Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31677948›Full record

ArticleVaccine2020

Co-administration of tecovirimat and ACAM2000™ in non-human primates: Effect of tecovirimat treatment on ACAM2000 immunogenicity and efficacy versus lethal monkeypox virus challenge.

Andrew T Russo, Aklile Berhanu, Catherine B Bigger, Jon Prigge, Peter M Silvera, Douglas W Grosenbach, Dennis Hruby

Open access · hybridAbstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Vaccine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The use of antivirals in the treatment of human monkeypox outbreaks: a systematic review.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2023
    Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Managing Monkeypox Virus Infections: A Contemporary Review.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2024
    Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Review
  20. Review
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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew T RussoPoxvirus Research Group, SIGA Technologies Inc., Corvallis, OR, United States. Electronic address: arusso@siga.com.
Aklile BerhanuSIGA Technologies, Corvallis, OR, United States.
Catherine B BiggerBattelle Biomedical Research Center, Columbus, OH, United States. Electronic address: catherine.a.bigger.ctr@mail.mil.
Jon PriggeSouthern Research Institute, Frederick, MD, United States.
Peter M SilveraSouthern Research Institute, Frederick, MD, United States.
Douglas W GrosenbachPoxvirus Research Group, SIGA Technologies, Inc., Corvallis, OR 97333, United States. Electronic address: dgrosenbach@siga.com.
Dennis HrubySIGA Technologies, Inc., Corvallis, OR 97333, United States.
Siga Technologies (United States) · USSouthern Research Institute · USBattelle · US

Funding

ST-246 treatment of smallpox vaccine-related adverse eventsR44AI075747 · NIAID · SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · PI GROSENBACH, DOUGLAS W. · 2009 to 2011
$3.0M
MACROPHAGE DEFENSES AGAINST HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAER29AI030063 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIV · PI NOEL, GARY J. · 1990 to 1994
–
NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI030063NIAID NIH HHS R44 AI075747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naturally occurring smallpox has been eradicated but research stocks of variola virus (VARV), the causative agent of smallpox, still exist in secure laboratories. Clandestine stores of the virus or resurrection of VARV via synthetic biology are possible and have led to concerns that VARV could be used as a biological weapon. The US government has prepared for such an event by stockpiling smallpox vaccines and TPOXX®, SIGA Technologies' smallpox antiviral drug. While vaccination is effective as a pre-exposure prophylaxis, protection is limited when administered following exposure. Safety concerns preclude general use of the vaccine unless there is a smallpox outbreak. TPOXX is approved by the FDA for use after confirmed diagnosis of smallpox disease. Tecovirimat, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in TPOXX, targets a highly conserved orthopoxviral protein, inhibiting long-range dissemination of virus. Although indications for use of the vaccine and TPOXX do not overlap, concomitant use is possible, especially if the TPOXX indication is expanded to include post-exposure prophylaxis. It is therefore important to understand how vaccine and TPOXX may interact. In studies presented here, monkeys were vaccinated with the ACAM2000

Indexed as

AnimalsBenzamidesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleImmunogenicity, VaccineIsoindolesMacaca fascicularisMacaca mulattaMaleMonkeypox virusMpox, MonkeypoxPhthalimidesPrimatesSmallpox VaccineTreatment OutcomeACAM2000BenzamidesIsoindolesPhthalimidesSmallpox VaccinetecovirimatACAM2000Animal RuleAntiviralBiodefenseMonkeypox virusSmallpoxST-246®TecovirimatTPOXX®VacciniaVariola

Identifiers

PMID31677948
PMCPMC6954297
OpenAlexW2985298062

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.