Sentences with phrase «vaccine trials reveal»
«Past HIV vaccine trials reveal new path to success.»
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After phase III trials, reported in 2006, ended in disappointment for the prostate cancer vaccine Provenge (made by Dendreon in Seattle), subsequent analyses revealed that men whose prostate cancer had spread survived a median of 4.5 months longer than those given a placebo.
And scientists who conduct human challenge studies, which typically involve a few dozen participants, say they have critical benefits: In addition to saving time and money, they can reveal harm caused by a potential drug or vaccine before it enters large - scale human efficacy trials.
One problem revealed by the trial was that only 38 percent of vaccinated subjects developed high levels of antibodies against the drug; Kosten is working to increase the vaccine's antibody generation.
Antibody action Only an efficacy trial involving people at risk of infection can reveal whether a vaccine prevents infection.
Results from the first Ebola vaccine clinical trial conducted in Africa (in 2009 - 2010) reveal a vaccine candidate produces the same immune response seen in the United States in an African setting.