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Safety of the RTS,S/AS02D candidate malaria vaccine in infants living in a highly endemic area of Mozambique: a double blind randomised controlled phase I/IIb trial.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Malaria remains a leading global health problem that requires the improved use of existing interventions and the accelerated development of new control methods. We aimed to assess the safety, immunogenicity, and initial efficacy of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS02D in infants in Africa.
METHODS:
We did a phase I/IIb double-blind randomised trial of 214 infants in Mozambique. Infants were randomly assigned to receive three doses either of RTS,S/AS02D or the hepatitis B vaccine Engerix-B at ages 10 weeks, 14 weeks, and 18 weeks of age, as well as routine immunisation vaccines given at 8, 12, and 16 weeks of age. The primary endpoint was safety of the RTS,S/AS02D during the first 6 months of the study, and analysis was by intention to treat. Secondary endpoints included immunogenicity and analysis of new Plasmodium falciparum infections during a 3-month follow up after the third dose. Time to new infections in the per-protocol cohort were compared between groups using Cox regression models. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00197028.
FINDINGS:
There were 17 children (15.9%; 95% CI 9.5-24.2) with serious adverse events in each group. In the follow-up which ended on March 6, 2007, there were 31 serious adverse events in the RTS,S/AS02D group and 30 serious adverse events in the Engerix-B group, none of which were reported as related to vaccination. There were four deaths during this same follow-up period; all of them after the active detection of infection period had finished at study month 6 (two in RTSS/AS02D group and two in the Engerix-B group). RTS,S/AS02D induced high titres of anti-circumsporozoite antibodies. 68 first or only P falciparum infections were documented: 22 in the RTS,S/AS02D group and 46 in the control group. The adjusted vaccine efficacy was 65.9% (95% CI 42.6-79.8%, p<0.0001).
INTERPRETATION:
The RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine was safe, well tolerated, and immunogenic in young infants. These findings set the stage for expanded phase III efficacy studies to confirm vaccine efficacy against clinical malaria disease.
AuthorsJohn J Aponte, Pedro Aide, Montse Renom, Inacio Mandomando, Quique Bassat, Jahit Sacarlal, M Nelia Manaca, Sarah Lafuente, Arnoldo Barbosa, Amanda Leach, Marc Lievens, Johan Vekemans, Betuel Sigauque, Marie-Claude Dubois, Marie-Ange Demoitié, Marla Sillman, Barbara Savarese, John G McNeil, Eusebio Macete, W Ripley Ballou, Joe Cohen, Pedro L Alonso
JournalLancet (London, England) (Lancet) Vol. 370 Issue 9598 Pg. 1543-51 (Nov 03 2007) ISSN: 1474-547X [Electronic] England
PMID17949807 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase I, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Malaria Vaccines
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan (blood)
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunization Schedule
  • Infant
  • Malaria (prevention & control)
  • Malaria Vaccines (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
  • Male
  • Mozambique
  • Plasmodium falciparum (immunology)

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