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    Vaccine. 2010 Sep 14;28(40):6573-80. Epub 2010 Aug 4.

    Randomized double-blind controlled Phase I/IIa trial to assess the efficacy of malaria vaccine PfCS102 to protect against challenge with P. falciparum.

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    Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Blaise.genton@hospvd.ch

    Abstract

    The aim of this Phase I/IIa double-blind controlled trial was to test the efficacy of the sporozoite-based malaria vaccine PfCS 282-383 (PfCS102) to protect against Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia. 16 volunteers were randomized to receive twice 30 μg of PfCS102 formulated in Montanide ISA 720 or ISA 720 alone (control). Two weeks after 2nd immunization, volunteers were challenged using 5 infected mosquitoes. All vaccinees developed antibodies against PfCS102 versus none control. 8/8 vaccinees and 6/6 controls challenged developed malaria parasitaemia. The duration from infection to onset of patent parasitaemia was similar in both groups (214 h in vaccinees and 216 in controls). PfCS102 is safe and immunogenic but provides no protection against artificial challenge in its current formulation.

    Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    PMID:
    20691266
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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