How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak

Abstract The September 2024 outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) represented the first time this virus was identified in Rwanda. Health authorities mounted a rapid and effective response, including the rapid execution of an open-label Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational Marburg vaccine,...

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Main Authors: Sabin Nsanzimana, Noella Bigirimana, Richard Hatchett, Sue Bailey, Natacha Butera, Yvan Butera, Jakob P. Cramer, Amy Finan, Caroline M. Forkin, Adam M. Hacker, Sibomana Hassan, Vicky Leamy, Vincent Mutabazi, Julien Nyombayire, Eric Remera, Edson Rwagasore, Eduardo Tedeschi, Kelly L. Warfield, Nicole Lurie
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:npj Vaccines
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-025-01224-8
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Noella Bigirimana
Richard Hatchett
Sue Bailey
Natacha Butera
Yvan Butera
Jakob P. Cramer
Amy Finan
Caroline M. Forkin
Adam M. Hacker
Sibomana Hassan
Vicky Leamy
Vincent Mutabazi
Julien Nyombayire
Eric Remera
Edson Rwagasore
Eduardo Tedeschi
Kelly L. Warfield
Nicole Lurie
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Sue Bailey
Natacha Butera
Yvan Butera
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Adam M. Hacker
Sibomana Hassan
Vicky Leamy
Vincent Mutabazi
Julien Nyombayire
Eric Remera
Edson Rwagasore
Eduardo Tedeschi
Kelly L. Warfield
Nicole Lurie
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description Abstract The September 2024 outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) represented the first time this virus was identified in Rwanda. Health authorities mounted a rapid and effective response, including the rapid execution of an open-label Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational Marburg vaccine, beginning just 10 days after the outbreak was declared. We share lessons from this rapidly executed clinical trial to help encourage outbreak research preparedness in other countries.
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spelling doaj-art-3878edd44ecb44d69bdb33f6a3fc5c382025-08-20T04:01:46ZengNature Portfolionpj Vaccines2059-01052025-08-011011410.1038/s41541-025-01224-8How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreakSabin Nsanzimana0Noella BigirimanaRichard Hatchett1Sue BaileyNatacha Butera2Yvan Butera3Jakob P. Cramer4Amy Finan5Caroline M. Forkin6Adam M. Hacker7Sibomana Hassan8Vicky Leamy9Vincent Mutabazi10Julien Nyombayire11Eric Remera12Edson Rwagasore13Eduardo Tedeschi14Kelly L. Warfield15Nicole Lurie16Ministry of Health, Government of RwandaCEPIGovernment of RwandaGovernment of RwandaCEPISabin Vaccine InstituteCEPICEPIRwanda Biomedical Center Kigali RwandaIQVIAGovernment of RwandaCenter for Family Health ResearchRwanda Biomedical Center Kigali RwandaRwanda Biomedical Center Kigali RwandaIQVIASabin Vaccine InstituteCEPIAbstract The September 2024 outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) represented the first time this virus was identified in Rwanda. Health authorities mounted a rapid and effective response, including the rapid execution of an open-label Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational Marburg vaccine, beginning just 10 days after the outbreak was declared. We share lessons from this rapidly executed clinical trial to help encourage outbreak research preparedness in other countries.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-025-01224-8
spellingShingle Sabin Nsanzimana
Noella Bigirimana
Richard Hatchett
Sue Bailey
Natacha Butera
Yvan Butera
Jakob P. Cramer
Amy Finan
Caroline M. Forkin
Adam M. Hacker
Sibomana Hassan
Vicky Leamy
Vincent Mutabazi
Julien Nyombayire
Eric Remera
Edson Rwagasore
Eduardo Tedeschi
Kelly L. Warfield
Nicole Lurie
How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak
npj Vaccines
title How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak
title_full How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak
title_fullStr How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak
title_full_unstemmed How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak
title_short How Rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a Marburg outbreak
title_sort how rwanda mounted a research response with an investigational vaccine just ten days into a marburg outbreak
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-025-01224-8
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