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This article about coronavirus vaccine clinical trials will be regularly updated as new clinical trials are registered or early results are published about an ongoing trial. Again, this article will focus on coronavirus clinical trials – treatments and diagnostic tests are outside of the scope of this article.

Keeping up with COVID-19 vaccine candidates has gotten out of hand, so for brevity, I’ve created a separate list of coronavirus vaccine clinical trials. The interest in clinical trials for a new vaccine is unprecedented, so I thought this might be the best way to keep loyal readers up-to-date.

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed over 110 vaccine candidates, which is amazing, but it is way too difficult to tell which ones have any chance of actually becoming a real product.

Right now, there are numerous vaccine candidates in clinical trials – this article will analyze these coronavirus vaccine clinical trials.

All about COVID-19

Coronaviruses (there are seven that infect humans) are species of virus belonging to the subfamily Coronavirinae in the family Coronaviridae, in the order Nidovirales. They are an RNA virus that contains around 26-32 thousand nucleobases each.

One of the myths about coronaviruses, stated by Donald Trump and many others, is that it’s related to the flu. No, the influenza viruses aren’t even closely related to coronaviruses – they’re actually in two separate phyla, meaning that they are as closely related to one another as a human is to a lobster. In other words, they aren’t closely related.

This 2019 coronavirus outbreak is known as COVID-19 and is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is closely related to other SARS-related viruses. The virus is spread easily by small droplets from infected individuals when they breathe or cough. The time from exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to onset of symptoms is generally between 2 and 14 days.

The CDC and WHO have recommended handwashing, maintaining distance from individuals who are coughing, and not touching one’s face as preventative measures. It is also recommended that individuals cover their nose and mouth with a bent elbow when coughing

The early symptoms of COVID-19 can mimic many other viral diseases – fever, cough, and shortness of breath. However, many cases progress to pneumonia and multi-organ failure. As of now, we don’t know if the disease favors particular groups. For example, smokers, individuals with chronic pulmonary disease, or seniors may be at higher risk of dangerous complications like death.

Early symptoms are often referred to as “flu-like” but that’s a general term that is used for many diseases. Again, that does not mean that coronaviruses are related to influenza, just that they can share some symptoms.

As I mentioned above, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which means that the current coronavirus outbreak is related to SARS. In addition, the disease known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is caused by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

Coronaviruses, like the SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV species, infect the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts of mammals and birds. Interestingly, coronaviruses may cause a substantial percentage of all common colds in humans. The SARS coronaviruses have unique pathophysiologies because it causes more severe upper and lower respiratory tract infections.

Domestic dogs and cats, ferrets, ducks, bats, pigs, cattle, and turkeys are among animals that can contract various coronaviruses. Domestic cats and ferrets may become infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but the hypothesis needs more exploration by scientists.

However, we don’t have firm evidence for a particular non-human reservoir for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the viruses mutation rate, or just about anything important. But we have a lot of myths.

Photo by CDC on Unsplash

Developing coronavirus vaccines

I wrote previously about how a COVID-19 vaccine is developed. But it bears repeating.

An average vaccine takes anywhere from 2-5 years to develop before a clinical trial can begin. With worldwide collaboration and government money, we have seen coronavirus vaccines ready for clinical trials much sooner than that.

Here are vaccine development steps in order:

Identifying methods to induce an immune response. There have been two peer-reviewed papers recently published (here and here) that may have identified vaccine targets. Generally, better vaccines are developed to target certain glycoproteins on the virus coat which are stable, that is, don’t mutate frequently. Having this kind of early research helps vaccine scientists produce a better vaccine. Pre-clinical studies. This step will help scientists understand SARS-CoV-2 characteristics and pathophysiology in humans. Since it would be unethical to do these studies in actual humans, researchers need to develop an animal model that mimics a human. Also, researchers need to determine if the vaccine is safe and triggers an adaptive immune response in that animal model. For the SARS vaccine, ferrets were used, because their physiology and immune responses are similar to humans, so it might be used for a COVID-19 vaccine. IND application. The sponsoring organization (probably a Big Pharma company) must make an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) to begin clinical trials. CBER reviews the IND, which will include preclinical data, and the sponsor can proceed with the clinical trial within 30 days if the FDA does not find cause to stop it from moving forward. This is the process in the USA, but it’s much the same in most developed countries. Coronavirus vaccine clinical trials. Then the sponsoring organization must get Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval to proceed with clinical trials (see this article for more information about the process). The clinical studies must go through three phases like all drugs, although the process could be shortened if the data is very clear and there is a public need (like the COVID-19 pandemic). These clinical trials will be posted to a US government website that tracks all clinical trials worldwide (and must be posted there before a drug can get US FDA approval). Some of the new coronavirus vaccines have entered Phase 1 clinical trials – this phase does not tell us much about the vaccine as it is given to “healthy volunteers”, and it is not randomized or blinded. It usually only includes 50-100 patients. Phase 2 and 3 trials are randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials, with a few hundred and few thousand patients, respectively. No drug (or vaccine) can be approved without Phase 2 and 3 studies successfully completed except in some very rare circumstances. Final regulatory approval. After all of the preclinical and clinical is completed, the sponsoring organization must make a Biologics License Application (BLA) to CBER. Although this process is what is done in the USA, it’s similar in most other countries (and some countries accept FDA review for their own country. Manufacturing plan. During this research, regulatory agencies must review manufacturing plans for the new vaccine and any pharmaceutical company that intends to produce it must develop a cost-effective and consistent method for production.

I remain convinced that a lot of people, whether they are pro-vaccine or anti-science, think that researchers grab a handful of viruses, a little water, some mercury, an aluminum Diet Coke can, and an aborted fetus, throw it in a Waring blender, put it in a vial, and then inject them into innocent children.

In reality, this process is time-consuming, as is very difficult. Although some of these steps can be speeded up by a few months, it’s not something that can be done in a few weeks, even in an emergency.

List of coronavirus vaccine clinical trials

Below, I am going to provide the complete list (as of this date) of companies or sponsoring institutions that are developing coronavirus vaccines or vaccine candidates. With each vaccine, I am going to attempt to link to the most recent information about that vaccine with some editorial commentary from me.

I am also going to add the following information:

Vaccine candidate. Until a vaccine is approved for use, most companies use code names for the vaccine candidate.

Status. “Phase 1, 2, or 3” means the actual phase of clinical trials.

Clinical trial identifier. This will give a link to the clinical trials database which tracks all clinical trials around the world for new drugs or vaccines. In general, a clinical trial needs to be listed in this database to be included in any FDA drug applications.

Clinical trial institution. Location of where the trial will be held.

Clinical trial design. Description of the clinical trial design.

Clinical trial status.

Date of completion of the clinical trial phase.

The coronavirus vaccine clinical trials are listed in alphabetical order by name of the company or sponsoring institution. It does not imply one is better than another.

Biontech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH

Vaccine candidate: BNT162a1, BNT162b1, BNT162b2, BNT162c2

Status: Phase 1/2 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04380701

Clinical trial institution: Unknown, the study is being performed by a contract research organization.

Study design: Multi-site, Phase I/II, 2-part, dose-escalation trial, investigating the safety and immunogenicity of four SARS-CoV-2 RNA vaccines in 200 participants.

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients.

Date of completion: August 2020

Vaccine candidate: BNT162a1, BNT162b1, BNT162b2, BNT162c2

Status: Phase 1/2 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04368728

Clinical trial institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; NYU Langone Health, New York, New York

Study design: Multi-site, Phase I/II, 2-part, placebo-controlled, randomized, dose-escalation trial, investigating the safety and immunogenicity of four SARS-CoV-2 RNA vaccines in 7600 participants.

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients in some locations.

Date of completion: January 2023

Notes: This clinical trial is co-sponsored by Pfizer.



Biontech is a German biotechnology company that has focused on cancer treatments using mRNA technology. Since mRNA vaccines have become a key vaccine development focus, they quickly developed a vaccine to enter clinical trials.

