Mpox Comprehensive Assessment for Responsive Immunisation in Emergency Outbreaks

ConditionMpox
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-80
SponsorUniversity of Birmingham

About this trial

The MPXV CARE study principally aims to use clinical and epidemiology data to target specific individuals willing and able to provide appropriate and proportionate biological samples to develop novel immune diagnostics that support models of disease burden and future vaccine utilisation.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Healthy males and females aged between ages 5-80 years, who are able and willing to provide informed consent and will comply with the study requirements.

Group 1 (suspected exposure cohort) only

Live within or adjacent to an epidemiologically identified region of Mpox transmission

Close contacts of those with microbiologically confirmed Mpox

Disqualifiers

Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent to take part

Unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures

History of any suspected or confirmed disorder of the immune system that, in the opinion of the investigators, might impair the results of the study

Have a bleeding disorder deemed significant by a member of the study team

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ELISA
  • Lateral flow assay

Treatment groups

650 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Birmingham

Lead sponsor

Rwanda Biomedical Centre

Collaborator