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WithdrawnNCT04990466BRILIFE002Updated Jan 19, 2024

Phase 2b/3 Trial of VSV-ΔG SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (BRILIFE) Against Approved Comparator Vaccine.

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of IIBR-100 and Active Comparator in COVID-19, sponsored by NeuroRx, Inc.. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-19.

Sponsored by NeuroRx, Inc. · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Prevention

Why this study was withdrawn
Production of the BriLife vaccine was halted by government sponsor
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

IIBR-100 (VSV-ΔG) is a self-propagating live virus vaccine that contains the spike protein of the Wuhan wild-type SARS-CoV-2 virus. Preclinical and phase 1/2 trials have demonstrated no safety signals of concern and have further demonstrated immunologic response that approximates the response seen in convalescent individuals. The purpose of this phase 2b/3 trial is to document the non-inferiority of IIBR-100 vs. an already-approved vaccine for COVID-19.

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STUDY RATIONALE:

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps the deadliest in 100 years. The pandemic emerged from Wuhan Province in China in December 2019 and was declared by the WHO Director-General a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. Early cases have been reported in Israel around February 2020, and at the time this protocol is being drafted. The virus has spread to 190 countries with more than 198 million confirmed cases and more than 4.2 million confirmed deaths as of August 2, 2021 (WHO website https://covid19.who.int/).

In an effort to curb the pandemic, the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has developed a replication-competent recombinant VSVΔG-spike vaccine (rVSV-SARS-CoV-2-S, IIBR-100), in which the glycoprotein of VSV is replaced by the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Pre-clinical data suggested IIBR-100 as a safe, efficacious, and protective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, clinical experience from over 20,000 subjects vaccinated with Ervebo®, an Ebola vaccine developed by Merck \& Co. and licensed by FDA in 2019, also supports the safety of the VSV-ΔG backbone. An overlapping Phase I/II study in Israel is showing a good safety profile. This study is intended to support late-stage clinical studies and eventual mass immunization of the Georgian population.

STUDY DESIGN:

This is a Phase IIb/3, prospective, randomized, comparator-controlled, observer-blind, multi-center non-inferiority study.

Subjects will receive two intramuscular (IM) injections of the IIBR-100 (prime-boost) separated by 28 days consisted of 1 ml replicating viral rVSV SARS-CoV-2-S vaccine or active comparator. Injection will be performed at Day 0 and Day 28±2d in the deltoid muscle and will be followed through 12 months post last vaccination.

Follow-up (FU) visits will occur 1, 2 and 4 weeks, as well as, 2 ,3, 6, 9, and 12 months post last vaccination.

The primary outcome will be PCR+ infection with COVID-19 six months after vaccination. Key secondary outcome will be serologic immunity.

Reactogenicity will be assessed at these visits, and blood will be drawn for immunogenicity assays. Additional safety and reactogenicity data will be solicited via electronic diary and telephone calls to subjects performed 1 and 2 days post each vaccination.

Reactogenicity will be measured by the occurrence of solicited injection site reaction and systemic reaction from the time of each vaccination through 7 days post each vaccination. Unsolicited non-serious Adverse Events (AEs), Serious adverse events (SAEs), new-onset chronic medical conditions (NOCMCs) and medically-attended adverse events (MAAEs) will be collected through 12 months after the last vaccination.

Clinical safety laboratory evaluations will be performed at screening, as well as immediately prior to and 7 days post each vaccination.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19

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Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Delta Variant
  • BRILIFE
  • VSV-ΔG
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In context

COVID-19

7,990 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 466 are open to participants now.

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Lead sponsor

NeuroRx, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Males or females, ages 18 to 85 (inclusive) at the time of screening.
  • Negative PCR and no presence of ELISA antibody titers to SARS-CoV-2 at screening.
  • No abnormalities in hematology, blood chemistry, or urinalysis laboratory tests at screening.
  • Must agree not to enroll in another study of an agent prior to completion of the study.
  • Normal oral temperature, pulse rate no greater than 100 beats per minute (sinus rhythm) and controlled blood pressure (in the case of hypertensives under treatment, below 140/90 mmHg).
  • Subjects must be able to understand the requirements of the study and must be accessible and willing to comply with the study procedures even under lock down conditions.
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Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of severe local or systemic reactions to any vaccination or a history of severe allergic reactions or known allergy to the components of the vaccine, including allergy to rice.
  • Receipt of product (except of confirmed placebo in IIBR20-001 study) up to 30 days prior to screening or ongoing participation in another clinical trial (except of IIBR20-001 trial).
  • Receipt of licensed vaccines within 14 days of planned study immunization and any AE's possibly related to licensed vaccine immunization at Day 0.
  • Inability to observe possible local reactions at the injection sites due to a physical condition or permanent body art.
  • Known hemoglobinopathy or coagulation abnormality (subjects treated by anticoagulation or anti are not excluded).
  • New onset of fever >37.8ºC AND [cough OR shortness of breath OR anosmia/ageusia], or any other inter current illness within 14 days prior to screening
  • Factors that increase risk to the subject to severe disease per CDC guidance including the following risk factors (in any case of ambiguous grading, decision will be made per investigator's best clinical judgement): Cancer [ongoing or recently diagnosed malignancy in the last five years, not including non-melanotic skin cancer], Chronic Kidney Disease (\<60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2), liver disease ( or AST) > 1.5 × ; or alkaline phosphatase and direct > ULN (total bilirubin may be up to 2 × ULN as long as direct bilirubin is equal to or below the ULN); or PT > 1.25), ; state from solid organ transplant; Obesity (≥30kg/m2); Serious heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies; Sickle cell disease; Type 1/2 diabetes mellitus (>8.0%, per medical history questioning or records) ); Asthma; Cerebrovascular disease; Cystic fibrosis, uncontrolled hypertension that does not respond to therapy, Pulmonary fibrosis, Thalassemia.

