COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
(Randomized evidence)

Methods

Protocol

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Vaccine types

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Vaccine efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of booster vs no booster (tables)

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Vaccine efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of heterologous vs homologous vaccination (tables)

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Trial Type Comparisons Design Participants Sample size Overall risk
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Highest assessment
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Intervention 1 Intervention 2
NCT04649151
ModernaTX
Ali K, N Engl J Med, 2021

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Healthy adolescents in 26 centers in the USA N= 3732
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04796896
Moderna TX
Anderson E, N Engl J Med , 2022 a

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Children 2 to 5 years of age, including healthy and those with stable chronic diseases in 87 centres in USA (79 sites) and Canada (8 sites). N= 4048
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04796896
Moderna TX
Anderson E, N Engl J Med, 2022 b

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Children 6 to 23 months of age, including healthy and those with stable chronic diseases in 87 centres in USA (79 sites) and Canada (8 sites). N= 2355
Some concerns
Details

Full description

TCTR20220112002
Moderna; Pfizer
Assantachai P, J Infect Dis, 2023

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

ChAdOx1/Boost mRNA1273-20 mcg ID

ChAdOx1/Boost BNT162b2- 10MCG ID

ChAd/Boost mRNA1273

ChadOx1/boostBNT

RCT
4
Adults 65 years of age or older in a single centre in Thailand N= 210
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04907331; 2021-002171-19
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford; Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Bánki Z, EBioMedicine, 2022
HEVACC

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

1 dose ChAdOx1/ 1 dose BNT162b2

ChAdOx1

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy adults with no history of COVID-19 in 3 centres in Austria. N= 234
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04955626
Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma
Barda N, Clin. Microbiol. Infect., 2023

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2/Boost BNT161b2-OMI 30mcg

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2/Boost BNT161b2-OMI 60mcg

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2/Boost BNT161b2-OMI 15/15mcg

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2/Boost BNT161b2-OMI 30/30mcg

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2 60mcg

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 3
Healthy adults, age 60 years old or more and SARS-CoV-2 infection-free, in a single center in Israel N= 123
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04860739, EudraCT2021-001978-37
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Borobia A M, Lancet, 2021

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2 30 mcg 8-12 weeks after 1 dose ChAdOx1-S

No second vaccine dose

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy, or clinically stable, adults (aged ≥18 and ≤60) that were SARS-COV-2 infection free and who had received a prime ChAdOx1-S vaccination between 8 and 12 weeks before the screening visit in 5 centers in Spain. N= 676
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05289037
Moderna + National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases (NIAID); ModernaTX
Branche A, medRxiv, 2022 a

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Commentary
Commentary
RNA based vaccine

Any COVID-19 vaccine prime and 1st boost/2nd boost mRNA-1273 Omicron + mRNA-1273 Beta

Any COVID-19 vaccine prime and 1st boost/2nd boost mRNA-1273Omicron + mRNA-1273 Delta

Any COVID-19 vaccine prime and 1st boost/2nd boost mRNA-1273 Omicron + mRNA-1273

Any COVID-19 vaccine prime and 1st boost/2nd boost mRNA-1273 Omicron

Any COVID-19 vaccine prime and 1st boost/2nd boost mRNA-1273

RCT
Phase 2
Adults with completed primary and booster COVID-19 vaccine series, either homologous or heterologous, and in stable health at 22 centers in USA. N= 602
Some concerns
Details

Full description

TCTR20211102003
Sinovac Research and Development Co., Ltd; Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma; Moderna + National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); AstraZeneca + University of Oxford
Bruminhent J, Am J Transplant, 2022

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RNA based vaccine

CoronaVac or ChAdOx1/Boost BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273

CoronaVac or ChAdOx1/Boost ChAdOx1

RCT
Phase 3
Adult kidney transplant recipients without a history of COVID-19 in a single centre in Thailand. N= 85
Some concerns
Details

Full description

RBR–9nn3scw
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford/Sinovac/Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies/Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Costa Clemens SA, Lancet, 2022

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Commentary
Non replicating viral vector

CoronaVac/Boost BNT162b2

CoronaVac/Boost ChAdOx1

CoronaVac/Boost AD26.COV2-S

CoronaVac/Boost CoronaVac

RCT
Phase 4
Healthy adults with no history of confirmed covid-19 who had previously received 2 doses of CoronaVac at two centers in Brazil N= 1240
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04796896
ModernaTX
Creech CB, N Engl J Med, 2022
KidCOVE