They are beginning a non-randomized, non-blinded clinical trial. We will not know if this vaccine is either safe or effective until phase 3 results are available which will take several years.

CanSinoBiologics

Vaccine candidate: Ad5-nCoV

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04313127

Clinical trial institution: Tongji Hospital; Wuhan, China

Study design: A single-center, open-label, dose-escalating phase I clinical trial in healthy 18 to 60 years of age.

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients.

Date of completion: Unknown

CanSino Biologics has developed a recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine that incorporates the adenovirus type 5 vector (Ad5).

Immunitor LLC

Vaccine candidate: V-SARS

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04380532

Clinical trial institution: Unknown location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Study design: Open-label I clinical trial in 20 healthy volunteers.

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients beginning in June 2020.

Date of completion: June 2021

Immunitor has developed a tablet-based oral vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. The company is small and has never produced an FDA-approved drug or vaccine. However, a new oral vaccine for COVID-19 is interesting, but I’m not sure this company will be a leader in the research for one.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals

Vaccine candidate: INO-4800

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04336410

Clinical trial institution: Center for Pharmaceutical Research

Kansas City, Missouri, United States; University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Study design: Open-label I clinical trial in 40 healthy volunteers.

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients beginning in April 2020.

Date of completion: November 2020

Inovio is working on a vaccine candidate called INO-4800, and they also have partnered with a Chinese manufacturer to manufacture the vaccine. Since it is still in preclinical studies, we don’t have a good idea as to when it will enter clinical trials.

Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, PLA of China

Vaccine candidate: CTII-nCoV

Status: Phase 2 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04341389

Clinical trial institution: Unknown

Study design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 500 subjects.

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients beginning April 2020.

Date of completion: January 2021

Not much is known about this study as of yet.

Jenner Institute – the University of Oxford

Vaccine candidate: ChAdOx1

Research status: Phase 1/2 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04324606

Clinical trial institution: NIHR WTCRF, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; CVTM, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, United Kingdom

Study design: Recruiting four study groups with an anticipated total of 1112 volunteers will be enrolled. The healthy adult volunteers, aged 18-55 years, will be placed in a single-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center study to determine efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 vaccine candidate. Volunteers will participate in the study for approximately 6 months, with the option to come for an additional follow up visit at Day 364

Clinical trial status: Recruiting patients

Date of completion: May 2021

The Jenner Institute has developed a vaccine candidate based on a chimp adenovirus vector. They have also signed a manufacturing contract.

Despite the hype that the vaccine will be available by late this year, I am very skeptical that it would hit that goal date (let’s call it an aspirational goal). Since this will not be an ethically-suspect challenge study, it may be difficult to determine if the vaccine has any effect beyond placebo. If public health measures, like social distancing, reduce the exposure to the virus, then we might have a statistically measurable difference between the vaccine and the placebo.

This is why vaccine studies often take many years because researchers basically have to wait that amount of time to see if the vaccine is effective.

Moderna Therapeutics

Vaccine candidate: mRNA-1273

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04283461

Clinical trial institution: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute – Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Seattle, Washington, United States

Study design: An open-label, dose-ranging clinical trial of 45 healthy participants between 18-55 years old. Recruiting patients currently.

Clinical trial status: Began March 2020, recruiting patients.

Date of completion: September 2021

Moderna has recently announced a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273. This vaccine relies on RNA to kickstart the endogenous production of proteins similar enough to the virus that they trigger the body’s adaptive immune system to produce antibodies effective against the actual target. So far, there is no information available about the preclinical studies (although it may be on the way in a peer-reviewed journal).

Also, Moderna has several similar vaccines in clinical trials, but none have received FDA approval. Kaiser-Permanente has registered a Phase 1 clinical trial for the mRNA-1273, but we don’t know when it will start. Typically, a Phase 1 clinical trial just tests the vaccine on “healthy adults,” who are either patients or employees of Kaiser-Permanente. Phase 1 trials generally tell us very little about the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety.

