A Phase 1b, Randomised, Controlled Age De-escalation, Dose-finding Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of Full-length MSP1/GLA-SE (SUM-101) Malaria Vaccine in Healthy Young Children, and Infants in Burkina Faso.

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Biological
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 1
SUMMARY

This clinical trial aims to learn about the safety and immunogenicity of the blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate SUM-101 in infants and children, paving the way for its incorporation into a multi-stage malaria vaccine. This will be the first time SUM-101 will be evaluated for safety and immunogenicity in infants and children. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Are the 3 doses of full-length MSP1/GLA-SE (SUM-101) in young children and infants safe? * Do the 3 doses of full-length MSP1/GLA-SE (SUM-101) in young children and infants produce any reactogenicity? * How is the immunogenicity in young children and infants generated by the 3 doses of full-length MSP1/GLA-SE (SUM-101)? * What is the optimal dose of the full-length MSP1/GLA-SE (SUM-101) in young children and infants? The study will be divided into two arms with 5 groups conducted at a single centre. In total, 69 healthy malaria-pre-exposed infants and children aged 5 months to 5 years will be enrolled in this study. Participants will be included in one of the following groups: * Arm 1\_Group 1 (open-label design): This will be the first cohort enrolled to assess safety in children (18 months - 5 years) before the vaccination of infants commences. Therefore, all participants in Arm 1 will receive three doses of SUM-101 vaccine (25µg MSP1 + 5µg GLA-SE) on D0, D28 and D56. * Arm 2\_Group 2-5 (randomised, controlled, double-blind design): This will be the second cohort enrolled to assess safety in the target population (infants aged 5-17 months). Infants will be assigned to Groups 2-5 to enable evaluation of two doses of MSP1 (25µg and 10µg) and two doses of GLA-SE (5µg and 2.5µg). The infants in each group will be randomised into A) a vaccine arm (12 participants) and B) a control arm (3 participants). All participants in Groups 2-5 will receive three doses of either SUM-101 vaccine or Verorab® (Rabies vaccine) on D0, D28 and D56. Participants will visit the clinic for screening and once selected for enrolment. No later than 28 days after selection participants will receive the 1st vaccination (Visit Day 0) and 2nd and 3rd Vaccination on Day 28 and Day 56. On Day 1 to 6 days post each vaccination (Day 1-6, Day 29-34 and Day 57-62) each participant will be visited at home daily by a field worker for assessment and recording of any solicited and unsolicited AEs (Reactogenicity visits).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 5 months
Maximum Age: 5
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Resident in the study area villages and participant's parent(s)/legal guardian anticipate being available for vaccination and follow-up for following last dose of vaccination.

• Z-score of weight-for-age within ±2SD.

Locations
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Burkina Faso
Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS)
RECRUITING
Ouagadougou
Contact Information
Primary
Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima, MD
s.sirima@gras.bf
(+226) 70 20 04 44
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-08-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-08-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 69
Treatments
Experimental: Children (18 months - 5 years)
Children (18 months - 5 years) will not be randomised. The first 3 participants will be enrolled as sentinel participants prior to the 6 follower participants. The nine participants of Group 1 will receive three administrations of the SUM-101 vaccine (25µg MSP1 + 5µg GLA-SE) in an open-label design.
Experimental: Infants (5-17 months)
For safety reasons, vaccination of infants will be staggered based on the dosage of MSP1 and the GLA-SE adjuvant used. The following dosages will be evaluated:~* Group 2: 10µg MSP1 + 2.5µg GLA-SE~* Group 3: 10µg MSP1 + 5µg GLA-SE~* Group 4: 25µg MSP1 + 2.5µg GLA-SE~* Group 5: 25µg MSP1 + 5µg GLA-SE Enrollment and vaccination of infants will start with Groups 2 and 3, and only proceed to Groups 4 and 5 if there are no safety concerns. The first infants enrolled into each group will be sentinels (4 per group). The At least tThree out four sentinels will receive the SUM-101 vaccine dose assigned to their respective groups. The participants enrolled into Groups 2-5 (both sentinels and followers) will be randomised at a ratio of 4:1 into vaccine and control arms. In total, 12 participants per group will receive the SUM-101 vaccine (either 25µg or 10µg of MSP1 and either 5µg or 2.5µg of GLA-SE) and 3 participants will receive the control vaccine (rabies vaccine, Verorab®).
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Groupe de Recherche Action en Sante, Luxembourg Institute of Health
Leads: European Vaccine Initiative

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