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Active, not recruitingNCT05597761Updated May 14, 2025

Immunogenicity of COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients (Auto-COVID-VACC)

An observational study in COVID-19, Adult and Immunocompromised Patients, sponsored by Oliver Cornely, MD. Active, not recruiting at 3 sites in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-14.

Sponsored by Oliver Cornely, MD · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Sep 2025, 1 year 1 month ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
49
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This multicenter, prospective, non-interventional study aims to evaluate data on humoral and cellular immune response generated within the COVID-19 vaccination standard in immunocompromised patients.

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This study aims to analyze the immune response data generated within the procedures of the standard-of-care COVID-19 vaccination. for immunocompromised patients.

Additional blood will be drawn from the patients at each visit defined within the vaccination standard by using the same vein puncture as used for blood drawings of routine blood samples. Study related blood samples will be used for evaluation of T and B cell response to COVID-19 vaccinations.

For this study, no additional visits or invasive procedures will be performed in addition to the standard interventions.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19
  • Adult
  • Immunocompromised Patients

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Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • mRNA vaccination
  • Immunocompromised patients
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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.

This study's enrollment of 49 is below the median of 268 across 3,208 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Oliver Cornely, MD is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; 1 is 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 and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Immunocompromised patients

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patient is vaccinated according to the recent version of the COVID-19 vaccination standard for patients.
  • Patient is 18 years of age or older at enrollment.
  • Written from patient has been obtained prior to any study related procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  • Patient is not vaccinated according to the recent version of the COVID-19 vaccination standard. Patient has a positive SARS-CoV-2 antigen test at the first visit.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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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.

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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.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
49 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Anti-Spike-IgG titers

    Time to an adequate immune response according to the recent version of the COVID-19 vaccination standard after repeated mRNA vaccinations

    Time frame: At the end of each vaccination cycle (each cycle is 28 days)

Secondary outcomes

  1. BA.1-specific neutralizing antibody ID50 titers

    Time to Omicron BA.1-specific neutralizing antibody ID50 titers ≥20/ml after repeated mRNA vaccinations

    Time frame: At the end of each vaccination cycle (each cycle is 28 days)

  2. Anti-Spike-1/2 IgG increase >33.8 BAU/ml

    Time to anti-Spike-1/2 IgG increase \>33.8 BAU/ml after repeated mRNA vaccinations in immunocompromised patients

    Time frame: At the end of each vaccination cycle (each cycle is 28 days)

  3. Decrease of BA.1-specific neutralizing antibody ID50 titers

    Time to decrease of Omicron BA.1-specific neutralizing antibody ID50 titers \<20/ml after last mRNA vaccine in successfully vaccinated patients

    Time frame: Every 28 days following last COVID-19 vaccination for a total duration of 24 weeks

  4. Anti-Spike-1/2 IgG decrease ≤33.8 BAU/ml

    Time to anti-Spike-1/2 IgG decrease ≤33.8 BAU/ml after last mRNA vaccine in successfully vaccinated patients

    Time frame: Every 28 days following last COVID-19 vaccination for a total duration of 24 weeks

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostaseologie und Stammzelltransplantation (Med. Klinik IV) Uniklinik der RWTH Aachen
    Aachen, NRW 52074, Germany
  • University Hospital of Cologne
    Cologne, NRW 50937, Germany
  • Universitätsklinikum Essen Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzellentransplantation
    Essen, NRW 45147, Germany
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started May 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2025, 28 months after the start.

Of 1,640 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 30. This study's planned 28 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,774 studies reached it within 13 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 29.

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

Registered
Oct 26, 2022
First posted
Oct 28, 2022
StartActual
May 15, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Sep 30, 2025
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2025
Last update
May 14, 2025
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 May 14, 2025, 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
NCT05597761
Lead sponsor
Oliver Cornely, MD
Collaborators
ZKS Köln, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Responsible party
Oliver Cornely, MD (Principal Investigator, University of Cologne) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Oct 28, 2022
Start date
May 15, 2023
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
May 14, 2025

Study contacts

Oliver A. Cornely, Prof.
principal investigator · University Hospital of Cologne, Internal Medicine I

Oversight

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