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ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2014

Early phase clinical trials with human immunodeficiency virus-1 and malaria vectored vaccines in The Gambia: frontline challenges in study design and implementation.

Muhammed O Afolabi, Jane U Adetifa, Egeruan B Imoukhuede, Nicola K Viebig, Beate Kampmann, Kalifa Bojang

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Review in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Muhammed O AfolabiVaccinology Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia; The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; European Vaccine Initiative, Germany; Disease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia.
Jane U Adetifa
Egeruan B Imoukhuede
Nicola K Viebig
Beate Kampmann
Kalifa Bojang

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A900_1115Medical Research Council MC_UP_A900_1118Medical Research Council MC_UP_A900_1122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and malaria are among the most important infectious diseases in developing countries. Existing control strategies are unlikely to curtail these diseases in the absence of efficacious vaccines. Testing of HIV and malaria vaccines candidates start with early phase trials that are increasingly being conducted in developing countries where the burden of the diseases is high. Unique challenges, which affect planning and implementation of vaccine trials according to internationally accepted standards have thus been identified. In this review, we highlight specific challenges encountered during two early phase trials of novel HIV-1 and malaria vectored vaccine candidates conducted in The Gambia and how some of these issues were pragmatically addressed. We hope our experience will be useful for key study personnel involved in day-to-day running of similar clinical trials. It may also guide future design and implementation of vaccine trials in resource-constrained settings.

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Clinical Trials, Phase I as TopicAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAIDS VaccinesDeveloping CountriesGambiaHIV-1HumansMalariaMalaria VaccinesAIDS VaccinesMalaria Vaccines

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PMID24615122
PMCPMC4015586

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