TY - JOUR
T1 - A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants
AU - Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe
AU - Lell, Bertrand
AU - Fernandes, José Francisco
AU - Abossolo, Béatrice Peggy
AU - Methogo, Barbara Gaelle Nfono Ondo
AU - Kabwende, Anita Lumeka
AU - Adegnika, Ayola Akim
AU - Mordmüller, Benjamin
AU - Issifou, Saadou
AU - Kremsner, Peter Gottfried
AU - Sacarlal, Jahit
AU - Aide, Pedro
AU - Lanaspa, Miguel
AU - Aponte, John J
AU - Machevo, Sonia
AU - Acacio, Sozinho
AU - Bulo, Helder
AU - Sigauque, Betuel
AU - Macete, Eusébio
AU - Alonso, Pedro
AU - Abdulla, Salim
AU - Salim, Nahya
AU - Minja, Rose
AU - Mpina, Maxmillian
AU - Ahmed, Saumu
AU - Ali, Ali Mohammed
AU - Mtoro, Ali Takadir
AU - Hamad, Ali Said
AU - Mutani, Paul
AU - Tanner, Marcel
AU - Tinto, Halidou
AU - D'Alessandro, Umberto
AU - Sorgho, Hermann
AU - Valea, Innocent
AU - Bihoun, Biébo
AU - Guiraud, Issa
AU - Kaboré, Berenger
AU - Sombié, Olivier
AU - Guiguemdé, Robert Tinga
AU - Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco
AU - Hamel, Mary J
AU - Kariuki, Simon
AU - Oneko, Martina
AU - Odero, Chris
AU - Otieno, Kephas
AU - Awino, Norbert
AU - McMorrow, Meredith
AU - Muturi-Kioi, Vincent
AU - Lusingu, John
AU - Theander, Thor G
AU - RTS,S Clinical Trials Partnership
PY - 2012/12/13
Y1 - 2012/12/13
N2 - 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 personyear 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.)
AB - 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 personyear 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.)
U2 - 10.1056/NEJMoa1208394
DO - 10.1056/NEJMoa1208394
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23136909
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 367
SP - 2284
EP - 2295
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 24
ER -