 microliters diluent. |
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| Placebo | Other | 0.1 mL of sterile Sauton medium for intradermal administration. |
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| Placebo | Other | 60 mL of sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS) for oral administration. |
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| Analysis. |
| D001423 | Bacterial Infections and Mycoses |
| D007239 | Infections |