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273 (50 mcg D0/28)

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Children aged 6-11 years, healthy or with stable chronic conditions and no known recent history of COVID-19 infection, at 87 centers in Canada and USA. N= 4016
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04470427
ModernaTX
El Sahly H, N Engl J Med, 2021
COVE

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Commentary
Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273 100 mcg D1/28

Placebo D1/28

RCT
Phase 3
Healthy adults with no known history of SARS-CoV-2 infection in 99 centers in the US N= 30415
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05197153
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford; Moderna TX; Medigen Vaccine Biologics+Dynavax+NIAID
Estephan L, Vaccine, 2023 a

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Commentary
Protein subunit

MVC-COV1901/Boost 1/2 MVC-COV1901

MVC-COV1901/Boost mRNA-127

MVC-COV1901/Boost ChAdOx1

MVC-COV1901/Boost MVC-COV1901

RCT
Phase 2
Adults who received ChAdOx1, mRNA-1273, or MVC-COV1901 as prime vaccination with no history of COVID-19 , in 4 centers in Taiwan N= 313
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05197153
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford; Moderna TX; Medigen Vaccine Biologics+Dynavax+NIAID
Estephan L, Vaccine, 2023 b

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Commentary
Protein subunit

ChadOx1/boost MVC-COV1901

ChadOx1/boostmRNA-1273 (half dose)

ChadOx1/boostChadOx1

RCT
Phase 2
Adults who received ChAdOx1, mRNA-1273, or MVC-COV1901 as prime vaccination with no history of COVID-19 , in 4 centers in Taiwan N= 323
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05197153
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford; Moderna TX; Medigen Vaccine Biologics+Dynavax+NIAID
Estephan L, Vaccine, 2023 c

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Protein subunit

mRNA-1273/Boost MVC-COV1901

mRNA-1273/Boost ChAdOx1

mRNA-1273/Boost 1/2 MVC-COV1901

mRNA-1273/Boost 1/2 mRNA-1273

RCT
Phase 2
Adults who received ChAdOx1, mRNA-1273, or MVC-COV1901 as prime vaccination with no history of COVID-19 , in 4 centers in Taiwan N= 163
Some concerns
Details

Full description

INA-GO0HLGB
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford;Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma; Sinovac, Ltd
Fadlyana E, Lancet Infect Dis, 2023

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Commentary
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RNA based vaccine

CoronaVac/Boost BNT162b2

CoronaVac/Boost BNT162b2

CoronaVac/Boost BNT162b2 (half dose)

Coronavac/Boost ChAdOx1 (half dose)

CoronaVac/Boost CoronaVac

CoronaVac/Boost BNT162b2

CoronaVac/Boost CoronaVac

CoronaVac/Boost CoronaVac

RCT
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Healthy adults without a history of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 within one month prior recruitment in 5 centres in Indonesia N= 960
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04368728
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Frenck R, N Engl J Med, 2021

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2 3mcg D0/21

Placebo D0/21

RCT
Phase 3
Adolescents aged 12 to 15 years with no previous Covid-19 diagnosis or SARS-CoV-2 infection in 29 centers in the USA N= 2264
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04885907
ModernaTX
Hall VG, N Engl J Med, 2021

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Commentary
Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273

Placebo

RCT
Phase 4
Solid organ transplant recipients with no previous diagnosis of COVID-19 who has previously received two doses of mRNA-1273 at a single center in Canada N= 120
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04588480
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Haranaka M, Nat. Commun., 2021

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Commentary
Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2

Placebo

RCT
Phase 1-2
Adults including elderly and co-morbidities with no history of COVID-19 at 2 centres in Japan N= 160
Low
Details

Full description

NCT04649021
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Hui A-M, Lancet, 2022

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Commentary
Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy adults and those with a pre-existing stable condition, at 2 centers in China. N= 960
Low
Details

Full description

NCT04900467; EudraCT: 2021-002174-52
Moderna;Pfizer/BioNTech
Janssen C, EClinicalMedicine, 2022

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Commentary
Heterologous vaccination scheme

