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CompletedNCT05639998BBV152BBV154Updated Dec 7, 2022

BBV152/BBV154 Heterologus Prime-Boost Study

A Phase 2 interventional study of COVAXIN(BBV152) and BBV154 Intranasal Vaccine in Corona Virus Infection, sponsored by Bharat Biotech International Limited. Completed at 11 sites in India. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-07.

Sponsored by Bharat Biotech International Limited · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 11 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2021, registered Aug 2022).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
608
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

All participants will be assessed for immunogenicity and safety endpoints and provide a blood sample before the administration of the first dose of IP. Blood samples will be collected on days 0, 9 (Groups 1, 3 and 4), 28,37 (Groups 2 and 4), 56, 90 and 180 to assess the neutralizing antibody titer against the SARSCoV-2 virus. A subset of 160 Participants (40 participants from each group) will be assessed for immunogenicity analysis, among these subset 10mL of blood and 5mL of saliva will be collected on days 0, 9 (Groups 1, 3 and 4), 28, 37 (Groups 2 and 4), 56, 90 and 180 to assess cell-mediated immunity and mucosal immunogenicity.

Group 1 (COVAXIN® + COVAXIN®): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive COVAXIN® on day 0 and on day 28 via the intramuscular route.

Group 2 (COVAXIN® + BBV154): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 0 and BBV154 (Intranasal) day 28.

*Post 56 days of vaccination, participants with seroconversion rate less than 3 folds will receive another dose of COVAXIN® viaintramuscular route.

Group 3 (BBV154 + COVAXIN®): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive BBV154 (Intranasal) on day 0 and COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 28.

*Post 56 days of vaccination, participants with seroconversion rate less than 3 folds will receive another dose of COVAXIN® via intramuscular route.

Group 4 (BBV154 + BBV154): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive BBV154 on day 0 and on day 28 via the intranasal route.

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A Phase 2 randomized, multi-centric, Clinical Trial of Heterologus Prime-Boost Combination of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of BBV152 (COVAXIN®) with BBV154 (Adenoviral Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine) in Healthy Volunteers.

This is a heterologus prime boost study, designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of COVAXIN® with BBV154 and vice versa, amongthe four groups. A total of 608 subjects will be enrolled in the 1:1:1:1 ratio.

Group 1 (COVAXIN® + COVAXIN®): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive COVAXIN® on day 0 and on day 28 via the intramuscular route.

Group 2 (COVAXIN® + BBV154): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 0 and BBV154 (Intranasal) day 28.

*Post 56 days of vaccination, participants with seroconversion rate less than 3 folds will receive another dose of COVAXIN® viaintramuscular route

Group 3 (BBV154 + COVAXIN®): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive BBV154 (Intranasal) on day 0 and COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 28.

*Post 56 days of vaccination, participants with seroconversion rate less than 3 folds will receive another dose of COVAXIN® via intramuscular route.

Group 4 (BBV154 + BBV154): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive BBV154 on day 0 and on day 28 via the intranasal route.

All participants will be assessed for immunogenicity and safety endpoints and provide a blood sample before the administration of the first dose of IP. Blood samples will be collected on days 0, 9 (Groups 1, 3 and 4), 28, 37 (Groups 2 and 4),56, 90 and 180 to assess the neutralizing antibody titer against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A subset of 160 Participants (40 participants from each group) will be assessed for cell mediated and mucosal immunogenicity analysis, among these subset 10mL of blood and 5mL of saliva will be collected on days 0, 9 (Groups 1, 3 and 4), 28, 37 (Groups 2 and 4), 56, 90 and 180 to assess cell-mediated immunity and mucosal immunogenicity.

STUDY PROCEDURE

Visit 1(Day 0)

  • If the participant is eligible (in good general health or stable pre-existing disease as per the discretion of the Principal investigator), a blood sample will be withdrawn before vaccination for all the participants.
  • Safety Labs: An additional 15mL of blood will collected from half of the study population (76 from each group) to assess the safety at Day 0 and 56.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment. A study vaccine/comparator will be administered. Following vaccination, participants will remain at the study site for at least 30 minutes of observation to record any immediate adverse event.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of 160 participants (Group1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected from subset of 160 participants (Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • Vaccine will be administered.
  • Diary cards will be distributed to the participants.
  • Telephonic follow-up (1-7-days post-vaccination) for adverse event recording.

