A Phase Ia Study to Assess the Safety and Immunogenicity of New Malaria Vaccine Candidates ChAd63 CS Administered Alone and with MVA CS |
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Authors: | Eoghan de Barra Susanne H. Hodgson Katie J. Ewer Carly M. Bliss Kerrie Hennigan Ann Collins Eleanor Berrie Alison M. Lawrie Sarah C. Gilbert Alfredo Nicosia Samuel J. McConkey Adrian V. S. Hill |
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Affiliation: | 1. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.; 2. Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.; 3. The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, United Kingdom.; 4. Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.; 5. Okairòs AG, Rome, Italy.; 6. CEINGE, Naples, Italy.; Sanaria. Inc, United States of America, |
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Abstract: | BackgroundPlasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. Development of an effective vaccine would be a key intervention to reduce the considerable social and economic impact of malaria.MethodologyWe conducted a Phase Ia, non-randomized, clinical trial in 24 healthy, malaria-naïve adults of the chimpanzee adenovirus 63 (ChAd63) and modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) replication-deficient viral vectored vaccines encoding the circumsporozoite protein (CS) of P. falciparum.ResultsChAd63-MVA CS administered in a heterologous prime-boost regime was shown to be safe and immunogenic, inducing high-level T cell responses to CS. With a priming ChAd63 CS dose of 5×109 vp responses peaked at a mean of 1947 SFC/million PBMC (median 1524) measured by ELIspot 7 days after the MVA boost and showed a mixed CD4+/CD8+ phenotype. With a higher priming dose of ChAd63 CS dose 5×1010 vp T cell responses did not increase (mean 1659 SFC/million PBMC, median 1049). Serum IgG responses to CS were modest and peaked at day 14 post ChAd63 CS (median antibody concentration for all groups at day 14 of 1.3 µg/ml (range 0–11.9), but persisted throughout late follow-up (day 140 median antibody concentration groups 1B & 2B 0.9 µg/ml (range 0–4.7).ConclusionsChAd63-MVA is a safe and highly immunogenic delivery platform for the CS antigen in humans which warrants efficacy testing.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov {"type":"clinical-trial","attrs":{"text":"NCT01450280","term_id":"NCT01450280"}}NCT01450280 |
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