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ReviewScience translational medicine2019

Design of vaccine efficacy trials during public health emergencies.

Natalie E Dean, Pierre-Stéphane Gsell, Ron Brookmeyer, Victor De Gruttola, Christl A Donnelly, M Elizabeth Halloran, Momodou Jasseh, Martha Nason, Ximena Riveros, Conall H Watson and 2 more

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Review in Science translational medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Natalie E DeanDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. nataliedean@ufl.edu ilongini@ufl.edu.
Pierre-Stéphane GsellWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ron BrookmeyerDepartment of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8639-3399
Victor De GruttolaDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Christl A DonnellyDepartment of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
M Elizabeth HalloranVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-1757
Momodou JassehMedical Research Council, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
Martha NasonBiostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0110-881X
Ximena RiverosWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Conall H WatsonDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2469-791X
Ana Maria Henao-RestrepoWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ira M LonginiDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. nataliedean@ufl.edu ilongini@ufl.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2780-9382

Funding

Understanding Transmission with Integrated Genetic and Epidemiologic InferenceU54GM111274 · NIGMS · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI VESPIGNANI, ALESSANDRO · 2014 to 2018
$12.5M
Methods for Evaluating Vaccine EfficacyR37AI032042 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HALLORAN, M ELIZABETH · 2010 to 2019
$5.1M
Design and Analysis of Vaccine Trials for Emerging Infectious Disease ThreatsR01AI139761 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI DEAN, NATALIE EXNER · 2018 to 2022
$3.6M
Methods to Advance the HIV Prevention Research AgendaR37AI051164 · NIAID · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI DEGRUTTOLA, VICTOR GERARD · 2012 to 2019
$3.3M
Methods for Long-Term Follow-Up of HIV-Infected PatientsR01AI051164 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI DEGRUTTOLA, VICTOR GERARD · 2002 to 2011
$3.0M
Medical Research Council MR/R015600/1NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051164NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139761NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI032042NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI051164NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM111274World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public health emergencies, such as an Ebola disease outbreak, provide a complex and challenging environment for the evaluation of candidate vaccines. Here, we outline the need for flexible and responsive vaccine trial designs to be used in public health emergencies, and we summarize recommendations for their use in this setting.

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Clinical Trials as TopicEmergenciesPublic HealthEndpoint DeterminationHumansStatistics as TopicVaccinesVaccines

Identifiers

PMID31270270
PMCPMC6613811

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