Phase 1 Trials of rVSV Ebola Vaccine in Africa and Europe.
Phase 1 Trials of rVSV Ebola Vaccine in Africa and Europe.
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa1502924
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发表时间:
2016-04-28
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Siegrist CA
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Agnandji ST;Huttner A;Zinser ME;Njuguna P;Dahlke C;Fernandes JF;Yerly S;Dayer JA;Kraehling V;Kasonta R;Adegnika AA;Altfeld M;Auderset F;Bache EB;Biedenkopf N;Borregaard S;Brosnahan JS;Burrow R;Combescure C;Desmeules J;Eickmann M;Fehling SK;Finckh A;Goncalves AR;Grobusch MP;Hooper J;Jambrecina A;Kabwende AL;Kaya G;Kimani D;Lell B;Lemaître B;Lohse AW;Massinga-Loembe M;Matthey A;Mordmüller B;Nolting A;Ogwang C;Ramharter M;Schmidt-Chanasit J;Schmiedel S;Silvera P;Stahl FR;Staines HM;Strecker T;Stubbe HC;Tsofa B;Zaki S;Fast P;Moorthy V;Kaiser L;Krishna S;Becker S;Kieny MP;Bejon P;Kremsner PG;Addo MM;Siegrist CA
The replication-competent recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV)–based vaccine expressing a Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) glycoprotein was selected for rapid safety and immunogenicity testing before its use in West Africa. We performed three open-label, dose-escalation phase 1 trials and one randomized, double-blind, controlled phase 1 trial to assess the safety, side-effect profile, and immunogenicity of rVSV-ZEBOV at various doses in 158 healthy adults in Europe and Africa. All participants were injected with doses of vaccine ranging from 300,000 to 50 million plaque-forming units (PFU) or placebo. No serious vaccine-related adverse events were reported. Mild-to-moderate early-onset reactogenicity was frequent but transient (median, 1 day). Fever was observed in up to 30% of vaccinees. Vaccine viremia was detected within 3 days in 123 of the 130 participants (95%) receiving 3 million PFU or more; rVSV was not detected in saliva or urine. In the second week after injection, arthritis affecting one to four joints developed in 11 of 51 participants (22%) in Geneva, with pain lasting a median of 8 days (interquartile range, 4 to 87); 2 self-limited cases occurred in 60 participants (3%) in Hamburg, Germany, and Kilifi, Kenya. The virus was identified in one synovial-fluid aspirate and in skin vesicles of 2 other vaccinees, showing peripheral viral replication in the second week after immunization. ZEBOV-glycoprotein–specific antibody responses were detected in all the participants, with similar glycoprotein-binding antibody titers but significantly higher neutralizing antibody titers at higher doses. Glycoprotein-binding antibody titers were sustained through 180 days in all participants. In these studies, rVSV-ZEBOV was reactogenic but immunogenic after a single dose and warrants further evaluation for safety and efficacy. (Funded by the Wellcome Trust and others; ClinicalTrials.gov numbers, NCT02283099, NCT02287480, and NCT02296983; Pan African Clinical Trials Registry number, PACTR201411000919191.)