A Study to Evaluate Safety and Immunogenicity of AERAS-402

Summary

This Phase I study will be conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in healthy adult subjects who are HIV-negative, BCG-vaccinated, and have no evidence of tuberculosis infection. The study will be conducted at one clinical research site in India. The available live tuberculosis vaccine, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), provides incomplete protection against pulmonary tuberculosis. For unknown reasons, a BCG revaccination or "booster", while not toxic, does not provide much additional protection. AERAS-402 presents tuberculosis antigens in the setting of a new, live, replication-deficient adenovirus vaccine that may increase T cell-mediated immunity and thus protection from tuberculosis. Since BCG-vaccinated individuals are the population for which AERAS-402 might be indicated, AERAS-402 will be administered to individuals already vaccinated with BCG.

Timeline

Start

2011-02

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2012-03

Publications

• Hoft DF, Blazevic A, Stanley J, Landry B, Sizemore D, Kpamegan E, Gearhart J, Scott A, Kik S, Pau MG, Goudsmit J, McClain JB, Sadoff J. A recombinant adenovirus expressing immunodominant TB antigens can significantly enhance BCG-induced human immunity. Vaccine. 2012 Mar 9;30(12):2098-108. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.048. Epub 2012 Jan 30.

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