1 dose BNT162b2/1 dose mRNA-1273

1 dose mRNA-1273 /1 dose BNT162b2

2 doses BNT162b2

2 doses mRNA-1273

RCT
Phase 2
Adults with no known or suspected history of SARS-CoV-2 infection at 17 centers in France. N= 414
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05030974
Moderna ; Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma ; Janssen Pharmaceutical
Kho M, Lancet Infect Dis, 2022
RECOVAC

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Commentary
Heterologous booster

mRNA vaccine/Boost 2 doses mRNA-1273

mRNA vaccine/Boost Ad26.COV2-S

mRNAvaccine/Boost mRNA-1273

RCT
Phase 4
Adult kidney transplant recipients without seroconversion after two doses of an mRNA vaccine and no history of COVID-19 at 4 centers in the Netherlands. N= 230
Some concerns
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Full description

NCT04652102; EudraCT 2020-003998-22
CureVac AG
Kremsner P, Lancet Infect Dis, 2022
HERALD

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

CVnCoV

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Adults with no history of COVID-19 in 47 centers in Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Peru N= 39680
Some concerns
Details

Full description

ChiCTR2000034825 ; NCT04523571
BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals
Li J, Nature Medicine, 2021

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b1 10 mcg D0/21

BNT162b1 30 mcg D0/21

Placebo

RCT
Phase 1
Healthy young adults between 18 and 55 years of age, and older adults between 65 and 85 that were SARS-COVID-2 infection-free at a single center in China. N= 144
Low
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Full description

ISRCTN69254139, EudraCT: 2020-005085-33
AstraZeneca+University of Oxford; Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Liu X, Lancet, 2022
Com-COV

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RNA based vaccine

1 dose ChAdOx1/ 1 dose BNT162b2

1 dose BNT162b2 /1 dose ChAdOx1

2 doses ChAdOx1

2 doses BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 2
Adults 50 years or older with no previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, no or well-controlled mild-moderate comorbidities and HIV-negative in 8 centers in the UK N= 463
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04480957
Arcturus Therapeutics Inc.
Low J, medRxiv, 2021 b

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RNA based vaccine

ARCT-021 3mcg

ARCT-021 5mcg

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy HIV-negative adults at a single Center in Singapore. N= 64
Some concerns
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Full description

NCT04480957
Arcturus Therapeutics Inc.
Low J, medRxiv, 2021 a

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RNA based vaccine

ARCT-021 1mcg

ARCT-021 5mcg

ARCT-021 7.5mcg

ARCT-021 10mcg

Placebo

RCT
Phase 1
Healthy HIV-negative adults at a single Center in Singapore. N= 42
Some concerns
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Full description

NCT04962906; NCT05027672
Gamaleya Research Institute, AstraZeneca+University of Oxford;Moderna;Sinopharm
Macchia A, Lancet Reg Health Am, 2022

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Non replicating viral vector

Gam-COVID-Vac rAd26-S

Gam-COVID-Vac rAd26-S/BBIBP-CorV

RCT
Phase 2
Adults who had received the first dose (rAd26) of the Sputnik V vaccine at least 30 days earlier and no history of SARS-CoV-2 at a single centre in Argentina N= 540
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04677660
ModernaTX
Masuda T, Vaccine, 2022 a

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273

Placebo

RCT
Phase 1-2
Healthy adults aged ≥ 20 years with no known history/risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection at 2 centers in Japan. N= 200
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04611243
Sinovac/Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Mok C K P, Am. J. Respir. Crit., 2022

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RNA based vaccine

CoronaVac/Boost CoronaVac

CoronaVac/Boost BNT162b2

RCT
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Adults that had received two doses of CoronaVac but had low immune response against SARS-CoV-2 at two centres in Hong Kong, China N= 80
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04955626
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Moreira E D, N Engl J Med, 2022

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2

BNT162b2/Boost placebo

RCT
Phase 3
Adults and adolescents (from age of 16 years) that had received two doses BNT162b2 in a previous trial at least 6 months previously and had no history of COVID-19 at 123 sites in Brazil, South Africa, and the USA N= 10,136
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04368728
Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma
Mulligan MJ, Nature, 2020

