Six-month follow-up of a booster dose of CoronaVac in two single-centre phase 2 clinical trials

• Published in: Nature communications 2022-06, Vol.13 (1), p.3100-3100, Article 3100
• Main Authors: Xin, Qianqian, Wu, Qianhui, Chen, Xinhua, Han, Bihua, Chu, Kai, Song, Yan, Jin, Hui, Chen, Panpan, Lu, Wanying, Yang, Tuantuan, Li, Minjie, Zhao, Yuliang, Pan, Hongxing, Yu, Hongjie, Wang, Lin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 631/250/590/1883; 692/308/2779/777; Adults; Antibodies; Clinical trials; COVID-19 vaccines; Herd immunity; Homology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Immune response (humoral); Immunity; Immunization; Immunogenicity; multidisciplinary; Neutralization; Safety; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)
• ISSN: 2041-1723; 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30864-w

Determining the duration of immunity induced by booster doses of CoronaVac is crucial for informing recommendations for booster regimens and adjusting immunization strategies. In two single-centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trials, immunogenicity and safety of four immunization regimens are assessed in adults aged 18 to 59 years and one immunization regimen in adults aged 60 years and older, respectively. Serious adverse events occurring within 6 months after booster doses are recorded as pre-specified secondary endpoints, geometric mean titres (GMTs) of neutralising antibodies one year after the 3-dose schedule immunization and 6 months after the booster doses are assessed as pre-specified exploratory endpoints, GMT fold-decreases in neutralization titres are assessed as post-hoc analyses. Neutralising antibody titres decline approximately 4-fold and 2.5-fold from day 28 to day 180 after third doses in adults aged 18–59 years of age and in adults aged 60 years and older, respectively. No safety concerns are identified during the follow-up period. There are increases in the magnitude and duration of humoral response with homologous booster doses of CoronaVac given 8 months after a primary two-dose immunization series, which could prolong protection and contribute to building our wall of population immunity. Trial number: NCT04352608 and NCT04383574. Following a booster dose of CoronaVac in two single-centre phase 2 clinical trials, the authors show that neutralising antibody titres decline approximately 4-fold and 2.5-fold from day 28 to day 180 in adults aged 18-59 years and in adults aged 60 years and older, respectively.