Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of VPM1002 in Comparison With BCG in HIV-exposed/-Unexposed Newborn Infants in South Africa

Summary

Goal of Serum Institute of India Limited (SIIL) is the development of a recombinant urease C-deficient listeriolysin expressing BCG vaccine strain (VPM1002) as a safe, well tolerated and efficacious vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) for residents in endemic areas and persons at risk in non-endemic areas. The new vaccine should be at least as potent as the current strain and should be safer than BCG. The preceding phase-IIa trial was the first investigation of VPM1002 in newborn infants in a high burden setting in South Africa. The vaccination of HIV-unexposed infants with VPM1002 indicated again safety, tolerability and immunogenicity sufficient to proceed in HIV-exposed infants. The current study is a multiple site trial in South Africa to evaluate safety and immunogenicity in HIV-unexposed and -exposed newborn infants.

Timeline

Start

2015-06

Primary completion

2017-11

Completion

2017-11

Publications

• Cotton MF, Madhi SA, Luabeya AK, Tameris M, Hesseling AC, Shenje J, Schoeman E, Hatherill M, Desai S, Kapse D, Bruckner S, Koen A, Jose L, Moultrie A, Bhikha S, Walzl G, Gutschmidt A, Kotze LA, Allies DL, Loxton AG, Shaligram U, Abraham M, Johnstone H, Grode L, Kaufmann SHE, Kulkarni PS. Safety and immunogenicity of VPM1002 versus BCG in South African newborn babies: a randomised, phase 2 non-inferiority double-blind controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Oct;22(10):1472-1483. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00222-5. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

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