DAR-901 TB Booster Vaccine to Prevent TB in Adolescents

Summary

DAR-901 booster vaccine or placebo will be administered to adolescents in Tanzania primed with BCG to determine if immunization reduces the risk of TB infection

Timeline

Start

2016-03

Primary completion

2020-02-01

Completion

2020-02-01

Publications

• Munseri P, Said J, Amour M, Magohe A, Matee M, Rees CA, Mackenzie T, Tvaroha S, Bailey-Kellogg C, Maro I, Wieland-Alter W, Adams LV, Horsburgh CR, Nakamura K, Arbeit RD, Pallangyo K, von Reyn CF. DAR-901 vaccine for the prevention of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among BCG-immunized adolescents in Tanzania: A randomized controlled, double-blind phase 2b trial. Vaccine. 2020 Oct 27;38(46):7239-7245. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.055. Epub 2020 Sep 29.
• Rees CA, Pineros DB, Amour M, Munseri P, Said J, Magohe A, Matee M, Pallangyo K, von Reyn CF. The potential of CBC-derived ratios (monocyte-to-lymphocyte, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, and platelet-to-lymphocyte) to predict or diagnose incident TB infection in Tanzanian adolescents. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 18;20(1):609. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05331-w.

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