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First field efficacy trial of the ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP vectored malaria vaccine candidate in 5-17 months old infants and children.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Heterologous prime boost immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus 63 (ChAd63) and Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) vectored vaccines is a strategy previously shown to provide substantial protective efficacy against P. falciparum infection in United Kingdom adult Phase IIa sporozoite challenge studies (approximately 20-25% sterile protection with similar numbers showing clear delay in time to patency), and greater point efficacy in a trial in Kenyan adults. METHODOLOGY:We conducted the first Phase IIb clinical trial assessing the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP in 700 healthy malaria exposed children aged 5-17 months in a highly endemic malaria transmission area of Burkina Faso. RESULTS:ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP was shown to be safe and immunogenic but induced only moderate T cell responses (median 326 SFU/106 PBMC (95% CI 290-387)) many fold lower than in previous trials. No significant efficacy was observed against clinical malaria during the follow up period, with efficacy against the primary endpoint estimate by proportional analysis being 13.8% (95%CI -42.4 to 47.9) at sixth month post MVA ME-TRAP and 3.1% (95%CI -15.0 to 18.3; p = 0.72) by Cox regression. CONCLUSIONS:This study has confirmed ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP is a safe and immunogenic vaccine regimen in children and infants with prior exposure to malaria. But no significant protective efficacy was observed in this very highly malaria-endemic setting. TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01635647. Pactr.org PACTR201208000404131.

SUBMITTER: Tiono AB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291132 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First field efficacy trial of the ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP vectored malaria vaccine candidate in 5-17 months old infants and children.

Tiono Alfred B AB Nébié Issa I Anagnostou Nicholas N Coulibaly Aboubacar S AS Bowyer Georgina G Lam Erika E Bougouma Edith C EC Ouedraogo Alphonse A Yaro Jean Baptist B JBB Barry Aïssata A Roberts Rachel R Rampling Tommy T Bliss Carly C Hodgson Susanne S Lawrie Alison A Ouedraogo Amidou A Imoukhuede Egeruan Babatunde EB Ewer Katie J KJ Viebig Nicola K NK Diarra Amidou A Leroy Odile O Bejon Philip P Hill Adrian V S AVS Sirima Sodiomon B SB

PloS one 20181212 12

<h4>Background</h4>Heterologous prime boost immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus 63 (ChAd63) and Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) vectored vaccines is a strategy previously shown to provide substantial protective efficacy against P. falciparum infection in United Kingdom adult Phase IIa sporozoite challenge studies (approximately 20-25% sterile protection with similar numbers showing clear delay in time to patency), and greater point efficacy in a trial in Kenyan adults.<h4>Methodology</h ...[more]

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Project description:ObjectiveThe objective was to measure the efficacy of the vaccination regimen FFM ME-TRAP in preventing episodes of clinical malaria among children in a malaria endemic area. FFM ME-TRAP is sequential immunisation with two attenuated poxvirus vectors (FP9 and modified vaccinia virus Ankara), which both deliver the pre-erythrocytic malaria antigen construct multiple epitope-thrombospondin-related adhesion protein (ME-TRAP).DesignThe trial was randomised and double-blinded.SettingThe setting was a rural, malaria-endemic area of coastal Kenya.ParticipantsWe vaccinated 405 healthy 1- to 6-year-old children.InterventionsParticipants were randomised to vaccination with either FFM ME-TRAP or control (rabies vaccine).Outcome measuresFollowing antimalarial drug treatment children were seen weekly and whenever they were unwell during nine months of monitoring. The axillary temperature was measured, and blood films taken when febrile. The primary analysis was time to a parasitaemia of over 2,500 parasites/mul.ResultsThe regime was moderately immunogenic, but the magnitude of T cell responses was lower than in previous studies. In intention to treat (ITT) analysis, time to first episode was shorter in the FFM ME-TRAP group. The cumulative incidence of febrile malaria was 52/190 (27%) for FFM ME-TRAP and 40/197 (20%) among controls (hazard ratio = 1.52). This was not statistically significant (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-2.3; p = 0.14 by log-rank). A group of 346 children were vaccinated according to protocol (ATP). Among these children, the hazard ratio was 1.3 (95% CI 0.8-2.1; p = 0.55 by log-rank). When multiple malaria episodes were included in the analyses, the incidence rate ratios were 1.6 (95% CI 1.1-2.3); p = 0.017 for ITT, and 1.4 (95% CI 0.9-2.1); p = 0.16 for ATP. Haemoglobin and parasitaemia in cross-sectional surveys at 3 and 9 mo did not differ by treatment group. Among children vaccinated with FFM ME-TRAP, there was no correlation between immunogenicity and malaria incidence.ConclusionsNo protection was induced against febrile malaria by this vaccine regimen. Future field studies will require vaccinations with stronger immunogenicity in children living in malarious areas.

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First field efficacy trial of the ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP vectored malaria vaccine candidate in 5-17 months old infants and children.

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First field efficacy trial of the ChAd63 MVA ME-TRAP vectored malaria vaccine candidate in 5-17 months old infants and children.

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