At best, pivotal Phase 2 and 3 studies would start in mid-late 2021, with final approval possibly by late 2022 at best. Also, they do not have large vaccine manufacturing facilities, so they will probably need a partnership with a large vaccine manufacturer to produce enough for the world if it works.

Novavax

Vaccine candidate: NVX-CoV2373

Status: Phase I/II clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04368988

Clinical trial institution: Two sites in Herston, Queensland and Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Study design: A randomized, triple-blinded (researcher, patient, and treating physicians) of 131 patients.

Clinical trial status: To begin May 2021.

Date of completion: July 2021

US-based Novavax has developed a genetically-engineered nanoparticle vaccine using a Matrix-M adjuvant. Novavax has extensive experience in developing these vaccines, although none have received FDA approval as of today.

Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute

Vaccine candidate: LV-SMENP-DC

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04276896

Clinical trial institution: Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital and Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital

Study design: Phase 1/2 clinical trial of 100 participants

Clinical trial status: Began February 2020, recruiting patients

Date of completion: July 2023

Vaccine candidate: Pathogen-specific aAPC (artificial Antigen Presenting Cell)

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04299724

Clinical trial institution: Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital and Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital

Study design: Phase 1/2 clinical trial of 100 participants

Clinical trial status: Began February 2020, recruiting patients

Date of completion: July 2023

Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical institute has developed a synthetic minigene that has been engineered based on conserved domains of the viral structural proteins and a polyprotein protease.

Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd

Vaccine candidate: inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Status: Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04383574

Clinical trial institution: Renqiu City Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Renqiu, Hebei, China

Study design: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, Phase Ⅰ/Ⅱ clinical trial, to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine in a healthy population of 422 volunteers. aged ≥60 Years

Clinical trial status: Recruiting

Date of completion: July 2020

Vaccine candidate: inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Status: Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04352608

Clinical trial institution: Suining County Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Study design: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, Phase Ⅰ/Ⅱ clinical trial, to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine in a healthy population of 744 volunteers. aged 18-59 Years

Clinical trial status: Recruiting

Date of completion: December 2020

This is a typical vaccine candidate for viruses, an inactivated version of the virus, much like the flu vaccine. Although this trial will be completed quickly, I am skeptical that it can show either safety or effectiveness of the vaccine, especially if China is more effective at mitigating the spread of the virus than other countries.

Once again, I will push the point that we will need results from a large, phase 3 clinical trial before we can get excited with the results. Moreover, this vaccine will probably never be available outside of China, as there are zero vaccines developed and manufactured in China that are marketed in the USA, EU, or other developed countries.

Symvivo Corporation

Vaccine candidate: oral bacTRL-Spike

Status: Phase 1 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04334980

Clinical trial institution: Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Research Institute, University of British Columbia and Canadian Center for Vaccinology Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre

Study design: Randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 84 healthy volunteers.

Clinical trial status: Not yet recruiting

Date of completion: December 2021

Canada-based Symvivo has developed a genetically-modified, probiotic-based (not one you find on your grocery store shelf) oral vaccine for COVID-19. The study design is a phase 1, randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 84 healthy adults. This trial will last about 12-13 months.

Non-specific vaccine trials for COVID-19

These trials are shots in the dark. They are looking at how other vaccines may have an effect on the course of the COVID-19 infection, usually as a result of non-specific immune effects of some vaccines. These will not prevent COVID-19 but may improve outcomes.

Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04384549

Clinical trial institution: Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, 75014

Study design: A double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial with 1120 participants.

Clinical trial status: Will begin May 2020

Date of completion: February 2021

Bandim Health Project

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04373291

Clinical trial institution: University of Southern Denmark; Odense, Denmark

Study design: A patient-blinded, randomized clinical trial with 1500 participants.

Clinical trial status: Will begin May 2020

Date of completion: January 2021

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04327206

Clinical trial institution: Epworth Victoria Parade, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Epworth Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Study design: An open-label, two-group, phase III randomized controlled trial in up to 4170 healthcare workers.

