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Safety and Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine

📅 Published: June 30, 2021 👤 Paul T. Heath, Eva P. Galiza, David N. Baxter et al. 📖 New England Journal of Medicine 📊 1,084 citations
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BACKGROUND: Early clinical data from studies of the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine (Novavax), a recombinant nanoparticle vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that contains the full-length spike glycoprotein of the prototype strain plus Matrix-M adjuvant, showed that the vaccine was safe and associated with a robust immune response in healthy adult participants. CONCLUSIONS: A two-dose regimen of the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine administered to adult participants conferred 89....

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Key Findings
  • 1 Additional data were needed regarding the efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of this vaccine in a larger population.
  • 2 METHODS: In this phase 3, randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled trial conducted at 33 sites in the United Kingdom, we assigned adults between the ages of 18 and 84 years in a 1:1 ratio to receive two intramuscular 5-μg doses of NVX-CoV2373 or placebo administered 21 days apart.
  • 3 The primary efficacy end point was virologically confirmed mild, moderate, or severe SARS-CoV-2 infection with an onset at least 7 days after the second injection in participants who were serologically negative at baseline.
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