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Record W4406946246 · doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae631.795

P-597. Amezosvatein Demonstrates Non-Inferior Immunogenicity and Superior Tolerability Head-to-Head vs Shingrix in a Phase 2 Herpes Zoster Vaccine Trial

2025· article· en· W4406946246 on OpenAlexaff
Lisa Shelton, Jon Yankey, Soren Gantt, Guy De La Rosa, David Skibinski, George Simeon, David Miller

Bibliographic record

VenueOpen Forum Infectious Diseases · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments
Canadian institutionsUniversité de Montréal
FundersModernaPfizer
KeywordsMedicineTolerabilityImmunogenicityVirologyPharmacologyAdverse effectImmunologyImmune system

Abstract

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Abstract Background Low uptake and significant second-dose avoidance for herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination are behaviors linked to poor tolerability of the existing AS01B-adjuvanted recombinant gE herpes zoster vaccine, Shingrix, and represent an unmet medical need for a less reactogenic herpes zoster vaccine. Amezosvatein (CRV-101) is an investigational recombinant gE vaccine using a third-generation synthetic adjuvant (SLA-SE) targeting the human TLR4 receptor with improved tolerability and non-inferior immunogenicity. Humoral Immunogenicity: Anti-gE Antibody VRR and GMFR, and Anti-VZV Neutralizing Antibody GMFR Vaccine Response Rate, defined as a 4-fold rise in antibody concentration from baseline, Geometric Mean Fold-Rise (GMFR) in anti-gE ELISA from baseline, and fold rises in neutralizing antibody were identical or higher for amezosvatein Methods A randomized, observer-blind, active-controlled, multi-center Phase 2 trial of amezosvatein versus Shingrix enrolled 876 participants aged 50+. Participants received two injections of either Shingrix or amezosvatein at up to 100 μg of gE antigen with 5, 10, or 15 μg of SLA-SE. The primary endpoints of the study compared safety/tolerability and non-inferiority of immunogenicity of amezosvatein vs Shingrix. Amezosvatein demonstrates superior tolerability to Shingrix Amezosvatein demonstrated a clinically superior tolerability profile compared to Shingrix as measured by Grade 2/3 solicited local and systemic adverse events. Results Amezosvatein at 100 μg gE/15 μg SLA-SE demonstrated immunogenicity non-inferior to Shingrix at Day 84 as measured by anti-gE ELISA Geometric Mean Concentration (50,000 mIU/mL vs. 56,959 mIU/mL, adjusted ratio 0.89, 80% CI 0.79; 1.01). Vaccine Response Rate, defined as a 4-fold rise in antibody concentration from baseline, Geometric Mean Fold-Rise (GMFR) in anti-gE ELISA from baseline, and fold rises in neutralizing antibody were identical or higher for amezosvatein (Figure 1). Amezosvatein demonstrated a clinically superior tolerability profile compared to Shingrix as measured by Grade 2/3 solicited local and systemic adverse events. Grade 2/3 solicited AEs were reported by 7.3% of amezosvatein recipients versus 33.3% of Shingrix recipients. This difference was statistically significant in a post hoc analysis (p< 0.001) (Figure 2). Conclusion Our findings suggest amezosvatein has been shown as efficacious with a potentially better tolerability profile, making it a potentially-attractive alternative for the prevention of herpes zoster. Global Phase 3 trials of amezosvatein are anticipated to begin shortly. Disclosures Lisa R. Shelton, ARNP, Curevo Vaccine: Salary|Curevo Vaccine: Stocks/Bonds (Private Company) Soren Gantt, MD PHD MPH FRCPC, Altona Diagnostics: Grant/Research Support|Curevo Vaccine: Advisor/Consultant|GSK: Advisor/Consultant|GSK: Grant/Research Support|Merck: Advisor/Consultant|Merck: Grant/Research Support|Meridian Biosciences: Grant/Research Support|Moderna: Advisor/Consultant|Moderna: Grant/Research Support|Pfizer: Grant/Research Support|VBI: Grant/Research Support Guy De La Rosa, MD, Curevo Vaccine: Employee|Curevo Vaccine: Stocks/Bonds (Private Company) David A. G. Skibinski, PhD, Curevo Vaccine: Salary|Curevo Vaccine: Stocks/Bonds (Private Company) George Simeon, MPH, Curevo Inc.: Board Member|Curevo Inc.: salary|Curevo Inc.: Stocks/Bonds (Private Company) David Miller, BA, Curevo Vaccine: Employee|Curevo Vaccine: Stocks/Bonds (Private Company)

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Randomized trial · Consensus signal: Randomized trial
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.010
Threshold uncertainty score0.033

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0100.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.357
Teacher spread0.343 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designRandomized trial
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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