VBI Vaccines Inc. (VBIV) ("VBI"), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced that the company’s abstract titled, “Rapid Increase in Anti-HBsAg Titers and Higher Seroprotection Rates in Adults Immunized with Sci-B-Vac Compared to a Monovalent Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results from PROTECT – a Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Phase-3 Study,” has been selected for a late-breaker poster presentation at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) – The Liver Meeting®, on November 11, 2019.
Joanne Langley, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology, CIHR-GSK Chair in Pediatric Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, and Head of the Division of Infectious Disease, IWK Health Centre, and principal investigator of the PROTECT study, VBI’s Phase 3 double-blind, randomized study that enrolled 1,607 subjects, will present the poster which highlights the immunogenicity and safety data from PROTECT, detailing three key immunologic takeaways:
The successfully-met co-primary endpoints of (i) non-inferiority of seroprotection rate in all subjects age 18+ who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B, and (ii) superiority of seroprotection rate in subjects age 45+ who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B;
Rapid increase in anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) titers, with higher seroprotection rates in subjects who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B at all time points, suggesting a more rapid onset of protection; and
5-8x higher antibody geometric mean concentration (GMC) in subjects who received Sci-B-Vac compared to Engerix-B, regardless of age, body mass index, diabetic status, and gender.
Presentation Details
- Abstract #: LP13
- Title: Rapid Increase in Anti-HBsAg Titers and Higher Seroprotection Rates in Adults Immunized with Sci-B-Vac Compared to a Monovalent Hepatitis B Vaccine: Results from PROTECT – a Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Phase-3 Study
- Session: Poster Session IV, Monday, November 11, 8 AM – 5:30 PM ET
- Location: Hynes Convention Center, Hall B
- Presentation Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM ET
About VBI Vaccines Inc.
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a next generation of vaccines to address unmet needs in infectious disease and immuno-oncology. VBI is advancing the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B, with the only commercially-approved trivalent hepatitis B vaccine, Sci-B-Vac®, which is approved for use in Israel and 10 other countries and is currently in a Phase 3 program in the U.S., Europe, and Canada, and with an immunotherapeutic in development for a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B. VBI’s eVLP Platform technology allows for the development of enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccines that closely mimic the target virus to elicit a potent immune response. Integrating its cytomegalovirus (CMV) expertise with the eVLP platform technology, VBI’s lead eVLP program candidates include a prophylactic CMV vaccine candidate and a glioblastoma (GBM) vaccine immunotherapeutic candidate. VBI is headquartered in Cambridge, MA with research operations in Ottawa, Canada and research and manufacturing facilities in Rehovot, Israel.