Immunogenicity and safety of SpikoGen®, an adjuvanted recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine as a homologous and heterologous booster vaccination : A randomized placebo-controlled trial

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SpikoGen® is a subunit recombinant spike protein vaccine combined with Advax-CpG55.2™ adjuvant. This COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be safe, immunogenic and efficacious in previous clinical trials. This study aimed to assess the safety and immunogenicity of SpikoGen® vaccine as a homologous and heterologous booster vaccination. This double-blind and randomized placebo-controlled (5:1) trial was performed on 300 already vaccinated participants. SpikoGen® or saline placebo was administered as a booster dose to participants who had received a full two-dose COVID-19 vaccination course. Immunogenicity assessments were done 14 days after the booster dose with the primary immunogenicity outcome seroconversion rate of neutralizing antibodies. Safety outcomes included the incidence of solicited adverse events up to 7 days after the booster dose. SpikoGen® vaccine induced a robust humoral response both as a homologous and heterologous booster, when compared to the placebo. At Day 14, seroconversion of neutralizing antibodies was 76% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 69%-82%) in the SpikoGen® group versus 3% (95% CI: 0%-13%) in the placebo group. The most common local and systemic reported adverse events were injection site pain and fatigue. No serious adverse events were reported. The SpikoGen®-booster induced cross-neutralization of other SARS-CoV-2 variants. Irrespective of the primary vaccine course received, SpikoGen® vaccine showed promising effects as both a homologous and heterologous booster dose. This vaccine also had a good safety profile with no vaccine-associated serious adverse events. On the basis of these results, SpikoGen® vaccine has been approved as a booster dose.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:167

Enthalten in:

Immunology - 167(2022), 3 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 340-353

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tabarsi, Payam [VerfasserIn]
Anjidani, Nassim [VerfasserIn]
Shahpari, Ramin [VerfasserIn]
Roshanzamir, Khashayar [VerfasserIn]
Fallah, Newsha [VerfasserIn]
Andre, Greiciely [VerfasserIn]
Petrovsky, Nikolai [VerfasserIn]
Barati, Saghar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adjuvants, Immunologic
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Booster
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Cross-neutralization
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein with delta inulin and CpG-ODN adjuvant vaccine
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
SpikoGen
Vaccines, Subunit
Vaccines, Synthetic

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Date Completed 11.10.2022

Date Revised 31.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imm.13540

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342798510