Clinical trials: Non Specific Effects of Vaccine
Respiratory Tract Infections, Infections
Non-specific Effects of a Modified Measles Vaccination Schedule to Prevent Allergy and Unrelated Infection in Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the off-target/non-specific effects of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in children.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Tract Infections, Infections, Allergy, Eczema
- Trial name
- NEMAU (NCT05758532)
- Testing
- Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine (MMR)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laure Pittet, MD-PhD
Infant Mortality, BCG
Can BCG Vaccination at First Health-facility Contact Reduce Early Infant Mortality?
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is recommended at birth to protect against tuberculosis (TB) in countries with high TB burden. BCG is supplied in multidose vials with limited durability after reconstitution.
- Trial name
- CS-BCG (NCT04658680)
- Testing
- BCG vaccination at first health facility contact
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 22,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Early Neonatal Mortality
A Randomized Trial of Providing BCG Vaccination Immediately
Recent studies show that BCG vaccination reduces neonatal mortality by more than 40%. This effect cannot be explained by prevention of tuberculosis, which is very rare among infants.
- Trial name
- NCT01989026
- Testing
- BCG
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,361 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
COVID-19, Vaccine Reaction
Investigating COVID-19 Vaccine Immunity in Children in the Melbourne Infant Study of BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction
The COSI BAIR trial will involve approximately 60 children, aged 5 to 8 years old, comprising a subset of participants from the Melbourne Infant Study BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR) randomised controlled…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Vaccine Reaction, Immunization; Infection
- Trial name
- COSI BAIR (NCT05168709)
- Testing
- Tozinameran
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Malaria
Revaccination of Young Children With Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) Vaccine
BCG has marked immune stimulatory effects in both animal and human studies and observational studies suggest that BCG is associated with a non-specific reduction in mortality in areas with high infant and child mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00126217
- Testing
- Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,871 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
COVID-19, Vaccine Adverse Reaction
National Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Survey and Etiology
If your serious vaccine-induced adverse event has been entered in the CDC Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) we are interested in enrolling you for this study in order to log your symptoms.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Vaccine Adverse Reaction, Vaccine Reaction, Vaccine or Biological Substance, Unspecified Causing Adverse Effects in Therapeutic Use
- Trial name
- NVAERS (NCT05095844)
- Testing
- vaccinated
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people
- Sponsor
- Neuroganics LLC
Tuberculosis
Should Low Birth Weight Infants Be Vaccinated With BCG Vaccine at Birth in Developing Countries?
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends BCG vaccination at birth in developing countries. Pre-term infants should be vaccinated when they reach the chronological age of 40 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT00146302
- Testing
- Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,320 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Cancer
Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone a Donor Stem Cell Transplant and Have Cytomegalovirus Infection That Has Not Responded to Therapy
RATIONALE: Vaccines may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cytomegalovirus infections. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vaccine therapy in treating patients who have…
- Trial name
- NCT00509691
- Testing
- cytomegalovirus pp65-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, polymerase chain reaction, diagnostic laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Measles Infection
Additional Measles Vaccine at 4 Months of Age
Overall objective: To conduct a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to examine whether an early two-dose measles vaccination (MV) strategy at 4 and 9 months will reduce child mortality compared with the WHO strategy of one dose of…
- Trial name
- NCT01486355
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles, Diphtheria
Immunology of Non-specific Effects of Vaccine
OBJECTIVES General: To investigate the immunological background for the non-specific effects of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) and measles vaccines on child mortality Specific: Examine the cytokine responses and possible…
- Conditions
- Measles, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
- Trial name
- NCT00168545
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles Vaccination, Oral Polio Vaccine
Vaccine Campaign Effects on General Hospital Admissions and Mortality Among Children
The world is set on eradicating measles and polio infections in the coming decade. Once both infections are under control, campaigns with measles and oral polio vaccines will be phased out.
