A Safety and Immunogenicity Trial With an Adjuvanted TB Subunit Vaccine (Ag85B-ESAT-6 + IC31)
Jemal Hussein, MD, Peter Bang, Msc
Abstract
The study has the following objectives:
Primary objective To evaluate the safety profile of an adjuvanted TB subunit vaccine administered in different antigen/adjuvant formulations at 0 and 2 months Secondary objective To determine the immunogenicity profile of an adjuvanted TB subunit vaccine administered in different antigen/adjuvant formulations at 0 and 2 months.
Number of trial subjects=48 Investigational product=Ag85B - ESAT-6 + IC31 Dosage Group 1: TST negative, 50 µg antigen Group 2: TST negative, 50 µg antigen + fixed adjuvant Group 3: BCG vaccinated, 50 µg antigen + fixed adjuvant Group 4 : Latent TB, 50 µg antigen + fixed adjuvant Dosage volume 0.5 ml Administration Intramuscularly into deltoid muscle, alternate arms at day 0 (right) and day 56 (left).
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis