About this trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of MTBVAC in adolescents and adults living with and without HIV in South Africa
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age of 12 through 55 years, on the day of enrollment.
Access to a participating HVTN or ACTG CRS and willingness to be followed for the planned duration of the study.
For volunteers 18 years of age or older: ability and willingness to provide informed consent.
For volunteers less than 18 years of age: parent or legal guardian is willing and able to provide informed consent for potential participant's study participation; in addition, when applicable per ethics committee policies and procedures, potential participant is willing and able to provide written assent for study participation.
Disqualifiers
Weight less than 40 kg
Known significant exposure to TB or receipt of tuberculin skin test in the six months prior enrollment, as determined by the site investigator based on potential participant/parent/guardian report and available medical records. [Note: Significant exposure is defined as close contact with a person who has active TB and has not completed TB treatment. Close contact is defined as sleeping in the same contiguous house/dwelling, and/or working or socializing in close proximity in an enclosed space frequently (eg, several times a week).]
History of prior active TB disease, as determined by the site investigator based on participant/parent/guardian report and available medical, laboratory or radiographic records.
Evidence of active TB disease as determined by the site investigator based on participant/parent/guardian report and available medical records, results from physical examination, two-view chest X-ray, and M.tb nucleic acid testing from an expectorated sputum, including a review of any available radiography; and, for volunteers living with HIV and a CD4 count <200 cells/mm3, a positive urine LAM test.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- MTBVAC
- BCG
Treatment groups
12
Treatment groupsSee each treatment group below.
Sponsors and collaborators
HIV Vaccine Trials Network
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Collaborator
Biofabri, S.L
Collaborator
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Collaborator