Phase I Study to Assess the Safety and Immunology of a COVID-19 Vaccine With GRAd-COV2 Vaccine

NCT ID: NCT04528641

Last Updated: 2022-02-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

98 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-10

Study Completion Date

2021-05-19

Brief Summary

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RT-CoV-2 is a Phase I, open-label, dose escalation multicenter clinical trial to assess safety and immunogenicity of the candidate Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine GRAd-COV2 in Italian healthy volunteers aged 18-55 years and 65-85 years inclusive. GRAd-COV2 is based on a novel replication defective Gorilla Adenovirus and encodes for SARS-COV-2 Spike protein.

Detailed Description

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RT-CoV-2 is a Phase I, open-label, dose escalation multicenter clinical trial to assess safety and immunogenicity of the candidate Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine GRAd-COV2 in Italian healthy volunteers aged 18-55 years and 65-85 years inclusive. GRAd-COV2 is based on a novel replication defective Gorilla Adenovirus and encodes for SARS-COV-2 full length prefusion stabilized Spike protein. GRAd-COV2 is developed and manufactured by ReiThera Srl.

This study will evaluate a singular intramuscular administration of GRAd-COV2 at 3 dose levels: 5e10, 1e11, 2e11viral particles (vp). There will be 6 study arms for a total of 90 healthy volunteers, divided into 2 cohorts of age, 18-55y and 65-85y, respectively.

Participants will be followed up for 24 weeks after vaccination. Follow up includes safety and immunogenicity assessment. Follow up visits will occur at day2, then 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 weeks after vaccination.

The primary objective is to evaluate the safety and reactogenicity of a single dose vaccination schedule of GRAd-COV2 across 3 dosages in healthy younger and older adults. The secondary objective is to evaluate humoral and cellular immunogenicity.

Conditions

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COVID-19

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Phase I, open-label, dose escalation, clinical trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the candidate GRAd-COV2 vaccine in 90 healthy volunteers aged 18-55 years and elderly volunteers aged 65-85 years. The vaccine will be administered intramuscularly once in time.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm 1 - Low dose

Arm-1 Healthy adult volunteers aged 18-55y will receive IM single dose of 5e10vp. N=15

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GRAd-COV2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single intramuscular administration.

Arm 2 - Intermediate dose

Arm-2 Healthy adult volunteers aged 18-55y will receive IM single dose of 1e11vp. N=15

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GRAd-COV2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single intramuscular administration.

Arm 3 - High dose

Arm-3 Healthy adult volunteers aged 18-55y will receive IM single dose of 2e11vp. N=15

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GRAd-COV2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single intramuscular administration.

Arm 4 - Low dose

Arm-4 Healthy elderly volunteers aged 65-85y will receive IM single dose of 5e10vp. N=16

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GRAd-COV2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single intramuscular administration.

Arm 5 - Intermediate dose

Arm-5 Healthy elderly volunteers aged 65-85y will receive IM single dose of 1e11vp. N=15

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GRAd-COV2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single intramuscular administration.

Arm 6 - High dose

Arm-6 Healthy elderly volunteers aged 65-85y will receive IM single dose of 2e11vp. N=15

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GRAd-COV2

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single intramuscular administration.

Interventions

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GRAd-COV2

Single intramuscular administration.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

A subject must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible to participate in this study:

1. Provides written informed consent prior to initiation of any study procedures.
2. Be able to understand and agrees to comply with planned study procedures and be available for all study visits.
3. Agrees to the collection of venous blood per protocol.
4. Confirms to have not donated blood three months before the study
5. Agrees to refrain from blood during the study and until the three months after the end of the study.
6. Body Mass Index 18-29 kg/m2, inclusive, at screening.
7. Premenopausal women must agree to use one acceptable primary form of contraception.
8. Premenopausal women must have a negative urine pregnancy test the day of vaccination and are routinely using - and willing to use up to six months from vaccine administration - an effective method of birth control resulting in a low failure rate (i.e., hormonal contraception, condoms in combination with a spermicidal cream, male partner sterilization-vasectomy or total sexual abstinence).
9. Oral temperature ≤37.0 degrees Celsius the day of the administration of the vaccine
10. Pulse no greater than 100 beats per minute.
11. Systolic blood pressure (BP) is 85 to 139 mmHg, inclusive the day of vaccination.
12. Should not show laboratory values outside the normal range which may have clinical significance even in absence of specific signs or symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria

A subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

1. Positive serology for anti-HIV-Ab
2. Positive HbBsAg
3. Positive anti-HCV-Ab
4. Positive for SARS-CoV-2 (either anti-S-Ab or anti-N-Ab)
5. Acute illness, as determined by the site PI or appropriate sub-investigator, the day of vaccination.
6. Breastfeeding women
7. Autoimmune and hyper-inflammatory condition
8. History of atopy (or any IgE associated condition) who had required treatment over the last 6 months;
9. History of hypersensitivity or severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis, generalized urticaria, angioedema, other significant reaction) to any previous licensed or unlicensed vaccines;
10. Assumption of any immunomodulatory medication over the last 4 months (including, but not limited to, systemic corticosteroids, allergy injections, immunoglobulin, interferon, immunomodulators, cytotoxic drugs, or other similar or toxic drugs). The use of low dose topical, ophthalmic, inhaled, and intranasal steroid preparations will be permitted.
11. Presence of self-reported or medically documented significant medical condition
12. Presence of self-reported or medically documented significant psychiatric condition
13. Significant cardiovascular disease needing therapy or history of myocarditis or pericarditis or heart surgery. Patients in treatment with Sartans or ACE-Inhibitors and good response to therapy may be included.
14. Neurological or neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., history of migraines in the past 5 years, epilepsy, stroke, seizures in the last 3 years, encephalopathy, focal neurologic deficits, Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalomyelitis or transverse myelitis).
15. Ongoing malignancy or recent diagnosis of malignancy in the last five years excluding basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, which are allowed.
16. Primary or secondary immunodeficiency of any cause.
17. Participated in another investigational study involving vaccination of biologic compounds in the last 12 months.
18. Currently enrolled in or plans to participate in another clinical trial with an investigational agent that will be received during the study-reporting period.
19. Administration of immunoglobulins and/or any blood or blood products within the 4 months before the first vaccine administration or at any time during the study.
20. Has any significant disorder of coagulation.
21. Has any chronic liver disease, including fatty liver.
22. Has a history of alcohol abuse or other recreational drug use within 6 months before the first vaccine administration.
23. Has any abnormality or permanent body art (e.g., tattoo) that would interfere with the ability to observe local reactions at the injection site (deltoid region).
24. Received or plans to receive additional vaccination within 4 weeks before or after each vaccination.
25. Has been reported as a case (confirmed or probable) of COVID-19 from the regional health system
26. Has any clinical conditions that, in the opinion of the site PI or appropriate sub-investigator, precludes study participation, this includes any acute, subacute, intermittent or chronic medical disease or condition that would place the subject at an unacceptable risk of injury, render the subject unable to meet the requirements of the protocol, or may interfere with the evaluation of responses or the subject's successful completion of this trial
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

ReiThera Srl

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Simone Lanini

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS

Locations

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INMI Spallanzani

Rome, , Italy

Site Status

Centro Ricerche Cliniche

Verona, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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Capone S, Raggioli A, Gentile M, Battella S, Lahm A, Sommella A, Contino AM, Urbanowicz RA, Scala R, Barra F, Leuzzi A, Lilli E, Miselli G, Noto A, Ferraiuolo M, Talotta F, Tsoleridis T, Castilletti C, Matusali G, Colavita F, Lapa D, Meschi S, Capobianchi M, Soriani M, Folgori A, Ball JK, Colloca S, Vitelli A. Immunogenicity of a new gorilla adenovirus vaccine candidate for COVID-19. Mol Ther. 2021 Aug 4;29(8):2412-2423. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2021.04.022. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33895322 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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RT-CoV-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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