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Safety and Protective Efficacy of Genetically Modified Plasmodium Berghei (Pb(PfCS@UIS4)) Malaria Parasites in Healthy Volunteers
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Pb(PfCS@UIS4)-infected mosquitoes and Challenge infection P. falciparum for Malaria,Falciparum and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 24 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
In the underlying study, a genetically modified P. berghei parasite is used. P. berghei is one of the four Plasmodium species that causes malaria in rodents. The hypothesis is that immunization of humans with P. berghei will induce a cross-species immune response without the risk of a breakthrough infection. To further increase the potential for protective efficacy, the P. falciparum circumsporozoite (CS)- protein gene has been integrated in the P. berghei parasite, generating a genetically modified P. berghei parasite, abbreviated as Pb(PfCS@UIS4).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Pb(PfCS@UIS4)-infected mosquitoes
Challenge infection with bites of five infected Pf mosquitoes