Vaccines Treatment Options in Maryland

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from gene-modified tumor cells may help the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Cetuximab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving vaccine therapy together with cyclophosphamide and cetuximab may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well vaccine therapy works when given together with cyclophosphamide and cetuximab in treating patients with metastatic or locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Read Less

This study is a Phase 1, escalating, multiple-dose, single-center study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the RVEc vaccine. The two principal hypotheses to be tested are: RVEc vaccine will display an acceptable safety profile as determined by adverse event data and RVEc vaccine will elicit ELISA immunoglobulin G (IgG) titers greater than or equal to 1:500 and toxin-neutralizing antibody (TNA) anti-ricin toxin-neutralizing antibody titers greater than or equal to 1:50 in vaccine recipients. Read Less

This study seeks to determine the safety and immunogenicity of a series of 3 primary vaccinations and a booster vaccination of Recombinant ricin toxin A-chain 1-33/44-198 (rRTA 1-33/44-198) vaccine (RVEc) at 10, 50, or 75 μg IM. This study is evaluating if RVEc will display an acceptable safety profile as determined by adverse event (AE) data and if RVEc will elicit anti-ricin antibody titers and ricin toxin-neutralizing antibodies in vaccine recipients. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of Q Fever Vaccine, Phase I, Inactivated, Dried, NDBR 105 and collect data on incidence of occupational Q fever infection in vaccinated personnel. Read Less

This study seeks to determine the safety and immunogenicity of a series of 3 primary vaccinations and a booster vaccination of Recombinant ricin toxin A-chain 1-33/44-198 (rRTA 1-33/44-198) vaccine (RVEc) at 10 or 20 μg intradermally (ID). This study is evaluating if RVEc will display an acceptable safety profile as determined by adverse event (AE) data and if RVEc will elicit anti-ricin antibody titers and ricin toxin-neutralizing antibodies in vaccine recipients. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a single 50-μg booster dose of RVEc. Subjects will be recruited from the cohort that received three 50-μg doses of RVEc in a Phase 1 trial (NCT01317667). Read Less

The purpose of the present study is to assess and compare in healthy non-pregnant women 18 to 40 years of age the safety and immunogenicity of a liquid formulation of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Trivalent Vaccine (not requiring reconstitution prior to administration), and of the lyophilized formulation of GBS Trivalent Vaccine, administered in non-pregnant and pregnant women in the clinical development program to date. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to assess safety and tolerability of escalating doses of a genetically attenuated parasite malaria vaccine (p52-/p36- GAP vaccine) in healthy malaria-naive adults. The study will also assess preliminary efficacy of p52-/p36- GAP vaccine following primary experimental challenge with P. falciparum sporozoites. Lastly, the study will assess immunogenicity of p52-/p36- GAP in malaria-naïve healthy adults and preliminary efficacy of p52-/p36- GAP vaccine following primary experimental re-challenge with P. falciparum sporozoites. Read Less

This study will evaluate whether administration of two investigational malaria vaccines (257049 and Ad35.CS.01 vaccines) combined in one immunization schedule increases protection against malaria infection as compared to protection induced by the 257049 vaccine alone. The study will also evaluate the safety and the immune response to the new combination of the two experimental malaria vaccines. Read Less

This research is being done to understand the effects of certain types of bone marrow transplant (BMT) on the immune system. Your doctors are planning a BMT, using one of your family members as the bone marrow donor, for your cancer. Part of that BMT involves a chemotherapy drug, called Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), given after the transplant. This research is being done to understand the effects of Cyclophosphamide on the immune system. Read Less

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity and lot-to-lot consistency of an investigational hepatitis B virus vaccine, HEPLISAV™, in healthy adults 40 to 70 years of age Read Less

This is a first-in-human (Phase 1) and Phase 2 study of a single vaccination with one of three dose levels of an investigational vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus (SA4Ag). The main goal of the study is to determine how safe and well tolerated the vaccine is as well as to describe the immune response elicited by the vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 to \<65 years. In addition, the study aims to assess the effect of the SA4Ag vaccine on the presence of the Staphylococcus aureus on the skin and within the nose, throat and perineum of healthy adults aged 18 to \<65 years. Read Less