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Author: Hussein, Salah ; Cong, Xiangfeng ; Yang, Yun Kai ; Zhang, Jin ; Zhang, Xue ; Kang, Yun ; Yin, Jin Liang ; Liang, Yu ; Lei, Wenwen ; Mao, Xiao Yan ; Liu, Dan Ying ; Li, Qi Ming ; Wang, Zhao Nian ; Kaabi, Nawal Al ; Xu, Ke ; Yang, Mengjie ; Wang, Hui ; Yang, Sen Sen ; Eltantawy, Islam ; Shao, Shuai ; Zhang, Yun Tao ; Qu, Chang ; Yang, Tian ; Yang, Xiao Ming ; Su, Ji Guo ; Jiang, Zhiwei ; Mekki, Hanadi Mekki ; Xiao, Peng ; Qu, Liang ; Gao, Xue Jun ; Mahmoud, Sally ; Wu, Guizhen ; Zhang, Jing ; Tan, Yao ; Zaher, Walid ; ElDein, Mohamed Saif ; Li, Meng ; Lei, Ze Hua ; Du, Li Fang ; Hou, Jun Wei
AbstractNVSI-06-08 is a potential broad-spectrum recombinant COVID-19 vaccine that integrates the antigens from multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains into a single immunogen. Here, we evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of NVSI-06-08 as a heterologous booster dose in BBIBP-CorV recipients in a randomized, double-blind, controlled, phase 2 trial conducted in the United Arab Emirates (NCT05069129). Three groups of healthy adults over 18 years of age (600 participants per group) who have administered two doses of BBIBP-CorV 4-6-month, 7-9-month and >9-month earlier, respectively, are randomized 1:1 to receive either a homologous booster of BBIBP-CorV or a heterologous booster of NVSI-06-08. The incidence of adverse reactions is low, and the overall safety profile is quite similar between two booster regimens. Both Neutralizing and IgG antibodies elicited by NVSI-06-08 booster are significantly higher than those by BBIBP-CorV booster against not only SARS-CoV-2 prototype strain but also multiple variants of concerns (VOCs). Especially, the neutralizing antibody GMT against Omicron variant induced by heterologous NVSI-06-08 booster reaches 367.67, which is substantially greater than that boosted by BBIBP-CorV (GMT: 45.03). In summary, NVSI-06-08 is safe and immunogenic as a booster dose following two doses of BBIBP-CorV, which is immunogenically superior to the homologous boost with another dose of BBIBP-CorV.