Table 2.
Time point | No. of subjectsa (RTS,S/AS01 vs control) |
Vaccine efficacy (%) [95% CI] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical malariab | Severe malariac | Malaria hospitalizationd | ||
12 months after dose 3 [16] | 2830 vs 1466 | 55.1 [50.5 to 59.3]** | 47.3 [22.4 to 64.2]** | 47.9 [34.6 to 58.5]**e |
18 months after dose 3 [14] | 4557 vs 2328 | 45.7 [41.7 to 49.5]** | 35.5 [14.6 to 51.1]** | 41.5 [29.1 to 51.7]** |
30 months after dose 3 [13] | ||||
3 doses | 2306 vs 2336 | 33.9 [28.9 to 38.6]** | 2.1 [− 27.5 to 24.8] | 18.1 [1.1 to 32.3]*e |
3 doses + 1 booster dose | 2276 vs 2336 | 46.1 [41.8 to 50.1]** | 32.4 [9.5 to 49.8] | 40.1 [26.2 to 51.5]*e* |
46 months after dose 3 [13] | ||||
3 doses | 2306 vs 2336 | 26.2 [20.8 to 31.2]** | − 5.8 [− 35.0 to 17.0] | 12 [− 5 to 26]e |
3 doses + 1 booster dose | 2276 vs 2336 | 39.0 [34.3 to 43.3]** | 28.5 [6.3 to 45.7]** | 37.2 [23.6 to 48.5]e |
Over 6.8 years [18] | ||||
3 doses | 829 vs 839 | 19.1 [10.8 to 26.7]** | 10.1 [− 18.1 to 31.6] | Not reportedf |
3 doses + 1 booster dose | 844 vs 839 | 23.7 [15.9 to 30.7]** | 36.7 [14.6 to 53.1]** | Not reportedf |
*p < 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 vs comparator
aModified intention-to-treat population for 6.8 years and per-protocol population for all other time points
bAll episodes. Primary case definition: temperature ≥ 37.5 °C and P. falciparum asexual parasitaemia (> 5000 parasites/mm3) or a case of malaria meeting the primary case definition of severe malaria
cPrimary case definition: P. falciparum asexual parasitaemia (> 5000 parasites/mm3) with ≥ 1 marker of disease severity and without comorbidity
dDefined as a medical hospitalization with confirmed P. falciparum asexual parasitaemia (> 5000 parasites/mm3)
eData from the EU assessment report [36] or summary of product characteristics[6]
fVaccine efficacy was similar to that for severe malaria, as most severe malaria cases also met the case definition for malaria hospitalisation