Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Hepatol. Dec 27, 2021; 13(12): 1850-1874
Published online Dec 27, 2021. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v13.i12.1850
Table 3 Summary of the ata for the currently used coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines
Vaccine
Mechanism
Number of participants
Efficacy
mRNA-1273 (Moderna)[125]RNA (embedded in lipid nanoparticles)encodes a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein30420 participants (randomized 1:1 vaccine vs placebo)Efficacy 94.1% (11 vaccinated vs 185 controls with COVID-19)
BNT162b2 (BioNTech and Pfizer)[124]RNA (embedded in lipid nanoparticles) encodes a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein43548 participants (randomized 1:1 vaccine vs placebo)Efficacy 95% (9 vaccinated vs 169 controls with COVID-19)
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD122; AstraZenenca and University of Oxford)[126]Replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector, containing the full-length codon-optimized coding sequence of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein23848 participants (randomized 1:1 vaccine vs placebo)Efficacy 70.4% [30 (0.5%) of 5807 vaccine recipients vs 101 (1.7%) of 5829 controls with COVID-19]
CoronaVac (Sinovac Life Sciences, Beijing, China)[129,131]Inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19600 participantsSeroconversion was seen in 114 (97%) of 117 in the 3 μg group, 118 (100%) of 118 in the 6 μg group, and none (0%) of 59 in the placebo group
Sinopharm vaccine[132]Inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19448 participantsNeutralizing antibodies were detected in 100% of recipients