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. 2019 Oct 17;71(6):1481–1490. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1010

Table 2.

Overview of Adverse Events and Other Indicators and Contributors of Reactogenicity in the Chemoprophylaxis Vaccination With Sporozoites Phase Study Population

CVac Phase
CVac #1 CVac #2 CVac #3
Pilot PQ/ CQ, n = 6 PQ/CQ, n = 13a CQ, n = 5 Drug Control, n = 6 Pilot PQ/CQ, n = 5 PQ/CQ, n = 12 CQ, n = 4 Drug Control, n = 6 Pilot PQ/ CQ, n = 5 PQ/CQ, n = 12 CQ, n = 4b Drug Control, n = 6
Any solicited AE 5 (83) 13 (100) 4 (80) 6 (100) 4 (80) 12 (100) 3 (75) 6 (100) 2 (40) 11 (92) 2 (50) 6 (100)
Any SAE 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Any unsolicited AE 6 (100) 7 (54) 1 (20) 5 (83) 0 (0) 5 (42) 2 (50) 3 (50) 3 (60) 2 (17) 2 (50) 3 (50)
Any AE related to:
 Chloroquine 3 (50) 11 (85) 3 (60) 4 (67) 1 (20) 4 (33) 0 (0) 3 (50) 1 (20) 2 (17) 0 (0) 2 (33)
 Primaquine/placeboc 2 (33) 2 (17) 2 (40) 1 (17) 1 (20) 2 (17) 1 (25) 1 (17) 1 (20) 3 (25) 1 (25) 0 (0)
 Local mosquito bites 5 (83) 12 (100) 4 (80) 5 (83) 4 (80) 11 (92) 2 (50) 6 (100) 3 (60) 11 (92) 3 (75) 4 (67)
 Systemic mosquito bites 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0) 1 (17)
 Malariad 2 (33) 3 (25) 0 (0) 1 (17) 1 (20) 4 (33) 0 (0) 2 (33) 1 (20) 3 (25) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Combination 4 (67) 2 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (40) 2 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (40) 6 (50) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Any lab abnormalities 3 (50) 5 (38) 0 (0) 1 (17) 3 (60) 4 (33) 0 (0) 1 (17) 1 (20) 7 (58) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Any related AE by grading:
 Grade 1, mild 5 (83) 13 (100) 4 (80) 6 (100) 4 (80) 10 (83) 2 (50) 5 (83) 3 (60) 10 (83) 3 (75) 3 (50)
 Grade 2, moderate 3 (50) 4 (31) 2 (40) 4 (67) 1 (20) 5 (42) 0 (0) 3 (50) 1 (20) 5 (42) 0 (0) 3 (50)
 Grade 3, severe 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (20) 1 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Peak parasite density during CVac by qRT-PCR, parasites/mL
 Any positive qPCR 6 (100) 8 (67) 5 (100) 0 (0) 4 (80) 9 (75) 1 (25) 0 (0) 3 (60) 5 (42) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Detectable to <102 1 (17) 4 (33) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (33) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (40) 3 (25) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 ≥102 to <103 0 (0) 2 (17) 1 (20) 0 (0) 4 (80) 4 (33) 1 (25) 0 (0) 1 (20) 2 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 ≥103 to <104 4 (67) 2 (17) 4 (80) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 ≥104 1 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Data are number of unique subjects (%), unless stated otherwise.

Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; CQ, chloroquine; CVac, chemoprophylaxis vaccination with sporozoites; PQ, primaquine; qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; qRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; SAE, severe adverse event; SPZ, sporozoites.

aThe safety population for PQ/CQ arm for the first CVac was 13 for the CQ dose evaluation only, as a subject was withdrawn from the study prior to any further study interventions.

bThe safety population for the CQ arm for CVac #3 was 4, but only 3 subjects were evaluable for parasite density, as a subject was withdrawn secondary to pregnancy on the day of PQ/placebo dosing (Day 1 post–SPZ exposure) and treated.

cPQ-receiving arms: pilot PQ/CQ, PQ/CQ, and drug controls; placebo-receiving arm: CQ.

dSPZ-receiving arms: pilot PQ/CQ, PQ/CQ, and CQ; non–SPZ receiving arm: drug controls.