Active clinical trials for "Monkeypox"

The purpose of this study is to find out if tecovirimat is a safe and effective drug to treat monkeypox in combination with standard of care (SOC). Participants will be randomly assigned to receive oral tecovirimat plus SOC or placebo plus SOC for 14 days.

The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate whether tecovirimat is an efficient and safe antiviral in the treatment of monkeypox in adults and adolescents (14 years old and older). The primary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by time to all visible lesion(s) resolution, of tecovirimat treatment + Standard of Care (SOC) compared to placebo + SOC for patients with monkeypox. The secondary objective is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, as assessed by mortality, hospitalization, complications, duration of symptoms and virological shedding, and the safety of tecovirimat treatment + SOC compared to placebo + SOC in patients with monkeypox.

A5418 is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to establish the efficacy of tecovirimat for the treatment of people with laboratory-confirmed or presumptive HMPXV disease.

This is a randomized, partially observer-blind, dose-escalation, Phase I/II trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of investigational RNA-based multivalent vaccine candidates (BNT166a and BNT166c) for active immunization against monkeypox (mpox). This trial will start with the two substudies, i.e., substudy A (SSA) and substudy B (SSB). This trial will be initiated with the dose-escalation SSA. In each substudy, dosing will start with an initial sentinel group, followed by the expansion cohort.

The goal of this observational study is to monitor and assess the safety profile of the MVA-BN vaccine among staff and study personnel of the PALM-007 study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main questions it aims to answer are: To estimate the incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs) in all individuals vaccinated with the MVA-BN vaccine To estimate the incidence of adverse events (AEs) after each dose of MVA-BN vaccine. Participants will receive two doses of vaccine and will be actively followed up to the 28th day after their last dose of MVA-BN vaccine.

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Monkey pox virus (MPXV), of the genus Orthopoxvirus, regularly causes epidemics in endemic areas of central and western Africa. Since January 1, 2022, cases of Monkey pox have been reported to WHO by 96 Member States in the 6 WHO regions. As of 22 August 2022, a total of 41,664 laboratory-confirmed cases and 192 probable cases, including 12 deaths, have been reported to WHO. Since May 13, 2022, a high proportion of these cases have been reported from countries where monkey pox transmission had not previously been documented. For the first time, cases and sustained chains of transmission are being reported in countries without direct or immediate epidemiological links to areas in West or Central Africa (WHO 2022). France is one of the most affected countries with 2889 cases reported as of August 22, 2022. This situation led the WHO Director General to declare, on July 23, 2022, that the monkeypox epidemic currently affecting several countries constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. To address this epidemic, the WHO has recommended Post Exposure Vaccination (PEP) and Pre Exposure Vaccination (PrEP) for at risk groups with 2nd and 3rd generation vaccines. In France, the Haute Autorité de Santé (French National Authority for Health) recommended on May 20, 2022, vaccination for PEP and on July 7, 2022, for PrEP with a 3rd generation MVA-BN vaccine (Imvanex® or Jynneos®). The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the use of Imvanex® on July 22, 2022 for immunization against MPXV. The objective of the present study is to describe the clinical, biological, virological, pathophysiological and immunological aspects in the short and medium term of persons vaccinated against and infected with MPXV.

Monkeypox is a febrile rash illness caused by the monkeypox virus. Its natural occurrence in the DRC puts healthcare and frontline workers at high risk of acquiring monkeypox virus infections that can prevent them from performing work duties, compromise the overall healthcare delivery in an already fragile system, and can result in death (case fatality estimates are approximately 10%). This is an open-label prospective cohort study in up to 1,600 eligible healthcare workers at risk of monkeypox infection through their daily work. The study will document monkeypox exposure and infection in participants while concurrently evaluating the immunogenicity and safety of the vaccine, IMVAMUNE® (also known as MVA-BN, JYNNEOS, IMVANEX), in healthcare personnel in the DRC. Participation in the study is voluntary and open to male and female healthcare personnel ages 18 years and older in Tshuapa Province in The Democratic Republic of Congo who are at risk of monkeypox virus infection through their daily work or laboratory personnel performing diagnostic testing for monkeypox virus.

This study is a Phase 2 randomized, open-label, non-placebo controlled, multi-site clinical trial that will evaluate two ID regimens for MVA-BN vaccine compared to the standard SC regimen in healthy, vaccinia-naïve adults 18 to 50 years of age, inclusive, (Stage 1). In Stage 2 of the study, the standard SC regimen will be evaluated in adolescents ages 12 through 17 years, inclusive, and compared to the standard SC regimen in adults ages 18 to 50, inclusive. In Stage 2, approximately 210 healthy, vaccinia-naïve adults will be enrolled in a comparator arm (Arm 4) and will be given the standard, licensed regimen of 1x10^8 MVA-BN administered SC on Day 1 and 29 and will be combined with adults from Arm 3 (Stage 1) to be the comparator for the primary endpoint, non-inferiority testing. Approximately 210 healthy, vaccinia-naïve adolescents will be enrolled and given 1x10^8 MVA-BN administered SC on Days 1 and 29 (Arm 5). The study will have a set target enrollment of at least 25% adolescents ages 12 to 14 years to ensure that adequate numbers of younger adolescents are enrolled. The primary objectives are 1.) To determine if peak humoral immune responses in adults ages 18-50 years following an ID regimen of 2 x 10^7 TCID50 MVA-BN are non-inferior to the licensed regimen of 1 x 10^8 TCID50 MVA-BN administered SC; 2.) To determine if peak humoral immune responses in adults ages 18-50 years following an ID regimen of 1 x 10^7 TCID50 MVA-BN are non-inferior to the licensed regimen of 1 x 10^8 TCID50 MVA-BN administered SC.

MonkeyPox Virus Infectious Disease (MPXVID) is a viral infection caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV) which is an orthopoxvirus that is endemic in countries in West and Central Africa. The clinical course of the MPXVID is similar to smallpox (variola) but usually milder - with less severe disease symptoms seen in the West African subtype. Historically, the case fatality ratio of MPXVID ranged from 0 to 11% and fatality occurs more commonly among children. In Europe, human MPXVID only occurred as an imported disease with limited onward transmission. However, since May 2022 over 19.000 cases of MPXVID - mostly with the West African subtype - have been reported in Europe without a travel history to the endemic areas in Africa. The far large majority of patients with MPXVID in the current outbreak are gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). There is an urgent need to address essential knowledge gaps for optimal clinical care and public health management. The aim of this study is to improve our understanding of clinical, virological, and psychosocial outcomes in patients with MPXVID. To get a better understanding of associated risk factors for MPXV infection, and to measure quality of life and stigma, the investigators will also include a control population of men without proctitis and MPXVID-related symptoms at day 0. In addition, the investigators want to assess the vaccine effectiveness against MPXVID of infant smallpox vaccination given before 1974, as well as vaccine effectiveness of the modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) smallpox vaccine, when administered as pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis in high risk contacts of MPXVD patients.