Oral Vaccination Against Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDVAX)

July 24, 2017 updated by: Simon M. Cutting

Safety and Immunogenicity Study of a Clostridium Difficile Vaccine in Healthy Adult Volunteers

This clinical study is conducted to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a Clostridium difficile vaccine (CDVAX) in healthy adult volunteers.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. On ClinicalTrials.gov, conditions may also include other health-related issues, such as lifespan, quality of life, and health risks.

Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
3

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Phase 1

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Written informed consent
  2. Male
  3. Age: 18-50 years (limits included)
  4. Body mass index within 18.5 and 29.9 kg/m²
  5. Ability to read and comprehend study information
  6. Non-smokers or light smokers (<4 cigarettes per day)

  7. In good physical and mental health as determined by the following:

    1. Complete medical history
    2. Complete physical and neurological examination
    3. Vital signs including blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature
    4. Standard 12-lead ECG
    5. Clinical laboratory (biochemistry, haematology and urinalysis) tests. Blood and urine samples may be drawn up to 3 weeks prior to the baseline visit of the study provided all data are available and evaluated prior to administration of study drug. Values of laboratory results outside normal reference ranges may be acceptable if the investigator considers that they do not compromise the safety of the subjects or the conduct of the study.
    6. Vital signs, clinical laboratory measurements, and ECG measurements may be repeated at the discretion of the investigator

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Evidence of C. difficile infection
  2. Anti-C. difficile (Toxin A) immunoreactivity, suggesting previous C. difficile exposure
  3. Diarrhoea, active or inactive inflammatory bowel disease, irritable colon syndrome, chronic abdominal pain or other chronic diarrhoea
  4. History of malignancy within 5 years
  5. History of anaphylaxis, asthma or severe vaccine or allergic drug reaction
  6. Known or suspected history of immunodeficiency, active or inactive immune-mediated or inflammatory disease
  7. Receipt of antibiotic therapy, immunosuppressants, or corticosteroids within the previous 30 days
  8. Vaccination within the previous 30 days (except for influenza vaccination)
  9. Blood or organ donation within the previous 60 days
  10. Evidence of clinically significant psychiatric, gastrointestinal, neurologic, neuromuscular, hepatic, pulmonary, cardiovascular, or renal disease (as judged by the investigator)
  11. Use of prescription medication or regular use of over-the-counter medicines or herbal or dietary supplements. Acetaminophen/paracetamol may be used intermittently as needed for pain
  12. History or current evidence of abuse of any drug substance, licit or illicit, including alcohol; a positive urine screen for drugs of abuse
  13. Positive hepatitis C antibody (HCV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1/2 antibodies
  14. Participation in any other investigational drug or device study within 60 days prior to the first study drug administration
  15. Relatives of, or staff directly reporting to the principal investigator
  16. Vulnerable subjects

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: CDVAX
Biological: CDVAX

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence and severity of adverse events
Time Frame: First treatment up to end of treatment + 28 days (70 days after treatment start)
Measured by routine physical and laboratory evaluations, adverse event monitoring, ECG and neurological examination
First treatment up to end of treatment + 28 days (70 days after treatment start)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluation of specific mucosal and systemic immunity
Time Frame: First treatment up to end of treatment + 14 days (56 days after starting study drug)
Measured by specific secretory IgA, serum IgA and serum IgG
First treatment up to end of treatment + 14 days (56 days after starting study drug)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Simon M. Cutting

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
January 1, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
March 14, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
June 8, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submitted a study record to ClinicalTrials.gov. There is typically a delay of a few days between the first submitted date and the record's availability on ClinicalTrials.gov (the first posted date).
December 5, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
December 9, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
December 13, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
July 25, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
July 24, 2017

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
July 1, 2017

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • CDVAX

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