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Study NCT ID:
NCT00466557
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2019-01-31
First Post:
2007-04-26
Brief Title:
Plasmodium Resistance in A Gambiae
Sponsor:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID
Organization:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID
Study Overview
Official Title:
Genetic Association Mapping of Malaria Resistance in Anopheles Gambiae
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2012-05
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to find new ways to control malaria by looking at mosquitoes infected with the disease Knowledge of the genetics that affect the spread of malaria by mosquitoes will help in developing control strategies A small amount of blood from infected humans will be used to infect the mosquitoes No contact will occur between the human subject and the mosquito Study participants will be divided into 2 groups of 20 for a total of 40 children ages 5-10 in Burkina Faso West Africa Each subject will be screened by finger-prick once per month from June through October until they reach a maximum age of 10 Two positive subjects of the 40 screened will be asked to donate about 1 teaspoon of blood which will be used to feed and infect the mosquitoes Study participants will be involved in study related procedures for a maximum of 5 years
Detailed Description:
Malaria is a blood-borne human disease and is transmitted to mosquitoes in the bloodmeal an obligatory step in human malaria transmission This is a study of malaria parasites in the major mosquito vector of human malaria in Africa Anopheles gambiae The intent of the study is to develop modern forms of vector control that would specifically decrease disease transmission by targeting the vector Genetic linkage mapping of the mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae in Africa has identified a small genomic region in the mosquito that controls most of the natural genetic variation for resistance to mosquito infection with the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum In order to study the influence of mosquito vector genetics on transmission of malaria parasites mosquitoes are exposed to malaria parasites and then the efficiency of parasite development within the mosquito is measured The goal of the study is to promote and expand this non-transmitting subset of the vector population in order to decrease or interrupt human malaria transmission The study focuses on the mosquito vector not the human subjects infected with malaria The reason for the use of human subjects is that 5cc of blood from human subjects naturally infected with malaria will be used to infect the mosquitoes by an indirect feeding method that involves a membrane feeding device There will be no contact of human subjects with the mosquitoes The blood-fed mosquitoes are the primary focus of this study not human subjects DNA extracted from mosquitoes that fed on the blood of human study subjects will be analyzed genetically by microsatellites and single-nucleotide polymorphisms SNPs to identify mosquito genes that control mosquito resistance to malaria parasites The genetic analysis is of mosquito DNA not DNA of the human subjects At the time mosquitoes are analyzed one week after the bloodmeal there is no residual genetic DNA cellular or any material of the human subject remaining within the mosquito and thus no genetic or other information can derive from the human source even accidentally A secondary objective will be to identify naturally-occurring mechanisms of mosquito resistance to malaria infection in Burkina Faso Mosquitoes that are not infected by malaria parasites do not transmit malaria Research that identifies these genes for resistance may lead to a method for blocking the transmission of malaria A total enrollment of 40 healthy volunteers 5-10 years old is planned at one site in Burkina Faso West Africa Malaria transmission occurs during the rainy season June through October There will be 2 experimental cycles per month from June through October 10 cycles per year There will be two such groups of 20 for a total study size of 40 Each group of 20 will be screened for malaria in an alternating pattern so each group of 20 is screened no more frequently than once per month during the malaria transmission season for a total study duration of 5 years One human subject with mature malaria gametocytes the transmission stage infective to mosquitoes will be identified the day before the projected experimental infection of mosquitoes Blood 5 cc will be drawn from the subject which will occur no more frequently than once per month Twenty subjects are screened for malaria parasites by standard diagnosis to insure finding at least one positive donor per cycle The 5cc of blood is used to feed and infect mosquitoes which are the subject of this study Subject participation is approximately 5 months per year for the total study duration of 5 years A target sample size of 200 mosquitoes with a set of 150 markers will be analyzed in this study A successful outcome of this study is genetic identification of mosquito genes controlling resistance and susceptibility to P falciparum infection of the mosquitoes
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None