Trial reportVaccine2016
Safety and efficacy of a cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (gB) vaccine in adolescent girls: A randomized clinical trial.
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146 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 232 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of interventions to improve vaccine efficacy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Antiviral Agents for Preventing Cytomegalovirus Disease in Recipients of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.Viruses · 2024Pooled it
- Task force Guideline of Brazilian Society of Otology ‒ hearing loss in children - Part I ‒ Evaluation.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyGuideline
- Safety and Immunogenicity of a Messenger RNA-Based Cytomegalovirus Vaccine in Healthy Adults: Results From a Phase 1 Randomized Clinical Trial.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2024Trial
- A Randomized Dose-Escalating Phase I Trial of a Replication-Deficient Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Vector-Based Vaccine Against Human Cytomegalovirus.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Trial
- Cytomegalovirus Genetic Diversity Following Primary Infection.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- A Replication-Defective Human Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Elicits Humoral Immune Responses Analogous to Those with Natural Infection.Journal of virology · 2019Trial
- Original Antigenic Sin Shapes the Immunological Repertoire Evoked by Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B/MF59 Vaccine in Seropositive Recipients.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Intrahost Dynamics of Human Cytomegalovirus Variants Acquired by Seronegative Glycoprotein B Vaccinees.Journal of virology · 2019Trial
- Dynamic Changes in Natural Killer Cell Subset Frequencies in the Absence of Cytomegalovirus Infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2019Trial
- HCMV glycoprotein B subunit vaccine efficacy mediated by nonneutralizing antibody effector functions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Trial
- Establishment of a Neonatal Natural Transmission Model for Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Development.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Human cytomegalovirus at the maternal-fetal interface: an overview of pathogenesis, defence, and interventions.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2026Review
- Interstrain recombinants of human cytomegalovirus uncouple glycoprotein display, virion infectivity, and spread characteristics.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Isolation and characterization of broadly-neutralizing anti-HCMV-gB antibodies from human donors using a prefusion-stabilized HCMV gB variant.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Advances in immunotherapy for cytomegalovirus infection following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Immunotherapy · 2026Review
- Viral infections in solid organ transplant recipients: immunological principles and intervention strategies.American journal of translational research · 2026Review
- Progress and prospects for herpesvirus vaccination using gB antigens.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Birth prevalence, clinical sequelae, and management of congenital cytomegalovirus infections in Australia, 1999-2023: a national prospective study.The Medical journal of Australia · 2025Observational
- Establishing long-lasting vaccine immunity: insights from mRNA and adjuvanted protein platforms.NPJ vaccines · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundCytomegalovirus (CMV) is a leading cause of congenital infection and an important target for vaccine development.
methodsCMV seronegative girls between 12 and 17 years of age received CMV glycoprotein B (gB) vaccine with MF59 or saline placebo at 0, 1 and 6 months. Blood and urine were collected throughout the study for evidence of CMV infection based on PCR and/or seroconversion to non-vaccine CMV antigens.
results402 CMV seronegative subjects were vaccinated (195 vaccine, 207 placebo). The vaccine was generally well tolerated, although local and systemic adverse events were significantly more common in the vaccine group. The vaccine induced gB antibody in all vaccine recipients with a gB geometric mean titer of 13,400 EU; 95%CI 11,436, 15,700, after 3 doses. Overall, 48 CMV infections were detected (21 vaccine, 27 placebo). In the per protocol population (124 vaccine, 125 placebo) vaccine efficacy was 43%; 95%CI: -36; 76, p=0.20. The most significant difference was after 2 doses, administered as per protocol; vaccine efficacy 45%, 95%CI: -9; 72, p=0.08.
conclusionThe vaccine was safe and immunogenic. Although the efficacy did not reach conventional levels of significance, the results are consistent with a previous study in adult women (Pass et al. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1191) using the same formulation.
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