A single intranasal dose of chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques

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  1. SciScore for 10.1101/2021.01.26.428251: (What is this?)

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    DETAILS: QUANTIFICATION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Statistical significance was assigned when P values were < 0.05 using Prism Version 8 (GraphPad)
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    We acknowledge several limitations in this study: (a) we did not perform direct immunogenicity and efficacy comparisons with intramuscular delivery of ChAd-SARS-CoV-2; (b) we did not assess durability of immune responses. Future longitudinal studies must be conducted to monitor immune responses over time after intranasal vaccination with ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S to establish durability; and (c) even with a high dose and invasive route of challenge, many of the control vaccinated animals did not develop severe lung pathology or disease, which limited our ability to conclude protection against disease in this model. In summary, our studies establish that immunization of primates with ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S induces neutralizing antibody and protective immune responses in both the upper and lower respiratory tract. While several vaccine candidates (mRNA, inactivated, viral-vectored) are in advanced phases of human clinical trials or recently granted EUAs for immunization of humans, their efficacy in curtailing transmission remains to be established. Based on preclinical data in multiple animal models, we suggest that intranasal delivery of ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S or possibly other viral-vectored or subunit-based vaccines is a promising platform for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease, and transmission, and warrants further evaluation in humans.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: We found the following clinical trial numbers in your paper:

    IdentifierStatusTitle
    NCT04324606Active, not recruitingA Study of a Candidate COVID-19 Vaccine (COV001)


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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