Table 1. List of PfSPZ Challenge CHMI Studies in African Endemic Populations *.
Location | Study
Type |
Number of
Volunteers |
Route of
Administration |
Age
(years) |
Gender | Malaria
Outcome 1 |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equatorial
Guinea |
Vaccine efficacy
Vaccine efficacy |
52
104 |
DVI
DVI |
18–35
18–45 |
Both
Both |
TBS
2
TBS 2 |
NCT02859350
NCT03590340 |
Gabon | Infectivity
Vaccine efficacy |
20
12 |
DVI
DVI |
18–30
18–40 |
Both
Both |
TBS
2
TBS 2 |
34
PACTR201503001038304 |
Gambia | Infectivity | 30 | DVI | 18–35 | Males | qPCR | NCT03496454 |
Kenya | Infectivity 3 | 28 | IM | 18–45 | Both | TBS 2 | 31 |
Mali | Vaccine efficacy
4
Vaccine efficacy |
62
45 |
DVI
DVI |
18–45
18–50 |
Both
Both |
TBS
2
TBS 2 |
NCT02996695
NCT02627456 |
Tanzania | Infectivity
3
Vaccine efficacy Vaccine efficacy Vaccine efficacy |
24
64 24 18 ^ |
ID
DVI DVI DVI |
20–35
18–35 18–45 18–45 |
Males
Males Both Both |
TBS
5
TBS 2 TBS 2 TBS 2 |
30
35 NCT02613520 NCT03420053 |
*Current status as at 18 th September 2018. 1Primary measure for malaria treatment/diagnosis; 2Studies included qPCR data for secondary parasitaemia analysis; 3Studies included dose optimisation for PfSPZ Challenge administration; 4PfSPZ Challenge in the context of chemoprophylaxis using chloroquine (PfSPZ-CVac); 5Studies included qRT-PCR data for secondary parasitaemia analysis; and ^PfSPZ Challenge including HIV positive individuals (N=9). DVI, direct venous inoculation; IM, intramuscular; ID, intradermal; qPCR, quantitative PCR; and TBS, thick blood smear.