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Of the potential Covid-19 vaccine loads in development, six are in the final stages of testing, known as phase 3 clinical trials. One of them, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, is the vaccine we are developing at the University of Oxford. .
To be approved, vaccines must go through several rounds of testing to show that they are effective. A combined phase one and phase two trial of the Oxford vaccine has shown that it is, with only short-term side effects and no reports of serious unforeseen events, and that it elicits an immune response.
The purpose of a phase 3 trial is to assess whether this vaccine-induced immune reaction is strong enough to protect other people who oppose Covid-19. Demonstrating this would pave the way for the public to have access to the vaccine.
How a test of 3 works
Typically, a trial 3 has two groups, one that receives the vaccine being tested and the other that receives a placebo or a “control” injection, such as saline or a vaccine against another disease.
To show that the vaccine is effective, it deserves that there are fewer cases of the target disease in the vaccinated organization compared to the organization. Depending on the infection rates of the disease, a phase 3 vaccine trial can involve from thousands to tens of thousands of volunteers.
For ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, clinical trial volunteers are located in countries on five continents: United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa, United States and India.
The vaccine is being evaluated in these other regions and populations of the world to ensure that the effects of the trial are “generalizable”, meaning that its effects can be applied to other people outside of the tested groups.
In the UK, we are testing the vaccine on fitness personnel because they are more likely to be exposed to infections than the general population. The trial also includes public volunteers over the age of 70. Other older people are at greater threat of serious illness, so it is necessary to know if they respond to the vaccine.
Oxford and our foreign partners have already vaccinated another 17,000 people in the first 3 countries decided (UK, Brazil and South Africa), some of which have won a vaccine.
Most volunteers receive a booster shot one to three months after the first one, as knowledge from our phase one / two trial indicates that this complements the immune response; it is not yet clear whether two doses will be needed. a shield opposed to Covid-19.
Once vaccinated, the volunteers go about their daily lives, but are monitored to see if they contract the disease. For the most part, they are told to take the same precautions against infection as everyone else; This is because we still do not know if the vaccine works, and also because of which part of the volunteers will have won a vaccine (no. Covid).
Carrying out phase 3 clinical trials in several other countries in record time is a huge logistical challenge. Working with experienced foreign groups made the complex procedure of shipping devices and vaccines manageable, but it is particularly painful due to flight restrictions in the UK and elsewhere.
There are also many other operations that want to coordinate. We are the vaccine with our partners in 3 test sites in Brazil and seven in South Africa, for example.
Will the vaccine be safe?
Most vaccines take at least five years to go through clinical trials, and there have been doubts that Covid-19 vaccines are “rushed. “
The Oxford vaccine has completed a program of preclinical animal protection testing and is undergoing the same conscientiously regulated procedure as vaccines unlike other diseases. It will be tested in more volunteers in planned clinical trials than many licensed drugs or vaccines.
Vaccines like Oxford’s are arriving thanks to the coordinated efforts of giant foreign groups of scientists and doctors. Safety, ethics and regulatory committees are speeding things up by prioritizing approval processes over other vaccines and drugs.
Nevertheless, the same rigorous standards are applied to candidate Covid-19 vaccines, ensuring no corners are cut in terms of vaccine safety.
When will we know if the Oxford vaccine works?
There’s a good chance we’ll know whether the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine is effective before the end of 2020. After the successful completion of phase three trials, regulatory bodies in each country will need to review the available data before approving the vaccine for general use.
AstraZeneca, the firm partnering Oxford to develop the vaccine, is overseeing a scaling up of manufacturing in parallel with clinical testing so that hundreds of millions of doses can be available if the vaccine is shown to be safe and effective.
*Ashfield is a senior project manager at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. Folegatti is a clinical research fellow at the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Jenner Institute, and PhD Candidate in Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford. This article was first published on The Conversation Africa
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