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CompletedNCT03455309Updated Jan 29, 2020

Evaluation of NDV-3A Vaccine in Preventing S. Aureus Colonization

A Phase 2 interventional study of NDV-3A and Placebo in Staphylococcus Aureus, sponsored by NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 17 Years to 35 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-01-29.

Sponsored by NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Jul 2019, 7 years 3 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
382
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
17 Years to 35 Years
Sex
Male
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 125 studies in Staphylococcal Infections with a site in United States — 6 open to participants now, 11 under way, none of them phase 3. Staphylococcal Infections · United States.

Enrollment
23rd of 92
382 · median 158
Started
2018
with 2 others
Phase 2
19 of 125
none open now
Registered
101st of 125
by date
Lead sponsor
3 of 125
NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.

Among the 125 studies in Staphylococcal Infections with a site in United States, this one is the 23rd largest by enrollment of the 92 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 3 that started in 2018, is one of 19 in phase 2, and was the 101st registered.

Staphylococcal Infections

303 studies on the registry are indexed under Staphylococcal Infections; 34 are open to participants now.

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Who these studies take

Of the 22 Staphylococcal Infections studies recruiting now, 16 (73%) set no upper age limit and 4 (18%) stop at 75 or younger; 5 take children under 18; 5 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 17 Years to 35 Years · male · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

The proposed study aims to further evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a candidate S. aureus vaccine NDV-3A, as well as its efficacy against acquisition of S. aureus

Read the detailed description

The investigators will conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of candidate vaccine NDV-3A (NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.) to prevent incident nasal acquisition of S. aureus among a population of military recruits at increased risk for S. aureus colonization and disease. Colonization is a risk factor for skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), and the anterior nares is an important reservoir for S. aureus. Use of S. aureus nasal colonization (specifically, incident nasal colonization with S. aureus post-vaccination) as a primary endpoint will allow the investigators to pursue a statistically-valid and meaningful parameter related to S. aureus SSTI. The proposed trial may yield evidence to warrant evaluation of NDV-3A efficacy against SSTI in a large-scale, Phase 2/3 trial in this high risk population.

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Conditions studied

  • Staphylococcus Aureus

Keywords

  • Als3
  • SSTI
  • vaccine
  • NDV-3A
  • incident nasal colonization
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
17 Years to 35 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Active duty, male subject, 17-35 years of age, inclusive, at the time of screening.
  • Assigned to one of the selected companies/battalions
  • Informed of the nature of the study and has agreed to and is able to read, review, and sign the document prior to screening.
  • Free of known significant health problems as established by the requirements to be enrolled in a military training program before entering into the study.
  • Agrees to be reachable by phone, email or letter at 6 months post-vaccination.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Reports receiving any drug, investigational vaccine, or investigational device within 30 days prior to dosing; subjects will be allowed to receive routine vaccinations associated with training and any other prescribed medications not in the exclusion criteria.
  • Presence of SSTI (e.g., cellulitis, abscess) at screening or other skin or skin structure infections that would confound the interpretation of clinical response.
  • Reports a history of allergic response(s), anaphylaxis, or other serious reactions to previous vaccinations.
  • Reports a history of allergies to yeast
  • Reports a history of anaphylaxis or other serious reactions to aluminum.
  • Reports a history of disease (psoriasis, etc.)
  • Seropositive for antibody.
  • Reports the use of any drugs, including systemic (more than 14 days at a dose of >20 mg/day prednisone or equivalent), within 4 weeks prior to dosing.
  • Reports receiving any blood products within 3 months prior to dosing.
  • Reports donating blood/plasma within 28 days prior to dosing.
  • Illness causing temperature ≥ 100.4°F
  • Evidence of abnormal, unresolved laboratory results in the subject's medical record for the following tests: , white blood cell count, count, creatinine, and
  • Any other medical and/or social reason which, in the opinion of the investigator(s), would increase the subject's risk of having an adverse reaction as a result of participation in the study.
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Informed consent

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Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Clinically significant

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Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

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Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
382 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    NDV-3A

    0.5 mL dose containing 300 micrograms of recombinant Als3 protein in phosphate-buffered saline and 0.5 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide

    Biological: NDV-3A

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    0.5 mL dose containing phosphate-buffered saline and 0.5 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide

    Biological: Placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalNDV-3A

    Single dose administered by intramuscular injection

  • BiologicalPlacebo

    Single dose administered by intramuscular injection

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevent acquisition of incident Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization

    Change in incident Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization by study day 56 in a population of US Army trainees at Ft. Benning, GA

    Time frame: 56 days post-vaccination

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of the efficacy of the NDV-3A vaccine

    Describe SSTI rates within the training company as defined by the development of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) over the training period as compared to other companies in the battalion as well as historical data

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  2. Evaluation of the efficacy of the NDV-3A vaccine

    Describe NDV-3A-associated delay in time to first nasal acquisition of S. aureus colonization

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  3. Evaluation of the efficacy of the NDV-3A vaccine

    Describe reduction in cross-sectional prevalence of S. aureus nasal/oral colonization

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  4. Evaluation of safety and tolerability in all subjects

    Occurrence of solicited adverse events (AE) over a 7-day follow-up period following vaccination

    Time frame: 0-7 days

  5. Evaluation of safety and tolerability in all subjects

    Occurrence of unsolicited AEs over a 28-day follow-up period following vaccination

    Time frame: 0-28 days

  6. Evaluation of safety and tolerability in all subjects

    Occurrence of serious adverse events (SAE) or Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) at any time during the study period (enrollment to final in-person follow-up visit)

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  7. Measurement and characterization of immunogenicity of NDV-3A

    Describe the humoral immune response induced by NDV-3A using ELISA analysis of serum

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  8. Measurement and characterization of immunogenicity of NDV-3A

    Describe the cell mediated immune responses induced by NDV-3A using ELISpot analysis of PBMCs

    Time frame: 0-14 days

  9. Describe the impact of NDV-3A on S. aureus acquisition and transmission

    Following determination of taxonomy (via sequencing of 16S rRNA), determine the relative abundance and distribution of, and change in, bacterial species colonizing the nose and throat (i.e. nasal/oral microbiome) of military trainees during the training period.

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  10. Describe the impact of NDV-3A on S. aureus acquisition and transmission

    Compare the compositions of the nasal/oral microbiome between study groups to assess the impact of NDV-3A vaccine on the nasal/oral microbiome.

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  11. Describe the impact of NDV-3A on S. aureus acquisition and transmission

    Utilize a combination of epidemiologic, microbiologic, and genomic data on colonization isolates to describe the intra-class transmission dynamics of S. aureus among congregate military trainees

    Time frame: 0-90 days

  12. Describe the impact of NDV-3A on S. aureus acquisition and transmission

    Conduct whole genome sequencing on isolates to describe the intra- and inter-host concordance of infecting and colonizing strains of S. aureus

    Time frame: 0-90 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Fort Benning
    Fort Benning, Georgia 31905, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Yeaman MR, Filler SG, Chaili S, Barr K, Wang H, Kupferwasser D, Hennessey JP Jr, Fu Y, Schmidt CS, Edwards JE Jr, Xiong YQ, Ibrahim AS. Mechanisms of NDV-3 vaccine efficacy in MRSA skin versus invasive infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 23;111(51):E5555-63. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415610111. Epub 2014 Dec 8. PubMed 25489065 ↗
  • Schmidt CS, White CJ, Ibrahim AS, Filler SG, Fu Y, Yeaman MR, Edwards JE Jr, Hennessey JP Jr. NDV-3, a recombinant alum-adjuvanted vaccine for Candida and Staphylococcus aureus, is safe and immunogenic in healthy adults. Vaccine. 2012 Dec 14;30(52):7594-600. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.038. Epub 2012 Oct 22. PubMed 23099329 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Jul 2019, 17 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 13, 2018
First posted
Mar 6, 2018
StartActual
Jan 30, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jul 19, 2019
CompletionActual
Oct 15, 2019
Last update
Jan 29, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 29, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03455309
Lead sponsor
NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.
Collaborators
Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 6, 2018
Start date
Jan 30, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 19, 2019
Completion
Oct 15, 2019
Last update
Jan 29, 2020

Study contacts

Jason W Bennett, MD
principal investigator · USU IDCRP

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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