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Trial reportClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2026

Safety and Immunogenicity of a Fourth Dose of Omicron BA.1-Adapted BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults 18-55 Years Old.

Patricia Winokur, Oyeniyi Diya, David Fitz-Patrick, Michael Dever, Juleen Gayed, Stephen Lockhart, Xia Xu, Ying Zhang, Vishva Bangad, L Tyler Wadsworth and 18 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase III
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Trial report in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04955626 (A PHASE 3 MASTER PROTOCOL TO EVALUATE ADDITIONAL DOSE), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 · The registry

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NCT04955626 phase3completednot on this map

A phase 3 master protocol to evaluate additional dose(s) of bnt162b2 in healthy individuals previously vaccinated with bnt162b2

TypeinterventionalSponsorBioNTech SERan2021 to 2023Enrolled16,372ConditionsSARS-CoV-2 Infection, COVID-19ArmsBNT162b2, Placebo, BNT162b2 OMI, Combination BNT162b2 and BNT162b2 OMI, Combination (Bivalent) BNT162b2 and BNT162b2 OMI
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Patricia WinokurDivision of Infectious Diseases, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4826-1790
Oyeniyi DiyaVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Hurley, United Kingdom.
David Fitz-PatrickEast-West Medical Research Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Michael DeverClinical Neuroscience Solutions, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Juleen GayedVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Hurley, United Kingdom.
Stephen LockhartVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Hurley, United Kingdom.
Xia XuVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ying ZhangVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.
Vishva BangadVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
L Tyler WadsworthSundance Clinical Research, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Kevin CannonPMG Research of Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
Jose F CardonaIndago Research & Health Center, Inc, Hialeah, Florida, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-1601-1461
Lisa UsdanCNS Healthcare, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
John GinisVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Federico J MensaBioNTech, Mainz, Germany.
Jing ZouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Xuping XieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Claire LuVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.
Sandra BuitragoVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.
Ingrid L ScullyVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8249-0397
David CooperVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4595-3943
Kenneth KouryVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.
Kathrin U JansenVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.
Özlem TüreciBioNTech, Mainz, Germany.
Uğur ŞahinBioNTech, Mainz, Germany.
Kena A SwansonVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.
William C GruberVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NewYork, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6518-4547
Nicholas KitchinVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Hurley, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1808-3380

Funding

BioNTechPfizer
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEmergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sublineages warrants the use of sequence-adapted vaccines to provide protection against coronavirus disease 2019.

methodsIn this phase 3 trial, adults 18‒55 years old who had previously received three 30 μg doses of BNT162b2 vaccine were randomized to receive a 60 or 30 μg dose of bivalent Omicron BA.1‒adapted BNT162b2 comprising equal amounts of ancestral and monovalent messenger RNA BA.1 (bivalent BA.1) or a 60 μg dose of monovalent Omicron BA.1‒adapted BNT162b2 (monovalent BA.1). Safety (local reactions, systemic events, adverse events [AEs], and serious AEs) was the primary objective. Exploratory analyses assessed immune responses against Omicron BA.1, BA.4, and BA.5 subvariants and ancestral strain.

resultsAmong the 1054 randomized participants who received monovalent BA.1 or bivalent BA.1, frequencies of local reactions, systemic events, and AEs were slightly higher with 60 µg monovalent BA.1 than either bivalent BA.1 dose level. One month after vaccination, bivalent BA.1 (30 and 60 μg) and monovalent BA.1 (60 μg) induced substantial neutralizing responses against Omicron BA.1 (50% neutralizing titer geometric mean fold rises [GMFRs], 15.4 [95% CI 12.4-19.2], 17.1 [13.7-21.4], and 24.6 [19.3-31.4], respectively) and ancestral strain (GMFRs, 6.2 [5.1-7.6], 7.3 [6.0-8.9], and 7.0 [5.7-8.7], respectively). In a smaller (n = 30/treatment arm) sentinel cohort, all study vaccines modestly neutralized Omicron BA.4 and BA.5.

conclusionsBivalent and monovalent BA.1‒adapted vaccines had a safety profile similar to the original BNT162b2 30 μg and induced substantial neutralizing responses against Omicron BA.1 and ancestral strains. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT04955626.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesImmunogenicity, VaccineSARS-CoV-2AdolescentAdultAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesBA.1BNT162b2COVID-19OmicronSARS-CoV-2

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PMID41560517
PMCPMC13189652

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