| Literature DB >> 29148858 |
Gary Wong1,2,3,4, Emelissa J Mendoza3,5, Francis A Plummer4, George F Gao1,6, Gary P Kobinger3,4,5,7,8, Xiangguo Qiu3,4.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The Ebola virus (EBOV) disease epidemic during 2014-16 in West Africa has accelerated the clinical development of several vaccine candidates that have demonstrated efficacy in the gold standard nonhuman primate (NHP) model, namely cynomolgus macaques. AREAS COVERED: This review discusses the pre-clinical research and if available, clinical evaluation of the currently available EBOV vaccine candidates, while emphasizing the translatability of pre-clinical data generated in the NHP model to clinical data in humans. EXPERT OPINION: Despite the existence of many successful EBOV vaccine candidates in the pre-clinical stages, only two platforms became the focus of Phase 2/3 efficacy trials in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea near the peak of the epidemic: the Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-vectored vaccine and the chimpanzee adenovirus type 3 (ChAd3)-vectored vaccine. The results of three distinct clinical trials involving these candidates may soon pave the way for a licensed, safe and efficacious EBOV vaccine to help combat future epidemics.Entities:
Keywords: Clinical trials; ebola virus; nonhuman primates; vaccines
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29148858 PMCID: PMC5841470 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2018.1404572
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Expert Opin Biol Ther ISSN: 1471-2598 Impact factor: 4.388