A Phase I Study to Assess Ebola Vaccines cAd3-EBO Z and MVA-EBO Z

Summary

This is a clinical trial in which healthy volunteers will be administered experimental Ebola vaccines. The investigators will vaccinate four groups of volunteers. Group one will receive the MVA-EBO Z vaccine once at the dose of 1 x 10\^8 pfu. Three groups will receive the prime vaccine cAd3-EBO Z followed by the boost vaccine, MVA EBO Z. The second group of volunteers will receive the boost vaccine after 14 +/-7 days at a dose of 1 x 10\^8 pfu and the third and fourth group, after 28 +/- 7 days but at different concentrations of MVA-EBO Z (1 x 10\^8 pfu for group 3 and 1.5 x 10\^8 pfu for group 4). The study will assess the safety of the vaccinations, and the immune responses to vaccination. Immune responses are measured by tests on blood samples. The cAd3-EBO Z and MVA-EBO Z vaccines are called viral vectored vaccines. They are made from viruses which are modified so that they cannot multiply. The viruses have extra DNA in them so that after injection, the body makes Ebola proteins (but Ebola does not develop), so that the immune system builds a response to Ebola without having been infected by it. Healthy volunteers will be recruited in Oxford and London England. The study will be funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Timeline

Start

2015-05-06

Primary completion

2017-08-22

Completion

2017-08-22

Publications

• Venkatraman N, Ndiaye BP, Bowyer G, Wade D, Sridhar S, Wright D, Powlson J, Ndiaye I, Dieye S, Thompson C, Bakhoum M, Morter R, Capone S, Del Sorbo M, Jamieson S, Rampling T, Datoo M, Roberts R, Poulton I, Griffiths O, Ballou WR, Roman F, Lewis DJM, Lawrie A, Imoukhuede E, Gilbert SC, Dieye TN, Ewer KJ, Mboup S, Hill AVS. Safety and Immunogenicity of a Heterologous Prime-Boost Ebola Virus Vaccine Regimen in Healthy Adults in the United Kingdom and Senegal. J Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 8;219(8):1187-1197. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy639.

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