Table 1. Virus-Like Particle-Based COVID-19 Vaccines in Clinical Trials a.
No. | Type of Candidate Vaccine | Antigen | Number of Doses | Schedule | Route of Administration | Developers | Phase | Phase 1 | Phase 1/2 | Phase 2 | Phase 2/3 | Phase 3 |
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1 | RBD SARS-CoV-2 HBsAg VLP Vaccine | RBD | 2 | Day 0+28 | IM | Serum Institute of India+ Accelagen Pty + SpyBiotech | 1/2 | ACTRN12620000817943; ACTRN12620001308987 | ||||
2 | Coronavirus-like particle COVID-19 (CoVLP) | Stabilized prefusion form of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fused with a transmembrane domain and cytoplasmic tail of influenza hemagglutinin | 2 | Day 0+21 | IM | Medicago | 3 | NCT04450004; Study Report | NCT04662697 | NCT04636697 | ||
3 | VBI-2902a. An enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) glycoprotein and aluminum phosphate adjuvant | A modified and optimized prefusion form of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein | 2 | Day 0+28 | IM | VBI Vaccines Inc. | 1/2 | NCT04773665 | ||||
4 | SARS CoV-2 VLP vaccine | All four structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2 (S, E, M, and N) | 2 | Day 0 | SC | The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey | 2 | NCT04818281 | NCT04962893 | |||
5 | ABNCoV2 capsid virus-like particle (cVLP) +/- adjuvant MF59 | RBD antigens were designed with boundaries aa319-591 of the SARS-CoV-2 sequence (Sequence; ID: QIA20044.1). | 2 | Day 0+28 | IM | Radboud University | 1 | NCT04839146 | ||||
6 | SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine LYB001, an RBD from SARS-CoV-2 and VLP vector, adjuvanted with Alum | RBD | 3 | Day 0, 28, 56 | IM | Yantai Patronus Biotech Co., Ltd | Phase 1 | NCT05125926 | NCT05137444 |
a Resource: https://www.who.int/publications/