PMID- 25424924 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150727 LR - 20220318 IS - 2164-554X (Electronic) IS - 2164-5515 (Print) IS - 2164-5515 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 8 DP - 2014 TI - Evaluation of the immune response to RTS,S/AS01 and RTS,S/AS02 adjuvanted vaccines: randomized, double-blind study in malaria-naive adults. PG - 2211-9 LID - 10.4161/hv.29375 [doi] AB - This phase II, randomized, double-blind study evaluated the immunogenicity of RTS,S vaccines containing Adjuvant System AS01 or AS02 as compared with non-adjuvanted RTS,S in healthy, malaria-naive adults (NCT00443131). Thirty-six subjects were randomized (1:1:1) to receive RTS,S/AS01, RTS,S/AS02, or RTS,S/saline at months 0, 1, and 2. Antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite (CS) and hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigens were assessed and cell-mediated immune responses evaluated by flow cytometry using intracellular cytokine staining on peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Anti-CS antibody avidity was also characterized. Safety and reactogenicity after each vaccine dose were monitored. One month after the third vaccine dose, RTS,S/AS01 (160.3 EU/mL [95%CI: 114.1-225.4]) and RTS,S/AS02 (77.4 EU/mL (95%CI: 47.3-126.7)) recipients had significantly higher anti-CS antibody geometric mean titers (GMTs) than recipients of RTS,S/saline (12.2 EU/mL (95%CI: 4.8-30.7); P < 0.0001 and P = 0.0011, respectively). The anti-CS antibody GMT was significantly higher with RTS,S/AS01 than with RTS,S/AS02 (P = 0.0135). Anti-CS antibody avidity was in the same range in all groups. CS- and HBs-specific CD4(+) T cell responses were greater for both RTS,S/AS groups than for the RTS,S/saline group. Reactogenicity was in general higher for RTS,S/AS compared with RTS,S/saline. Most grade 3 solicited adverse events (AEs) were of short duration and grade 3 solicited general AEs were infrequent in the 3 groups. No serious adverse events were reported. In conclusion, in comparison with non-adjuvanted RTS,S, both RTS,S/AS vaccines exhibited better CS-specific immune responses. The anti-CS antibody response was significantly higher with RTS,S/AS01 than with RTS,S/AS02. The adjuvanted vaccines had acceptable safety profiles. FAU - Leroux-Roels, Geert AU - Leroux-Roels G AD - a Centre for Vaccinology (CEVAC); Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital; Ghent, Belgium. FAU - Leroux-Roels, Isabel AU - Leroux-Roels I FAU - Clement, Frederic AU - Clement F FAU - Ofori-Anyinam, Opokua AU - Ofori-Anyinam O FAU - Lievens, Marc AU - Lievens M FAU - Jongert, Erik AU - Jongert E FAU - Moris, Philippe AU - Moris P FAU - Ballou, W Ripley AU - Ballou WR FAU - Cohen, Joe AU - Cohen J LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase II PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Hum Vaccin Immunother JT - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics JID - 101572652 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Protozoan) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Malaria Vaccines) RN - 0 (Protozoan Proteins) RN - 0 (RTS,S-AS01 vaccine) RN - 0 (RTS,S-AS02A vaccine) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Synthetic) RN - 0 (circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Antibodies, Protozoan/blood MH - Antibody Affinity MH - Cytokines/analysis MH - Double-Blind Method MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/epidemiology/pathology MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Healthy Volunteers MH - Humans MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology MH - Malaria Vaccines/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*immunology MH - Male MH - Plasmodium falciparum/immunology MH - Protozoan Proteins/immunology MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Vaccines, Synthetic/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*immunology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4896765 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AS01 OT - AS02 OT - adjuvant OT - cell-mediated immunity OT - humoral immunity OT - malaria OT - vaccine EDAT- 2014/11/27 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/28 06:00 PMCR- 2015/06/24 CRDT- 2014/11/27 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/11/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/06/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10929375 [pii] AID - 10.4161/hv.29375 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014;10(8):2211-9. doi: 10.4161/hv.29375.