Initial safety and immunogenicity studies of an oral recombinant adenohepatitis B vaccine

Vaccine. 1992;10(10):673-6. doi: 10.1016/0264-410x(92)90088-2.

Abstract

Orally administered adenovirus may be a useful vaccine carrier of cloned antigens of other pathogens. A recombinant adenohepatitis vaccine Wy-Ad7HZ6-1, which expressed hepatitis B surface antigen and contained a large deletion in early region 3 (E3), was constructed and studied in humans. Volunteers received Wy-Ad7HZ6-1 (n = 3), adenovirus type 7 vaccine (n = 3) or placebo (n = 3). Recipients of Wy-Ad7HZ6-1 shed less vaccine virus in the stool for a shorter period and had a lower titre of anti-adenovirus type 7 antibodies than recipients of the adenovirus 7 vaccine. None of the three Wy-Ad7HZ6-1 vaccinees developed antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen after this one dose primary immunization regimen. The E3 region may be required for optimal enteric growth of adenovirus-vectored vaccines.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviruses, Human / immunology*
  • Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / biosynthesis
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / immunology
  • Hepatitis B virus / immunology*
  • Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / adverse effects*
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology*
  • Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / adverse effects*
  • Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • Viral Hepatitis Vaccines