Can a new yellow fever vaccine match the old one?

NCT ID NCT04942210

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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
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First seen Sep 03, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests an investigational yellow fever vaccine called vYF against the standard YF-VAX vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 to 60. The goal is to see if vYF produces a similar immune response, measured by antibody levels 28 days after a single dose. Researchers will also compare safety and how the body reacts to the two vaccines. Participants must not have had yellow fever or been vaccinated against it before.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
an investigational yellow fever vaccine called vYF, made on serum-free Vero cells
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a new option for yellow fever vaccination that is safer or easier to produce, helping protect more people against the disease.
What could go wrong
This is a Phase 2 trial, so the vaccine is still being tested. It may not produce a strong enough immune response or could cause side effects, and further studies would be needed before it could be approved.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

568 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jul 2021

Expected to finish

Jun 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 60 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years to 60 years on the day of inclusion. * A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding and one of the following conditions applies: Is of non-childbearing potential. To be considered of non-childbearing potential, a female must be postmenopausal for at least 1 year, or surgically sterile. OR Is of childbearing potential and agrees to use an effective contraceptive method or abstinence from at least 4 weeks prior to vaccination until at least 4 weeks after vaccination. A participant of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive pregnancy test (urine or serum as required by local regulation) before any dose of study intervention on Day 1 and will be repeated on Day 29 to confirm the participant is still not pregnant within the 28 days of vaccine administration. * Informed consent form has been signed and dated. * Able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Known or suspected congenital or acquired immunodeficiency; or receipt of immunosuppressive therapy, such as anti-cancer chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, within the preceding 6 months; or long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy (prednisone or equivalent for more than 2 consecutive weeks within the past 3 months). * Known history of flavivirus infection. * Known systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components, eggs, or history of a life-threatening reaction to the vaccines used in the study or to a vaccine containing any of the same substances. * Known history or laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection. * Known history of hepatitis B or hepatitis C seropositivity * Personal or family history of thymic pathology (thymoma, thymectomy, or myasthenia). * Chronic illness that, in the opinion of the Investigator, is at a stage where it might interfere with trial conduct or completion, including malignancy, such as leukemia, or lymphoma. * Moderate or severe acute illness/infection (according to Investigator judgment) on the day of vaccination or febrile illness (temperature ≥ 100.4°F). A prospective participant should not be included in the study until the condition has resolved or the febrile event has subsided. * Administration of any anti-viral within 2 months preceding the vaccination and up to the 6 weeks following the vaccination * Receipt of any vaccine in the 4 weeks preceding the study vaccination or planned receipt of any vaccine in the 4 weeks following the study vaccination except for influenza vaccination, which may be received at least 2 weeks before study vaccines. This exception includes monovalent pandemic influenza vaccines and multivalent influenza vaccines. * Previous vaccination against a flavivirus disease at any time including YF with either the study vaccine or another vaccine. * Receipt of immune globulins, blood, or blood-derived products in the past 6 months. * Participation at the time of study enrollment (or in the 4 weeks preceding the study vaccination) or planned participation during the first year of the 5-year follow-up in another clinical study investigating a vaccine, drug, medical device, or medical procedure. Enrollment in another study after the first year is permitted (starting the first day of Year 2, and onwards), assuming it does not exclude participation in this study * Deprived of freedom by an administrative or court order, or in an emergency setting, or hospitalized involuntarily. * Alcohol, prescription drug, or substance abuse that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might interfere with the study conduct or completion. * Identified as an Investigator or employee of the Investigator or study center with direct involvement in the proposed study, or identified as an immediate family member (ie, parent, spouse, natural or adopted child) of the Investigator or employee with direct involvement in the proposed study. * Planned travel in a YF endemic country within 6 months of investigational or control vaccine administration.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Emory University Decatur- Site Number : 8400005

    Decatur, Georgia, 30030, United States

  • Harvard University Medical School- Site Number : 8400002

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • J Lewis Research Inc- Site Number : 8400012

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84109, United States

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH)- Site Number : 8400004

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

  • Meridian Clinical Research- Site Number : 8400009

    Omaha, Nebraska, 681134, United States

  • New York University Langone Medical Center Site Number : 8400013

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Rochester Clinical Research, Inc.- Site Number : 8400010

    Rochester, New York, 14609, United States

  • SUNY Upstate Medical University Global Health Institute Site Number : 8400006

    East Syracuse, New York, 13057, United States

  • Saint Louis University- Site Number : 8400003

    St Louis, Missouri, 63104, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research - Providence Site Number : 8400015

    East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 02818, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research- New Orleans Site Number : 8400008

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119, United States

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