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NCT04577066

Safety and Preliminary Protective Efficacy of Genetically Attenuated GA2 Parasites.

Completed Phase 1, PHASE2 Last updated 13 January 2023
What this trial tests

Phase 1, PHASE2 trial testing GA2 in Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in 43 participants. Completed in 22 December 2022.

Timeline
27 September 2021
Primary endpoint
30 May 2022
22 December 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsorLeiden University Medical Center
PhasePhase 1, PHASE2
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingdouble
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment43
Start date27 September 2021
Primary completion30 May 2022
Estimated completion22 December 2022
Sites1 location across Netherlands

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Leiden University Medical Center

Who can join

Adults 18 to 35, any sex, with Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will consist of two phases and be aimed at assessing the safety and tolerability of the new genetically attenuated GA2 malaria parasite (Phase 1) and its preliminary protective efficacy against controlled human malaria infection (Phase 2) in healthy Dutch volunteers.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Safety and Efficacy of Immunization with a Late-Liver-Stage Attenuated Malaria Parasite.
    Lamers OAC, Franke-Fayard BMD, Koopman JPR, Roozen GVT, et al · · 2024 · cited 33× · PMID 39565990 · DOI 10.1056/nejmoa2313892
  2. Five decades of clinical assessment of whole-sporozoite malaria vaccines.
    Nunes-Cabaço H, Moita D, Prudêncio M. · · 2022 · cited 30× · PMID 36159849 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2022.977472
  3. Correlative humoral and cellular immunity to genetically attenuated malaria parasites in humans.
    Colstrup E, Nakajima R, Krol JMM, Lamers OAC, et al · · 2025 · cited 6× · PMID 40487438 · DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112589
  4. Whole sporozoite immunization with Plasmodium falciparum strain NF135 in a randomized trial.
    van der Boor SC, Alkema M, van Gemert GJ, Teelen K, et al · · 2023 · cited 5× · PMID 37024868 · DOI 10.1186/s12916-023-02788-9

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