Zoe Moodie, Erica Andersen-Nissen, Nicole Grunenberg, One B Dintwe, Faatima Laher Omar, Jia J Kee, Linda-Gail Bekker, Fatima Laher, Nivashnee Naicker, Ilesh Jani, Nyaradzo M Mgodi, Portia Hunidzarira, Modulakgota Sebe, Maurine D Miner, Laura Polakowski, Shelly Ramirez, Michelle Nebergall, Simbarashe Takuva, Lerato Sikhosana, Jack Heptinstall, Kelly E Seaton, Stephen De Rosa, Carlos A Diazgranados, Marguerite Koutsoukos, Olivier Van Der Meeren, Susan W Barnett, Niranjan Kanesa-Thasan, James G Kublin, Georgia D Tomaras, M Juliana McElrath, Lawrence Corey, Kathryn Mngadi, Paul Goepfert
BACKGROUND: Adjuvants are widely used to enhance and/or direct vaccine-induced immune responses yet rarely evaluated head-to-head. Our trial directly compared immune responses elicited by MF59 versus alum adjuvants in the RV144-like HIV vaccine regimen modified for the Southern African region. The RV144 trial of a recombinant canarypox vaccine vector expressing HIV env subtype B (ALVAC-HIV) prime followed by ALVAC-HIV plus a bivalent gp120 protein vaccine boost adjuvanted with alum is the only trial to have shown modest HIV vaccine efficacy...
March 19, 2024: PLoS Medicine