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Tolerability, safety and immunogenicity of intradermal delivery of a fractional dose mRNA -1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in healthy adults as a dose sparing strategy (preprint)
medrxiv; 2021.
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| medRxiv | ID: ppzbmed-10.1101.2021.07.27.21261116
ABSTRACT
Background There is an urgent need for fair and equitable access to safe and effective vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortages in reagents and vaccines are a major challenge, as well as limited knowledge on dose response relationship with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. We explored intradermal fractional dose administration of a mRNA SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccine as a potential dose-sparing strategy. Methods We conducted a proof-of-concept, dose-escalation, open-label, randomised-controlled vaccine trial (IDSCOVA) in healthy adults aged 18-30 years. To test initial safety, ten participants received 10 g mRNA-1273 vaccine through intradermal injection at day 1 and 29. Following a favourable safety review, thirty participants were 11 randomised to receive 20 g mRNA-1273 either intradermally or intramuscularly. The primary endpoint was tolerability and safety. The secondary endpoint was seroconversion and specific IgG concentration against SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 and Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) after the second dose at day 43. We compared results to two historical cohorts of non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients and vaccinated individuals. Findings Thirty-eight of forty included participants (median age 25 years) completed the study. There were no serious adverse events. Self-reported local adverse reactions after intradermal delivery were mild, both in the 10 g and the 20 g group. In the higher dose group, systemic adverse reactions were more common, but still well tolerated. All 38 participants mounted substantially higher IgG-anti-S1 and IgG-anti-RBD concentrations at day 43 than COVID-19 controls. At day 43, anti-S1 (95% CI) was 1,696 (1,309-2,198) BAU/mL for the 10 g intradermal group, 1,406 (953.5-2,074) BAU/mL for the 20 g intramuscular group and 2,057 (1,421-2,975) BAU/mL for the 20 g intradermal group. Anti-S1 was 107.2 (63-182.2) BAU/mL for the convalescent plasma control group and 1,558 (547.8-4,433) BAU/mL for the individuals vaccinated with 100 g mRNA-1273. Interpretation Intradermal administration of 10 g and 20 g mRNA-1273 vaccine was well tolerated and safe, and resulted in a robust antibody response. Intradermal vaccination has the potential to be deployed for vaccine dose-sparing.
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COVID-19
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2021
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