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Status unknownNCT04951323Updated May 18, 2022

Impact of the Immune System on Response to Anti-Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) Vaccine in Allogeneic Stem Cell Recipients (Covid Vaccin Allo)

A Phase 3 interventional study of anti-COVID19 mRNA-based vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty®, commercialized by Pfizer) in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid19) and Hematopoietic Neoplasms, sponsored by University of Liege. Status unknown at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-18.

Sponsored by University of Liege · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention

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Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The present study is a prospective phase IV study. All participants will receive the anti-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine (messenger Ribonucleic acid-based vaccine, BNT162b2 or Comirnaty®, commercialized by Pfizer-BioNTech) being authorized in the European Union since December 2020. The vaccine is administered intramuscularly after dilution as a series of two doses at least 21 days apart.

Read the detailed description

The central question is whether allo-hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) recipients can develop protective immunity against COVID-19 upon vaccination. This question needs to be answered urgently and would help the hematologist to provide recommendation / best treatment for these patients. In this pilot project Cov-Allo, this important question will be addressed in a cohort in which allo-HCT recipients will be vaccinated with the mRNA available COVID-19 vaccine according to the Belgian vaccination program. The primary objective is to assess immune response after administration of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®; Pfizer-BioNTech) in a population of 50 patients allo-HCT recipients. This number is based on the availabilities of vaccines and eligible patients. Moreover, as the study is observational and exploratory, no sample size calculation could be provided for this study.

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Conditions studied

  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid19)
  • Hematopoietic Neoplasms
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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 50 is below the median of 100 across 4,099 interventional studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

University of Liege is the lead sponsor of 242 studies on the registry; 46 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • prior allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation 3 months to 5 years earlier (any donor type)
  • age > or = 18 years at inclusion.
  • written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • HIV seropositivity
  • Pregnancy
  • Active malignant disease at inclusion
  • Current grade III-IV acute Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
  • In vitro T-cell depletion of the graft if vaccination within the 6 months after transplantation.
  • Rituximab administration in the 6 months prior to study inclusion
  • Prior documented COVID-19 infection
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Injection of anti-COVID19 mRNA-based vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty®, commercialized by Pfizer)

    Injection of two doses (at Day 1 and Day 21) of the anti-COVID19 mRNA-based vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty®, commercialized by Pfizer)

    Drug: anti-COVID19 mRNA-based vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty®, commercialized by Pfizer)

Interventions

  • Druganti-COVID19 mRNA-based vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty®, commercialized by Pfizer)

    Participants will receive the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 (Comirnaty®). The vaccine is administered intramuscularly after dilution as a series of two doses at least 21 days apart.

    Also known as: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine, Pfizer

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Quantification of anti-SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain specific IgG

    The primary endpoint is the quantification of different anti-SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies after vaccination (at Day 49) in allo-HCT recipients.

    Time frame: Day 49 after first injection (D0)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evolution of anti-SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain specific IgG

    To study the evolution anti-RBD IgG titers from day +49 (day 28 after the second dose) to 6 months after the second dose.

    Time frame: 6 months after day 21

  2. Titration of neutralizing antibodies

    To analyze the titer of neutralizing antibodies at Day 49 as well as at 6 months after the second dose (at Day 21).

    Time frame: Day 49 and 6 months after Day 21

  3. Clinical factors predicting response to vaccine (defined as detectable specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD specific IgG).

    This point aims at trying to find correlations between patient immunity at vaccination and response to vaccination and also to correlate pre-vaccination clinical factors (such as delay from transplantation to vaccination in days, presence or not of moderate/severe chronic GVHD (assessed using the NIH criteria), administration of rituximab in the year before vaccination) response to the vaccine defined as detectable specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD specific IgG.

    Time frame: 49 days after the first dose

  4. Efficacy of the immune response to the vaccine to prevent COVID-19

    Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection occurring after vaccination

    Time frame: 12 months after first dose (Day 0)

  5. Assessment of T cell and B cell response to the vaccine

    Measuring SARS-Cov2 specific T cells (by intracellular cytokine staining) and B cells (by Elispot).

    Time frame: Day 7 and Day 49

Other outcomes

  1. Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0

    To investigate the safety of the anti-COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty®, Pfizer). Safety will be reported in terms of incidence and severity of systemic adverse events (AEs). Incidence and nature of newly occurring immune related Adverse Events of grade ≥ 3 according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 including information on vaccine specific safety.

    Time frame: 12 months after first dose (Day 0)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • CHU Liège, Domaine du Sart-Tilman
    Liège, 4000, Belgium
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 18, 2022, 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
NCT04951323
Lead sponsor
University of Liege
Collaborators
Pfizer
Responsible party
Frédéric Baron (Professor, University of Liege) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 6, 2021
Start date
Mar 22, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
May 18, 2022

Study contacts

Frédéric MD Baron, Dr. MD
Contact
F.Baron@chuliege.be
+3243667201
Frédéric MD Baron
principal investigator · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege

Oversight

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