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RNA based vaccine

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RCT
phase 1/2
Healthy adult volunteers with HIV-negative and SARS-CoV-2 infection-free in multiple centres in the USA. N= NR
High
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ISRCTN73765130
AstraZeneca + University of Oxford; Janssen Pharmaceutical; Novovax; Moderna + NIAID; Pfizer BioNTech + Fosun Pharma; CureVac AG; Valneva, NIHR, UK
Munro A, Lancet, 2021 d
COV-BOOST

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RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2

BNT162b2/Boost VLA2001

BNT162b2/Boost VLA2001 half dose

BNT162b2/Boost Ad26.COV2.S

BNT162b2/Boost placebo

RCT
Phase 2
Adults aged ≥30 years in good physical health at 18 centers in the UK. N= 2883
Some concerns
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Full description

ISRCTN73765130 ; EudraCT 2021-002175-19
Pfizer/BioNTech;ModernaTX
Munro APS, Lancet Infect Dis, 2022
COV-BOOST

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RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2/1st boost BNT162b2/2nd boost BNT162b2

ChadOx1/1st boost BNT162b2/2nd boost BNT162b2

BNT162b2/1st boost BNT162b2/2nd boost half dose m-RNA 1273

ChadOx1/1st boost BNT162b2/2nd boost half dose m-RNA 1273

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy adults aged 30 years or over, including elderly and those with well controlled or mild-moderate comorbidity, who had received a 2-dose primary schedule of either BNT162b2 or ChAdOx1 and a BNT162b2 booster at 18 centers in the UK N= 166
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05047640
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma; Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
Natori Y, Transpl Int, 2023

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Commentary
Non replicating viral vector

BNT162b2/boostAd26

BNT162b2/boostBNT

RCT
Phase 3
Transplants recpients 18 years of age or older who had received 2 doses of BNT162b2, in a single center in USA. N= 60
Some concerns
Details

Full description

TCTR20210720007
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma; AstraZeneca+University of Oxford ;Sinovac
Niyomnaitham S, Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2022 a

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Heterologous vaccination scheme

CoronaVac/ChAdOx1

CoronaVac/BNT162b2

ChAdOx1/CoronaVac

ChAdOx1/BNT162b2

BNT162b2/CoronaVac

BNT162b2+ChAdOx1

BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 2
Adults including healthy or stable co-morbidities that were SARS-CoV-2 infection-free in a single centre in Thailand. N= 210
Some concerns
Details

Full description

TCTR20210907003, TCTR20211102006
AstraZeneca + University of Oxford ; Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma
Niyomnaitham S, Vaccines, 2022

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Non replicating viral vector

Prime Coronavac/Boost ID 1/5 ChAdOx1

Prime Coronavac/Boost ID 1/6 BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 1-2
Healthy adults with no known history of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection at a single center in Thailand. N= 90
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT05142319
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma; ModernaTX
Poh XY, Clin. Infect. Dis., 2022
PRIBIVAC

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2/Boost mRNA-1273

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2

RCT
3
Adults at a single center in Singapore with no previous history of COVID-19 who had received a primary series of BTN162b2 at least 6 months previously N= 100
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04368728
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Polack F, N Engl J Med, 2020

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RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2 10mcg D1/D21

Normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride) D1/D21

RCT
Phase 2/3
Healthy SARS-CoV-2 DNA negative adults in multiple centres in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, South Africa, Turkey, and the USA N= 43548
Some concerns
Details

Full description

TCTR20210923012
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Puthanakit T, Vaccine: X, 2022 b

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RNA based vaccine

CoronaVac+BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2 15 mcg

CoronaVac+BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2 10 mcg

CoronaVac+BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy adolescents with no prior COVID-19 infection or vaccination at a single center in Thailand. N= 52
Some concerns
Details

Full description

EudraCT021-002927-39
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma/Moderna/Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
Reindl-Schwaighofer R, JAMA, 2021

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RNA based vaccine

mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2/Homologous boost

mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2/Boost Ad26COVS1

RCT
Phase 2
Adult kidney transplant recipients with no history of COVID-19 infection and without an antibody response 4 weeks after a 2-dose mRNA vaccine schedule at a single center in Austria. N= 201
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04927936
Janssen Pharmaceutical;Moderna ;Pfizer/BionTech+Fosun Pharma
Sablerolles R, Clin Infect Dis, 2022
SWITCH

