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Status unknownNCT04896788COVIDIMUpdated May 24, 2021

Monitoring of the Post-vaccination Immune Response to COVID-19 Among Hospital Staff

An interventional study of Monitoring of the immune response in Hospital Staff and Vaccined Againt COVID-19, sponsored by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand. Status unknown at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-24.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Vaccination against COVID-19 is a major public health issue to control the epidemic and reduce the number of severe infections and deaths. Three vaccines currently received use authorization in France: two mRNA vaccines and one recombinant viral vector vaccine. Immunogenicity data demonstrate that they induce the development of neutralizing antibodies and IgG directed against the viral S1 protein and the receptor binding domain (RBD). However, there are currently no data on the persistence over time of the humoral response induced by vaccination, and data are still incomplete on cellular immunogenicity. No immune correlate of protection has been established for COVID-19.

In addition, these data come from assays carried out with current vaccines developed against a lineage of SARS-CoV-2 known as wild type (without genetic mutations).

The main objective of this study is to monitor in hospital staff the temporal evolution of humoral immunity induced by anti-COVID-19 vaccines by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the last injection of vaccine.

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  • All medical, para-medical, medico-technical and administrative staff of the Clermont-Ferrand university hospital will be informed of the protocol through intra-hospital communication. The inclusion visit will be scheduled within 3 months +/- 14 days after the last injection of the vaccine. For volunteers who have not received their first injection, they will be offered to participate in the sub-study including an additional visit on the day of vaccination. They will be free to accept or refuse.
  • As recruitment is consecutive, an anonymous list of potentially eligible subjects (with demographic data: age, sex; nature of the vaccine received) will be kept, in order to verify afterwards if the sample is representative.
  • The study includes:

    1. Five visits over 21 months, 6 over 24 months for the subgroup included on the day of vaccination
    2. An interview with an investigator during the first visit, to collect the following data: hospital function, age, sex, weight, height, possible comorbidities exposing to a serious COVID-19 infection, possible COVID-19 infection prior to vaccination, date of vaccination and type of vaccine
    3. A self-questionnaire to update clinical data if necessary during the following visits
    4. A blood test at each visit, i.e. 2 tubes of 5 mL (antibody assays) and 4 tubes of 1 mL (cellular immunity assay).

      Blood samples will be stored at -80°C, before destruction at the end of the study.

  • In the case of suspecting symptoms of COVID-19 during follow-up, molecular testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection will be offered and performed from nasopharyngeal swab or saliva sample.
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Conditions studied

  • Hospital Staff
  • Vaccined Againt COVID-19

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Keywords

  • Humoral response to Covid-19 Vaccine
  • Cellular response to Covid-19 Vaccine
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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 300 is above the median of 100 across 4,099 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand is the lead sponsor of 841 studies on the registry; 178 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult person, man or woman, staff of the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital (medical or paramedical, medico-technical or administrative caregiver), having received the second dose of vaccine (or the single dose if the single-dose vaccination schedule) against COVID- 19 3 months +/- 15 days before the inclusion visit, as part of the national vaccination campaign, regardless of the type of vaccine administered.
  • For the subgroup included before vaccination (study of the pre-vaccination cellular response): Adult person, man or woman, staff of Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital (medical or paramedical, medico-technical or administrative caregiver), receiving the 1st injection on the same day or in the 7 days before the inclusion visit, regardless of the type of vaccine administered
  • Commitment to respect the schedule of visits provided for in the research protocol
  • Able to give informed consent to participate in research
  • Affiliation to a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding in progress at inclusion, or planned during follow-up
  • Person under guardianship, guardianship or legal protection
  • Whether the vaccine received was experimental or not authorized
  • Refusal of participation
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    Monitoring of the immune response

    Immune response controlled with blood sample at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months

    Biological: Monitoring of the immune response

Interventions

  • BiologicalMonitoring of the immune response

    Blood sample at 3,6,12,18 and 24 months in order to assess the blood level of anti-S1 / RBD anticoprs

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the blood level of anti-S1 / RBD antibodies

    temporal evolution of humoral immunity induced by the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the second injection (or the single injection if single dose vaccination schedule), using two quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) targeting anti-S1 and anti-RBD antibodies.

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. the blood level of anti-S1 / RBD antibodies

    temporal evolution of humoral immunity induced by the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the second injection (or the single injection if single dose vaccination schedule), using two quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) targeting anti-S1 and anti-RBD antibodies.

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. the blood level of anti-S1 / RBD antibodies

    temporal evolution of humoral immunity induced by the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the second injection (or the single injection if single dose vaccination schedule), using two quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) targeting anti-S1 and anti-RBD antibodies.

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. the blood level of anti-S1 / RBD antibodies

    temporal evolution of humoral immunity induced by the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the second injection (or the single injection if single dose vaccination schedule), using two quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) targeting anti-S1 and anti-RBD antibodies.

    Time frame: 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. relationship between the level of antibodies detected by serological tests (ELISA) and the antibodies titrated using an in vitro neutralization test

    Comparison of the humoral response evaluated by serological tests with that analysed by neutralisation in vitro, on pairs of samples chosen to cover the variability of the response induced by vaccination between M3 and M24.

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

  2. anti-S lymphocyte response induced by the anti-COVID-19 vaccine

    Cellular immune response induced by the anti-COVID-19 vaccine evaluated by the anti-S lymphocyte response reflected by the determination of IFN-γ at the 3rd, 6th, 12th, 18th and 24th months after the second injection of vaccine (or the single injection if scheme single dose vaccine).

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

  3. effect of age on immune response

    Study the effect of age on the various immune parameters studied, in general and in their temporal course

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

  4. Intensity of immune response according to different comorbidities

    Study the effect of comorbidities on the various immune parameters studied, in general and in their temporal course

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

  5. Intensity of immune response according to a previous COVID-19 infection or not

    Study the effect of a previous COVID-19 infection on the various immune parameters studied, in general and in their temporal course

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

  6. Intensity of immune response according to the type of vaccine administered

    Study the effect of the type of vaccine administered on the various immune parameters studied, in general and in their temporal course

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months

  7. the cellular immune response directed against the Spike peptides of T lymphocytes before vaccination, between D-7 and the day of the 1st injection of vaccine

    Pre-vaccine anti-S cellular immune response reflected by the IFN-γ assay, for a subgroup of 50 volunteers then benefiting from the same follow-up until the 24th month

    Time frame: Day 1

  8. genomic characteristics of the strain of SARS-CoV-2 in case of proven COVID-19 infection during follow-up

    Clinical description of subjects presenting with COVID-19 infection during follow-up, and genomic characteristics of their strain of SARS-CoV-2 by whole genome sequencing (next-generation sequencing).

    Time frame: up to 24 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital
    Clermont-Ferrand, Aura 63000, France
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Bonnet B, Chabrolles H, Archimbaud C, Brebion A, Cosme J, Dutheil F, Lambert C, Junda M, Mirand A, Ollier A, Pereira B, Regagnon C, Vidal M, Evrard B, Henquell C. Decline of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Against SARS-CoV-2 6 Months After Full BNT162b2 Vaccination in Hospital Healthcare Workers. Front Immunol. 2022 Mar 2;13:842912. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.842912. eCollection 2022. PubMed 35309363 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 24, 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
NCT04896788
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 21, 2021
Start date
May 19, 2021
Primary completion
Nov 1, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
May 1, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
May 24, 2021

Study contacts

Lise Laclautre
Contact
promo_interne_drci@chu-clermontferrand.fr
04 73 75 11 95

Oversight

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