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ABSTRACT: Background
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of childhood medically attended respiratory infection (MARI).Methods
We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial in 1154 preterm infants of 1 or 2 doses of suptavumab, a human monoclonal antibody that can bind and block a conserved epitope on RSV A and B subtypes, for the prevention of RSV MARI. The primary endpoint was proportion of subjects with RSV-confirmed hospitalizations or outpatient lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI).Results
There were no significant differences between primary endpoint rates (8.1%, placebo; 7.7%, 1-dose; 9.3%, 2-dose). Suptavumab prevented RSV A infections (relative risks, .38; 95% confidence interval [CI], .14-1.05 in the 1-dose group and .39 [95% CI, .14-1.07] in the 2-dose group; nominal significance of combined suptavumab group vs placebo; P = .0499), while increasing the rate of RSV B infections (relative risk 1.36 [95% CI, .73-2.56] in the 1-dose group and 1.69 [95% CI, .92-3.08] in the 2-dose group; nominal significance of combined suptavumab group vs placebo; P = .12). Sequenced RSV isolates demonstrated no suptavumab epitope changes in RSV A isolates, while all RSV B isolates had 2-amino acid substitution in the suptavumab epitope that led to loss of neutralization activity. Treatment emergent adverse events were balanced across treatment groups.Conclusions
Suptavumab did not reduce overall RSV hospitalizations or outpatient LRTI because of a newly circulating mutant strain of RSV B. Genetic variation in circulating RSV strains will continue to challenge prevention efforts.Clinical trials registration
NCT02325791.
SUBMITTER: Simoes EAF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simões Eric A F EAF Forleo-Neto Eduardo E Geba Gregory P GP Kamal Mohamed M Yang Feng F Cicirello Helen H Houghton Matthew R MR Rideman Ronald R Zhao Qiong Q Benvin Sarah L SL Hawes Alicia A Fuller Erin D ED Wloga Elzbieta E Pizarro Jose M Novoa JMN Munoz Flor M FM Rush Scott A SA McLellan Jason S JS Lipsich Leah L Stahl Neil N Yancopoulos George D GD Weinreich David M DM Kyratsous Christos A CA Sivapalasingam Sumathi S
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<h4>Background</h4>Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of childhood medically attended respiratory infection (MARI).<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial in 1154 preterm infants of 1 or 2 doses of suptavumab, a human monoclonal antibody that can bind and block a conserved epitope on RSV A and B subtypes, for the prevention of RSV MARI. The primary endpoint was proportion of subjects with RSV-confirmed hospitalizations or outpatie ...[more]