Phase IIb Clinical Study of Recombinant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Allergen ESAT6-CFP10 on Healthy People Aged 18-65

Phase IIb Clinical Study of Recombinant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Allergen ESAT6-CFP10 on Healthy People Aged 18-65,Adopting Randomized Blinded and Parallel Controlled Method

The investigators select 500 subjects who meet the standard and are considered as study population I. Do specific gamma-interferon detection before the skin test， then inject intradermally with two dosage ESAT6-CFP10 and Tuberculin purified protein derivative (TB-PPD) at different arm of the same subject and get 192 participants whose three kinds of detection result are all negative and are considered as study population II.Then,they are immune to the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine or the placebo of the BCG. Do specific gamma-interferon detection before the skin test， then inject intradermally with two dosage ESAT6-CFP10 and TB-PPD at different arm of the same subject 12 weeks after immunity.Negative rate of ESAT6-CFP10 after vaccination BCG as the main index , evaluate the specificity of different doses of ESAT6-CFP10, and conform the optimal dose of ESAT6-CFP10.

1.the correlation of three detection methods for study population I

500 study population I are randomly divided into two different dose group on average, according to ESAT6-CFP10 dose(5μg/ml or 10μg/ml). Do specific gamma-interferon(γ-IFN) detection before the skin test，then inject intradermally with 5μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 or 10μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 and TB-PPD at different arm of the same subject.Evaluate respectively the positive rate of three detection methods 、the correlation of three detection methods and the security of study population I after application for ESAT6-CFP10 .

2.screen study population II

Choose those participants, whose result of three detection (ESAT6-CFP10、TB-PPD andγ-IFN ) all negative, HIV negative and chest X-ray no abnormalities, into study population II.

3.study population II vaccinate BCG or placebo

Study population II ,according to the same proportion ,are randomly divided into four group in double blinded state,: 5μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 after BCG immunization, 10μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 after BCG immunization, 5μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 after placebo-controlled immunization , 10μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 after placebo-controlled immunization.They vaccinate BCG or the placebo of BCG.

4.Inject ESAT6-CFP10 12 weeks after inoculation in study population II

The investigators draw blood and operate specific gamma-interferon(γ-IFN) detection before the skin test，then inject intradermally with 5μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 or 10μg/ml ESAT6-CFP10 (in double blinded state) and TB-PPD at different arm of the same subject ,according to the above grouping scheme.

Calculate the negative coincidence rate and the correlation of three detection methods, and observe the safety of ESAT6-CFP10 in study population II at the same time.Evaluate the specificity of different doses of ESAT6-CFP10, negative rate of ESAT6-CFP10 after vaccination BCG as the main index. And finally conform the optimal dose of ESAT6-CFP10.

• Inclusion Criteria of study population Ⅰ:

  1. 18 to 65 years old;
  2. Consent and signed informed consent forms(ICF);
  3. Comply with follow-up;
  4. No history of tuberculosis;
  5. Physical condition : No obvious heart, liver, kidney, gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, mental disorder and metabolic abnormalities and other medical history from signed informed consent to the injection within four weeks prior to delivery ;by the comprehensive physical examination showed electrocardiogram, blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and laboratory tests, including blood, urine routine, liver, kidney and other various biochemical test all without exception or slightly unusual but does not affect our research;
  6. Normal axillary temperature(quiet condition ≤37.0 ℃).

• Inclusion Criteria of study population Ⅱ:

  1. healthy people conforming to the study population Ⅰ criteria ;
  2. the result of three detection methods( ESAT6-CFP10 (5 μg/ml or 10 μg/ml)、 TB - PPD and specific gamma - IFN ) are all the negative ;
  3. Comply with two criteria the above (1) (2) , HIV negative, X-ray chest radiograph no abnormalities.

Exclusion Criteria of study population Ⅰand study population Ⅱ:

1. Has the following serious disease, such as advanced cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) in acute episodes, acute/ progressive liver disease or kidney disease, congestive heart failure, etc;
2. Have epilepsy, brain and nervous system symptoms or signs of history or have risk tendency of epilepsy, brain and other nervous system disease and not easy to control;
3. Has known or suspected (or risk possible) immune damaged or abnormal functional , accept glucocorticoid and immunosuppressants or immunopotentiator treatment, outside the gastrointestinal tract protein or blood products or plasma extraction in 3 months, immunodeficiency virus infection or related diseases or long-term use of antibiotics;
4. Has acute febrile diseases and infectious diseases;
5. taking part in any other new drug clinical trials or participated in any other new drug clinical trials within 3 months before this trials;
6. allergy to drugs 、alcohol 、 vaccine、drugs using in this experiment and allergic or scar constitution;
7. In pregnancy or lactation;
8. With mental or physical disabilities;
9. Researchers consider that any conditions may affect the trial evaluation.