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Intradermal Administration of a COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Elderly (HVaNa)

Primary Purpose

Vaccination; Infection, COVID-19

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
Locations
Netherlands
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Comirnaty
Sponsored by
Radboud University Medical Center
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Eligibility
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Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Vaccination; Infection focused on measuring Intradermal, COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, Elderly, Immune response

Eligibility Criteria

75 Years - undefined (Older Adult)All SexesAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: Male or female aged ≥75 years at the moment of immunization. Healthy, determined by medical history and clinical judgement of the investigator. Participants with a pre-existing illness that is stable, defined as disease not requiring significant change in therapy or hospitalisation during the 6 weeks before enrolment and not expected to require any intervention during the study, can be included. Willing and able to comply with all scheduled visits, vaccination plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. Willing to postpone their regular COVID-19 vaccination upon invitation by the Municipal Health Service or general practitioner until at least four months after receiving the intervention. Completed a primary series of COVID-19 vaccination. Capable and willing to give personal signed informed consent. Adequate understanding of the procedures of the study and agrees to abide strictly thereby. Fully conversant in the Dutch language. Agrees his/her general practitioner is informed about participation in the study. Agrees to provide access to information regarding their vaccination background. Agrees that the study physician and his/her delegates have access to their medical file at Radboudumc. Exclusion Criteria: Medical or psychiatric condition that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator's judgement, make the participant inappropriate for the study. No decision-making capacity. History of severe adverse reaction to a vaccine or to any component of the study intervention. Thrombose with thrombocytopenia syndrome after vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine. Dermatological conditions that might interfere with the ID vaccination. Receipt of COVID-19 vaccination within 3 months before receiving the study intervention. Known or suspected immunodeficiency, as determined by medical history or medication use (inhalation corticosteroids are allowed). History of autoimmune disease or an active autoimmune disease requiring therapeutic intervention. Bleeding diathesis or condition associated with prolonged bleeding that would, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicate IM injection. Participation in other studies involving other study interventions within 28 days prior and during 28 days after receiving the study intervention. Receipt of any other non-study vaccine within 28 days prior and after receiving the study intervention.

Sites / Locations

  • RadboudumcRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Arm Type

Experimental

Active Comparator

Active Comparator

Arm Label

Intradermal vaccination with 20 mcg mRNA vaccine

Intramuscular vaccination with 30 mcg mRNA vaccine

Intramuscular vaccination with 20 mcg mRNA vaccine

Arm Description

Participants will receive a single dose of 20 mcg COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech) through the intradermal route using microneedles.

Participants will receive a single dose of 30 mcg COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech) through the intramuscular route.

Participants will receive a single dose of 20 mcg COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech) through the intramuscular route.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Concentrations of SARS-CoV-2-Spike protein specific IgG antibodies in serum for the different intervention groups

Secondary Outcome Measures

Titers of SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralising antibodies in serum of the different intervention groups
The percentage of participants with local and systemic adverse events
Solicited adverse events (AEs): local reactions, reaction of regional lymph nodes, and systemic reactions up to 14 days following vaccination Unsolicited AEs up to 28 days following vaccination Serious AEs (SAEs) up to 28 days following vaccination Use of antipyretics and analgesics up to 14 days following vaccination

Full Information

First Posted
August 3, 2023
Last Updated
September 5, 2023
Sponsor
Radboud University Medical Center
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05977127
Brief Title
Intradermal Administration of a COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Elderly
Acronym
HVaNa
Official Title
Intradermal Administration of a COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Elderly
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
July 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
September 1, 2023 (Anticipated)
Primary Completion Date
June 1, 2024 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
September 1, 2024 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Radboud University Medical Center

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Respiratory tract infections, e.g. caused by SARS-CoV-2, disproportionately affect elderly. Vaccination has shown to be the most cost-effective approach to prevent infections. However, older adults often fail to induce a potent immune response to vaccines, as was also seen recently for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. This is likely due to immune dysfunction as a consequence of aging. To potentiate a stronger immune response, vaccine administration into the papillary dermis (intradermal, ID) has been proposed as an alternative strategy to intramuscular (IM) administration. Vaccination through the ID route has shown to be safe and equally or more effective than IM vaccination with a wide variety of vaccines. Recently, ID administration has been tested with two COVID-19 mRNA vaccines (Spikevax, Moderna and Comirnaty, Pfizer/BioNTech) in reduced (fractional) doses of the standard IM dose. To ease ID administration and thereby facilitate the implementation of this route, silicon-based microneedles have been developed. These needles have shown to allow ID administration of the Spikevax vaccine with equal safety and immunogenicity profiles as the traditional Mantoux approach in young adults. In the present study, we will investigate the immunogenicity of a 20 mcg dose of the COVID-19 mRNA Comirnaty vaccine through ID administration with silicon microneedles in elderly people (75 years and older), and compare this to immunogenicity of IM administration of a 20 mcg dose and a 30 mcg (standard IM) dose.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Vaccination; Infection, COVID-19
Keywords
Intradermal, COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, Elderly, Immune response

