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CompletedNCT03799510Updated Dec 9, 2019

Anti-Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Sm14 Phase 2b-Sn in School Children

A Phase 2 interventional study of Sm14 and GLA-SE solution in Schistosomiasis, sponsored by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Completed at 1 site in Senegal. Open to participants aged 8 Years to 11 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-12-09.

Sponsored by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
95
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
8 Years to 11 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The clinical trial phase 2b is designed to assess the safety and the specific immune response of the active ingredient (protein + adjuvant) in healthy and then in infected school children from 8 to 11 years of age with intestinal and/or urinary schistosomiasis, living in the Valley of the Senegal River, a highly endemic area for schistosomiasis.

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A phase 2b trial, self-contained, open-label, controlled, randomized study in three parallel arms, two of them formed by groups of healthy or infected school children, both receiving three (3) injections at D0, W4 (Week 4), W8; both groups receiving 50 μg Sm14 vaccine candidate solution, combined with 2.5μg GLA-SE. The third group is composed by non-vaccinated infected school children.

Sm14: recombinant protein produced in yeast following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) conditions, presented in vials containing 0.55 ml solution Sm14, 0.4 ml solution is diluted with 0.4 ml of GLA (Synthetic Glucopyranosyl lipid A) for intramuscular administration.

Medical examinations are performed at D0 (before injection, 1 hr and 4 hr after), and a safety evaluation at 24 hrs and 48 hrs, after each injection.

Blood analysis: Liver function tests - renal function tests - blood counts, at W-1 before inclusion, and at W9 and W21 during the follow-up.

Blood samples for immune response analysis at D0, W12 and W21.

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Conditions studied

  • Schistosomiasis

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Keywords

  • Schistosomiasis
  • Recombinant vaccine
  • rSm14
  • GLA-SE
  • Fatty acid-binding protein (FABP)
  • Phase II Clinical Trial
  • Senegal
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In context

Schistosomiasis

79 studies on the registry are indexed under Schistosomiasis; 14 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 95 is below the median of 289 across 52 interventional studies indexed under Schistosomiasis.

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Lead sponsor

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is the lead sponsor of 42 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
8 Years to 11 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • School children, of public schools in villages of Saint Louis region (Senegal), female or male, 8 to 11 years old (inclusive) at the time of inclusion.
  • Residence in the area during the period of the study.
  • Free of obvious/severe health problems except schistosomiasis, as established by clinical examination.
  • Written to participate obtained from subject's parents or legal guardian.
  • Free of obvious/severe health problems except schistosomiasis, established by blood analysis, i.e. hematological exams, liver and renal function tests.
  • Treated with 40mg/kg Praziquantel (PZQ) before inclusion (W-2 to W-4 before the first injection) in case of infection with S. mansoni and S. haematobium
  • Children of Group 1: not infected, no schistosomiasis history and living in area/village free of Sm and Sh transmission.
  • Children Groups 2 \& 3: infected with mansoni or/and haematobium schistosomiasis.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • School child who does not respond to one of the inclusion criteria
  • Child under 20kg of body weight
  • Vaccination within 90 days preceding the first dose of Sm14 vaccine candidate, or planned use during the study period.
  • Current or previous chronic administration (defined as more than 14 days) of drugs or other immuno-modifying drugs.
  • Known to any component in the Sm14 vaccine or history of allergic disease.
  • Knowledge of non-infectious chronic disease
  • Known acute disease.
  • Other conditions which in opinion of the PI may potentially represent a danger for the patient to be enrolled.
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Immunosuppression

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Hypersensitivity

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
95 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group 1

    Healthy school children with no infectious history of Schistosomiasis receiving three (3) intramuscular injections of 50 μg Sm14 with 2.5 μg GLA-SE solution at D0, W4, W8 (D=day; W=week). Three-month follow-up (W12, W20).

    Biological: Sm14 · Drug: GLA-SE solution

  • Experimental
    Group 2

    School children with an infectious history of S. haematobium and-or S. mansoni and pretreated with 1 dose of Praziquantel (2-4 weeks prior to the first vaccine injection) receiving three (3) intramuscular injections of 50 μg Sm14 with 2.5 μg GLA-SE solution at D0, W4, W8 (D=day; W=week). Three-month follow-up (W12, W20).

    Biological: Sm14 · Drug: GLA-SE solution

  • No intervention
    Group 3

    School children with an infectious history of S. haematobium and S. mansoni and pretreated with 1 dose of Praziquantel (2-4 weeks prior to the first vaccine injection) not receiving vaccine. Control group.

