Safety and Immune Responses After Vaccination With an Investigational RNA-based Vaccine Against Malaria

Summary

This first-in-human clinical trial, was a dose escalation multi-center trial designed to assess the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the vaccine component, BNT165b1, a ribonucleic acid (RNA)-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) encoding for part of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP). BNT165b1 was evaluated at three dose levels (DLs) to select a safe and tolerable dose in a 3-dose schedule.

Timeline

Start

2022-12-15

Primary completion

2024-02-23

Completion

2024-09-06

Publications

• Mo AX, McGugan G, Pesce JT. Meeting report: Expert consultation on late arresting replication competent (LARC) malaria sporozoite vaccine research & development. Vaccine. 2025 Apr 30;54:127009. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127009. Epub 2025 Apr 16.

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