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Trial reportNature communications2025

Safety and immunogenicity of an optimized self-replicating RNA platform for low dose or single dose vaccine applications: a randomized, open label Phase I study in healthy volunteers.

Christian J Maine, Shigeki J Miyake-Stoner, Darina S Spasova, Gaelle Picarda, Annie C Chou, Emily D Brand, Melanie D Olesiuk, Christine C Domingo, Hunter J Little, Thomas T Goodman and 18 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06048770 (A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of RBI-4000 in Healthy Volunteers), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06048770 phase1terminatednot on this map

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of RBI-4000 in Healthy Volunteers

TypeinterventionalSponsorReplicate BioscienceRan2023 to 2024Enrolled89ConditionsHealthy VolunteersArmsRBI-4000, RabAvert
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Enhanced efficacy of a next-generation EEEV self-replicating RNA platform for combination cancer immunotherapies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  7. Towards controllable self-amplifying RNA.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026
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  8. Deciphering theVaccines · 2026
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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

28 authors.

Christian J Maine *Replicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Shigeki J Miyake-Stoner *Replicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Darina S Spasova *Replicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Gaelle PicardaReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4054-4115
Annie C ChouReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Emily D BrandReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3933-6504
Melanie D OlesiukReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Christine C DomingoReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Hunter J LittleReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-1232-9383
Thomas T GoodmanReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Jacqueline L PosyReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Jasmin GonzalezReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Terrina L BayoneReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Jessica SparksReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Ebony N GaryThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2928-1120
Zhi XiangThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nicholas J TursiThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6752-3402
Casey E HojeckiThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-2589-1199
Hildegund C J ErtlThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David B WeinerThe Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-8512
Irafasha C CasmilMichael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1890-7930
Anna K BlakneyMichael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-9689
Brandon EssinkVelocity Clinical Research, Omaha, NE, USA.
Guillermo SomodevillaCordova Research Institute, Miami, FL, USA.
Nathaniel S WangReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Andrew J GeallReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Zelanna GoldbergReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Parinaz AliahmadReplicate Bioscience Inc, San Diego, CA, USA. paliahmad@replicatebioscience.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2655-2829

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN BASIC CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009171 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Alessandro Gardini · 1985 to 2026
$15.3M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-replicating RNA (srRNA) technology, in comparison to mRNA vaccines, has shown dose-sparing by approximately 10-fold and more durable immune responses. However, no improvements are observed in the adverse events profile. Here, we develop an srRNA vaccine platform with optimized non-coding regions and demonstrate immunogenicity and safety in preclinical and clinical development. Optimized srRNA vaccines generate protective immunity (according to the WHO defined thresholds) at doses up to 1,000,000-fold lower than mRNA in female mouse models of influenza and rabies. Clinically, safety and immunogenicity of RBI-4000, an srRNA vector encoding the rabies glycoprotein, was evaluated in a Phase I study (NCT06048770). RBI-4000 was able to elicit de novo protective immunity in the majority of healthy participants when administered at a dose of 0.1, 1, or 10 microgram (71%, 94%, 100%, respectively) in a prime-boost schedule. Similarly, we observe immunity above the WHO benchmark of protection following a single administration in most participants at both 1 and 10 microgram doses. There are no serious adverse events reported across all cohorts. These data establish the high therapeutic index of optimized srRNA vectors, demonstrating feasibility of both low dose and single dose approaches for vaccine applications.

Indexed as

Healthy VolunteersAdolescentAdultAnimalsAntibodies, ViralFemaleHumansImmunogenicity, VaccineInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesMaleMiceMiddle AgedRabiesRabies VaccinesRabies virusAntibodies, ViralInfluenza VaccinesRabies VaccinesRNA

Identifiers

PMID39774967
PMCPMC11707033

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