Clinical trial status: Began March 2020, recruiting patients

Date of completion: October 2020

This clinical trial is not for a COVID-19 specific vaccine, but for another vaccine that may prevent or reduce the complications from the disease. The BCG vaccine is one of the oldest vaccines available on the market, first used in 1921 (pdf). With the successful eradication of tuberculosis in many countries, the vaccine isn’t used very much anymore, except in countries with endemic tuberculosis. It is still given to about 100 million children every year.

The BCG vaccine works like most vaccines – it is made from an attenuated, live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis which induces an adaptive immune response against tuberculosis bacterium. The vaccine is used to treat bladder cancer and may have some usefulness in reversing type 1 diabetes.

Because the BCG vaccine is already on the market, researchers can utilize it in phase 3 clinical trials.

TASK Applied Science

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04379336

Clinical trial institution: TASK Foundation Recruiting; Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Study design: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial with 500 healthcare workers.

Clinical trial status: Will begin May 2020

Date of completion: April 2021

Texas A&M University

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04348370

Clinical trial institution: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Study design: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial including 1500 participants.

Clinical trial status: Not yet recruiting

Date of completion: November 2021

UMC Utrecht

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04328441

Clinical trial institution: Jeroen Bosch ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, Brabant, Netherlands; Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands; Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands; Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands; Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep locatie Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Netherlands; Hagaziekenhuis, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Study design: A placebo-controlled, adaptive multi-centre randomized controlled trial.

Clinical trial status: Began March 2020, recruiting patients

Date of completion: October-December 2020

Similar to the study described above, this clinical trial is examining whether the BCG vaccine has any effect on the prevention or treatment of COVID-19.

Universidad de Antioquia

Vaccine candidate: BCG vaccine

Status: Phase 3 clinical trial

Clinical trial identifier: NCT04362124

Clinical trial institution: Program for Research and Control in Tropical Diseases – PECET; Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Study design: A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, phase III clinical trial, 1000 healthcare workers divided into two groups (vaccine and placebo) using a 1: 1 allocation ratio.

Clinical trial status: Began March 2020, recruiting patients

Date of completion: November 2021

Summary

I keep writing these same points about coronavirus vaccine clinical trials because there seems to be a lot of confusion as to what it means or doesn’t mean.

Starting coronavirus vaccine clinical trials means nothing about the safety or effectiveness of the vaccine. It doesn’t mean we have a vaccine right around the corner. Most vaccines that enter clinical trials fail, and I have no confidence that any of these coronavirus vaccine trials have any better chance of being successful than previous ones. It doesn’t mean that these vaccines in clinical trials (or ones that haven’t yet started) may or may not work, so we don’t know until research is completed. That being said, the only thing that matters is data from pivotal, large phase 2 and 3 clinical trials. We need to know that the vaccine is safe and effective, something we do for every vaccine on the market, despite the claims of anti-vaxxers. If we lack solid data that the vaccine is safe and effective, you can predict that the anti-vaccine forces will make false claims and refuse to get the vaccine, causing those parents and individuals on the fence to refuse to get the vaccine. This could harm the herd effect in stopping the disease. We don’t know the rate of mutation for SARS-CoV-2, which could make any of these vaccines ineffective or basically useless. Other SARS vaccines have failed in clinical trials, though the efforts for those vaccines weren’t even close to what we are seeing today. Because most vaccine clinical trials fail, it’s good that there are nearly 119 vaccines under development, so that we have a better chance of getting one that works. The manufacturing of these vaccines is problematic. The availability of production facilities, raw materials, and qualified manufacturing personnel is limited across the world.

Looking over the clinical trials, it appears that we will have a lot of Phase 1 clinical trial information prior to early to mid-2021. Then we are going to need another 1-2 years (or more) to complete Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials.

However, it’s good to know that there are several coronavirus vaccine clinical trials already entering phase 1 and/or 2. I still don’t think we’ll see a vaccine within 18 months, it’s still going to take five years at least.

Notes

I intend to update this article frequently as new coronavirus vaccine clinical trials are beginning or ongoing. At this time, I will only include vaccines that are registered with the US clinical trials database, as that is known as the authoritative location for all clinical trials that will be seeking regulatory approval in the USA and other countries.

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