PMID- 34580673 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220427 DP - 2021 Sep 22 TI - Safety and Immunogenicity of an Inactivated Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus Vaccine Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Interim Results of a Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 1/2 Trial. LID - 2021.09.17.21263758 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2021.09.17.21263758 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Production of affordable coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in low- and middle-income countries is needed. NDV-HXP-S is an inactivated egg-based Newcastle disease virus vaccine expressing the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It's being developed in Thailand, Vietnam, and Brazil; herein are initial results from Thailand. METHODS: This phase 1 stage of a randomised, dose-escalation, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1/2 trial was conducted at the Vaccine Trial Centre, Mahidol University (Bangkok). Healthy adults aged 18-59 years, non-pregnant and negative for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were eligible. Participants were block randomised to receive one of six treatments by intramuscular injection twice, 28 days apart: 1 microg+/-CpG1018 (a toll-like receptor 9 agonist), 3 microg+/-CpG1018, 10 microg, or placebo. Participants and personnel assessing outcomes were masked to treatment. The primary outcomes were solicited and spontaneously reported adverse events (AEs) during 7 and 28 days after each vaccination, respectively. Secondary outcomes were immunogenicity measures (anti-S IgG and pseudotyped virus neutralisation). An interim analysis assessed safety at day 57 in treatment-exposed individuals and immunogenicity through day 43 per protocol. ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT04764422 ). FINDINGS: Between March 20 and April 23, 2021, 377 individuals were screened and 210 were enrolled (35 per group); all received dose one; five missed dose two. The most common solicited AEs among vaccinees, all predominantly mild, were injection site pain (<63%), fatigue (<35%), headache (<32%), and myalgia (<32%). The proportion reporting a vaccine-related AE ranged from 5.7% to 17.1% among vaccine groups and was 2.9% in controls; there was no vaccine-related serious adverse event. The 10 microg formulation's immunogenicity ranked best, followed by 3 microg+CpG1018, 3 microg, 1 microg+CpG1018, and 1 microg formulations. On day 43, the geometric mean concentrations of 50% neutralising antibody ranged from 122.23 IU/mL (1 microg, 95% CI 86.40-172.91) to 474.35 IU/mL (10 microg, 95% CI 320.90-701.19), with 93.9% to 100% of vaccine groups attaining a >/=4-fold increase over baseline. INTERPRETATION: NDV-HXP-S had an acceptable safety profile and potent immunogenicity. The 3 microg and 3 microg+CpG1018 formulations advanced to phase 2. FUNDING: National Vaccine Institute (Thailand), National Research Council (Thailand), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institutes of Health (USA). 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PMID: 35284808 PMC - PMC8475960 EDAT- 2021/09/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/29 06:01 PMCR- 2021/09/27 CRDT- 2021/09/28 06:43 PHST- 2021/09/28 06:43 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2021.09.17.21263758 [pii] AID - 10.1101/2021.09.17.21263758 [doi] PST - epublish SO - medRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Sep 22:2021.09.17.21263758. doi: 10.1101/2021.09.17.21263758.