{"id":235628,"date":"2021-03-05T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=235628"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:39:14","slug":"cuba-expects-to-begin-covid-19-vaccine-trials-in-children-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/science-cuba\/science-in-cuba\/cuba-expects-to-begin-covid-19-vaccine-trials-in-children-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba expects to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials in children in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban researchers hope to begin clinical trials in April of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coronavirus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vaccine candidate specifically designed for children between 5 and 18 years of age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Dagmar Garc\u00eda Rivero, director of research at the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), affirmed this Thursday at a press conference that in order to achieve high immunization coverage to face the pandemic, \u201cit is essential to vaccinate pediatric populations,\u201d although she recalled that \u201cadvancing to clinical trials in children requires higher regulatory rigor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of the COVID-19 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuban-vaccine-against-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vaccines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> already approved in other countries is currently designed for use in children, although there are multinational pharmaceutical companies that are already working on this type of research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IFV is the body responsible for the most advanced vaccine candidate in Cuba, Soberana 02, which has just received authorization to begin the third and final phase of clinical trials, in which its effectiveness will be tested on a large scale. If this stage is successful, the Cuban formula could become the first COVID-19 vaccine created in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kRqN2h2udL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/science-cuba\/science-in-cuba\/third-phase-of-trials-of-soberana-02-vaccine-to-start-in-march-in-havana\/\">Third phase of trials of Soberana 02 vaccine to start in March in Havana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Third phase of trials of Soberana 02 vaccine to start in March in Havana&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/science-cuba\/science-in-cuba\/third-phase-of-trials-of-soberana-02-vaccine-to-start-in-march-in-havana\/embed\/#?secret=v2as528Pr7#?secret=kRqN2h2udL\" data-secret=\"kRqN2h2udL\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies of a children\u2019s vaccine against coronavirus will be based on evaluating the best formulation of Soberana 02 and also Soberana 01, another of the formulas being developed by the IFV, for pediatric application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Garc\u00eda Rivero, the trial would involve minors between the ages of 12 and 18, and \u201conce safety is covered\u201d in that age group, it would be tested in the 5- to 12-year-old group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trial for the children\u2019s vaccine is currently being reviewed by the Research Ethics Committee, the scientist added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Hay una estrategia cl\u00ednica, para la poblaci\u00f3n pedi\u00e1trica, a la cual est\u00e1 dirigida la plataforma m\u00e1s segura y probada en el desarrollo de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vacunas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vacunas<\/a> contra la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CienciaCubana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CienciaCubana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tuvsD6IFYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/tuvsD6IFYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Instituto Finlay de Vacunas (@FinlayInstituto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinlayInstituto\/status\/1367501355301163010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba is developing four COVID-19 vaccine candidates to which a fifth has just been added, specifically designed to avoid the risks of reinfection in people convalescing from the disease, named Soberana 01A or Soberana Plus and which can also be used as a reinforcement of other vaccines, according to IFV specialists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban authorities hope to be able to vaccinate the island\u2019s entire population this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island, which has reported 53,308 cases of coronavirus and 336 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, has not acquired vaccines in the international market nor is it part of the Latin American countries that have joined the Covax Mechanism, created under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote equitable access to immunization for low- and middle-income nations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Dagmar Garc\u00eda Rivero, director of research at the Finlay Vaccine Institute, affirmed that in order to achieve high immunization coverage to face the pandemic, \u201cit is essential to vaccinate pediatric populations,\u201d 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