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ArticleNature communications2023

GRT-R910: a self-amplifying mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine boosts immunity for ≥6 months in previously-vaccinated older adults.

Christine D Palmer, Ciaran D Scallan, Lauren D Kraemer Tardif, Melissa A Kachura, Amy R Rappaport, Daniel O Koralek, Alison Uriel, Leonid Gitlin, Joshua Klein, Matthew J Davis and 16 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05148962 (A Phase 1 Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Immunogenicity, and Reactogenicity of a Self-Amplifying mRNA Prophylactic Vaccine Boost Against SARS-CoV-2 in Previously Vaccinated Healthy Adults 18 Years and Older), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05148962 phase1completednot on this map

A Phase 1 Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Immunogenicity, and Reactogenicity of a Self-Amplifying mRNA Prophylactic Vaccine Boost Against SARS-CoV-2 in Previously Vaccinated Healthy Adults 18 Years and Older

TypeinterventionalSponsorGritstone bio, Inc.Ran2021 to 2023Enrolled45ConditionsCOVID-19ArmsGRT-R910
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Clinical development of therapeutic mRNA applications.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  15. The advent of clinical self-amplifying RNA vaccines.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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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

26 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Christine D PalmerGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3213-0398
Ciaran D ScallanGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Lauren D Kraemer TardifGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Melissa A KachuraGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5910-4443
Amy R RappaportGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Daniel O KoralekGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Alison UrielNorth Manchester General Hospital & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Leonid GitlinGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Joshua KleinGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Matthew J DavisGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Harshni VenkatramanGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Meghan G HartGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Jason R JaroslavskyGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9799-2397
Sonia KounlavouthGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Martina MarraliGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5248-1430
Charmaine N NganjeGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Kyounghwa BaeGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Tiffany YanGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Katharyn LeodonesGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Milana EgorovaGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9917-091X
Sue-Jean HongGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Jenchun KuanGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.
Silvia GrappiVisMederi Srl., Siena, Italy.
Pedro GarbesGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0830-3463
Karin JoossGritstone bio, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA. kjooss@gritstone.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7670-4993
Andrew UstianowskiNorth Manchester General Hospital & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
North Manchester General Hospital · GBUniversity of Information Technology and Sciences · BDVisMederi Research · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in high levels of morbidity and mortality world-wide, and severe complications can occur in older populations. Humoral immunity induced by authorized vaccines wanes within 6 months, and frequent boosts may only offer transient protection. GRT-R910 is an investigational self-amplifying mRNA (samRNA)-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine delivering full-length Spike and selected conserved non-Spike T cell epitopes. This study reports interim analyses for a phase I open-label dose-escalation trial evaluating GRT-R910 in previously vaccinated healthy older adults (NCT05148962). Primary endpoints of safety and tolerability were assessed. Most solicited local and systemic adverse events (AEs) following GRT-R910 dosing were mild to moderate and transient, and no treatment-related serious AEs were observed. The secondary endpoint of immunogenicity was assessed via IgG binding assays, neutralization assays, interferon-gamma ELISpot, and intracellular cytokine staining. Neutralizing antibody titers against ancestral Spike and variants of concern were boosted or induced by GRT-R910 and, contrasting to authorized vaccines, persisted through at least 6 months after the booster dose. GRT-R910 increased and/or broadened functional Spike-specific T cell responses and primed functional T cell responses to conserved non-Spike epitopes. This study is limited due to small sample size, and additional data from ongoing studies will be required to corroborate these interim findings.

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COVID-19AgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralClinical Trials as TopicCOVID-19 VaccinesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusT-LymphocytesAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesGRT-R910 vaccinemRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID37280238
PMCPMC10242235
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