Phase 2b Challenge Study With the Bioconjugate Vaccine Flexyn2a

Summary

In this proof of concept challenge study, the bioconjugate candidate vaccine Flexyn2a will be tested for its ability to induce an immune response that protects healthy adult volunteers from infection with a wild-type Shigella flexneri 2a strain compared to subjects receiving placebo.

Timeline

Start

2015-12

Primary completion

2016-09

Completion

2017-07

Publications

• Talaat KR, Alaimo C, Martin P, Bourgeois AL, Dreyer AM, Kaminski RW, Porter CK, Chakraborty S, Clarkson KA, Brubaker J, Elwood D, Frolich R, DeNearing B, Weerts H, Feijoo BL, Halpern J, Sack D, Riddle MS, Fonck VG. Human challenge study with a Shigella bioconjugate vaccine: Analyses of clinical efficacy and correlate of protection. EBioMedicine. 2021 Apr;66:103310. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103310. Epub 2021 Apr 13.

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