An observational study in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination, sponsored by University Medicine Greifswald. Status unknown at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-10-03.
Sponsored by University Medicine Greifswald · Observational
AICOVI (Adaptive Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccination) is a prospective clinical cohort study aiming at studying the kinetics of vaccine-specific antibody production after COVID-19 vaccination in health care workers.
AICOVI (Adaptive Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccination) is a prospective clinical cohort study aiming at elucidating the kinetics of vaccine-specific antibody production after COVID-19 vaccination in health care workers at the Greifswald University hospital.
Participants were recruited before their intended vaccination. Participants received the basic immunization with either two i. m. doses of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) with a time interval of 21 days or two i. m. dose of AZD 1222 (Vaxzevria®, Covishield®, ChadOx1 nCoV-19, Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca) with a time interval of 12 weeks (homologous vaccination), or one i. m. dose of AZD 1222 as the first vaccination and one i. m. dose of BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 (Spikevax®, elasomeran (INN), Moderna) as the second vaccination with a time interval of at least 4 weeks (heterologous vaccination). Approximately 6 months later, participants received a booster vaccination with BNT162b2.
Within the study, volunteers donate peripheral blood by venipuncture on each day of vaccination as well as 7 and 14 days after each vaccination. EDTA plasma and peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are prepared and stored at -20 °C.
Volunteers are also asked to complete a standardized questionnaire on each day of blood sampling. Questionnaires collect data about physical characteristics, COVID-19 vaccination, previous SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as current infections, medication, immune relevant diseases and side effects of the vaccination.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Inclusion criteria for control/validation group of TRP participants:
Subjects receiving two doses of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) as homologous basic immunization and one dose of BNT162b2 as booster vaccination
Drug: BNT162b2
Subjects receiving one dose of AZD 1222 (Vaxzevria®, Covishield®, ChadOx1 nCoV-19, Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca) followed by one dose of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) as heterologous basic immunization and one dose of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) as booster vaccination
Drug: BNT162b2 · Drug: AZD 1222
Subjects receiving two doses of AZD 1222 (Vaxzevria®, Covishield®, ChadOx1 nCoV-19, Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca) as homologous basic immunization and one dose of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) as booster vaccination
Drug: BNT162b2 · Drug: AZD 1222
Subject receiving one dose of AZD 1222 (Vaxzevria®, Covishield®, ChadOx1 nCoV-19, Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca) followed by one dose of mRNA-1273 (Spikevax®, elasomeran (INN), Moderna) as heterologous basic immunization and one dose of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) as booster vaccination
Drug: BNT162b2 · Drug: AZD 1222 · Drug: mRNA-1273
Subject receiving one dose of AZD 1222 (Vaxzevria®, Covishield®, ChadOx1 nCoV-19, Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca) followed by one dose of BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®, tozinameran (INN), BioNTech/Pfizer) as heterologous basic immunization and one dose of mRNA-1273 (Spikevax®, elasomeran (INN), Moderna) as booster vaccination
Drug: BNT162b2 · Drug: AZD 1222 · Drug: mRNA-1273
Control samples for the validation of the used methods from the pre-SARS-CoV-2 era were transferred from the study "Blood Donations from Healthy Blood Donors to Investigate Circannual Variations in Tryptophan Metabolism and Adaptive Immune Response to Bacterial Infectious Agents" (in short TRP study). Subjects had not received any SARS-CoV-2 vaccination at that time. Remaining plasma samples were transferred to the AICOVI study.
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production and cumulative antibody titer on the day of the 1st vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted on the day of the 1st vaccination.
Time frame: 1 day
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production 7 days after the 1st vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted 7 days after the 1st vaccination.
Time frame: 7 days after the 1st vaccination
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production 14 days after the 1st vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted 14 days after the 1st vaccination.
Time frame: 14 days after the 1st vaccination
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production on the day of the 2nd vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted on the day of the 2nd vaccination.
Time frame: day of the 2nd vaccination
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production 7 days after the 2nd vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted 7 days after the 2nd vaccination.
Time frame: 7 days after the 2nd vaccination
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production 14 days after the 2nd vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted 14 days after the 2nd vaccination.
Time frame: 14 days after the 2nd vaccination
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production and cumulative antibody titer on the day of the booster vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted on the day of the booster vaccination.
Time frame: 1 day
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production 7 days after the booster vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted 7 days after the booster vaccination.
Time frame: 7 days after the booster vaccination
mean current anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody production 14 days after the booster vaccination
Serum antibody titers represent a cumulative measure of any preceded or recent immune responses. The current antibody production can be quantified using MENSA (medium enriched for newly synthesized antibodies), an approach that measures antibodies released from recently stimulated circulating antibody-secreting plasmablasts. For this purpose, PBMCs are collected from the subject's whole blood sample, washed to remove serum antibodies, and then cultured for 7 days. Antibodies released ex vivo from the antibody-secreting plasmablasts can now be detected in the culture supernatant. These newly synthesized antibodies are a measure of the instantaneous antibody response. Sampling is conducted 14 days after the booster vaccination.
Time frame: 14 days after the booster vaccination
plasma antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are quantified using ELISA and/or xMAP(R) technology.
Time frame: On each day of vaccination as well as 7 and 14 days after each vaccination
immune cell phenotyping (B cells, T cells)
flow cytometry-based analyses
Time frame: On each day of vaccination as well as 7 and 14 days after each vaccination
Characterization of antibody proteomics profile changes after vaccination
The antibody profile in plasma is assessed using mass spectrometry.
Time frame: On each day of vaccination as well as 7 and 14 days after each vaccination
Characterization of the cytokine profile elicited after vaccination
The cytokine profile elicited after vaccination is assessed using a multiplex immunoassay.
Time frame: On each day of vaccination as well as 7 and 14 days after each vaccination
Measurement of neutralizating antibodies after vaccination
Neutralizing antibodies are measured by neutralization tests.
Time frame: On each day of vaccination as well as 7 and 14 days after each vaccination
Plan to share: Undecided
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Ran from Jan 2021 to primary completion in Dec 2021, 11 months.
Of 1,625 non-industry observational studies under COVID-19, half reached primary completion within 14 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29. This study's 11 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,750 studies reached it within 13 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29.
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