Safety of the novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in infants and young children aged 1 to <5 years and lot-to-lot consistency of the immune response to nOPV2 in infants in The Gambia : a phase 3, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

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BACKGROUND: Novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) has been engineered to improve the genetic stability of Sabin oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) and reduce the emergence of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses. This trial aimed to provide key safety and immunogenicity data required for nOPV2 licensure and WHO prequalification.

METHODS: This phase 3 trial recruited infants aged 18 to <52 weeks and young children aged 1 to <5 years in The Gambia. Infants randomly assigned to receive one or two doses of one of three lots of nOPV2 or one lot of bivalent OPV (bOPV). Young children were randomised to receive two doses of nOPV2 lot 1 or bOPV. The primary immunogenicity objective was to assess lot-to-lot equivalence of the three nOPV2 lots based on one-dose type 2 poliovirus neutralising antibody seroconversion rates in infants. Equivalence was declared if the 95% CI for the three pairwise rate differences was within the -10% to 10% equivalence margin. Tolerability and safety were assessed based on the rates of solicited adverse events to 7 days, unsolicited adverse events to 28 days, and serious adverse events to 3 months post-dose. Stool poliovirus excretion was examined. The trial was registered as PACTR202010705577776 and is completed.

FINDINGS: Between February and October, 2021, 2345 infants and 600 young children were vaccinated. 2272 (96·9%) were eligible for inclusion in the post-dose one per-protocol population. Seroconversion rates ranged from 48·9% to 49·2% across the three lots. The minimum lower bound of the 95% CIs for the pairwise differences in seroconversion rates between lots was -5·8%. The maximum upper bound was 5·4%. Equivalence was therefore shown. Of those seronegative at baseline, 143 (85·6%) of 167 (95% CI 79·4-90·6) infants and 54 (83·1%) of 65 (71·7-91·2) young children seroconverted over the two-dose nOPV2 schedule. The post-two-dose seroprotection rates, including participants who were both seronegative and seropositive at baseline, were 604 (92·9%) of 650 (95% CI 90·7-94·8) in infants and 276 (95·5%) of 289 (92·4-97·6) in young children. No safety concerns were identified. 7 days post-dose one, 78 (41·7%) of 187 (95% CI 34·6-49·1) infants were excreting the type 2 poliovirus.

INTERPRETATION: nOPV2 was immunogenic and safe in infants and young children in The Gambia. The data support the licensure and WHO prequalification of nOPV2.

FUNDING: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:403

Enthalten in:

Lancet (London, England) - 403(2024), 10432 vom: 23. März, Seite 1164-1175

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ochoge, Magnus [VerfasserIn]
Futa, Ahmed Cherno [VerfasserIn]
Umesi, Ama [VerfasserIn]
Affleck, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Kotei, Larry [VerfasserIn]
Daffeh, Baboucarr [VerfasserIn]
Saidy-Jah, Ebrima [VerfasserIn]
Njie, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Oyadiran, Oluwafemi [VerfasserIn]
Edem, Bassey [VerfasserIn]
Jallow, Musa [VerfasserIn]
Jallow, Edrissa [VerfasserIn]
Donkor, Simon A [VerfasserIn]
Tritama, Erman [VerfasserIn]
Abid, Talha [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Kathryn A V [VerfasserIn]
Mainou, Bernardo A [VerfasserIn]
Konz, John O [VerfasserIn]
Fix, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Gast, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Clarke, Ed [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Journal Article
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02844-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368928616