- Conditions
- Measles Vaccination, Oral Polio Vaccine, Non-specific/Heterologous Effects of Vaccines, Mortality
- Trial name
- RE-CAMP (NCT03460002)
- Testing
- Measles vaccine, Oral polio vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 28,612 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles Vaccine
Trial of Additional Measles Vaccine to Reduce Child Mortality. Burkina Faso.
Background: All observational studies and a few randomised controlled trials (RCT) suggest that early measles vaccine (MV), in particular an early two-dose strategy, has a much better effect on overall mortality than later MV.
- Trial name
- NCT01668745
- Testing
- Early measles vaccine
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 4,559 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Influenza-like Illness, Upper Respiratory Disease
Non-specific Effects of Rabies Vaccine
Vaccines work by stimulating the body to produce a high-quality, rapid and specific immune response upon exposure to infection by a particular disease-causing microorganism - the microorganism targeted by the vaccine.
- Conditions
- Influenza-like Illness, Upper Respiratory Disease, Diarrhea, Fever
- Trial name
- NCT03656198
- Testing
- Rabivax-S, Sterile Water Injection
- Where
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Volunteers
- 546 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Measles
Non-Specific Effects of Standard Titre Measles Vaccination
The general objectives of the proposed research work are: A1) to reduce childhood mortality in developing countries through better control of measles infection by finding the best immunization strategy, and A2) to investigate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00168662
- Testing
- Measles and inactivated polio vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 7,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Death; Neonatal, Death, Infant
Trial to Compare BCG-Bulgaria and BCG-Denmark
The trial will be a two-year outcome assessor-blinded RCT at the maternity ward of Hospital Simão Mendes (HNSM) in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to compare vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Danish strain (AJ Vaccines…
- Conditions
- Death; Neonatal, Death, Infant, Morbidity;Newborn, Morbidity;Infant
- Trial name
- BCGSTRAIN IV (NCT05397678)
- Testing
- BCG-Denmark, BCG-Bulgaria
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Measles
Early Two-dose Measles Vaccination Trial
The specific aims are to examine in Guinea-Bissau: whether the standard titre Schwarz (SW) or standard-titre Edmonston-Zagreb (EZ) measles vaccine will be the best vaccine strain for use in a routine one-dose measles vaccination…
- Trial name
- NCT00168558
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 5,879 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Heterologous Immunity, Infant Morbidity
Comparing Morbidity and Mortality Effects of Two Different Strains of BCG
Background: Investigators at Bandim Health Project (BHP, www.bandim.org) in Guinea-Bissau have shown in several randomized trials that the Bacille-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) is associated with reduced…
- Conditions
- Heterologous Immunity, Infant Morbidity, Infant Mortality, Trained Immunity
- Trial name
- NCT03400878
- Testing
- BCG-Japan, BCG-Russia
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 17,505 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Vaccine Preventable Disease, Measles
Measles and BCG Vaccines for Mother and Child
In Africa, the mortality from infectious diseases remains high. The investigators have discovered that live vaccines such as the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis and the measles vaccine can strengthen resistance to other…
- Conditions
- Vaccine Preventable Disease, Measles, Mother-Infant Interaction, BCG Vaccination Reaction
- Trial name
- MATVAC (NCT04899765)
- Testing
- BCG vaccine, Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Non-target Heterologous Effects of Vaccines, Vaccine Interactions
The Interaction Between Measles and DTP Vaccination
The purpose of this study is to investigate for the broad immunological effects of administering measles vaccine (MV) and diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis vaccine (DTP) to 9 month old Gambian infants, either alone or…
- Trial name
- NCT02710045
- Testing
- Measles Vaccine at 9 months of age, DTP Vaccine at 9 months of age, Measles Vaccine at 18 months of age
- Volunteers
- 302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
Measles Vaccine
Trial of Additional Measles Vaccine to Reduce Child Mortality
Background: All observational studies and a few randomised controlled trials (RCT) suggest that early measles vaccine (MV), in particular an early two-dose strategy, has a much better effect on overall mortality than later MV.
- Trial name
- NCT01644721
- Testing
- Early measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,750 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project