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. 2018 Aug 31;80:31–47. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.08.033

Table 4.

Selected current DNA vaccines progressing through Phase I to III clinical trials.

Human Product name Vector name Vaccine formulation Delivery method Clinical status Trial number Sponsor
DNA vaccine priming only
HIV infection (Prophylactic vaccine) PENNVAX®-B DNA vaccine CELLECTRA® intramuscular electroporation device Phase I NCT01082692 Inovio Pharmaceuticals
PENNVAX®-GP DNA vaccine + plasmid cytokine adjuvant (IL-12) Intradermal injection/ intramuscular injection with CELLECTRA® electroporation Phase I NCT02431767 Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Malaria (Prophylactic vaccine) EP-1300 DNA vaccine Intramuscular injection with electroporation via TriGrid™ Delivery System (TDS) Phase I NCT01169077 KAEL-GemVax
Hepatitis B (Therapeutic immunotherapy) INO-1800® DNA vaccine + plasmid cytokine adjuvant (IL-12) CELLECTRA® electroporation device Phase I NCT02431312 Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Zika virus infections (Prophylactic vaccine) GLS-5700® pGX7201 DNA vaccine only Intradermal injection with CELLECTRA® electroporation Phase I NCT02809443, NCT02887482 GeneOne Life Science, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) (Prophylactic vaccine) GLS-5300® DNA vaccine only Intramuscular injection with CELLECTRA® electroporation Phase I NCT02670187 GeneOne Life Science, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Influenza A H5N1 and H1N1 subtypes (Prophylactic vaccine) INO-3510® DNA vaccine only Intradermal injection with CELLECTRA® electroporation Phase I NCT01405885 Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Viral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (Prophylactic vaccine) HTNV/PUUV DNA Vaccine pWRG/HTN-M(co)/pWRG/PUUV-M(s2) DNA vaccine only Intramuscular injection with electroporation via TriGrid™ Delivery System (TDS) Phase II NCT02116205 Ichor Medical Systems US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Cytomegalovirus infection in hematopoietic cell transplantation/solid organ (kidney) transplantation ASP0113 TransVax DNA vaccine with poloxamer-based CRLL1005 delivery system Intramuscular injection Phase III NCT01877655, NCT01974206 Astellas, Pharma Vical
HSV-2 infection (Therapeutic vaccine) herpes simplex bivalent DNA vaccine VCL-HB01 DNA vaccine only Intramuscular injection Phase II NCT02837575 Vical



DNA vaccine priming and other vaccine boosting
HIV infection (Prophylactic vaccine) GOVX-B11 pGA2/JS7 DNA vaccine prime + MVA vaccine boost Intramuscular injection Phase II NCT00820846 GeoVax
HIV infection (Prophylactic vaccine) PENNVAX®-G DNA vaccine prime + MVA-CMDR vaccine boost Intramuscular delivery by Biojector 2000® needleless device/CELLECTRA® intramuscular electroporation device Phase I NCT01260727 Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Malaria (Prophylactic vaccine) DNA vaccine prime + adenovirus type 5 vaccine (Ad) boost Intramuscular delivery by Biojector 2000® needleless device Phase I/IIa NCT00870987 Vical, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command