This study is designed to evaluate the magnitude and duration of the human adaptive immune response to the JYNNEOS Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine in the blood, lung mucosa, skin and bone marrow.
Orthopoxvirus vaccination leads to very high magnitude antigen-specific T cell responses and neutralizing antibody responses that can be detected in blood decades after vaccination. Despite a large number of previous studies of human immune responses to Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccination in blood, very few of these previous studies evaluate the human mucosal immune response to MVA in the lung and skin, or the immune response to MVA vaccination in the bone marrow. The development of methods to explore human immune responses in these key immunologic compartments now allows the evaluation of the induction of immune responses in these human tissues using the MVA vaccine system.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
live, nonreplicating vaccine delivered according to the FDA approved package insert
Research blood draw
Outpatient research bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and endobronchial biopsy performed with conscious sedation.
Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine Emergency Care and Research Core
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Change in magnitude of the MVA-BN antigen-specific T cell response in the blood
Time frame: Change from day 42 to day 395
Change in magnitude of the MVA-BN antigen-specific antibody response in blood plasma
Time frame: Change from day 42 to day 395
Change in magnitude of the MVA-BN antigen-specific T cell response in the lower airways
Time frame: Change from day 42 to day 395
Change in magnitude of the MVA-BN antigen-specific antibody response in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
Time frame: Change from day 42 to day 395
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Skin punch biopsy performed with topical anesthesia.
Bone marrow aspiration performed with local anesthesia.