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Model Description
open-label, randomised, proof-of-concept intervention study
Masking
None (Open Label)
Masking Description
Only laboratory personnel is masked. Because of the different administration routes it is not possible to mask the participants or investigators
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
120 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Intradermal vaccination with 20 mcg mRNA vaccine
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will receive a single dose of 20 mcg COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech) through the intradermal route using microneedles.
Arm Title
Intramuscular vaccination with 30 mcg mRNA vaccine
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Participants will receive a single dose of 30 mcg COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech) through the intramuscular route.
Arm Title
Intramuscular vaccination with 20 mcg mRNA vaccine
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Participants will receive a single dose of 20 mcg COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech) through the intramuscular route.
Intervention Type
Biological
Intervention Name(s)
Comirnaty
Intervention Description
Administration of Comirnaty vaccine
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Concentrations of SARS-CoV-2-Spike protein specific IgG antibodies in serum for the different intervention groups
Time Frame
at 28 days after vaccination
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Titers of SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralising antibodies in serum of the different intervention groups
Time Frame
at 28 days after vaccination
Title
The percentage of participants with local and systemic adverse events
Description
Solicited adverse events (AEs): local reactions, reaction of regional lymph nodes, and systemic reactions up to 14 days following vaccination Unsolicited AEs up to 28 days following vaccination Serious AEs (SAEs) up to 28 days following vaccination Use of antipyretics and analgesics up to 14 days following vaccination
Time Frame
up to 28 days after vaccination
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Concentrations of SARS-CoV-2-Spike protein specific antibodies in serum and mucosal samples for the different intervention groups at various timepoints
Time Frame
Day 0, day 28 and month 4 after vaccination
Title
Titers of SARS-CoV-2 specific neutralising antibodies in serum and mucosal samples of the different intervention groups at various timepoints
Time Frame
Day 0, day 28 and month 4 after vaccination
Title
Changes in expression level of host genes
Time Frame
day 0 and day 1 after vaccination
Title
Cellular responses in blood and mucosal samples at various timepoints
Description
e.g. expressed as percentages of immune cell subsets or concentration of cytokines
Time Frame
Day 0, Day 28, month 4 after vaccination
Title
Functional and phenotypic characterization of T cells at various timepoints after vaccination
Description
e.g. expressed as percentages of immune cell subsets or concentration of cytokines
Time Frame
Day 0, Day 28, month 4 after vaccination

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
75 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Male or female aged ≥75 years at the moment of immunization. Healthy, determined by medical history and clinical judgement of the investigator. Participants with a pre-existing illness that is stable, defined as disease not requiring significant change in therapy or hospitalisation during the 6 weeks before enrolment and not expected to require any intervention during the study, can be included. Willing and able to comply with all scheduled visits, vaccination plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. Willing to postpone their regular COVID-19 vaccination upon invitation by the Municipal Health Service or general practitioner until at least four months after receiving the intervention. Completed a primary series of COVID-19 vaccination. Capable and willing to give personal signed informed consent. Adequate understanding of the procedures of the study and agrees to abide strictly thereby. Fully conversant in the Dutch language. Agrees his/her general practitioner is informed about participation in the study. Agrees to provide access to information regarding their vaccination background. Agrees that the study physician and his/her delegates have access to their medical file at Radboudumc. Exclusion Criteria: Medical or psychiatric condition that may increase the risk of study participation or, in the investigator's judgement, make the participant inappropriate for the study. No decision-making capacity. History of severe adverse reaction to a vaccine or to any component of the study intervention. Thrombose with thrombocytopenia syndrome after vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine. Dermatological conditions that might interfere with the ID vaccination. Receipt of COVID-19 vaccination within 3 months before receiving the study intervention. Known or suspected immunodeficiency, as determined by medical history or medication use (inhalation corticosteroids are allowed). History of autoimmune disease or an active autoimmune disease requiring therapeutic intervention. Bleeding diathesis or condition associated with prolonged bleeding that would, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicate IM injection. Participation in other studies involving other study interventions within 28 days prior and during 28 days after receiving the study intervention. Receipt of any other non-study vaccine within 28 days prior and after receiving the study intervention.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Hans de Graaf
Phone
+31 243614656
Email
hans.degraaf@radboudumc.nl
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Lucille van Beek
Phone
+31 243614656
Email
lucille.vanbeek@radboudumc.nl
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hans de Graaf
Organizational Affiliation
Stichting Radboud University Medical Center
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Radboudumc
City
Nijmegen
Country
Netherlands
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hans de Graaf
Email
Hans.degraaf@radboudumc.nl

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
Undecided

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