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PfSPZ Vaccine

Vaccine

Developed for
malaria · Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Investigated by
Sanaria Inc. · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Ifakara Health Institute · Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute · Government of Equatorial Guinea · Marathon Oil Corporation
+24 more · Noble Oil Services · Malaria Research and Training Center, Bamako, Mali · Medical Care Development, Inc. · Naval Medical Research Center · Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology · University of Maryland · Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) · Atlantic Methanol Production Company · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), German Center for Infection Research · Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs · Equatorial Guinea (EG) liquefied natural gas (LNG) · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Hospital Universitario La Paz · Indonesia University · Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program · Kenya Medical Research Institute · La Paz Medical Center, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea · Leiden University Medical Center · Military Infectious Diseases Research Program (MIDRP) · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia · Radboud University Medical Center · The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI)

Trials 21 · a red edge is where a trial was stopped

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 116 trials
Phase 1 NCT05652504 Jul → Nov 2026 malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Suspended No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04966871 Sep 2021 → Jun 2022 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03590340 Jul 2018 → Mar 2019 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03510481 May 2018 → Nov 2019 malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03420053 Feb → Aug 2018 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03163121 May 2017 → Oct 2018 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02859350 Nov 2016 → Dec 2017 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02663700 Apr 2016 → Dec 2018 Plasmodium falciparum malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02627456 Dec 2015 → Mar 2018 malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02613520 Dec 2015 → Feb 2017 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/21 trial
Phase 1/2 NCT02687373 Jul 2016 → Aug 2018 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 24 trials
Phase 2 NCT03503058 May 2022 → Feb 2024 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT03989102 Jul 2019 → Apr 2022 Plasmodium falciparum malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT03521973 Jun 2018 → May 2021 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02601716 Jan 2016 → Sep 2017 malaria Sanaria Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Also used as a comparator or background therapy in 1 trial
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 1 NCT05604521 Comparator Dec 2022 → Sep 2023 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Sanaria Inc. Terminated No outcome recorded

Evidence & citations 6 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 24 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as PfSPZ vaccine “Dose Escalation Study of Sanaria's Irradiated Sporozoite Vaccine (PFSPZ Vaccine), Followed by a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 1 Clinical Trial” NCT02663700
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“Clinical Trial of the PfSPZ VaccineNCT01001650

NCT02418962

NCT02215707

NCT03163121

NCT03989102

NCT02132299

NCT04966871

NCT03521973

NCT03420053

NCT02687373

NCT02663700

NCT01988636

NCT02601716

NCT02613520

NCT03503058

NCT05604521

NCT05652504

NCT03510481

NCT02627456

NCT02015091

NCT02859350

NCT03590340

Known as PfSPZ PfSPZ is a candidate vaccine, it consists of a suspension of purified, live-attenuated cryopreserved Pf sporozoites in a cryoprotectant.” NCT02663700
Known as Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite Vaccine “Sanaria® PfSPZ Vaccine (Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite Vaccine) is being developed for this purpose.” PMID 29141739 Jan 2018
Known as Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine “USSPZV7 is a randomized, phase 1, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Sanaria® PfSPZ Vaccine administered on Days 1, 8 and 29 by direct venous inoculation (DVI) to assess...” NCT05604521
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Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine, composed of attenuated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ), protects against malaria.” PMID 38194272 Jan 2024

“Sanaria® PfSPZ Vaccine (Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite Vaccine) is being developed for this purpose.” PMID 29141739 Jan 2018

Modality Vaccine “a non-replicating, metabolically active Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccineNCT01001650
Route Subcutaneous “PfSPZ Vaccine Administered Subcutaneously or Intradermally” NCT01001650