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BCG and Plasma Amyloid in Non-Demented Adults

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Mindful Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 2

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset

Treatments

Biological: Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT04449926
BCG-PANDA 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

BCG vaccination, the most widely used vaccination in the world, is used to reduce risk of tuberculosis infection; it is used for other mycobacterial infections as well, benefiting leprosy and Buruli ulcer. BCG has "heterologous" effects that aids in an array of non-mycobacterial and viral infections as well as bladder cancer. It is the heterologous effect, sometimes called the "off-target" effect that may offer benefit in Alzheimer's disease. Population studies and studies of adults receiving BCG show a lessened risk of Alzheimer's disease. The study will see if BCG vaccination will alter a plasma test for amyloid, a biomarker for cerebral amyloid.

Full description

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is commonly regarded as Alzheimer's dementia. It is now understood that changes in the brain that result in late-onset AD dementia start years or even decades prior to clinical dementia. Biomarkers aid in diagnosing AD however, currently approved biomarkers have drawbacks as they are invasive and expensive. The two most commonly used biomarkers are amyloid PET scan and spinal tap for amyloid and tau. A new plasma amyloid test has received "Breakthrough Device Designation" from the US-FDA. As an investigational tool, this blood test for amyloid peptides 42/40 levels accurately predicts brain amyloidosis in cognitively normal individuals. In the past 100 years, four billion doses of BCG vaccination have been given for tuberculosis prevention. A favorable effect with BCG for non-tuberculous mycobacteria is also recognized in cervical lymphadeniits, leprosy and Buruli's ulcer. Recently, BCG has found favorable use in autoimmune diseases type 1 diabetes (T1D) and multiple sclerosis (MS); moreover, a protective role by BCG for Alzheimer's disease has been described. Adult exposure to BCG lessened the risk of AD by four-fold. This is an interventional pilot study to test 50 non-demented adults measuring their plasma amyloid 42/40 level prior to BCG prime/boost followed with the same plasma amyloid testing 9 months after vaccination. Sub-clinical CMV infection is felt to drive immune senescence and increase the risk of AD; we will test for CMV antibodies and we will measure lymphocyte phenotype prior to BCG and at study end to look for an immune-modulating effect on this indicator of immunosenescence.

Enrollment

49 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • BCG naive
  • Ability to read, understand and sign consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Known allergy to (components of) the BCG vaccine or serious adverse events to prior vaccine administration
  • Known active or latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis or with another mycobacterial species. A history of - or a suspicion of M. tuberculosis infection.
  • Fever (>38 C) within the past 24 hours.
  • Suspicion of active viral or bacterial infection.
  • Vaccination in the past 4 weeks or expected vaccination during the study period, independent of the type of vaccination.
  • Severely immunocompromised subjects. This exclusion category comprises: a) subjects with known infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1); b) neutropenic subjects with less than 500 neutrophils/mm3; c) subjects with solid organ transplantation; d) subjects with bone marrow transplantation; e) subjects under chemotherapy; f) subjects with primary immunodeficiency; g) severe lymphopenia with less than 400 lymphocytes/mm3; h) treatment with any anti-cytokine therapies. i) treatment with oral or intravenous steroids defined as daily doses of 10mg prednisone or equivalent for longer than 3 months, or probable use of oral or intravenous steroids in the following four weeks.
  • Active solid or non-solid malignancy or lymphoma within the prior two years.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

49 participants in 1 patient group

BCG Vaccinated
Experimental group
Description:
Experimental: BCG Group FDA-approved BCG Tice strain, procured from Merck, will be used. The vaccine will be reconstituted according to the package insert. In brief, a vial containing \~1x10\^8 CFU of lyophilized BCG will be reconstituted in 50 mL of saline. A single dose will consist of 0.1 mL (\~2x10\^5 CFU) will be administered by slow intradermal injection using a 25 gauge/ 0.5 mm syringe in the deltoid area. A follow up "booster" dose will be given one month after the initial dose.
Treatment:
Biological: Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG)

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