Mass Vaccine and Drug Administration, Bangladesh

NCT06068530 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10000

Last updated 2025-12-18

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Summary

This is an open i.e. not blinded, cluster-randomised, controlled intervention study. The study will use a factorial design to estimate the protective effectiveness of mass drug administrations, mass vaccinations, combined mass vaccinations and drug administrations versus the current standard of care.

Conditions

  • Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

Interventions

DRUG

DHA/piperaquine and a SLD-PQ

Participants in Arms 1 and 2 will receive three rounds of antimalarial drugs - each round starting on the day of vaccination (Day 0) at Study Months 0, 1, and 2. Each round consists of three daily doses of co-formulated dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine on Day 0, 1, and 2 (i.e. the day of vaccination and each day for 2 days after). The drug dose is based on the weight of the participant at the first visit (M0D0). Dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine tablets (Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) for adult participants each contain 40 mg dihydroartemisinin and 320 mg piperaquine with a therapeutic dose range between 2-10 mg/kg/day dihydroartemisinin and 16-26 mg/kg/dose piperaquine. In addition, each participant will receive a single low dose primaquine on the day of vaccination (Day 0; Table 4). One single low dose primaquine of approximately 0.25 mg/kg (Thai Government Pharmaceutical Organisation) will be administered. Children under 10kg do not receive PQ.

BIOLOGICAL

Study vaccine R21/Matrix-M™

The mixing prior to administration strategy will involve withdrawal of 0.5 mL antigen from one vial of R21 Malaria vaccine and adding it to Matrix-M1 vial. 0.5 mL of R21 antigen shall be withdrawn from another vial of R21 Malaria vaccine and be added to the same Matrix-M1 vial. The total volume in Matrix-M1 vial will be 1.5 mL. After addition the content will be mixed gently, and 0.75 mL of the mixture will be withdrawn and administered to participants. Each dose of 0.75mL (after mixing of R21 with Matrix-M1) will contain 10 µg of R21 and 50 µg for participants 14 years and older. In children up to 14 years a 5 μg will be used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lorenz von Seidlein · Mahidol University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-15
Primary Completion
2028-02-01
Completion
2028-02-01

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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