Interventions

  • BiologicalSm14

    Three 0.5 mL intra-muscular injections of the vaccine solution (50μg Sm14) will be administered on D0, W4, W8 (D = day, W = week).

    Also known as: rSm14

  • The lot concentration 10μg/mL for injection of 2.5μg GLA-SE/injection.

    Also known as: • Glucopyranosyl Lipid A in Stable Emulsion, • Glucopyranosyl Lipid Adjuvant-Stable Emulsion, • Toll-like Receptor 4 Agonist GLA-SE

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

    Local signs and symptoms included Pain, Swelling and Inflammation at the injection site, heaviness or pain upon passive or active movement of the injected limb, Complete physical examination including an examination of general appearance, body weight and forehead temperature, head, eyes, ears, nose and throat, neck, skin, cardiovascular and respiratory system, abdominal system, nervous system, lymphatic area, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates. General signs and symptoms including fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, irritability/fussiness and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances.

    Time frame: within 2 days of the administration of the first dose (Day 0)

  2. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

    Local signs and symptoms included Pain, Swelling and Inflammation at the injection site, Heaviness or pain upon passive or active movement of the injected limb, Complete physical examination including an examination of general appearance, body weight and forehead temperature, head, eyes, ears, nose and throat, neck, skin, cardiovascular and respiratory system, abdominal system, nervous system, lymphatic area, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates. General signs and symptoms including fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, irritability/fussiness and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances.

    Time frame: Day 30-Day 32: within 2 days of the administration of the second dose (Week 4)

  3. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

    Local signs and symptoms included Pain, Swelling and Inflammation at the injection site. Heaviness or pain upon passive or active movement of the injected limb, Complete physical examination including an examination of general appearance, body weight and forehead temperature, head, eyes, ears, nose and throat, neck, skin, cardiovascular and respiratory system, abdominal system, nervous system, lymphatic area, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates. General signs and symptoms including fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, irritability/fussiness and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances. Laboratory tests (blood count, liver and kidney biological functions).

    Time frame: Days 60-67 : within 7 days of the administration of the third dose (Week 8)

  4. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

    Injection local signs and symptoms included pain or tenderness, swelling, induration and erythema at the site of injection. Complete physical examination including an examination of general appearance, body weight and forehead temperature, head, eyes, ears, nose and throat, neck, skin, cardiovascular and respiratory system, abdominal system, nervous system, lymphatic area, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates. General signs and symptoms including fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, irritability/fussiness and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances.

    Time frame: Day 90: three months after the first injection (Week 12)

  5. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

    Local signs and symptoms included pain or tenderness, swelling, induration and erythema at the site of injection. Complete physical examination including an examination of general appearance, body weight and forehead temperature, head, eyes, ears, nose and throat, neck, skin, cardiovascular and respiratory system, abdominal system, nervous system, lymphatic area, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates. General signs and symptoms including fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, irritability/fussiness and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances.

    Time frame: Day 120: four months after the first injection (Week 16)

  6. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability

    Local signs and symptoms included pain or tenderness, swelling, induration and erythema at the site of injection. Complete physical examination including an examination of general appearance, body weight and forehead temperature, head, eyes, ears, nose and throat, neck, skin, cardiovascular and respiratory system, abdominal system, nervous system, lymphatic area, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates. General signs and symptoms including fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, irritability/fussiness and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances.

    Time frame: Day 150: five months after the first injection (Week 21)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Immunogenicity

    Immunogenicity was evaluated by Isotype analysis of the antibodies produced specifically against the rSm14 and vaccine-induced (ELISA) and Specific rSm14 cellular response (on PBMC), production of intracellular cytokines (PBMCs stimulation and cytokine dosing). Cellular immune responses measured by PBMC luminex assay for T-cell cytokines (Milliplex ® MAP kit). Correlation between the development and magnitude of humoral responses measured by antibody IgG production to the Sm14 Schisto protein using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

    Time frame: The Day of first Sm14 vaccine administration (Day 0)

  2. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Immunogenicity

    Immunogenicity was evaluated by Isotype analysis of the antibodies produced specifically against the rSm14 and vaccine-induced (ELISA) and Specific rSm14 cellular response (on PBMC), production of intracellular cytokines (PBMCs stimulation and cytokine dosing). Cellular immune responses measured by PBMC luminex assay for T-cell cytokines (Milliplex ® MAP kit). Correlation between the development and magnitude of humoral responses measured by antibody IgG production to the Sm14 Schisto protein using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

