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RecruitingNCT03938597Updated Jun 15, 2023

Investigation of Serious Adverse Events Following Vaccination Against Yellow Fever: Emphasis on Genetic Basis and Biological Markers

An observational study in Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, sponsored by The Immunobiological Technology Institute (Bio-Manguinhos) / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). Recruiting at 1 site in Brazil. Open to participants aged 9 Months to 59 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-15.

Sponsored by The Immunobiological Technology Institute (Bio-Manguinhos) / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2023, 3 years 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jan 2017; still recruiting 9 years 9 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
10
Ages
9 Months to 59 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

It concerns an investigation aiming to investigate genetic biological(s) marker(s) which allow to identify individuals who have risk of serious adverse events to the yellow fever vaccine. This testing is free of hypothesis, because these markers are still unknown. There is no intervention, and it is not possible to establish primary and secondary outcomes.

Read the detailed description

The rational for the immunological study by LATIM is the observation made by the group that individuals vaccinated with the 17DD yellow fever vaccine show significant alterations on the levels of expression of genes such as CLEC5A, IFNG, IL6, RNASEL, IRF7, IRF9, STAT2 e OAS1 (8). The study which will be conducted by the Rockefeller University will be focused in the qualitative analysis of the genome and exome of volunteers. The study in LATIM will be focused in the quantitative analysis of mRNA, which, together with the results of sequencing, may help in the search for biomarkers. As the expression of mRNA is restricted to the acute phase of the adverse event, it will be done only during the first 30 days after the beginning of the adverse event.

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Conditions studied

  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions

Keywords

  • yellow fever vaccine
  • genetic factors
  • viscerotropic disease
  • neurological disease
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In context

Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions

449 studies on the registry are indexed under Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; 77 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 414 across 162 observational studies indexed under Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions.

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Lead sponsor

The Immunobiological Technology Institute (Bio-Manguinhos) / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
9 Months to 59 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

This study will recruit cases of severe adverse event after yellow fever vaccine.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Evidence of a systemic reaction in two or more organs within one month of vaccination with yellow fever vaccine;
  • Laboratory evidence of yellow fever vaccine virus (at least one):

Positive culture for more than 7 days after vaccination; RT-PCR ≥ 3 log10 PFU/mL at any day after vaccination; Positive RT-PCR more than 14 days after vaccination; Presence of vaccine virus in tissue by culture, RT-PCR or immunohistochemistry.

  • Laboratory exclusion of relevant differential diagnosis such as leptospirosis, viral hepatitis and arboviruses.
  • Cases not obeying these strict criteria but that could be plausibly YEL-AVD or YEL-AND may be included, if approved by the investigator or co-investigators.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cases with adverse event after yellow fever vaccine not severe.
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Genetic markers

    Whole exome sequencing (WES) will be performed in YEL-AVD cases.

    Time frame: Time frame: 5 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Assessoria Clinica / Bio-Manguinhos / Fiocruz
    Rio De Janeiro, RJ 21.040-360, Brazil
    Recruiting
    • Patricia MN de Oliveira, MD, PhD · Contactpatricia.mouta@bio.fiocruz.br · 552138827000
    • Patricia MN de Oliveira, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Jan 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2023, 77 months after the start.

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

Registered
Apr 5, 2018
First posted
May 6, 2019
StartActual
Jan 30, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Jun 2023
CompletionEst.
Dec 2023
Last update
Jun 15, 2023
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 Jun 15, 2023, 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
NCT03938597
Lead sponsor
The Immunobiological Technology Institute (Bio-Manguinhos) / Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 6, 2019
Start date
Jan 30, 2017
Primary completion
Jun 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 15, 2023

Study contacts

Patricia MN de Oliveira, MD, PhD
Contact
patricia.mouta@bio.fiocruz.br
552138827000
Jean-Laurent Casanova, PhD
Contact
casanova_studies@rockefeller.edu
+1 212 3277332

Oversight

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