The study is an exploratory clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment with a vaccine against tuberculosis (RUTI®) given at the same time as standard treatment in patients with tuberculosis. It is a prospective, randomized (1:1), double-blind, multicentre, placebo-controlled clinical phase IIb trial.
Patients will be randomized (1: 1) to receive an inoculation of RUTI® or placebo at the same time that standard treatment is started. The standard TB treatment will continue after RUTI® or placebo administration according to SOC guidelines. All the patients will be followed up 6 months after the vaccination or until the end of SOC treatment. Once all the patients have completed the week 2 follow-up, a Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will be established to review all relevant safety and toxicity data.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Each dose of the RUTI® vaccine contains 25 µg of fragmented, purified and liposomed heat-inactivated Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli (FCMtb) in a total volum of 0.3mL.
Normal saline will be used as a placebo.
Early Bactericidal Activity (EBA) from day 0 to day 14
Measured as the reduction of bacillary load of M. Tuberculosis based upon Time to detection (TTD) signal in MGIT.
Time frame: Daily between day 0 and day 14 after treatment initiation and RUTI®/placebo vaccination.
Early Bactericidal Activity (EBA) from 2 to 14 days
Measured as the reduction of bacillary load of M. Tuberculosis based upon Time to detection (TTD) signal in MGIT. Difference between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: Daily between day 2 and day 14 after treatment initiation and RUTI®/placebo vaccination.
Early Bactericidal Activity (EBA) from 7 to 14 days
Measured as the reduction of the bacillary load of M. Tuberculosis based upon Time to detection (TTD) signal in MGIT.
Time frame: Daily between day 7 and day 14 after treatment initiation and RUTI®/placebo vaccination.
Early Bactericidal Activity (EBA) from 4 to 24 week
Measured as the reduction of the bacillary load of M. Tuberculosis based upon Time to detection (TTD) signal in MGIT
Time frame: At week 4, 8, 16 and 24 after treatment initiation and RUTI®/placebo vaccination
Hazard ratio for stable culture conversion (SCC).
Difference between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: 24 weeks of TB treatment
Rate of Change in Time to Sputum Culture Positivity (TTP) in Liquid Culture Media (Days 0-14).
Difference between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: 14 days
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Rate of Change in Time to Sputum Culture Positivity (TTP) in Liquid Culture Media (week 4, 8, 16 and 24 )
Difference between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: Up to week 24
The proportion of patients with AEs between each intervention arm and the control group.
Difference of patients with AEs between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: Up to week 24
The proportion of patients with SAEs between each intervention arm and the control group
Difference of patients with SAEs between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: Up to week 24
Proportion of patients with CLINICAL, X-ray or LABORATORY worsening
Difference of patients with Clinical, X-ray or Laboratory worsening between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 24 weeks
Proportion of patients with improvement of clinical signs and symptoms, Bandim TB score
Difference of patients with improvement of clinical signs and symptoms between intervention and control group.
Time frame: At weeks 2, 8, 24
Number of patients with improvement of Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) comparing baseline measure with that over the course of therapy.
Difference f patients with improvement of HRQoL between each intervention arm and control group.
Time frame: At week 8, week 24