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Status unknownNCT04130594Updated Jan 14, 2021

Study of Safety and Immunogenicity of BVRS-GamVac

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of BVRS-GamVac and placebo in MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS, sponsored by Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Health Ministry of the Russian Federation. Status unknown at 1 site in Russian Federation. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-14.

Sponsored by Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Health Ministry of the Russian Federation · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
162
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified in 2012 during the first Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak. MERS-CoV causes an acute lower-respiratory infection in humans, with a fatality rate of \~34.5%.

The aim of the study is to assess the safety and immunogenicity of adenoviral-based vaccine against MERS - BVRS-GamVac.

Read the detailed description

Two-stage, open-dose, prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study in parallel groups The study will include volunteers of both sexes, aged 18-55 years inclusive. The study will involve 162 (will receive the study drug or placebo) healthy volunteers, of which the first stage, it is planned to vaccinate 40 person with the studied drug (at the same time, the participation of 8 spares *), at the second phase - 122 people, of whom 88 will receive the study drug, and 34 will make up the control group of observation - they will be given a placebo drug.

* Volunteers are replaced by spares before the introduction of the drug, if the volunteer took the drug, then its replacement is not performed.

Any volunteer who received a dose of the test drug will be considered as included in the study, the data available on it will be used in assessing the safety and tolerability of the drug.

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Conditions studied

  • MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
  • MERS

Keywords

  • vaccine
  • vector based vaccine
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Physiological Effects of Drugs
  • MERS-Cov
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In context

Coronavirus Infections

929 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronavirus Infections; 50 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 162 is above the median of 107 across 541 interventional studies indexed under Coronavirus Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Health Ministry of the Russian Federation is the lead sponsor of 40 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. written informed consent;
  2. absence of a history, as well as according to a screening examination of pathology from the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys, cardiovascular system, central nervous system, musculoskeletal system, urogenital, immune and endocrine systems, blood, which may affect volunteer safety and evaluation of the results of the study (clinical, instrumental and laboratory studies did not reveal diseases or clinically significant deviations);
  3. males and females within the age range from 18 to 55 years;
  4. Consent to the use of effective methods of contraception during the entire period of participation in the study;
  5. subject body mass index (BMI): 18.5 ≤ BMI ≤ 30;
  6. absence of acute infectious diseases at the time of vaccination and 7 days before vaccination;
  7. absence of severe allergic diseases in the medical history
  8. no serious post-vaccination complications in patient's history following the earlier administration of immunobiological products;
  9. subject has a negative result of the blood or urine pregnancy test (for females of childbearing age);
  10. subject has negative tests for HIV, hepatitis B and С, syphilis;
  11. subject has a negative result of the urine test for residual narcotic drugs;
  12. Negative alcohol test;
  13. The indicators of the complete blood count test and biochemical analysis of blood on the screen within 1,1*ULN/LLN (upper limit of normal/lower limit of normal)
  14. absence of inflammatory or dystrophic myocardial changes based on ECG data

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Volunteer participation in any other study over the past 90 days;
  2. Any vaccination in the last 30 days;
  3. Acute infectious and non-infectious diseases, exacerbations of chronic diseases within 4 weeks prior to screening;
  4. subject has received treatment with steroids for the last 10 days;
  5. subject has received immunoglobulins or other blood products over the last 3 months;
  6. subject has received immunosuppressive and/or immunomodulating agents within 6 months prior to the start of the study;
  7. Pregnancy or lactation;
  8. subject has systolic blood pressure less than 100 mm Hg or greater than 139 mm Hg; diastolic blood pressure less than 60 mm Hg or greater than 90 mm Hg; heart rate lower than 60 beats per minute or above 100 beats per minute;
  9. A burdened allergic history (anaphylactic shock, Quincke's edema, polymorphic exudative eczema, atopy, a history of serum sickness, hypersensitivity or allergic reactions to the introduction of any vaccines in history, known allergic reactions to vaccine components, etc.);
  10. Diabetes mellitus or other forms of impaired glucose tolerance;
  11. presence of a concomitant illness in decompensation stage which might affect the course of the study (CNS organic lesion, decompensated cardiovascular diseases, any manifestations of kidney or acute liver failure, oncological diseases, diabetes mellitus);
  12. subject has a a history of neoplasms (ICD codes C00-D09);
  13. blood donation (at least 450 ml of blood or plasma) by subject in less than 2 months prior to the start of the study;
  14. Reception of narcotic and psychostimulating drugs at present or in the anamnesis;
  15. subject has a history of the consumption of more than 5 units alcohol per week, alcohol intake within 48 hours before the injection of the test drug;
  16. subject smokes more than 10 cigarettes a day;
  17. subject has a planned hospitalization and / or surgery during the period of participation in the study, as well as 4 weeks before the estimated date of vaccination.
  18. subject has any condition that, according to the researcher's doctor, may be a contraindication to participation in the study.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
162 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    phase 1, vaccine half dose

    half dose of BVRS-GamVac vaccine single administration

    Biological: BVRS-GamVac

  • Experimental
    phase 1, vaccine full dose

    full dose of BVRS-GamVac vaccine single administration

    Biological: BVRS-GamVac

  • Experimental
    phase 2, vaccine selected dose

    selected dose of BVRS-GamVac vaccine single administration

    Biological: BVRS-GamVac

  • Placebo comparator
    phase 2, placebo

    placebo single administration

    Other: placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalBVRS-GamVac

    a vector vaccine for the prevention of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, lyophilisate for the preparation of a solution for intramuscular administration

  • Otherplacebo

    placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Adverse Events

    Determination of Number of Participants With Adverse Events

    Time frame: through the whole study, an average of 180 days

  2. Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events

    Determination of Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events

    Time frame: through the whole study, an average of 180 days

  3. Number of Participants with Solicited Local and Systemic Adverse Events

    Determination of Number of Participants with Solicited Local and Systemic Adverse Events

    Time frame: through the whole study, an average of 180 days

  4. Antibody levels against the MERS-CoV glycoprotein S measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

    Determination of antibody levels against the MERS-CoV glycoprotein S measured by an ELISA vs. baseline values (phase 1, phase 2) and placebo (phase 2)

    Time frame: at days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42, 56 and 90

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of antigen-specific cell-mediated immune response

    determination of specific T-cell- mediated response vs. baseline values (phase 1, phase 2) and placebo (phase 2)

    Time frame: at 0 and 14 days from the start of vaccination compared to baseline values (day 0)

  2. Neutralizing antibody levels

    Determination of the neutralizing antibody titer for a virus in virus neutralization reaction vs. baseline values

    Time frame: at days 0, 14 and 28

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Research Institute of Influenza
    Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation
    • Dmitry Lyoznov, MD, PhD · Contact · office@influenza.spb.ru · 499-15-00
    • Dmitry Lyoznov, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 14, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04130594
Lead sponsor
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Health Ministry of the Russian Federation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 17, 2019
Start date
Nov 7, 2019
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 14, 2021

Study contacts

Inna Dolzhikova, PhD
Contact
info@gamaleya.org
1933001

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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