First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children.
The New England journal of medicine·
- DOI
- 10.1056/nejmoa1102287
- PMID
- 22007715
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- —
- Study type
- Randomised controlled trial
- Publisher
- Publisher unavailable
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
A phase 3 malaria vaccine milestone that helps connect current malaria surveillance with prevention evidence.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
What early phase 3 efficacy and safety findings were observed for RTS,S/AS01 in African children?
Study design
Phase 3 vaccine trial.
Population and setting
African children enrolled in a multicountry trial network.
Main findings
This field has not yet received a quality-gated evidence summary. Consult the original article.
Public-health relevance
Anchors malaria vaccine evidence for interpreting prevention-oriented literature.
Important limitations
Limitations could not be fully assessed from the available metadata.
GIDS interpretation
Use as a historical vaccine milestone, not as the full current evidence base.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 8 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.