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Trial reportNature communications2024

Multi-omics analysis reveals COVID-19 vaccine induced attenuation of inflammatory responses during breakthrough disease.

Ruth E Drury, Susana Camara, Irina Chelysheva, Sagida Bibi, Katherine Sanders, Salle Felle, Katherine Emary, Daniel Phillips, Merryn Voysey, Daniela M Ferreira and 5 more

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

NCT04324606 phase1 / phase2completednot on this map

A Phase I/II Study to Determine Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of the Candidate Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 in UK Healthy Adult Volunteers

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of OxfordRan2020 to 2025Enrolled1,077ConditionsCoronavirusArmsChAdOx1 nCoV-19, MenACWY, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 full boost, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 half boost, MenACWY boost
NCT04400838 phase2 / phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 2/3 Study to Determine the Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of the Candidate Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of OxfordRan2020 to 2025Enrolled10,811ConditionsCoronavirusArmsChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Abs 260), MenACWY vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Abs 260) + 2.2x10^10vp (qPCR) boost, Two dose MenACWY vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (qPCR)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Vitamin D Serum Levels and the Development of Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness: Insights from a COVID-19 Intensive Care Cohort.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 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

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruth E Drury *Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3581-543X
Susana Camara *Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Irina Chelysheva *Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7802-7025
Sagida BibiOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Katherine SandersOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Salle FelleOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7855-4482
Katherine EmaryOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Daniel PhillipsOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-5091
Merryn VoyseyOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-6559
Daniela M FerreiraOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0594-0902
Paul KlenermanNIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.
Sarah C GilbertNIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6823-9750
Teresa LambeOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7711-897X
Andrew J Pollard *Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-719X
Daniel O'Connor *Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. daniel.oconnor@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6902-9886
University of Oxford · GBLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune mechanisms mediating COVID-19 vaccine attenuation of COVID-19 remain undescribed. We conducted comprehensive analyses detailing immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 virus in blood post-vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or a placebo. Samples from randomised placebo-controlled trials (NCT04324606 and NCT04400838) were taken at baseline, onset of COVID-19-like symptoms, and 7 days later, confirming COVID-19 using nucleic amplification test (NAAT test) via real-time PCR (RT-PCR). Serum cytokines were measured with multiplexed immunoassays. The transcriptome was analysed with long, short and small RNA sequencing. We found attenuation of RNA inflammatory signatures in ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 compared with placebo vaccinees and reduced levels of serum proteins associated with COVID-19 severity. KREMEN1, a putative alternative SARS-CoV-2 receptor, was downregulated in placebo compared with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinees. Vaccination ameliorates reductions in cell counts across leukocyte populations and platelets noted at COVID-19 onset, without inducing potentially deleterious Th2-skewed immune responses. Multi-omics integration links a global reduction in miRNA expression at COVID-19 onset to increased pro-inflammatory responses at the mRNA level. This study reveals insights into the role of COVID-19 vaccines in mitigating disease severity by abrogating pro-inflammatory responses associated with severe COVID-19, affirming vaccine-mediated benefit in breakthrough infection, and highlighting the importance of clinically relevant endpoints in vaccine evaluation.

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Breakthrough InfectionsChAdOx1 nCoV-19COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAdultCytokinesFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedMultiomicsTranscriptomeVaccinationChAdOx1 nCoV-19COVID-19 VaccinesCytokines

Identifiers

PMID38649734
PMCPMC11035709
OpenAlexW4395011627

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