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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Controlled Human Infection Studies Accelerate Vaccine Development.

Matthew B Laurens

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Matthew B LaurensCenter for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3874-581X

Funding

Safety, immunogencity, and efficacy of PfSPZ LARC2 malaria vaccine in malaria-exposed adults and childrenR34AI179569 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LAURENS, MATTHEW BRENT · 2024 to 2024
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Gates Foundation INV-030857NIAID NIH HHS R34 AI179569NIH HHS R34AI179569
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical trials that use human challenge, also known as controlled human infection models (CHIMs), have rapidly advanced vaccine development for multiple pathogens, including at least 30 disease models to date. CHIM studies, championed by networks of researchers, regulators, ethicists, technical experts, and other stakeholders, limit exposure of individuals to an investigational product, de-risk product investments, identify correlates of protection, and, most importantly, provide a prompt readout of vaccine efficacy. While CHIM studies provide multiple advantages, important challenges exist, including strengthening the relevance and comparability of CHIM study results to efficacy trials in endemic areas, particularly in resource-limited settings.

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Vaccine DevelopmentVaccinesClinical Trials as TopicHumansVaccine EfficacyVaccineschallengeclinical trialcontrolled human infection modelresearch designvaccine efficacy

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PMID39879637
PMCPMC12128053

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