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ABSTRACT: Background
The recombinant protein-based vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, demonstrated 89.7% efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a phase 3, randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in the United Kingdom. The protocol was amended to include a blinded crossover. Data to the end of the placebo-controlled phase are reported.Methods
Adults aged 18-84 years received 2 doses of NVX-CoV2373 or placebo (1:1) and were monitored for virologically confirmed mild, moderate, or severe COVID-19 (onset from 7 days after second vaccination). Participants who developed immunoglobulin G (IgG) against nucleocapsid protein but did not show symptomatic COVID-19 were considered asymptomatic. Secondary outcomes included anti-spike (S) IgG responses, wild-type virus neutralization, and T-cell responses.Results
Of 15 185 participants, 13 989 remained in the per-protocol efficacy population (6989 NVX-CoV2373, 7000 placebo). At a maximum of 7.5 months (median, 4.5) postvaccination, there were 24 cases of COVID-19 among NVX-CoV2373 recipients and 134 cases among placebo recipients, a vaccine efficacy of 82.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 73.3%-88.8%). Vaccine efficacy was 100% (95% CI, 17.9%-100.0%) against severe disease and 76.3% (95% CI, 57.4%-86.8%) against asymptomatic disease. High anti-S and neutralization responses to vaccination were evident, together with S-protein-specific induction of interferon-γ secretion in peripheral blood T cells. Incidence of serious adverse events and adverse events of special interest were similar between groups.Conclusions
A 2-dose regimen of NVX-CoV2373 conferred a high level of ongoing protection against asymptomatic, symptomatic, and severe COVID-19 through >6 months postvaccination. A gradual decrease of protection suggests that a booster may be indicated.Clinical trials registration
EudraCT, 2020-004123-16.
SUBMITTER: Heath PT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9619635 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heath Paul T PT Galiza Eva P EP Baxter David Neil DN Boffito Marta M Browne Duncan D Burns Fiona F Chadwick David R DR Clark Rebecca R Cosgrove Catherine A CA Galloway James J Goodman Anna L AL Heer Amardeep A Higham Andrew A Iyengar Shalini S Jeanes Christopher C Kalra Philip A PA Kyriakidou Christina C Bradley Judy M JM Munthali Chigomezgo C Minassian Angela M AM McGill Fiona F Moore Patrick P Munsoor Imrozia I Nicholls Helen H Osanlou Orod O Packham Jonathan J Pretswell Carol H CH San Francisco Ramos Alberto A Saralaya Dinesh D Sheridan Ray P RP Smith Richard R Soiza Roy L RL Swift Pauline A PA Thomson Emma C EC Turner Jeremy J Viljoen Marianne Elizabeth ME Fries Louis L Cho Iksung I McKnight Irene I Glenn Greg G Rivers E Joy EJ Robertson Andreana A Alves Katia K Smith Kathy K Toback Seth S
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<h4>Background</h4>The recombinant protein-based vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, demonstrated 89.7% efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a phase 3, randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in the United Kingdom. The protocol was amended to include a blinded crossover. Data to the end of the placebo-controlled phase are reported.<h4>Methods</h4>Adults aged 18-84 years received 2 doses of NVX-CoV2373 or placebo (1:1) and were monitored for virologically confirmed mild, moder ...[more]