Anticipating the need for immunosuppressive treatment within the next 6 months. (by means of potentially risking the subject or that would be potentially detrimental to the results of the study) medical condition, physical examination findings, clinically significant abnormal laboratory results, or past medical history with clinically significant implications for current health or for severe COVID-19, per the investigator.

Any progressive or severe neurologic condition/disorder, dementia, seizure disorder, or history of Guillian-Barré syndrome.

  • Known or suspected impairment of the immune system including rheumatic, connective tissue or vascular disease of origin
  • Clinically significant abnormal CBC results in WBC, , hematocrit, or platelets.
  • Clinically significant abnormal urinalysis: RBC, protein, or glucose only.
  • Positive serology for: surface antigen, , .
  • Known or suspected illness caused by coronaviruses, SARS-CoV 1, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)-CoV..
  • Received any prior vaccine against a coronavirus.
  • Receipt of blood/plasma products or immunoglobulin, from within 60 days before study intervention administration or planned receipt throughout the study.
  • Immunosuppressive medications received within 90 days before screening. (Not including [1] nasal spray for allergic rhinitis; [2] topical corticosteroids for mild, uncomplicated dermatitis; or [3] oral/parenteral corticosteroids given for non-chronic conditions not expected to recur [length of therapy 10 days or less with completion at least 30 days prior to vaccination].)
  • History of alcohol or drug abuse per clinical judgement within 5 years prior to study vaccination (excluding cannabis)
  • Participants who, in the judgment of the investigator, will be unlikely to comply with the requirements of this protocol.
  • Any other significant finding that in the opinion of the investigator would increase the risk of the individual having an adverse outcome from participating in this study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(20)

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Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Active Vaccine

    IIBR-100 (VSV-ΔG) vaccine at 10 to the 8th strength in prime/boost separated by 28 days

    Drug: IIBR-100

  • Active comparator
    Active Comparator

    A currently approved vaccine for COVID-19 administered in prime/boost separated by 28 days

    Drug: Active Comparator

Interventions

  • DrugIIBR-100

    Administration of IIBR-100 vaccine

  • DrugActive Comparator

    Administration of a currently-approved vaccine for COVID-19

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevention of Serology-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Prevention of serology confirmed infection (seroconversion to non-vaccine antigen) in Prevention of PCR+ COVID-19 in combination with one or more of the clinical symptoms

    Time frame: 180 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Prevention of COVID-19 mild/moderate disease

    Prevention of COVID-19 mild/moderate disease

    Time frame: Beginning 14 days after second injection

  2. Prevention of COVID-19 severe disease

    Prevention of COVID-19 severe disease

    Time frame: Beginning 14 days after second injection

  3. Serologic Immunogenicity

    IIBR-100 Immunogenicity as determined by GMT, GMFR, Seroconversion rates of the neutralizing antibody titers to SARS-CoV-2 at baseline (day 0) and throughout the study

    Time frame: 365 days

  4. Cellular Immunogenicity

    Cellular immunogenicity as assessed by ELISPOT and ELISA

    Time frame: 365 days

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Vaccination dates, baseline serology, and post-vaccination serology/cellular immunity/infection rates will be shared

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report

Time frame: Protocol, SAP, and ICF will be shared prior to first patient visit. CSR will be shared following regulatory determination

Access criteria: all qualified researchers

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Sep 2021; primary completion for Dec 2021, 3 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 3, 2021
First posted
Aug 4, 2021
StartEst.
Sep 30, 2021
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2021
CompletionEst.
Feb 28, 2022
Last update
Jan 19, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 19, 2024, 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
NCT04990466
Lead sponsor
NeuroRx, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 4, 2021
Start date
Sep 30, 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 28, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 19, 2024

Study contacts

Jonathan C Javitt, MD, MPH
study chair · NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Oversight

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