A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

Agnandji, S; Lell, B; Fernandes, J; Abossolo, B; Methogo, BG; Kabwende, A; Adegnika, A; Mordmüller, B; Issifou, S; Kremsner, P; Sacarlal, J; Aide, P; Lanaspa, M; Aponte, J; Machevo, S; Acacio, S; Bulo, H; Sigauque, B; Macete, E; Alonso, P; Abdulla, S; Salim, N; Minja, R; Mpina, M; Ahmed, S

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A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants.

Abstract:: BACKGROUND: The candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 reduced episodes of both clinical and severe malaria in children 5 to 17 months of age by approximately 50% in an ongoing phase 3 trial. We studied infants 6 to 12 weeks of age recruited for the same trial. METHODS: We administered RTS,S/AS01 or a comparator vaccine to 6537 infants who were 6 to 12 weeks of age at the time of the first vaccination in conjunction with Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) vaccines in a three-dose monthly schedule. Vaccine efficacy against the first or only episode of clinical malaria during the 12 months after vaccination, a coprimary end point, was analyzed with the use of Cox regression. Vaccine efficacy against all malaria episodes, vaccine efficacy against severe malaria, safety, and immunogenicity were also assessed. RESULTS: The incidence of the first or only episode of clinical malaria in the intention-to-treat population during the 14 months after the first dose of vaccine was 0.31 per person-year in the RTS,S/AS01 group and 0.40 per person-year in the control group, for a vaccine efficacy of 30.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 23.6 to 36.1). Vaccine efficacy in the per-protocol population was 31.3% (97.5% CI, 23.6 to 38.3). Vaccine efficacy against severe malaria was 26.0% (95% CI, -7.4 to 48.6) in the intention-to-treat population and 36.6% (95% CI, 4.6 to 57.7) in the per-protocol population. Serious adverse events occurred with a similar frequency in the two study groups. One month after administration of the third dose of RTS,S/AS01, 99.7% of children were positive for anti-circumsporozoite antibodies, with a geometric mean titer of 209 EU per milliliter (95% CI, 197 to 222). CONCLUSIONS: The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine coadministered with EPI vaccines provided modest protection against both clinical and severe malaria in young infants. (Funded by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals and the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative; RTS,S ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00866619.).

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Agnandji, S., Lell, B., Fernandes, J., Abossolo, B., Methogo, B. G., Kabwende, A., Adegnika, A., Mordmüller, B., Issifou, S., Kremsner, P., Sacarlal, J., Aide, P., Lanaspa, M., Aponte, J., Machevo, S., Acacio, S., Bulo, H., Sigauque, B., Macete, E., … Ahmed, S. (2012). A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants. New England Journal of Medicine, 367(24), 2284–2295.

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Agnandji, S, et al. “A Phase 3 Trial of RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine in African Infants.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 367, no. 24, 2012, pp. 2284–95.

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Agnandji, S, B Lell, J Fernandes, et al. 2012. “A Phase 3 Trial of RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine in African Infants.” New England Journal of Medicine 367 (24): 2284–95.
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