New marburg vaccine shows promise in early human trial

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy, adult, male or non-pregnant, non-lactating females, age 18-60 years * Given written informed consent * No clinically significant health problems * Negative test for SARS-CoV-2 * Agree to avoid conception through Day 29 * Agree to minimize blood and body fluid exposures to others after vaccination through Day 29 * Agree to avoid exposure to immunocompromised persons after vaccination through Day 29 Exclusion Criteria: * Prior infection with Marburg virus, related filovirus, or Ebola virus * Prior infection with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) * Received any VSV-vectored vaccine * BMI of ≥ 35 * Household contact who is immunodeficient, or on immunosuppressive medication * Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV-1, HIV-2, history of long COVID, diabetes, atopic dermatitis (eczema), chronic inflammatory disease, autoimmune or autoinflammatory disorder, malignancy, chronic or active neurologic disorder * History of severe reactions to any vaccine or history of severe allergies * Receipt of investigational product up to 30 days prior to randomization * Receipt of licensed or authorized non-live vaccines within 14 days of planned study immunization (30 days for live vaccines). * Known allergy to components of PHV01 * Injection sites obscured by tattoos or physical condition * Significant psychiatric or medical condition or laboratory abnormality on screening * History of Guillain Barre Syndrome or any chronic or acute neurological disorder * Alcohol or illicit drug abuse within past 5 years * Pregnant or lactating female * Administration of blood or IgG within 60 days preceding study * Administration of systemic chronic immunosuppressants (defined as more than 14 days) or other immune modifying drugs within 6 months of study entry * History of blood donation within 60 days of study * Unwilling to undergo diagnostic evaluation of rash (skin biopsy, if indicated) or joint symptoms (arthrocentesis if indicated by joint effusion), in both cases if acceptable to subject * Elective surgery planned during the study period