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Status unknownNCT04453488Updated Jul 29, 2020

Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of RUTI® Against SARS-COV-2 Infection (COVID-19) in Healthcare Workers

A Phase 3 interventional study of RUTI® vaccine and Placebo in Covid-19 and Sars-CoV2, sponsored by Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Status unknown at 2 sites in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-29.

Sponsored by Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2020), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
315
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of RUTI® vaccine preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in healthcare workers.

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The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of RUTI® vaccine preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in healthcare workers. The study will include a comparison between placebo and RUTI® vaccine.

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Conditions studied

  • Covid-19
  • Sars-CoV2

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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 315 is above the median of 100 across 4,099 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol is the lead sponsor of 25 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. Sign the Informed Consent before initiating the selection procedures.
  2. Healthcare system workers working in contact with subjects potentially infected with SARS-CoV-2.
  3. People ≥ 18 years.
  4. Willingness to meet the requirements of the protocol.
  5. Negative Rapid Serological Test of SARS-CoV-2
  6. The participant must agree to use effective contraceptive methods during the study period, in case of childbearing age.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection
  2. Pregnancy. Pregnancy test will be performed in case of doubt.
  3. Breastfeeding.
  4. Suspected of active viral or bacterial infection.
  5. Symptoms compatible with COVID-19, despite a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
  6. Vaccination in the last 4 weeks or planned vaccination during the study period, except for influenza vaccine.
  7. Participation in a research that requires experimental intervention (does not include observational studies) in the previous month before signing the Consent or during the study.
  8. Severely immunocompromised people. This exclusion category includes:

    1. Subjects with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1).
    2. Neutropenic subjects with less than 500 neutrophils / mm3.
    3. Subjects with solid organ transplantation.
    4. Subjects with bone marrow transplantation.
    5. Subjects undergoing chemotherapy.
    6. Subjects with primary immunodeficiency.
    7. Severe lymphopenia with less than 400 lymphocytes / mm3.
    8. Treatment with any anti-cytokine therapy.
    9. Oral treatment with steroids, defined as daily doses of 10 mg prednisone or equivalent for more than 3 months.
  9. Malignancy, or active solid or non-solid lymphoma from the previous two years.
  10. BCG vaccination in the last 1year.
  11. Soy allergy.

12 Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine administration in the last two weeks.

  1. Direct involvement in the design or execution of the RUTICOVID19 clinical trial.

14 Retirement, transfer, long-term leave (> 1 month) due to scheduled surgery or any other event that makes it impossible to work in person at your health center during the months following the recruitment to the study.

  1. Employee at the health center \<22 hours per week.
  1. Do not have a smartphone.
  1. Detection by the researcher of lack of knowledge or willingness to participate and comply with all requirements of the protocol.
  1. Any other findings that, at the discretion of the researcher, may compromise compliance with the protocol or that may influence significantly the interpretation or the results of the effects of the vaccine.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
315 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    RUTI® vaccine

    Participants will receive two dose of RUTI® vaccine at the baseline visit and after 2 weeks +/- 3 days, which will be administered subcutaneously in the deltoid region at a dose of 25 µg of fragmented, purified and liposomed heat-inactivated Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in an injection volume of 0.3 mL.

    Biological: RUTI® vaccine

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Participants will receive two dose of physiological serum will be administered subcutaneously in the deltoid region at the baseline visit and after 2 weeks +/- 3 days.

    Biological: Placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalRUTI® vaccine

    Each dose of the RUTI® vaccine contains 25 µg of fragmented, purified and liposomed heat-inactivated Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli.

  • BiologicalPlacebo

    Physiological serum, 0.9% NaCl, will be used as a placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Documented cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection

    % positive serology at the end of the study or positive PCR test in the course of routine clinical practice

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sick leave for SARS-CoV-2

    Number of days of documented sick leave for SARS-CoV-2

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  2. Days off work due to the quarantine

    The number of days off work due to the quarantine imposed as a consequence to have acute respiratory symptoms, fever or infection documented by SARS-CoV-2

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  3. Quarantine imposed by close contact outside the center with SARS-CoV-2 positive

    Number of days of quarantine imposed by close contact outside the center with SARS-CoV-2 positive

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  4. Professional category

    Number of MD, nursing, personnel management and services, etc.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  5. Fever

    Number of days of self-reported fever (≥38 ºC)

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  6. Incidence of self-reported acute respiratory symptoms

    Cumulative incidence of self-reported acute respiratory symptoms

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  7. Days of self-reported acute respiratory symptoms

    Number of days of self-reported acute respiratory symptoms

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  8. Incidence of pneumonia

    Number of participants with pneumonia confirmed by X-ray

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  9. Incidence of death from SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Cumulative incidence of death from documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  10. Incidence of admissions to Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

    Cumulative incidence of admissions to intensive care unit for documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  11. Days in ICU

    Number of days admitted to the ICU for documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  12. Incidence of mechanical ventilation

    Cumulative incidence of need for mechanical ventilation due to documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  13. Incidence of hospital admissions

    Cumulative incidence of hospital admissions for documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  14. Days of hospitalization

    Number of days of hospitalization for documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  15. Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

    Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at the end of the study period

    Time frame: Final visit

  16. Types of antibodies detected

    Frequency and levels of immunoglobulin IgG and immunoglobulin IgM

    Time frame: Final visit

  17. Levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

    Levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at the end of the study period

    Time frame: Final visit

Other outcomes

  1. AEs

    All adverse events reported by the subjects, both serious and non-serious, will be collected. All events related to a SARS-CoV-2 infection will be exempted from collection as part of the associated symptoms.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

  2. SAEs

    All those Adverse Events that lead to hospitalization of the patient, that endanger his life or cause or may cause death.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol UBP Riscos Laborals
    Badalona, Barcelona 08916, Spain
  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
    Barcelona, 08041, Spain
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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 Jul 29, 2020, 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
NCT04453488
Lead sponsor
Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 1, 2020
Start date
Jul 30, 2020 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 29, 2020

Study contacts

Pere-Joan Cardona, MD, PhD
Contact
pjcardona@igtp.cat
+34 93 033 0527 ext. 6400
Pere-Joan Cardona, MD, PhD
study chair · IGTP

Oversight

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