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Trial reportNature medicine2025

Heterologous two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in pregnant women in Rwanda: a randomized controlled phase 3 trial.

Julien Nyombayire, Rosine Ingabire, Amelia Mazzei, Tyronza Sharkey, Claudine Umuhoza, Jeannine Mukamuyango, Susan Allen, Amanda Tichacek, Rachel Parker, Kristin M Wall and 10 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase III
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04556526 (A Phase 3 Open-label Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of a 2-dose Ebola Vaccine Regimen of Ad26.ZEBOV Followed by MVA-BN-Filo in Healthy Pregnant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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.

NCT04556526 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3 Open-label Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of a 2-dose Ebola Vaccine Regimen of Ad26.ZEBOV Followed by MVA-BN-Filo in Healthy Pregnant Women

TypeinterventionalSponsorJanssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.Ran2020 to 2023Enrolled4,031ConditionsHealthyArmsAd26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 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

20 authors.

Julien NyombayireRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.
Rosine IngabireRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.
Amelia MazzeiRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.
Tyronza SharkeyRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.
Claudine UmuhozaRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.
Jeannine MukamuyangoRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.
Susan AllenRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-3898
Amanda TichacekRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Rachel ParkerRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kristin M WallDepartment of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. kmwall@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8547-2004
Michael KatwereJohnson & Johnson, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Babajide KeshinroJohnson & Johnson, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Auguste GaddahJohnson & Johnson, Beerse, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1545-6338
Yan WangIQVIA Research & Development Solutions, Durham, NC, USA.
Chiara A ForchehJohnson & Johnson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chelsea McLeanJohnson & Johnson, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-3482
Valérie Oriol-MathieuJohnson & Johnson, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Kerstin LuhnJohnson & Johnson, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Cynthia RobinsonJohnson & Johnson, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Etienne KaritaRwanda Zambia Health Research Group, Center for Family Health Research/Project San Francisco, Kigali, Rwanda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Risk of death for both mother and fetus following Ebola virus infection is extremely high. In this study, healthy women in Rwanda aged ≥18 years were randomized to two-dose Ebola vaccination (Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo) during pregnancy (group A) or postpartum (group B). Unvaccinated pregnant group B women served as control. This was a parallel, randomized, controlled, open-label, single-center trial to evaluate the safety (primary endpoint-outcomes of interest and serious adverse events (SAEs)) and immunogenicity (secondary endpoint) of the two-dose Ebola vaccination. Among 3,484 women screened, 2,013 were randomized, and 2,012 women and 1,945 infants born alive were descriptively analyzed. Adverse outcomes of interest occurred in women (5.2% in group A and 7.3% in group B) and infants (26.0% in group A and 25.6% in group B). The most common maternal outcome of interest was pathways to preterm birth (3.2% in group A and 3.4% in group B), and the most common infant outcome of interest was small for gestational age (14.3% in group A and 11.8% in group B). Maternal/fetal and neonatal/infant SAE frequencies were comparable between groups (9.8% in group A, 9.0% in group B and 21.9% in group A, 15.9% in group B, respectively). Anti-Ebola virus glycoprotein-specific binding antibody response (secondary endpoint) was sustained in ≥90% of women at 1 year postdose 1. In group A, binding antibodies were detected in cord blood (99%) and infant serum (95%) samples 14 weeks postbirth. The trial met all primary and secondary objectives. Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo did not raise concerns regarding adverse maternal/fetal or neonatal/infant outcomes, had no unexpected safety issues, and induced binding antibody responses in women and offspring through passive transfer. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT04556526 .

Indexed as

Ebola VaccinesEbolavirusHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaPregnancy Complications, InfectiousAdolescentAdultAntibodies, ViralFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyRwandaVaccinationYoung AdultAntibodies, ViralEbola Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID40921806
PMCPMC12618248

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