Table 2 Selected malaria vaccine candidates currently under preclinical development or in clinical trials.

From: Malaria vaccines since 2000: progress, priorities, products

Vaccine candidate

Immunogen type

Current status

Pre-erythrocytic stage (anti-infection)

RTS,S

Subunit

Phase 4

R21

Subunit

Phase 1/2

Full-length CSP

Subunit

Phase 1

PfSPZ Vaccine

Whole sporozoite (radiation attenuation)

Phase 2

Chemoprophylaxis vaccination (CVac)

Whole sporozoite (chemical attenuation)

Phase 2

Genetically attenuated parasite (GAP) vaccines

Whole sporozoite (genetic attenuation)

Phase 1

Blood stage

PfRH5

Subunit

Phase 1

AMA1-RON2

Subunit

Preclinical

PfSEA-1

Subunit

Preclinical

PfGARP

Subunit

Preclinical

Chemically attenuated parasite (CAP) vaccines

Whole blood-stage parasite

Phase 1

VAR2CSA (Placental malaria)

Subunit

Phase 1

PvDBP (Plasmodium vivax)

Subunit

Phase 1

Mosquito stage (Transmission-blocking)

Pfs25

Subunit

Phase 1

Pfs230

Subunit

Phase 2

Pfs48/45

Subunit

Preclinical

Pvs230 (Plasmodium vivax)

Subunit

Preclinical

  1. This table was adapted from a previous publication that has been updated to include more recent vaccine candidates106. Pre-erythrocytic, blood-stage and transmission-blocking vaccines are being evaluated in clinical trials (denoted as phases I to IV) or are being tested in rodent or non-human primate models (preclinical status).