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ArticleNature medicine2025

Safety and pharmacokinetics of SARS-CoV-2 DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies in healthy adults: a phase 1 trial.

Pablo Tebas, Ami Patel, Joseph T Agnes, Elizabeth M Parzych, Amanda Baer, Maria Caturla, Sukanya Ghosh, Mansi Purwar, Nicole Bedanova, Chungdhak Tsang and 11 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
In one paragraph

Article in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 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

21 authors.

Pablo TebasHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. pablo.tebas@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-7942
Ami PatelVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-9984
Joseph T AgnesInovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
Elizabeth M ParzychVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9342-3499
Amanda BaerHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Maria CaturlaHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sukanya GhoshVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mansi PurwarVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nicole BedanovaVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Chungdhak TsangHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Knashawn MoralesHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Dinah AmanteInovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
Paul D FisherInovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
Joseph R FrancicaVaccines and Immune Therapies, Biopharmaceuticals Research and Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1336-4682
Laurent HumeauInovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
Daniel W KulpVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jesper PallesenVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-1587
Paul LeonVaccines and Immune Therapies, Biopharmaceuticals Research and Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Mark EsserVaccines and Immune Therapies, Biopharmaceuticals Research and Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Trevor R F SmithInovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
David B WeinerVaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA. dweiner@Wistar.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-8512

Funding

COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTER: UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINE RESEARCH75N93019C00051 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KRAMMER, FLORIAN · 2019 to 2025
$105.4M
Structural vaccinology guided development of a universal CoV vaccine utilizing nucleic acid delivered nanoparticlesP01AI165066 · NIAID · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI DAVID B. WEINER · 2022 to 2026
$5.3M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00051NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI165066United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Award HR0011-21-9-0001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local intramuscular administration of synthetic plasmid DNA (pDNA) encoding monoclonal antibodies (mAb) offers an alternative to recombinant protein-based mAb delivery. In this phase 1 dose-escalation study, we evaluated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a pDNA cocktail encoding AZD5396 and AZD8076, modified versions of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) neutralizing mAb cocktail tixagevimab/cilgavimab in healthy adults. Participants received up to four intramuscular doses of pDNA encoding both DNA-based mAbs (DMAbs), administered using CELLECTRA electroporation. The primary endpoints were safety and pharmacokinetics. All 44 participants received at least one dose; DMAbs were detected in 100% of evaluable participants (n = 39), with serum concentrations reaching a peak of 1.61 µg ml

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2AdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntibodies, NeutralizingFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansInjections, IntramuscularMaleMiddle AgedPlasmidsSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusYoung AdultAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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PMID41120767
PMCPMC12705453

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