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Placebo

Ad26.COV2.S/Boost m-RNA-1273

Ad26.COV2.S/Boost BNT162b2

Ad26.COV2.S/Boost Ad26.COV2.S

RCT
Phase 3
Healthcare workers aged 18-65 years, without severe comorbidities, and no known history of SARS-CoV-2 infection who received a single Ad26.COV2.S primary vaccination at 4 centers in the Netherlands. N= 461
Some concerns
Details

Full description

jRCT2031210470
Shionogi;Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Shinkai M, Vaccine, 2022

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Protein subunit

BNT162b2/Boost S-268019-b

BNT162b2/Boost BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 2-3
Adults who had received 2 doses of BNT162b2 vaccine at least 6 months earlier with no history of SARS-CoV-2 infection at a single centre in Japan N= 204
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04805125
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma; ModernaTX
Speich B, Clin Infect Dis, 2022

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RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2

mRNA-1273

RCT
Phase 3
Adult patients living with HIV (PLWH) or solid organ transplant recipients who were SARS-CoV-2 infection-free for the last 3 months in 3 centres in Switzerland. N= 430
Some concerns
Details

Full description

ISRCTN27841311; EudraCT 2021-001275-16
AstraZeneca + University of Oxford / Novavax / Moderna + NIAID
Stuart A, Lancet, 2021 a
Com-COV2

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Protein subunit

1 dose ChAdOx1 followed by 1 dose NVX-CoV2373

1 dose ChAdOx1 followed by 1 dose mRNA-1273

2 doses ChAdOx1

RCT
Phase 2
Healthy adults over 50 years previously vaccinated with one dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 in 9 centres in the UK N= 540
Some concerns
Details

Full description

ISRCTN27841311; EudraCT 2021-001275-16
Pfizer BioNTech + Fosun Pharma / Novavax / Moderna + NIAID
Stuart A, Lancet, 2021 b
Com-COV2

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Protein subunit

1 dose BNT162b2 followed by 1 dose NVX-CoV2373

1 dose BNT162b2 followed by 1 dose mRNA-1273

2 doses BNT162b2

RCT
Phase 2
Adults over 50 years previously vaccinated with one dose of BNT162b2 at 9 centres in the UK N= 532
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04368728
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Thomas S, N Engl J Med, 2021

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Commentary
Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Children (>=12Y yo), adolescentes and adults, with no history or SARS-CoV 2 infection at 152 sites in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, South Africa, Turkey and USA N= 44165
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04368728
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Walsh E, N Engl J Med, 2020

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b1 - 10mcg x 2 doses on day 1/22

Normal saline placebo (0.9% sodium chloride) x 2 doses on day 1/21

RCT
Phase 1
Healthy SARS-CoV-2 serology/DNA negative adults in four centres in USA N= 195
Low
Details

Full description

NCT04816643
Pfizer/BioNTech+Fosun Pharma
Walter E, N Engl J Med, 2021

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Commentary
RNA based vaccine

BNT162b2 10 mcg

Placebo

RCT
Phase 2-3
Children aged 5-11 years with or without stable co-morbidities with no history of COVID-19 in 81 centres in the USA, Spain, Finland, and Poland N= 2285
Some concerns
Details

Full description

ChiCTR2200057758
Walvax Biotech Co., Ltd ; Walvax Biotechnology + Shanghai RNACure Biopharma ; Shanghai Zerun Biotechnology + Walvax Biotechnology + CEPI ; Sinovac Research an
Zhang Y, Nature, 2023

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Non replicating viral vector

CoronaVac/Boost ChAdTS-S

CoronaVac/Boost RQ3013

CoronaVac/Boost ZR202-CoV

CoronaVac/Boost CoronaVac

CoronaVac/Boost placebo

RCT
Phase 2
Adults aged 18-59, healthy or with stable pre-existing disease and with no history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, at a single center in China. N= 250
Some concerns
Details

Full description

NCT04523571 ; ChiCTR
Pfizer/BioNTech + Fosun Pharma
Zhu F, ResearchSquare, 2021

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RNA based vaccine

BNT126b1 30 mcg/0.5 ml 2-dose Days 0,21

Saline 0.5 m l Days 0,21

RCT
Phase 1
Healthy SARS-CoV-2 infection-free adults aged 18-55 and 65-85 at a single center in China N= 144
Low
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