Could this new vaccine end tuberculosis?
NCT ID NCT06272812
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new vaccine called MTBVAC to see if it can prevent tuberculosis (TB) disease in teens and adults aged 14 to 45 who live in areas where TB is common. About 5,500 volunteers will receive either the vaccine or a placebo, and researchers will track who develops TB over three years. The goal is to find a safe and effective way to protect people from this serious lung infection.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
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
-
About 5,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
14 to 45 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Is male or female aged 14 through 45 years on Study Day 1. 2. Has completed the written (or thumb printed and witnessed) informed consent process (participants older than 18 years) or has completed the written parental consent and participant assent process (participants younger than 18 years) before any study-related procedures were performed. 3. Participants who, in the opinion of the investigatory, can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol (e.g., to stay in contact with the Clinical Research Centre (CRC), return for follow-up visits) 4. Has general good health as confirmed by medical history and physical examination. 5. All participants born female who are engaging in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy must commit to use an acceptable method of contraception from 21 days prior to Study Day 1 and for the 2 months after vaccination. Acceptable contraception includes: 1. Condoms (male or female) with or without spermicide 2. Diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide 3. Intrauterine device 4. Hormonal contraception (combined estrogen and progestogen, or progestogen-only), including contraceptive implant or injectable 5. Successful vasectomy in the male partner, considered successful if a woman reports that a male partner has: documentation of azoospermia by microscopy (1 year ago) or a vasectomy more than 2 years ago with no resultant pregnancy despite sexual activity post vasectomy 6. Not of reproductive potential, such as having undergone hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or tubal ligation, postmenopausal (any age and amenorrhea for at least 6 months and a serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level \> 40 IU/L), surgically sterile. 7. Sexual abstinence. All participants born female who are not heterosexually active at screening must agree to utilize an acceptable method of contraception if they become heterosexually active as outlined above. 6. All male participants should agree to use barrier contraception with their female partners for at least 2 weeks after vaccination. 7. Has not shared the same enclosed living space with someone diagnosed with TB for one or more nights or for frequent or extended daytime periods during the 6 months prior to Study Day 1. 8. HIV negative at screening. 9. Negative clinical screening questionnaire and Xpert MTB/RIF negative sputum sample for pulmonary TB disease at screening. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Acute illness and/or axillary temperature ≥37.5°C on Study Day 1. 2. Current suspicion or evidence (including but not limited to sputum Xpert MTB/RIF positive) of active TB disease at any CRC. An attempt must be made to obtain sputum from each participant; persons who are sputum unproductive will be assumed to be Xpert MTB/RIF negative. 3. History of previous TB disease and/or treatment for TB disease. 4. History of TB preventative therapy, not including BCG vaccination. 5. Received any investigational drug or investigational vaccine within 42 days before Study Day 1, or planned use during the study period. 6. Planned administration/administration of a licensed vaccine not foreseen by the study protocol in the period starting 28 days before Study Day 1 and ending 28 days after vaccine administration. 7. Prior receipt of any investigational TB vaccine candidate before Study Day 1. Note: receipt of placebo in a previous TB vaccine trial will not exclude a participant from participation if documentation is available and the Medical Monitor gives approval. 8. Chronic administration of immunosuppressive medication within 42 days before Study Day 1 (inhaled and topical corticosteroids are permitted). 9. Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive, immunodeficient, or autoimmune condition based on medical history and physical examination (no laboratory testing required). 10. Concurrent, or planned participation in any other investigational study during the study period. (Concurrent participation in an observational trial not requiring blood or tissue sample collection is not an exclusion.) 11. Received immunoglobulin or blood products within 42 days before Study Day 1, or planned administration during the study period. 12. History or any reaction or hypersensitivity likely to be exacerbated by any component of the vaccines. 13. Pregnant or lactating/nursing female, or positive urine pregnancy test during screening or pre-vaccination on Study Day 1. 14. Indeterminate IGRA test result at screening. 15. Any current, or history of, medication use or medical, psychiatric, occupational, or substance abuse problems that, in the opinion of the investigator, might compromise the safety of the participant or make it unlikely that the participant will comply with the protocol.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Tuberculosis (TB) are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Be Part Research Pty Ltd.
Paarl, South Africa
-
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Masiphumelele Research Office
Sunnydale, South Africa
-
Ifakara Health Institute
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
-
JOSHA Research
Bloemfontein, South Africa
-
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Nairobi, Kenya
-
Perinatal HIV Research Unit
Johannesburg, South Africa
-
South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
Cape Town, South Africa
-
Synergy Biomedical Research Institute
East London, South Africa
-
TASK Applied Science Pty Ltd. TASK Delft
Cape Town, South Africa
-
TASK Eden Pty Ltd.
George, South Africa
-
The Aurum Institute Rustenburg Clinical Research Centre
Rustenburg, South Africa
-
The Aurum Institute Tembisa Clinical Research Centre
Tembisa, South Africa
-
UCTLI CLII - Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity
Cape Town, South Africa
-
University of Cape Town Lung Institute PtyLtd. Centre for Tuberculosis Research Innovation
Cape Town, South Africa
-
Victoria Biomedical Research Institute
Kisumu, Kenya
-
Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a 3-Month pill course stop latent TB in its tracks?
- Can a shorter TB regimen transform child care?
- Can a smartphone app lift the shame of TB?
- A mobile x-ray van with AI could spot TB before it spreads
- Can exercise and breathing training repair lungs damaged by TB?
- Community-Driven TB screening aims to reach vulnerable immigrants