Healthy adults received BCG on Study Day -84, followed by randomization on Study Day 0 to receive 2 booster doses in a blinded fashion of either AERAS-402 (N=9) or placebo (N=2) on Study Days 0 and 28. Subjects were followed for a total of 98 days.
This was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. At least 13, but no more than 16, subjects who met all eligibility criteria were to receive a prime vaccination with BCG (1-8 x 105 colony forming units \[CFU\] intradermally \[ID\]) at Study Day -84. Thirteen of the BCG-vaccinated subjects who completed all protocol-specified procedures and continued to meet eligibility criteria were to be enrolled and randomized on Study Day 0 in a 10:3 ratio to receive study vaccine (either AERAS-402 3 x 1010 virus particles \[vp\] intramuscularly \[IM\] or placebo IM) at Study Days 0 and 28, based on time of completion of screening. Eleven subjects were randomized (N=9 AERAS-402; N=2 placebo) and analyzed. Enrollment was stopped when 11 of the planned 13 subjects had been randomized, as it was felt that this number of subjects was sufficient to address the objectives of the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
11
Live recombinant serotype 35 replication deficient adenovirus vector expressing a fusion protein of 3 Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens (Ag85A, Ag85B, and TB10.4).
Identical buffer solution in which AERAS-402 is formulated.
BCG given to all participants at day -84 prior to a boost with either Aeras-402 or placebo.
Cellular immune responses to AERAS-402 in healthy adult volunteers who received two booster doses of AERAS-402 administered 84 and 112 days after BCG vaccination, through leukapheresis and cryopreservation of cells followed by in vitro assay.
percentage of CD4 and CD8 T cells from leukapheresis that produce any of three cytokines (IFN γ, TNF α, and/or IL 2).
Time frame: Up to study day 98
Evaluation of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs).
Time frame: Up to study day 98
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