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ArticleInfectious diseases and therapy2022

GMMA Technology for the Development of Safe Vaccines: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data to Assess the Safety Profile of Shigella sonnei 1790GAHB Vaccine in Healthy Adults, with Special Focus on Neutropenia.

Iris De Ryck, Eleanna Sarakinou, Usman Nakakana, Giulia Luna Cilio, Augustin Ndiaye, Venanzio Vella, Joachim Auerbach, Juan-Paolo Granada, Valentino Conti, Audino Podda

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Article in Infectious diseases and therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Iris De RyckGSK, Siena, Italy. iris.x.de-ryck@gsk.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3044-1117
Eleanna SarakinouGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Usman NakakanaGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Giulia Luna CilioGSK, Siena, Italy.
Augustin NdiayeTakeda Pharmaceutical International AG, Zurich, Switzerland.
Venanzio VellaGSK, Siena, Italy.
Joachim AuerbachGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Juan-Paolo GranadaFerring Pharmaceuticals, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Valentino ContiGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Audino PoddaGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Toscana Life Sciences · ITFerring Pharmaceuticals (Denmark) · DKTakeda (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Siena · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionShigellosis is a major health concern among children < 5 years of age from developing countries, and there are no widely available vaccines to prevent it. The GMMA-based 1790GAHB investigational vaccine against Shigella sonnei was well tolerated and immunogenic in phase 1 and 2 studies conducted in healthy adults from Shigella endemic and non-endemic populations. Based on pooled data of five individual trials, we assessed the association between vaccine administration and the risk of neutropenia as well as the overall safety profile of 1790GAHB.

methodsThe risk ratio (RR) of neutropenia was evaluated between participants receiving 1790GAHB (vaccinees) and active comparator/placebo (controls) using different ethnicity-specific absolute neutrophil count (ANC) thresholds established to define neutropenia. Safety was assessed in terms of solicited, unsolicited, and serious adverse events (AEs).

resultsOf the 279 participants, 11 (5.5%) vaccinees and 4 (5.0%) controls had ANC below the appropriate threshold within 7 days post-vaccination. RR was 0.96 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.54-1.70]. When neutrophil counts of participants of African descent were measured against an ethnicity non-specific threshold, they resulted in neutropenia episodes in 30 (37.0%) vaccinees and 16 (30.2%) controls, while only 2 (2.5%) vaccinees and 1 (1.9%) control had neutropenia when the ethnicity-specific threshold was applied. RRs were 0.98 (95% CI 0.75-1.28) and 1.30 (95% CI 0.1-17.6), respectively. Solicited and unsolicited AEs were slightly more frequent among vaccinees than controls. No serious AEs, other than neutropenia cases, were recorded in the vaccine group.

conclusionBy applying the appropriate threshold, no increased risk of neutropenia was identified in vaccinees compared with the controls. The frequency of neutropenia events varied drastically when ethnicity-appropriate thresholds were applied. This observation highlights the importance of selecting appropriate cut-off values according to the correct population reference. Overall, the 1790GAHB vaccine demonstrated an acceptable safety profile.

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1790GAHB vaccineGMMA technologyNeutropeniaSafety profileShigella sonnei

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