The Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted to incorporate use in adolescents 12 to 17 years of age for stopping COVID-19 brought on by SARS-CoV-2.
Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted is engineered from the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 utilizing the Firm’s recombinant nanoparticle expertise to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus spike (S) protein. The vaccine incorporates the Firm’s saponin-based Matrix-M™ adjuvant expertise to reinforce and lengthen immune responses. It’s administered intramuscularly as a 2-dose main sequence (0.5mL every), separated by 3 weeks.
The expanded authorization was based mostly on knowledge from the continuing randomized, placebo-controlled section 3 PREVENT-19 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04611802), which included 2247 adolescents 12 to 17 years of age within the US. Individuals have been randomly assigned 2:1 to obtain 2 intramuscular injections of both Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted or placebo administered 21 days aside.
Proceed Studying
The first endpoint was the primary prevalence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic COVID-19 with onset at the least 7 days after the second dose in serologically unfavourable members at baseline.
Findings demonstrated total vaccine efficacy of 78.29% (95% CI, 37.55-92.45) at a time when the Delta variant was predominantly circulating within the US. Furthermore, antibody titers have been discovered to be greater in adolescents in contrast with younger adults.
The most typical solicited hostile reactions reported by vaccine recipients have been injection website ache/tenderness (75.0%), headache (56.9%), fatigue/malaise (57.9%), muscle ache (49.0%), nausea/vomiting (19.9%), joint ache (16.2%), fever (16.9%), injection website swelling (8.0%), and injection website redness (7.5%).
“Having extra vaccine choices to be used in each adults and adolescents, just like the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted will hopefully assist improve vaccination charges, significantly as we put together for ongoing surges of COVID-19 with the beginning of fall and the back-to-school season,” mentioned Stanley C. Erck, President and CEO, Novavax. “We hope that our vaccine, developed utilizing an modern method to recombinant protein vaccine expertise, could have a particular function in adolescent vaccination based mostly on mother and father’ and caregivers’ familiarity with protein-based vaccines utilized in different illness areas.”
Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted is equipped as a suspension in a carton containing 10 multidose vials; every vial incorporates 10 doses of 0.5mL every. An unpunctured multidose vial ought to be refrigerated between 36-46°F (2 to eight°C). After the primary needle puncture of the vial, the vial could be saved between 36-77°F (2 to 25°C) for as much as 6 hours; the vial have to be discarded 6 hours after the primary puncture.
References
- U.S. FDA grants Emergency Use Authorization for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted for adolescents aged 12 by way of 17. Information launch. Novavax, Inc. August 19, 2022. Accessed August 22, 2022. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-fda-grants-emergency-use-authorization-for-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-adjuvanted-for-adolescents-aged-12-through-17-301609432.html
- Truth sheet for healthcare suppliers administering vaccine (vaccination supplier): Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted to stop coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19). Accessed August 22, 2022. https://www.fda.gov/media/159897/obtain
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