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. 2022 Apr 20:NEJMoa2116620. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2116620

Table 3. Primary End Point and Key Supportive Efficacy Analyses in the Full Preexposure Analysis Set.*.

First Case of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR–Positive Symptomatic Illness Primary Analysis Median 6-Mo Follow-up
AZD7442
(N=3441)
Placebo
(N=1731)
Relative Risk Reduction
% (95% CI)
P Value AZD7442
(N=3441)
Placebo
(N=1731)
Relative Risk Reduction
% (95% CI)
no. of participants (%) no. of participants (%)
Primary end point: first case of illness, with data censored at unblinding or receipt of Covid-19 vaccine 8 (0.2) 17 (1.0) 76.7 (46.0–90.0) <0.001 11 (0.3) 31 (1.8) 82.8 (65.8–91.4)
Key supportive analyses
First case of illness, regardless of unblinding or receipt of Covid-19 vaccine 10 (0.3) 22 (1.3) 77.3 (52.0–89.3) <0.001 20 (0.6) 44 (2.5) 77.4 (61.7–86.7)
First case of illness, including all deaths, with data censored at unblinding or receipt of Covid-19 vaccine 12 (0.3) 19 (1.1) 68.8 (35.6–84.9) 0.002 18 (0.5) 36 (2.1) 75.8 (57.3–86.2)
*

The full preexposure analysis set consisted of all the participants who had undergone randomization, received at least one injection of AZD7442 or placebo, and did not have RT-PCR–confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection at baseline. Estimates were based on a Poisson regression with robust variance. The model included trial group (AZD7442 or placebo) and age at informed consent (≥60 years or <60 years), with the log of the follow-up time as an offset. Unadjusted relative risk reductions (95% CI) for the primary end point were the same as the adjusted relative risk reductions for both the primary analysis and the median 6-month follow-up. An estimated relative risk reduction greater than 0 favored AZD7442, with a P value of less than 0.05 indicating statistical significance.

This analysis was not prespecified in the trial protocol, so P values were not calculated.