Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of intradermal mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination : a non-inferiority, randomized-controlled trial

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Fractional dosing can be a cost-effective vaccination strategy to accelerate individual and herd immunity in a pandemic. We assessed the immunogenicity and safety of primary intradermal (ID) vaccination, with a 1/5th dose compared with the standard intramuscular (IM) dose of mRNA-1273 in SARS-CoV-2 naïve persons. We conducted an open-label, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial in the Netherlands between June and December 2021. One hundred and fifty healthy and SARS-CoV-2 naïve participants, aged 18-30 years, were randomized (1:1:1) to receive either two doses of 20 µg mRNA-1273 ID with a standard needle (SN) or the Bella-mu® needle (BM), or two doses of 100 µg IM, 28 days apart. The primary outcome was non-inferiority in seroconversion rates at day 43 (D43), defined as a neutralizing antibody concentration threshold of 465 IU/mL, the lowest response in the IM group. The non-inferiority margin was set at -15%. Neutralizing antibody concentrations at D43 were 1789 (95% CI: 1488-2150) in the IM and 1263 (951-1676) and 1295 (1020-1645) in the ID-SN and ID-BM groups, respectively. The absolute difference in seroconversion proportion between fractional and standard-dose groups was -13.95% (-24.31 to -3.60) for the ID-SN and -13.04% (-22.78 to -3.31) for the ID-BM group and exceeded the predefined non-inferiority margin. Although ID vaccination with 1/5th dose of mRNA-1273 did not meet the predefined non-inferior criteria, the neutralizing antibody concentrations in these groups are far above the proposed proxy for protection against severe disease (100 IU/mL), justifying this strategy in times of vaccine scarcity to accelerate mass protection against severe disease.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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NPJ vaccines - 9(2024), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite 1

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Englisch

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Prins, Manon L M [VerfasserIn]
Roozen, Geert V T [VerfasserIn]
Pothast, Cilia R [VerfasserIn]
Huisman, Wesley [VerfasserIn]
van Binnendijk, Rob [VerfasserIn]
den Hartog, Gerco [VerfasserIn]
Kuiper, Vincent P [VerfasserIn]
Prins, Corine [VerfasserIn]
Janse, Jacqueline J [VerfasserIn]
Lamers, Olivia A C [VerfasserIn]
Koopman, Jan Pieter R [VerfasserIn]
Kruithof, Annelieke C [VerfasserIn]
Kamerling, Ingrid M C [VerfasserIn]
Dijkland, Romy C [VerfasserIn]
de Kroon, Alicia C [VerfasserIn]
Azimi, Shohreh [VerfasserIn]
Feltkamp, Mariet C W [VerfasserIn]
Kuijer, Marjan [VerfasserIn]
Jochems, Simon P [VerfasserIn]
Heemskerk, Mirjam H M [VerfasserIn]
Rosendaal, Frits R [VerfasserIn]
Roestenberg, Meta [VerfasserIn]
Visser, Leo G [VerfasserIn]
Roukens, Anna H E [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 05.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41541-023-00785-w

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NLM366583603