Comparative immunogenicity and safety of SpikoGen®, a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine in children and young adults : An immuno-bridging clinical trial

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BACKGROUND: SpikoGen® is a recombinant subunit spike protein ectodomain vaccine manufactured in insect cells and formulated with the novel polysaccharide-based Advax-CpG55.2 adjuvant. This study aimed to compare the immunogenicity and safety of SpikoGen® vaccine in children, adolescents and young adults.

METHODS: This was a non-randomized, three-arm, open-label, parallel-group, immuno-bridging, non-inferiority trial to compare the immunogenicity and safety of a primary course of two intramuscular doses of SpikoGen® vaccine in children aged 5 to < 12 years, adolescents aged 12 to < 18 years and young adults aged 18 to 40 years. Children 5-12 years received a half dose of 12.5 μg spike protein, whereas the other groups received the full vaccine dose. Vaccine immunogenicity was evaluated via assessment of serum anti-spike and neutralizing antibodies 14 days after the second dose. Solicited adverse events were recorded for 7 days after each vaccination. Safety assessments including serious adverse events were continued through six months after the second dose in children and adolescents.

RESULTS: Two weeks after the second dose, seroconversion rates for neutralizing antibody levels were not significantly different for children (59.50 %), adolescents (52.06 %) and adults (56.01 %). The 95 % confidence interval of the difference in seroconversion rates between children and adults was within the prespecified non-inferiority margin of 10 % (-12 % to 5 %). SpikoGen® vaccine was well tolerated in all age groups with the most common solicited adverse events being injection site pain and fatigue which were generally transient and mild.

CONCLUSION: SpikoGen® vaccine was shown to be safe, well tolerated and immunogenic in children as young as 5 years of age, with non-inferior responses to those seen in adults. The Iranian FDA authorisation of SpikoGen® vaccine is now extended down to 5 years of age.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 127(2024) vom: 25. Jan., Seite 111436

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tabarsi, Payam [VerfasserIn]
Mamishi, Setareh [VerfasserIn]
Anjidani, Nassim [VerfasserIn]
Shahpari, Ramin [VerfasserIn]
Kafi, Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]
Fallah, Newsha [VerfasserIn]
Yazdani, Babak [VerfasserIn]
Ebrahimi, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Roshanzamir, Khashayar [VerfasserIn]
Ebrahimi, Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]
Oveisi, Soudabeh [VerfasserIn]
Soltani, Adele [VerfasserIn]
Petrovsky, Nikolai [VerfasserIn]
Barati, Saghar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Children
Equivalence Trial
Journal Article
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
Subunit vaccine
Vaccines, Subunit
Vaccines, Synthetic

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Date Completed 29.01.2024

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111436

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366384368