Impact of a blood-stage vaccine on Plasmodium vivax malaria

Background: There are no licensed vaccines against Plasmodium vivax , the most common cause of malaria outside of Africa.

Methods: We conducted two Phase I/IIa clinical trials to assess the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of two vaccines targeting region II of P. vivax Duffy-binding protein (PvDBPII). Recombinant viral vaccines (using ChAd63 and MVA vectors) were administered at 0, 2 months or in a delayed dosing regimen (0, 17, 19 months), whilst a protein/adjuvant formulation (PvDBPII/Matrix-M™) was administered monthly (0, 1, 2 months) or in a delayed dosing regimen (0, 1, 14 months). Delayed regimens were due to trial halts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers underwent heterologous controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) with blood-stage P. vivax parasites at 2-4 weeks following their last vaccination, alongside unvaccinated controls. Efficacy was assessed by comparison of parasite multiplication rate (PMR) in blood post-CHMI, modelled from parasitemia measured by quantitative polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR).

Results: Thirty-two volunteers were enrolled and vaccinated (n=16 for each vaccine). No safety concerns were identified. PvDBPII/Matrix-M™, given in the delayed dosing regimen, elicited the highest antibody responses and reduced the mean PMR following CHMI by 51% (range 36-66%; n=6) compared to unvaccinated controls (n=13). No other vaccine or regimen impacted parasite growth. In vivo growth inhibition of blood-stage P. vivax correlated with functional antibody readouts of vaccine immunogenicity.

Conclusions: Vaccination of malaria-naïve adults with a delayed booster regimen of PvDBPII/ Matrix-M™ significantly reduces the growth of blood-stage P. vivax . Funded by the European Commission and Wellcome Trust; VAC069, VAC071 and VAC079 ClinicalTrials.gov numbers NCT03797989 , NCT04009096 and NCT04201431.

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UpdateIn: Sci Transl Med. 2023 Jul 12;15(704):eadf1782. - PMID 37437014

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences - (2022) vom: 30. Mai

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Englisch

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Hou, Mimi M [VerfasserIn]
Barrett, Jordan R [VerfasserIn]
Themistocleous, Yrene [VerfasserIn]
Rawlinson, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Diouf, Ababacar [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Francisco J [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Carolyn M [VerfasserIn]
Lias, Amelia M [VerfasserIn]
King, Lloyd D W [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Nick J [VerfasserIn]
Greenwood, Nicola M [VerfasserIn]
Kingham, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Poulton, Ian D [VerfasserIn]
Khozoee, Baktash [VerfasserIn]
Goh, Cyndi [VerfasserIn]
Mac Lochlainn, Dylan J [VerfasserIn]
Salkeld, Jo [VerfasserIn]
Guilotte-Blisnick, Micheline [VerfasserIn]
Huon, Christèle [VerfasserIn]
Mohring, Franziska [VerfasserIn]
Reimer, Jenny M [VerfasserIn]
Chauhan, Virander S [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Paushali [VerfasserIn]
Biswas, Sumi [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Iona J [VerfasserIn]
Lawrie, Alison M [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Jee-Sun [VerfasserIn]
Nugent, Fay L [VerfasserIn]
Long, Carole A [VerfasserIn]
Moon, Robert W [VerfasserIn]
Miura, Kazutoyo [VerfasserIn]
Silk, Sarah E [VerfasserIn]
Chitnis, Chetan E [VerfasserIn]
Minassian, Angela M [VerfasserIn]
Draper, Simon J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.09.2023

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04201431, NCT04009096, NCT03797989

UpdateIn: Sci Transl Med. 2023 Jul 12;15(704):eadf1782. - PMID 37437014

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10.1101/2022.05.27.22275375

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NLM341868825