Comparison of VPM1002 with BCG in the prevention of tuberculosis in newborn infants: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial

Videlis Nduba, Matsontso Mathebula, Victoria Nankabirwa, Megan Dempster, Francis Mhimbira, Issa Sabi, Anne Wajja, Mark F Cotton, Shaun Barnabas, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Sina Brückner, Marcus May, Carsten W Höß, M Revathy, Vidya Niranjan, Aditi Bhargava, Manish Gupta, Dhananjay Kapse, Sajjad Desai, Leander Grode, Prasad S Kulkarni, Umesh Shaligram, Abisai Kisinda, Aditi Bhargava, Agatha Ronah Namuwonge, Alison Elliott, Anange L willa, Andrea Gutschmidt, Anne Meinema, Anne Wajja, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Bayode Romeo Adegbite, Beno Huglin, Carlos Lamsfus Calle, Carsten William Höß, Dhananjay Kapse, Diane Egger-Adam, Dineo Noko, Els Dobbles, Francis Mhimbira, Gerhard Walzl, Gloria Mercy Nandudu, Ingrid Ramboho, Issa Sabi, Jacqueline Mirera, Jana Meiring, January Weiner, Jean Ronald Edoa, Jerry Hella, Julius Kiuri, Kim Robertson, Lauren Davidow, Leander Grode, Linda Rosset Buluma, Manish Gupta, Maphoshane Nchabeleng, Marcus May, Marit Holleman, Mark.F Cotton, Matsontso Mathebula, Megan Dempster, Mercy Mwale, Nelson Twinamasiko, Ole F Olesen, Peter Gottfried Kremsner, Prasad S. Kulkarni, Rafiou Adamou, Reinfrida Ngailo, Renate Strehlau, Revathy M, Rick Elsy Mirna N'noh Dansou Akoua, Rolf Fendel, Sajjad Desai, Samantha Fry, Shaun Barnabas, Sina Brückner, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Tresphory Zumba, Umesh Shaligram, Victoria Namazzi, Victoria Nankabirwa, Videlis Nduba, Vidya Niranjan

Open source

DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00374-9
Published: 2026-08
Container: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Open access: unknown

Credibility signals

uncertain Score 64/100 under policy 1.0.0. This is a metadata assessment, not a judgment of the paper's conclusions.

Show all credibility signals

supportingDOI registered: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
supportingDOI resolves: A matching record was returned by Crossref. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
not scoredDirectory of Open Access Journals: No matching DOAJ record was present in this response. No allow-list match; this is not evidence of low credibility. Source: DOAJ; license: CC0
not scoredMEDLINE indexed: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredOpenAlex core source: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredKnown publisher allow-list: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredROR affiliation: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredRetraction Watch retraction: No retraction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch expression of concern: No expression of concern notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch correction: No correction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch reinstatement: No reinstatement notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredOpen access status: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication license: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication version: A publication version was supplied but is not scored. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
supportingMetadata completeness: All 6 scored descriptive metadata groups are present. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer

