Active clinical trials for "Streptococcal Infections"

The aim of this study is to assess the immune response, safety and reactogenicity following administration of an additional dose of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at approximately 4 years of age in children previously vaccinated with 3 primary doses of GSK 1024850A or Prevenar™ vaccine within the first 6 months of life and a booster dose of plain polysaccharide pneumococcal (Pneumovax 23™) vaccine at 11-14 months of age. Antibody persistence will also be assessed at approximately 4 years of age in children previously vaccinated with 3 doses of either GSK 1024850A or Prevenar™ vaccine followed by a booster dose of Pneumovax 23™. This protocol posting deals with objectives & outcome measures of the extension phase at year 4. The objectives & outcome measures of the primary phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT 00307541). The objectives & outcome measures of the booster phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT 00333450).

The purpose of this observer blind study is to assess the safety in terms of fever >39°C (rectal temperature) and the immunogenicity in terms of antibody response following a booster vaccination with pneumococcal vaccine GSK 1024850A at 12 to 18 months of age in children previously primed with the same vaccines including a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine co-administered with a diphtheria, tetanus, whole cell pertussis (DTPw)-combined vaccine and OPV or IPV vaccines. Subjects participating in this study should have received three doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the primary study. This protocol posting deals with objectives & outcome measures of the booster phase. The objectives & outcome measures of the primary phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT number = NCT00344318)

This pilot study was a randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial to test the safety of using the intravenous form of Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) in an inhaled form for treatment of hypoxemic respiratory failure in term newborns. The study planned to enroll 50 infants diagnosed with hypoxemic respiratory failure at nine NICHD Neonatal Research Network sites, and randomly assign them to receive one dose over a 72-hour period of either high concentration PGE1 (300 ng/kg/min), low concentration PGE1 (150 ng/kg/min), or placebo (normal saline, the diluent for the drug). In addition to determining the safety, optimal dose, and duration of the therapy, this pilot trial planned to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a larger, multi-center randomized, blinded placebo-controlled trial.

This study aims to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals´ 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine when co-administered with diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis-hepatitis B virus-inactivated polio virus/Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib) vaccine in preterm infants as a 3-dose primary immunization course during the first 6 months of life. This protocol posting deals with objectives & outcome measures of the primary study. The objectives & outcome measures of the Booster study are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT number = 00609492)

This is a booster study in 2 groups of healthy children less than 3 years old to measure the reactogenicity, safety and immunogenicity of GSK Biologicals' pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, when given as a booster or as a two-dose catch-up vaccination. This protocol posting deals with objectives and outcome measures of the booster phase. The objectives and outcome measures of the primary phase are presented in a separate protocol posting (NCT number = NCT00338351).

The group B streptococcus (GBS) vaccine study is being done to see if a single vaccination with a GBS type III vaccine can stop women from getting GBS type III bacteria in the vagina. Approximately 600 women, ages 18-40, will be enrolled from the clinical sites participating in this study. Participants will be non-pregnant, sexually active (sex with a male at least once in the last 4 months), and GBS negative in the vagina or rectum at the screening visit. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive the experimental GBS type III vaccine or a licensed vaccine containing Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids (Td). Participants will be followed at one month, 2 months and every other month thereafter following vaccination (for vaginal and rectal swab collection and a blood draw) for 1½ years or a total of 10 post vaccination visits.

This is a randomized 2-arm study to compare two different times of giving the drug vancomycin. Half of the patients will begin vancomycin two days before a bone marrow transplant. The other half will get it as soon as they have the first fever. Streptococci are bacteria that live in one's mouth and gut. These bacteria can escape into the blood when the lining of the mouth and gut weakens from cancer therapy. This can make the person who is undergoing a bone marrow transplant very sick. All patients who get this infection are treated with antibiotics. Vancomycin is one drug that is used to treat this bloodstream infection once it is diagnosed. Studies have shown that giving vancomycin before a bone marrow transplant seems to prevent this infection. However, giving vancomycin too soon may increase the chance that the kidneys will be irritated. It may also increase the chance that other bacteria will become resistant to this drug. We, the investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, do not know if waiting to start vancomycin until the patient has a first fever can also prevent this infection.

This phase 2B, placebo-controlled, randomized, observer-blinded trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the investigational multivalent group B streptococcus vaccine administered concomitantly with Tdap in healthy nonpregnant women 18 through 49 years of age.

A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the GBS-NN/NN2 (Recombinant protein vaccine against Group B Streptococcus) vaccine in women living with HIV and women without HIV,and their newborn babies from vaccination up to delivery/birth. Mothers and babies will be followed up for 6 months post-delivery.

This is the Phase 1/2 first-in-human, randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded study evaluating the investigational multivalent group B streptococcus vaccine. Healthy adults aged 18 to 49 years of age with no history of group B streptococcal vaccination will be randomized to receive either a single intramuscular dose of multivalent group B streptococcus vaccine (various formulations at 3 dose levels) or a placebo (saline control).