A Study to Assess the Experimental Malaria Vaccines R78C and RH5.1 Combined With R21/Matrix-M (a "Multi-stage" Malaria Vaccine)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-35
SponsorUniversity of Oxford

About this trial

This is a Phase Ib age de-escalation, dose escalation, open-label study to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate R21 plus RH5.1 and/or R78C in Matrix-M in adults aged 18-35 years and children aged 5-17 months in Burkina Faso.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Group 1: Healthy adult aged 18-35 years at the time of first study vaccination

Group 2-6: Healthy child aged 5-17 months at the time of first study vaccination

Group 1: Female participants must be non-pregnant (as demonstrated by a negative urine pregnancy .

Participant or parent/guardian provides signed/thumb-printed informed consent

Disqualifiers

Clinically significant congenital abnormalities as judged by the PI or other delegated individual.

Clinically significant skin disorder (psoriasis, contact dermatitis, etc.), cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, endocrine disorder, liver disease, renal disease, gastrointestinal disease, neurological illness as judged by the PI or other delegated individual.

History of cancer (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin and cervical carcinoma in situ).

Children with weight-for-age Z score of less than -3 or other clinical signs of malnutrition.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • R21
  • RH5.1
  • R78C
  • Matrix-M™

Treatment groups

56 Participants
are divided into 6 treatment groups

6

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Oxford

Lead sponsor

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso

Collaborator

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Collaborator

Wellcome Trust

Collaborator

European Vaccine Initiative

Collaborator

Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)

Collaborator