Posted on 12/18/2021 10:36:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
An investigational COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax was found to be 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 illness, according to results from a Phase 3 clinical trial published on December 15, 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine. The University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health served as one of the trial sites, and Karen Kotloff, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at UMSOM, served as Co-Chair for the trial protocol.
In the study, researchers recruited nearly 30,000 adult volunteers at 113 clinical sites in the United States and six sites in Mexico. Approximately 20,000 participants received two doses of the vaccine spaced three weeks apart and 10,000 received placebo. In addition to being highly effective in preventing COVID illness of any severity, the vaccine was 100 percent effective in preventing moderate and severe disease that required hospitalization.
During the first few months of 2021 when the study was conducted in the U.S. and Mexico, the predominant circulating strain was Alpha. The assessment did not include Delta or Omicron, the newest variant of concern, which had not begun to circulate.
Most side effects were mild to moderate and transient. Fever was very rare. The most common side effects in the vaccine recipients included pain and tenderness at the injection site, headache, muscle aches, and fatigue that lasted a day on average. None of the recipients developed serious reactions like heart inflammation (myocarditis) or blood clots.
“Our study results indicate that this vaccine is highly efficacious and very safe. In addition, this vaccine has many attractive features. It is made from a small piece of protein, like many currently licensed vaccines in the U.S. and has convenient refrigerator storage requirements, so it will be an important addition to the COVID-19 vaccine portfolio, in the U.S. and in countries where supply is lacking,” said Dr. Kotloff.
The UMSOM site enrolled nearly 500 participants over 18 of age. The participants were demographically diverse to reflect those in the general population at highest risk for infection and illness, including under-represented minority groups who were disproportionately affected by the pandemic. About 12 percent of the study participants were in the high-risk group of those over age 65 years. About 27 percent of the study participants at UMSOM identified as Black, 19 percent Hispanic, 16 percent Asian, and 7 percent American Indian or Alaska Native.
“Efficacy and Safety of NVX-CoV2373 in Adults in the United States and Mexico” by Lisa M. Dunkle, M.D., Karen L. Kotloff, M.D., Cynthia L. Gay, M.D., M.P.H., Germán Áñez, M.D., Jeffrey M. Adelglass, M.D., Alejandro Q. Barrat Hernández, M.D., Wayne L. Harper, M.D., Daniel M. Duncanson, M.D., Monica A. McArthur, M.D., Ph.D., Diana F. Florescu, M.D., R. Scott McClelland, M.D., M.P.H., Veronica Garcia-Fragoso, M.D., Robert A. Riesenberg, M.D., David B. Musante, M.D., David L. Fried, M.D., Beth E. Safirstein, M.D., Mark McKenzie, M.D., Robert J. Jeanfreau, M.D., Jeffrey K. Kingsley, D.O., Jeffrey A. Henderson, M.D., M.P.H., Dakotah C. Lane, M.D., Guillermo M. Ruíz-Palacios, M.D., Lawrence Corey, M.D., Kathleen M. Neuzil, M.D., M.P.H., Robert W. Coombs, M.D., Ph.D., Alex L. Greninger, M.D., Ph.D., Julia Hutter, M.D., Julie A. Ake, M.D., Katherine Smith, M.D., Wayne Woo, M.S., Iksung Cho, M.S., Gregory M. Glenn, M.D., and Filip Dubovsky, M.D., M.P.H. for the 2019nCoV-301 Study Group, 15 December 2021, New England Journal of Medicine. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2116185
Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor of Vaccinology and Director, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) at UMSOM, and Monica McArthur, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, served as co-authors on this study.
The Novavax trial was part of Operation Warp Speed , a multi-agency collaboration led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which aims to accelerate the development, manufacturing and distribution of medical countermeasures for COVID-19. Novavax, based in Gaithersburg, MD, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease also provided funding for the study.
“Throughout the pandemic, CVD has contributed to the advancement of several promising vaccine candidates. Our researchers worked meticulously and expeditiously to ensure that Americans and nations throughout the world had access to safe and effective vaccines to slow the pandemic and save lives,” said E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, UM Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine. “This latest study leads us a step closer to licensure of a new vaccine that will impact millions of people.”
Just in time ... for Alpha.
Pfizer owns the United States Congress and Senate. Pfizer will never allow nova VAX to see the light of day.
Even if nova VAX obtains EUA Pfizer will pressure pharmacies not to carry it.
IOW, take at your own risk.
I trust NOTHING from big pharma any more.
If it’s not an old, well established drug with a good track record, forget it. ESPECIALLY, if it’s meant for Covid anything.
nope
no thanx
it has NO in its name
I believe this one was based on traditional vaccine methods.
Shitz begat shitz, which begat shitz, who begat shitz. I read all about this shitz in the OLD TESTAMENT.
Please feel free to shove mine in your buttocks. Thank you.
Oh, well in that case, NO.
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Oh, well in that case, NO.
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No it is not conventional. It is based on the spike protein grown from moth-based proteins rather than mRNA
Hmmm......words mean things. Look up the difference between “effective” and “efficacious” and see what it is.
Effective means “does” produce while efficacious means “could, intended to produce...”
Intentional word choice and imprecise? Or, not....
you decide...
I seen what you did there. 😉
I’ve heard this somewhere before, but I can’t remember... Someone out there can surely remind me, right?
Oh Goody!! A new jab, and a new variant to go with it. How exciting!!
That is, after the five-year test period has been completed to ensure that there are no adverse long-term effects!
Regards,
I thought WE were the “clinical trials”.
Never know, this might be the superior vaccine. While Pfizer, Moderna and J&J are subpar vaccines. They still works against severe disease and ultimately death but even that is not guaranteed because the virus is rapidly mutating so all they did was to buy us time.
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