Evaluating the efficacy and safety of SpikoGen®, an Advax-CpG55.2-adjuvanted severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spike protein vaccine : a phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled trial

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OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate the efficacy and safety of SpikoGen®, a subunit coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine composed of a recombinant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spike protein with Advax-CpG55.2™ adjuvant.

METHODS: This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 3 trial was conducted on 16 876 participants randomized (3:1) to receive two intramuscular doses of SpikoGen® or a saline placebo 21 days apart. The primary outcome was to assess the efficacy of SpikoGen® in preventing symptomatic COVID-19. Secondary outcomes included safety assessments and evaluation of SpikoGen® vaccine's efficacy in preventing severe COVID-19. The study aimed for 147 COVID-19 symptomatic cases.

RESULTS: Overall, 12 657 and 4219 participants were randomized to the SpikoGen® and placebo group and followed for a median of 55 days (interquartile range, 48-60 days) and 51 days (interquartile range, 46-58 days) after 14 days of the second dose, respectively. In the final per-protocol analysis, the number of COVID-19 cases was 247 of 9998 (2.4%) in the SpikoGen® group and 119 of 3069 (3.8%) in the placebo group. This equated to a vaccine efficacy of 43.99% (95% CI, 30.3-55.0%). The efficacy was calculated to be 44.22% (95% CI, 31.13-54.82%) among all participants who received both doses. From 2 weeks after the second dose, 5 of 9998 (0.05%) participants in the SpikoGen® group and 6 of 3069 (0.19%) participants in the placebo group developed severe COVID-19, equating to a vaccine efficacy against severe disease of 77.51% (95% CI, 26.3-93.1%). The SpikoGen® vaccine was well tolerated.

DISCUSSION: A 2-dose regimen of SpikoGen® reduced the rate of COVID-19 and severe disease in the wave of the Delta variant.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 29(2023), 2 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 215-220

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tabarsi, Payam [VerfasserIn]
Anjidani, Nassim [VerfasserIn]
Shahpari, Ramin [VerfasserIn]
Mardani, Masoud [VerfasserIn]
Sabzvari, Araz [VerfasserIn]
Yazdani, Babak [VerfasserIn]
Kafi, Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]
Fallah, Newsha [VerfasserIn]
Ebrahimi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Taheri, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Petrovsky, Nikolai [VerfasserIn]
Barati, Saghar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19 Vaccines
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Delta
Delta inulin
Journal Article
Phase 3
Randomized Controlled Trial
SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein with delta inulin and CpG-ODN adjuvant vaccine
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
SpikoGen
Subunit protein vaccine

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Date Completed 15.02.2023

Date Revised 15.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2022.09.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346133599