    Time frame: At the 30th day after the third Sm14 vaccine administration (Week 12)

  3. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Immunogenicity

    Immunogenicity was evaluated by Isotype analysis of the antibodies produced specifically against the rSm14 andvaccine-induced (ELISA) and Specific rSm14 cellular response (on PBMC), production of intracellular cytokines (PBMCs stimulation and cytokine dosing). Cellular immune responses measured by PBMC luminex assay for T-cell cytokines (Milliplex ® MAP kit). Correlation between the development and magnitude of humoral responses measured by antibody IgG production to the Sm14 Schisto protein using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

    Time frame: At the 90th day after the third Sm14 vaccine administration (Week 21)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Biomedical Research Center EPLS
    Saint Louis, BP226, Senegal
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References and documents

Publications

  • Moser D, Tendler M, Griffiths G, Klinkert MQ. A 14-kDa Schistosoma mansoni polypeptide is homologous to a gene family of fatty acid binding proteins. J Biol Chem. 1991 May 5;266(13):8447-54. PubMed 2022660 ↗
  • Ramos CR, Spisni A, Oyama S Jr, Sforca ML, Ramos HR, Vilar MM, Alves AC, Figueredo RC, Tendler M, Zanchin NI, Pertinhez TA, Ho PL. Stability improvement of the fatty acid binding protein Sm14 from S. mansoni by Cys replacement: structural and functional characterization of a vaccine candidate. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Apr;1794(4):655-62. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.12.010. Epub 2008 Dec 25. PubMed 19150418 ↗
  • Coler RN, Bertholet S, Moutaftsi M, Guderian JA, Windish HP, Baldwin SL, Laughlin EM, Duthie MS, Fox CB, Carter D, Friede M, Vedvick TS, Reed SG. Development and characterization of synthetic glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant system as a vaccine adjuvant. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 26;6(1):e16333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016333. PubMed 21298114 ↗
  • Santini-Oliveira M, Coler RN, Parra J, Veloso V, Jayashankar L, Pinto PM, Ciol MA, Bergquist R, Reed SG, Tendler M. Schistosomiasis vaccine candidate Sm14/GLA-SE: Phase 1 safety and immunogenicity clinical trial in healthy, male adults. Vaccine. 2016 Jan 20;34(4):586-594. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.10.027. Epub 2015 Nov 10. PubMed 26571311 ↗
  • Lambert SL, Yang CF, Liu Z, Sweetwood R, Zhao J, Cheng L, Jin H, Woo J. Molecular and cellular response profiles induced by the TLR4 agonist-based adjuvant Glucopyranosyl Lipid A. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051618. Epub 2012 Dec 28. PubMed 23284726 ↗
  • Tendler M, Almeida MS, Vilar MM, Pinto PM, Limaverde-Sousa G. Current Status of the Sm14/GLA-SE Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Overcoming Barriers and Paradigms towards the First Anti-Parasitic Human(itarian) Vaccine. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 21;3(4):121. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3040121. Erratum In: Trop Med Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 19;4(1):E16. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4010016. PubMed 30469320 ↗

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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Ran from Dec 2018 to primary completion in Jul 2019, 6 months.

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Registered
Jan 8, 2019
First posted
Jan 10, 2019
StartActual
Dec 13, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jul 1, 2019
CompletionActual
Aug 7, 2019
Last update
Dec 9, 2019
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 9, 2019, 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
NCT03799510
Lead sponsor
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Collaborators
Orygen Biotecnologia SA, Biomedical Research Center EPLS, Access to Advanced Health Institute (AAHI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 10, 2019
Start date
Dec 13, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2019
Completion
Aug 7, 2019
Last update
Dec 9, 2019

Study contacts

Miriam Tendler, MD, PhD
study chair · Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Modou DIOP, MD
principal investigator · Biomedical Research Center ESPOIR POUR LA SANTE (BRC-EPLS)
Gilles RIVEAU, PharmD, PhD
study director · Biomedical Research Center ESPOIR POUR LA SANTE (BRC-EPLS).
Anne-Marie SCHACHT, CRA
study director · Biomedical Research Center ESPOIR POUR LA SANTE (BRC-EPLS).

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