Protective Efficacy of Plasmodium vivax Radiation-Attenuated Sporozoites in Colombian Volunteers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Protective Efficacy of Plasmodium vivax Radiation-Attenuated Sporozoites in Colombian Volunteers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0005070
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发表时间:
2016-10
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Herrera S
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作者:
Arévalo-Herrera M;Vásquez-Jiménez JM;Lopez-Perez M;Vallejo AF;Amado-Garavito AB;Céspedes N;Castellanos A;Molina K;Trejos J;Oñate J;Epstein JE;Richie TL;Herrera S
Immunizing human volunteers by mosquito bite with radiation-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (RAS) results in high-level protection against infection. Only two volunteers have been similarly immunized with P. vivax (Pv) RAS, and both were protected. A phase 2 controlled clinical trial was conducted to assess the safety and protective efficacy of PvRAS immunization. A randomized, single-blinded trial was conducted. Duffy positive (Fy+; Pv susceptible) individuals were enrolled: 14 received bites from irradiated (150 ± 10 cGy) Pv-infected Anopheles mosquitoes (RAS) and 7 from non-irradiated non-infected mosquitoes (Ctl). An additional group of seven Fy- (Pv refractory) volunteers was immunized with bites from non-irradiated Pv-infected mosquitoes. A total of seven immunizations were carried out at mean intervals of nine weeks. Eight weeks after last immunization, a controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) with non-irradiated Pv-infected mosquitoes was performed. Nineteen volunteers completed seven immunizations (12 RAS, 2 Ctl, and 5 Fy-) and received a CHMI. Five of 12 (42%) RAS volunteers were protected (receiving a median of 434 infective bites) compared with 0/2 Ctl. None of the Fy- volunteers developed infection by the seventh immunization or after CHMI. All non-protected volunteers developed symptoms 8–13 days after CHMI with a mean pre-patent period of 12.8 days. No serious adverse events related to the immunizations were observed. Specific IgG1 anti-PvCS response was associated with protection. Immunization with PvRAS was safe, immunogenic, and induced sterile immunity in 42% of the Fy+ volunteers. Moreover, Fy- volunteers were refractory to Pv malaria. Identifier: NCT01082341. Despite the advances in Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) vaccine development, progress in developing P. vivax (Pv) vaccines lags far behind. Immunization via mosquito bites with Pf radiation-attenuated sporozoites (RAS) has been the gold standard model for induction of sterile protection against malaria infection and has allowed the study of the complex mechanisms of immunity. The first trials using PfRAS were performed in the late 1960’s, and thereafter greatly contributed to the development of vaccines against Pf. However, PvRAS immunization in humans has only been carried out in two volunteers since 1974. To our knowledge, this is the first clinical trial using significant numbers of volunteers for PvRAS immunization. Our findings confirm that immunization with PvRAS is safe, immunogenic and induces sterile immunity in 42% of the volunteers. It demonstrates that it is possible to induce sterile protection with PvRAS as seen with PfRAS and confirms that immunity against the PvCS protein (IgG1 levels) correlates with protection. Research findings and reagents generated in this study are expected to yield insights on key immune determinants of sterile protection against Pv, which may guide the development of a cost-effective vaccine against this parasite species.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Arévalo-Herrera M;Forero-Peña DA;Rubiano K;Gómez-Hincapie J;Martínez NL;Lopez-Perez M;Castellanos A;Céspedes N;Palacios R;Oñate JM;Herrera S
通讯作者:
Herrera S
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Vallejo AF;Rubiano K;Amado A;Krystosik AR;Herrera S;Arévalo-Herrera M
通讯作者:
Arévalo-Herrera M
影响因子:
9.3
作者:
Cutts JC;Powell R;Agius PA;Beeson JG;Simpson JA;Fowkes FJ
通讯作者:
Fowkes FJ
影响因子:
7.8
作者:
Giefing-Kröll C;Berger P;Lepperdinger G;Grubeck-Loebenstein B
通讯作者:
Grubeck-Loebenstein B
DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1975.24.397
发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
CLYDE, DF;MCCARTHY, VC;WOODWARD, WE
通讯作者:
WOODWARD, WE