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Clinical Trials/PACTR2010050002122368
PACTR2010050002122368
Completed
N/A

A Phase I/II trial to assess safety and immunogenicity of i.d. DNA priming, i.m. MVA and i.m. rgp140/GLA-AF boosting in healthy volunteers in Tanzania and to develop further HIV vaccine trial capacity building in Tanzania

Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control0 sites120 target enrollmentMay 23, 2010

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
Enrollment
120
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 23, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Age: 18 to 40 years
  • 2\. Willing to undergo counseling and HIV testing
  • 3\. Have a negative antigen/antibody ELISA for HIV infection
  • 4\. Able to give informed consent
  • 5\. Satisfactory completion of an assessment of understanding prior to enrolment defined as 90% correct answers after three opportunities to take test.
  • 6\. Basic abilities to read and write.
  • 7\. Resident in Dar es Salaam or Mbeya, and willing to remain so for the duration of the study
  • 8\. At low risk of HIV infection, defined as the absence of an identifiable risk factor/ behavior
  • 9\. Verbal assurances that adequate birth control measures are used not to conceive/father a child during the study and up to 3 months after the last vaccine injection
  • 10\. Women shall have a negative urinary pregnancy test

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. At risk of HIV infection as mentioned above in the inclusion criteria
  • 2\. Active tuberculosis or other systemic infectious process elicited by review of systems, physical examination and laboratory detection (for example detection of Hepatitis B surface antigen, or active syphilis).
  • 3\. A history of immunodeficiency, chronic illness requiring continuous or frequent medical intervention
  • 4\. Autoimmune disease by history and physical examination.
  • 5\. Hives or recurrent hives and severe eczema
  • 6\. A history of psychiatric, medical (including traditional medicine) and/or substance abuse problems during the past 6 months that the investigator believes would adversely affect the volunteer's ability to participate in the trial.
  • 7\. History of grand\-mal epilepsy, or currently taking anti\-epileptics
  • 8\. Received blood or blood products or immunoglobulins in the past 3 months.
  • 9\. Receiving immunosuppressive therapy such as systemic corticosteroids or cancer chemotherapy.
  • 10\. Use of experimental therapeutic agents within 30 days of study entry.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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