Cite this work

BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1016/s1473-3099-26-00374-9,
  title = {Comparison of VPM1002 with BCG in the prevention of tuberculosis in newborn infants: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial},
  author = {Videlis Nduba and Matsontso Mathebula and Victoria Nankabirwa and Megan Dempster and Francis Mhimbira and Issa Sabi and Anne Wajja and Mark F Cotton and Shaun Barnabas and Ayola Akim Adegnika and Stefan H E Kaufmann and Sina Brückner and Marcus May and Carsten W Höß and M Revathy and Vidya Niranjan and Aditi Bhargava and Manish Gupta and Dhananjay Kapse and Sajjad Desai and Leander Grode and Prasad S Kulkarni and Umesh Shaligram and Abisai Kisinda and Aditi Bhargava and Agatha Ronah Namuwonge and Alison Elliott and Anange L willa and Andrea Gutschmidt and Anne Meinema and Anne Wajja and Ayola Akim Adegnika and Bayode Romeo Adegbite and Beno Huglin and Carlos Lamsfus Calle and Carsten William Höß and Dhananjay Kapse and Diane Egger-Adam and Dineo Noko and Els Dobbles and Francis Mhimbira and Gerhard Walzl and Gloria Mercy Nandudu and Ingrid Ramboho and Issa Sabi and Jacqueline Mirera and Jana Meiring and January Weiner and Jean Ronald Edoa and Jerry Hella and Julius Kiuri and Kim Robertson and Lauren Davidow and Leander Grode and Linda Rosset Buluma and Manish Gupta and Maphoshane Nchabeleng and Marcus May and Marit Holleman and Mark.F Cotton and Matsontso Mathebula and Megan Dempster and Mercy Mwale and Nelson Twinamasiko and Ole F Olesen and Peter Gottfried Kremsner and Prasad S. Kulkarni and Rafiou Adamou and Reinfrida Ngailo and Renate Strehlau and Revathy M and Rick Elsy Mirna N'noh Dansou Akoua and Rolf Fendel and Sajjad Desai and Samantha Fry and Shaun Barnabas and Sina Brückner and Stefan H.E. Kaufmann and Tresphory Zumba and Umesh Shaligram and Victoria Namazzi and Victoria Nankabirwa and Videlis Nduba and Vidya Niranjan},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Lancet Infectious Diseases},
  doi = {10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00374-9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00374-9}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Comparison of VPM1002 with BCG in the prevention of tuberculosis in newborn infants: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial
AU  - Videlis Nduba
AU  - Matsontso Mathebula
AU  - Victoria Nankabirwa
AU  - Megan Dempster
AU  - Francis Mhimbira
AU  - Issa Sabi
AU  - Anne Wajja
AU  - Mark F Cotton
AU  - Shaun Barnabas
AU  - Ayola Akim Adegnika
AU  - Stefan H E Kaufmann
AU  - Sina Brückner
AU  - Marcus May
AU  - Carsten W Höß
AU  - M Revathy
AU  - Vidya Niranjan
AU  - Aditi Bhargava
AU  - Manish Gupta
AU  - Dhananjay Kapse
AU  - Sajjad Desai
AU  - Leander Grode
AU  - Prasad S Kulkarni
AU  - Umesh Shaligram
AU  - Abisai Kisinda
AU  - Aditi Bhargava
AU  - Agatha Ronah Namuwonge
AU  - Alison Elliott
AU  - Anange L willa
AU  - Andrea Gutschmidt
AU  - Anne Meinema
AU  - Anne Wajja
AU  - Ayola Akim Adegnika
AU  - Bayode Romeo Adegbite
AU  - Beno Huglin
AU  - Carlos Lamsfus Calle
AU  - Carsten William Höß
AU  - Dhananjay Kapse
AU  - Diane Egger-Adam
AU  - Dineo Noko
AU  - Els Dobbles
AU  - Francis Mhimbira
AU  - Gerhard Walzl
AU  - Gloria Mercy Nandudu
AU  - Ingrid Ramboho
AU  - Issa Sabi
AU  - Jacqueline Mirera
AU  - Jana Meiring
AU  - January Weiner
AU  - Jean Ronald Edoa
AU  - Jerry Hella
AU  - Julius Kiuri
AU  - Kim Robertson
AU  - Lauren Davidow
AU  - Leander Grode
AU  - Linda Rosset Buluma
AU  - Manish Gupta
AU  - Maphoshane Nchabeleng
AU  - Marcus May
AU  - Marit Holleman
AU  - Mark.F Cotton
AU  - Matsontso Mathebula
AU  - Megan Dempster
AU  - Mercy Mwale
AU  - Nelson Twinamasiko
AU  - Ole F Olesen
AU  - Peter Gottfried Kremsner
AU  - Prasad S. Kulkarni
AU  - Rafiou Adamou
AU  - Reinfrida Ngailo
AU  - Renate Strehlau
AU  - Revathy M
AU  - Rick Elsy Mirna N'noh Dansou Akoua
AU  - Rolf Fendel
AU  - Sajjad Desai
AU  - Samantha Fry
AU  - Shaun Barnabas
AU  - Sina Brückner
AU  - Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
AU  - Tresphory Zumba
AU  - Umesh Shaligram
AU  - Victoria Namazzi
AU  - Victoria Nankabirwa
AU  - Videlis Nduba
AU  - Vidya Niranjan
PY  - 2026
JO  - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
DO  - 10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00374-9
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00374-9
ER  -

APA

Nduba, V., Mathebula, M., Nankabirwa, V., Dempster, M., Mhimbira, F., Sabi, I., Wajja, A., Cotton, M. F., Barnabas, S., Adegnika, A. A., Kaufmann, S. H. E., Brückner, S., May, M., Höß, C. W., Revathy, M., Niranjan, V., Bhargava, A., Gupta, M., Kapse, D., Desai, S., Grode, L., Kulkarni, P. S., Shaligram, U., Kisinda, A., Bhargava, A., Namuwonge, A. R., Elliott, A., willa, A. L., Gutschmidt, A., Meinema, A., Wajja, A., Adegnika, A. A., Adegbite, B. R., Huglin, B., Calle, C. L., Höß, C. W., Kapse, D., Egger-Adam, D., Noko, D., Dobbles, E., Mhimbira, F., Walzl, G., Nandudu, G. M., Ramboho, I., Sabi, I., Mirera, J., Meiring, J., Weiner, J., Edoa, J. R., Hella, J., Kiuri, J., Robertson, K., Davidow, L., Grode, L., Buluma, L. R., Gupta, M., Nchabeleng, M., May, M., Holleman, M., Cotton, M., Mathebula, M., Dempster, M., Mwale, M., Twinamasiko, N., Olesen, O. F., Kremsner, P. G., Kulkarni, P. S., Adamou, R., Ngailo, R., Strehlau, R., M, R., Akoua, R. E. M. N. D., Fendel, R., Desai, S., Fry, S., Barnabas, S., Brückner, S., Kaufmann, S. H., Zumba, T., Shaligram, U., Namazzi, V., Nankabirwa, V., Nduba, V., & Niranjan, V. (2026). Comparison of VPM1002 with BCG in the prevention of tuberculosis in newborn infants: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00374-9

Source records

crossref · retrieved 2026-09-25T22:50:23.238Z