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title: "Safety and Immunogenicity of a Reduced Homologous BNT162b2 Booster: Single-Blind Randomized Non-In"
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source_url: "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/"
doi: "10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128897"
published_at: "2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z"
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# Safety and Immunogenicity of a Reduced Homologous BNT162b2 Booster: Single-Blind Randomized Non-In
## Provenance & Clinical Metadata
- **Canonical URL:** https://medichelpline.com/clinical-feed/pubmed-42398210
- **Specialty:** [Infectious Disease](https://medichelpline.com/clinical-feed/infectious-disease.md)
- **Primary Source:** PubMed / NCBI
- **Source URL:** [Original Journal Publication](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/)
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128897](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.vaccine.2026.128897)
- **Published At:** 2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- **Evidence Rating:** Journal Article
## Executive GIST (TL;DR)
- The article reports a follow-up randomized controlled trial evaluating a **reduced, homologous booster** dose of the **BNT162b2** mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. - The study is described as a **single blind**, **randomized**, **non-inferiority** follow-up trial; it was published in Vaccine (2026) and is available as a free article. - Publication identifiers: PMID 42398210; DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128897; Epub 3 July 2026; print citation 2026 Aug 30:89:128897. - Lead and coauthors are affiliated with Sciensano (Belgium), Université Libre de Bruxelles (European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology and U-CRI), Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp), Université de Liège, Mensura EDPB, and University of Antwerp. - The article type shown is a Randomized Controlled Trial and classified under Vaccine research. - The PubMed entry lists authors and institutional contact emails for several investigators but the abstract text and numerical trial data were not included in the provided source content. - The PubMed page indicates the article is free access and links to Elsevier Science full text options, but the provided JINA text does not contain the trial’s methods, sample size, eligibility criteria, immunogenicity endpoints, safety event rates, statistical results, or conclusions. - Because the source excerpt lacks results and methods, no definitive statements about the booster dose’s safety or immunogenicity outcomes, non-inferiority margins, or clinical implications can be extracted from the provided text. - For full trial details (methods, endpoints, numerical results, and authors’ interpretations), the full text on the publisher site or the full PubMed record should be consulted; those details were not reported in the source excerpt provided here.
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Epub 2026 Jul 3. # Safety and immunogenicity of a reduced, homologous booster dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a single blind, randomized, non-inferiority follow-up trial [Stéphanie Depickère](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Depick%C3%A8re+S&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 1 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-1 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: stephanie.depickere@sciensano.be."), [Pieter Pannus](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pannus+P&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 2 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-2 "European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology \(U-CRI\), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: pieter.pannus@ulb.be."), [Sarah Houben](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Houben+S&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 3 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-3 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: shouben@itg.be."), [Alexia Charles](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Charles+A&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 4 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-4 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Alexia.Charles@sciensano.be."), [Leo Heyndrickx](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Heyndrickx+L&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 5 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-5 "Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium."), [Daphnée Georges](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Georges+D&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 6 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-6 "ULB Centre for Research in Immunology \(U-CRI\), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium; Laboratory of Enzymology and Protein Folding, Université de Liège, 11 allée du six Août, Liège, 4000, Belgium. Electronic address: daphnee.georges@ulb.be."), [Mathieu Verbrugghe](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Verbrugghe+M&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 7 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-7 "Mensura EDPB - Occupational Health Service, 2 Italiëlei, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Mathieu.Verbrugghe@mensura.be."), [Arnaud Marchant](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Marchant+A&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 8 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-8 "European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology \(U-CRI\), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: Arnaud.Marchant@ulb.be."), [Isabelle Desombere](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Desombere+I&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 9 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-9 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Isabelle.Desombere@sciensano.be."), [Kevin K Ariën](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ari%C3%ABn+KK&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 10 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-10 "Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 13 Prinsstraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: KArien@itg.be."), [Maria E Goossens](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Goossens+ME&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 11 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#full-view-affiliation-11 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Maria.Goossens@sciensano.be.") Affiliations Expand ### Affiliations * 1 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: stephanie.depickere@sciensano.be. * 2 European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology (U-CRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: pieter.pannus@ulb.be. * 