4 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
Phase 2, Randomized, Active-Controlled, Observer-Blinded, Multicenter Trial of the Immunogenicity, Safety, and Tolerability of rF1V Vaccine with CpG 1018® Adjuvant Compared with rF1V Vaccine in Adults 18 to 55 Years of Age
Plague is a deadly but highly treatable disease caused by the bacterium Y. pestis. Due to the historical development of Y. pestis as a bioweapon by several nation states, it is listed by the US as a potential bioweapon that could be used against US warfighters. Although this bacterium is ecologically established worldwide, it mostly affects impoverished people who live in rural low-resource areas of Madagascar. Plague is acquired directly from bites of infected fleas but, if left untreated, it can progress to the highly lethal pneumonic form that can result in human to human transmission. With the dangers of pneumonic plague in the context of both natural outbreak and as a bioweapon used against warfighter, the goal of this study is to investigate a diagnostic test that is able to rapidly and locally diagnose this disease in low-resource settings. This study aims to evaluate a US-developed new LFI (Lateral Flow Immunoassay) assay intended for capillary blood (finger-prick) to diagnose humans infected with Y. pestis. The investigators will rigorously validate with assay on human populations from active plague sites and correlate the results with the results of paired clinical samples used in standard medical workup using existing diagnostics tests.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a single dose of the study drug, JST-010, is safe and tolerable when administered by injection into the arm or thigh muscle of healthy men and women aged 18 to 55. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is a single injection of JST-010 safe? * What is the concentration of the JST-01 in the blood over time? * Do antibodies to JST-010 develop following a dose of JST-010? Researchers will compare JST-010 to Placebo to see if there are any differences in the safety and tolerability of a single dose at different dose levels. Participants will be confined to the clinic for the first 3 days. They will receive an injection on the second day, and then return for 9 more visits over the period of 1 year for: * Physical exam with vital signs * Electro-cardiogram (ECG) * Bood collection for clinical labs and research samples * Urine sample * Assessment of potential adverse effects and medications taken
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a two-dose schedule of the recombinant plague vaccine rF1V in healthy volunteers when given as an intramuscular (IM) injection at four ascending dose-levels. The purpose of the Cohort 4 Extension is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a third intramuscular (IM) dose of 160 ug rF1V in healthy volunteers who have previously been vaccinated with the same concentration of rF1V vaccine.