Clinical trials: Non Specific Effects of Vaccine
Vaccine Reaction, Anemia
Non-specific Effects of Vaccination on Mortality and Morbidity
It has long been recognized that the positive effects of vaccination on childhood mortality cannot be solely attributed to a decline in the disease targeted by the vaccine.
- Conditions
- Vaccine Reaction, Anemia, Malaria,Falciparum, Salmonella Bacteraemia
- Trial name
- NOVAC (NCT03176719)
- Testing
- Venipuncture
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,005 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
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
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, 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
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
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 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
Vaccine Reaction
The Non-Specific Immunological Effects of Providing Oral Polio Vaccine to Seniors in Guinea-Bissau
OPV is the live attenuated vaccine against polio virus. OPV has been key in almost eradicating polio infection. Intriguingly, OPV has been associated with lower all-cause mortality and morbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT06266754
- Testing
- Oral polio vaccine
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
COVID-19
Non-specific Effects of FLU-MMR Vaccines in Adults
Various observational studies have reported an association between influenza vaccination and lower rates of infection with SARS-Cov-2 and less COVID-19 disease severity have been reported in large epidemiological studies in US…
- Trial name
- FLUMMR-BRA (NCT05401448)
- Testing
- Influenza, MMR vaccines
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 638 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
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
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
Healthy
Single-center Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Viscogel® as Adjuvant in Act-HIB® Vaccine
The purpose of this study is to show that ViscoGel® is safe when administrated alone and as an adjuvant together with Act-HIB® vaccine in healthy volunteers and to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative effect on the immune…
- Trial name
- VSG-2011-101 (NCT01578070)
- Testing
- 0.2μg Act-HIB®, ViscoGel® and 0.2μg Act-HIB®, ViscoGel® and 2μg Act-HIB®
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Viscogel AB
Heterologous Effects of Vaccines
Heterologous Effect of Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccination on Influenza Challenge in the Elderly
Vaccines can have non-targeted or heterologous (also called non-specific) immunological effects on the immune system i.e. effects other than inducing an immune response against the disease targeted by the vaccine.
- Trial name
- NCT02765126
- Testing
- Seasonal influenza vaccine, Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust
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
BCG Vaccination
Role of BCG as Booster Vaccination
The BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine is used for the protection against tuberculosis. Apart from it's protective effect against tuberculosis BCG vaccine has been shown to have non-specific effects on the innate immune…
- Trial name
- NCT02175420
- Testing
- BCG, TFV
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
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
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral, COVID
OPV as Potential Protection Against COVID-19
Since the 1960s, studies have shown that oral polio vaccine (OPV) may have beneficial non-specific effects, reducing morbidity and mortality from other infections than polio.
- Conditions
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral, COVID, Mortality, Morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT04445428
- Testing
- oral polio vaccine + information, Information
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 3,729 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
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
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