A Human Challenge Study to Assess Protection of a Shigella Tetravalent Bioconjugate Vaccine

NCT06615375 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-04-13

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Summary

In this challenge study, the bioconjugate candidate vaccine Shigella4V2 will be tested for its ability to induce an immune response that protects healthy adult volunteers from infection with a wild-type Shigella sonnei strain compared to participants receiving placebo.

Conditions

  • Shigellosis

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Shigella4V2

Shigella4V2 is a tetravalent bioconjugate vaccine

BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Phosphate-buffered saline

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    collaborator OTHER
  • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

    collaborator OTHER
  • LimmaTech Biologics AG

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Kawsar R Talaat, MD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Paulina A Rebolledo, MD · Emory University

  • Robert W Frenck, Jr., MD · Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-12
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-09-30
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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