Comprehensive review of safety in Experimental Human Pneumococcal Challenge

Ryan E Robinson, Christopher Myerscough, Nengjie He, Helen Hill, Wendi A Shepherd, Patricia Gonzalez-Dias, Konstantinos Liatsikos, Samuel Latham, Fred Fyles, Klara Doherty, Phoebe Hazenberg, Fathimath Shiham, Daniella Mclenghan, Hugh Adler, Vicki Randles, Seher Zaidi, Angela Hyder-Wright, Elena Mitsi, Hassan Burhan, Ben Morton, Jamie Rylance, Maia Lesosky, Stephen B Gordon, Andrea M Collins and Daniela M Ferreira

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: Introduction: Experimental Human Pneumococcal Challenge (EHPC) involves the controlled exposure of adults to a specific antibiotic-sensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype, to induce nasopharyngeal colonisation for the purpose of vaccine research. The aims are to review comprehensively the safety profile of EHPC, explore the association between pneumococcal colonisation and frequency of safety review and describe the medical intervention required to undertake such studies. Methods: A single-centre review of all EHPC studies performed 2011–2021. All recorded serious adverse events (SAE) in eligible studies are reported. An unblinded meta-analysis of collated anonymised individual patient data from eligible EHPC studies was undertaken to assess the association between experimental pneumococcal colonisation and the frequency of safety events following inoculation. Results: In 1416 individuals (median age 21, IQR 20–25), 1663 experimental pneumococcal inoculations were performed. No pneumococcal-related SAE have occurred. 214 safety review events were identified with 182 (12.85%) participants presenting with symptoms potentially in keeping with pneumococcal infection, predominantly in pneumococcal colonised individuals (colonised = 96/658, non-colonised = 86/1005, OR 1.81 (95% CI 1.28–2.56, P =

Date: 2023
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