Visit 2 (Day 9+2):

  • Study participants will return to the OPD for physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment.
  • Subset of Study participants (Group 1, 3 and 4) will return to the OPD for vitals and physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of (Groups 1, 3 and 4)participants(Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected from subset of (Groups 1, 3 and 4) participants(Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).

Visit 3 (Day 28 +2 ):

  • Study participants will return to the OPD for vitals and physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of 160 participants(Group1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected fromsubset of 160 participants(Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • Vaccine will be administered.
  • Telephonic follow-up (1-7-days post-vaccination) for adverse event recording.

Visit 4 (Day 37±2):

  • Study participants will return to the OPD for physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment.
  • Subset of Study participants (Groups 2 and 4) will return to the OPD for vitals and physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of (Groups 2 and 4) participants (Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected from subset of (Groups 2 and 4) participants (Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).

Visit 5 (Day 56+7):

  • Study participants will return to the OPD for physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • Safety Labs: 15mL of blood will collected from half of the study population (76 from each group) to assess the safety.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of 160 participants(Group1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected from subset of 160 participants (Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).

Visit 6 (Day 90+7):

  • Study participants will return to the OPD for physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of 160 participants(Group1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected from subset of 160 participants(Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).

Visit 7 (Day 180+7):

  • Study participants will return to the OPD for physical examination (general and systemic examination), and specific symptoms for COVID-19.
  • A blood sample (5 mL) will be collected from all the participants for immunogenicity assessment.
  • Additional 10 mL blood will be collected from subset of 160 participants (Group1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).
  • A 5mL saliva sample will be collected from subset of 160 participants (Group-1:40, Group-2:40, Group 3: 40 and Group 4: 40).

DSMB \& report

An interim report based on the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccineswill be notified to the Data safety monitoring board and Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), India, for further progressing theclinical development of the vaccine. This interim report will contain a detailed analysis of the data based on the primary and secondary objectives through Day 56 (Immunogenicity \& Safety).

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Conditions studied

  • Corona Virus Infection
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In context

Coronavirus Infections

1,112 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronavirus Infections; 52 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 608 is above the median of 120 across 655 interventional studies indexed under Coronavirus Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Bharat Biotech International Limited is the lead sponsor of 20 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 to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Ability to provide written .
  2. Participants of either gender, ages between 18 years \<65 Years.
  3. Good general health as determined by the discretion of investigator (vital signs (heart rate 60 to 100 bpm; blood pressure systolic 90 mm Hg and \<140 mm Hg; diastolic 60 mm Hg and \<90 mm Hg; oral temperature \<100.4ºF), medical history, and physical examination).
  4. Expressed interest and availability to fulfil the study requirements.
  5. For a female participant of , planning to avoid becoming pregnant (use of an effective method of or abstinence) from the time of study enrolment until at least four weeks after the last vaccination
  6. Male subjects of : Use of condoms to ensure effective contraception with the female partner from first vaccination until 3 months after last vaccination .
  7. Participants must refrain from blood/plasma or any other bodily fluid donation from the time of first vaccination until 3 months after the last vaccination
  8. Agrees not to participate in another clinical trial at any time during the study period.
  9. Agrees to remain in the study area for the entire duration of the study.
  10. Willing to allow storage and future use of biological samples for future research

