Clinical trials: Non-Specific Effects of Vaccines
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
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 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
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
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
Atopic Dermatitis
Does Timeliness of DTaP-IPV-Hib Vaccination Affect Development of Atopic Dermatitis Before 1 Year of Age?
It has been found that the non-live vaccine against Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP) in addition to its disease specific effects may have so called "non-specific effects" with the potential to affect sensitivity towards…
- Trial name
- NCT03142139
- Testing
- RQ1a: Delayed vs. timely vaccination with the 1st dose of DTaP-IPV-Hib, RQ1b: Delayed vs. timely vaccination with the 2nd dose of DTaP-IPV-Hib, RQ2: Vaccination with DTaP-IPV-Hib compared to being unvaccinated
- Volunteers
- 1,027,559 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
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
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
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
Non Specific Effects of Vaccine, Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin
Low Birth Weight Follow-up
The Randomized Control Trail included 4,172 low-birth weight children between February 2008 and September 2013 in Bissau. The children who were included in the RCT and who are living in the Bandim Health Project study area will…
- Conditions
- Non Specific Effects of Vaccine, Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin, Low Birth Weight, Maternal Immunisation
- Trial name
- NCT03020147
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 1,258 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
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
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
Child Mortality, Child Morbidity
A Second Dose of Measles Vaccine (MV) in the Second Year of Life
This study evaluates the non-specific effects on child mortality and morbidity of a second dose of measles in the second year of life.
- Trial name
- NCT02943681
- Testing
- Measles vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,812 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Infant Morbidity, Infant Mortality
BCG Revaccination With the Third Dose of Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis Vaccine and Infant Mortality in Africa
Studies in low-income countries show that vaccines can have important non-specific effects on other infections. Live BCG vaccine can train the immune system and reduce susceptibility to unrelated infections.
- Conditions
- Infant Morbidity, Infant Mortality, Non-Specific Effects of Vaccines, BCG
- Trial name
- BCG2-DTP3 (NCT07005726)
- Testing
- BCG Vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- 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
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
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
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 Vaccine, Hospital Admission
Measles Vaccination at Health System Contacts
In addition to protecting against measles infection, measles vaccine (MV) strengthens the individual's ability to combat infections in general - MV has beneficial non-specific effects (NSE) lowering the risk of death and…
- Conditions
- Measles Vaccine, Hospital Admission, Mortality, Non-specific (Heterologous) Effects of Vaccines
- Trial name
- NCT04220671
- Testing
- measles vaccine, Saline
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 5,400 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project