The CVnCoV vaccine candidate is an LNP-formulated RNActive® SARS-CoV-2 vaccine that contains 6 or 12 µg mRNA encoding for a pre-fusion conformation-stabilized version of the full-length S-protein from wild-type SARS-CoV-2. The mRNA is encapsulated in four lipid components: cholesterol, 1,2-distearoyl-
sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC), PEG-ylated lipid and a cationic lipid [12] (
link), and is stored at −60℃ until use. Each 0·3 mL dose was administered by intramuscular injection in the deltoid muscle of the non-dominant arm. Age-appropriate control vaccines were a licensed hepatitis A vaccine (
Havrix™, GSK, Rixensart, Belgium, lot AHAVB965BK in Panama; and Avaxim™, Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon, France, lot R3E148V in Peru) which is recommended for use in the 18–60 years groups, and a licensed pneumococcal vaccine (
Prevenar13, Pfizer, Ireland; lots AN1061 and T019826 in Panama, and lot DP8378 in Peru) which is recommended for the over-60 participants, administered according to the manufacturers’ instructions.
Sáez-Llorens X., Lanata C., Aranguren E., Celis C.R., Cornejo R., DeAntonio R., Ecker L., Garrido D., Gil A.I., Gonzales M., Hess-Holtz M., Leroux-Roels G., Junker H., Kays S.K., Koch S.D., Lazzaro S., Mann P., Quintini G., Srivastava B., Vahrenhorst D., von Eisenhart-Rothe P., Wolz O.O, & Oostvogels L. (2022). Safety and immunogenicity of mRNA-LNP COVID-19 vaccine CVnCoV in Latin American adults: A phase 2 randomized study. Vaccine: X, 11, 100189.