3 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: shouben@itg.be. * 4 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Alexia.Charles@sciensano.be. * 5 Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. * 6 ULB Centre for Research in Immunology (U-CRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium; Laboratory of Enzymology and Protein Folding, Université de Liège, 11 allée du six Août, Liège, 4000, Belgium. Electronic address: daphnee.georges@ulb.be. * 7 Mensura EDPB - Occupational Health Service, 2 Italiëlei, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Mathieu.Verbrugghe@mensura.be. * 8 European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology (U-CRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: Arnaud.Marchant@ulb.be. * 9 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Isabelle.Desombere@sciensano.be. * 10 Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 13 Prinsstraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: KArien@itg.be. * 11 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Maria.Goossens@sciensano.be. * PMID: **42398210** * DOI: [ 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128897 ](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128897) Free article Item in Clipboard Randomized Controlled Trial # Safety and immunogenicity of a reduced, homologous booster dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a single blind, randomized, non-inferiority follow-up trial Stéphanie Depickère et al. Vaccine. 2026. Free article Show details Display options Display options Format Abstract PubMed PMID Vaccine Actions * [ Search in PubMed ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22Vaccine%22%5Bjour%5D&sort=date&sort_order=desc) * [ Search in NLM Catalog ](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=%22Vaccine%22%5BTitle+Abbreviation%5D) * [ Add to Search ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/) . 2026 Aug 30:89:128897. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128897. Epub 2026 Jul 3. ### Authors [Stéphanie Depickère](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Depick%C3%A8re+S&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 1 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-1 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: stephanie.depickere@sciensano.be."), [Pieter Pannus](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pannus+P&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 2 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-2 "European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology \(U-CRI\), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: pieter.pannus@ulb.be."), [Sarah Houben](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Houben+S&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 3 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-3 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: shouben@itg.be."), [Alexia Charles](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Charles+A&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 4 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-4 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Alexia.Charles@sciensano.be."), [Leo Heyndrickx](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Heyndrickx+L&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 5 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-5 "Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium."), [Daphnée Georges](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Georges+D&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 6 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-6 "ULB Centre for Research in Immunology \(U-CRI\), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium; Laboratory of Enzymology and Protein Folding, Université de Liège, 11 allée du six Août, Liège, 4000, Belgium. Electronic address: daphnee.georges@ulb.be."), [Mathieu Verbrugghe](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Verbrugghe+M&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 7 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-7 "Mensura EDPB - Occupational Health Service, 2 Italiëlei, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Mathieu.Verbrugghe@mensura.be."), [Arnaud Marchant](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Marchant+A&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 8 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-8 "European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology \(U-CRI\), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: Arnaud.Marchant@ulb.be."), [Isabelle Desombere](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Desombere+I&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 9 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-9 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Isabelle.Desombere@sciensano.be."), [Kevin K Ariën](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ari%C3%ABn+KK&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 10 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-10 "Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 13 Prinsstraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: KArien@itg.be."), [Maria E Goossens](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Goossens+ME&cauthor_id=42398210)[ 11 ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42398210/#short-view-affiliation-11 "Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Maria.Goossens@sciensano.be.") ### Affiliations * 1 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: stephanie.depickere@sciensano.be. * 2 European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology (U-CRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: pieter.pannus@ulb.be. * 3 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: shouben@itg.be. * 4 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Alexia.Charles@sciensano.be. * 5 Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. * 6 ULB Centre for Research in Immunology (U-CRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium; Laboratory of Enzymology and Protein Folding, Université de Liège, 11 allée du six Août, Liège, 4000, Belgium. Electronic address: daphnee.georges@ulb.be. * 7 Mensura EDPB - Occupational Health Service, 2 Italiëlei, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Mathieu.Verbrugghe@mensura.be. * 8 European Plotkin Institute for Vaccinology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 900 Route de Lennik, 170 Anderlecht, Belgium; ULB Centre for Research in Immunology (U-CRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 8 Rue Adrienne Bolland, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium. Electronic address: Arnaud.Marchant@ulb.be. * 9 Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Humans, Sciensano, 14 Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Isabelle.Desombere@sciensano.be. * 10 Virology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University
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