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of any other COVID-19 /or licensed vaccination.
  2. History of cold, sneezing, nasal obstruction in the past 1 day.
  3. For women of , a positive urine pregnancy test (within 24 hours of administering each dose of vaccine).
  4. Temperature >38.0°C (100.4°F) or symptoms of an acute self-limited illness such as an upper respiratory infection or gastroenteritis within three days before each dose of vaccine.
  5. Medical problems because of alcohol or illicit drug use during the past 12 months.
  6. Receipt of an experimental agent (vaccine, drug, device, etc.) within 60 days before enrolment or expects to receive an investigational agent during the study period.
  7. Receipt of any licensed vaccine within four weeks before enrolment in this study.
  8. Known sensitivity to any ingredient of the study vaccines, or a more severe allergic reaction and history of allergies in the past.
  9. Receipt of immunoglobulin or other blood products within the three months before vaccination in this study.
  10. as a result of an underlying illness or treatment with immunosuppressive or cytotoxic drugs, or use of anticancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the preceding 36 months.
  11. Long-term use (> 2 weeks) of oral or parenteral (glucocorticoids) or high-dose inhaled steroids (>800 mcg/day of beclomethasone dipropionate or equivalent) within the preceding six months (nasal and topical steroids are allowed).
  12. Any history of anaphylaxis concerning vaccination.
  13. History of any cancer.
  14. History of severe psychiatric severe conditions likely to affect participation in the study.
  15. A bleeding disorder (e.g. factor deficiency, coagulopathy or disorder, or prior history of significant bleeding or bruising following IM injections or venipuncture.
  16. Any other serious chronic illness requiring immediate hospital specialist supervision.
  17. Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would jeopardize the safety or rights of a volunteer participating in the trial or would render the subject unable to comply with the protocol. Re-Vaccination Exclusion Criteria
  18. Pregnancy.
  19. Anaphylactic reaction following administration of the vaccine.
  20. Virologically confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Reproductive potential

Able to have children. For women this usually means from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery; for men, unless permanently sterile. Read who the line is about — participants, women, men, or their partners.

Criteria about it usually ask for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

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.

Immunosuppression

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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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
608 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group 1(COVAXIN® + COVAXIN®)

    Group 1 (COVAXIN® + COVAXIN®): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive COVAXIN® on day 0 and on day 28 via the intramuscular route

    Biological: COVAXIN(BBV152)

  • Experimental
    Group 2(COVAXIN® + BBV154)

    Group 2 (COVAXIN® + BBV154): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 0 and BBV154 (Intranasal) day 28. \*Post 56 days of vaccination, participants with seroconversion rate less than 3 folds will receive another dose of COVAXIN® via intramuscular route

    Biological: COVAXIN(BBV152) · Biological: BBV154 Intranasal Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group 3(BBV154 + COVAXIN®)

    Group 3 (BBV154 + COVAXIN®): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive BBV154 (Intranasal) on day 0 and COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 28. \*Post 56 days of vaccination, participants with sero-conversion rate less than 3 folds will receive another dose of COVAXIN® via intramuscular route

    Biological: COVAXIN(BBV152) · Biological: BBV154 Intranasal Vaccine

  • Experimental
    Group 4(BBV154 + BBV154)

    Group 4 (BBV154 + BBV154): In this group, 152 participants will be recruited who will receive BBV154 on day 0 and on day 28 via the intranasal route.

    Biological: BBV154 Intranasal Vaccine

Interventions

  • BiologicalCOVAXIN(BBV152)

    COVAXIN® on day 0 and on day 28 via the intramuscular route in GROUP 1. COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 0 and BBV154 (Intranasal) day 28:GROUP 2

  • BBV154 (Intranasal) on day 0 and COVAXIN® (Intramuscular) on day 28: GROUP 3 BBV154 on day 0 and on day 28 via the intranasal route: GROUP 4

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. immunogenicity

    GMT and four-fold seroconversion rate (SCR) of neutralizing antibodies (NAb's) by MNT/PRNT assays across the four groups.

    Time frame: Day 0

  2. immunogenicity

    GMT and four-fold seroconversion rate (SCR) of neutralizing antibodies (NAb's) by MNT/PRNT assays across the four groups

    Time frame: Day 28+2

  3. immunogenicity

    GMT and four-fold seroconversion rate (SCR) of neutralizing antibodies (NAb's) by MNT/PRNT assays across the four groups.

    Time frame: Day56±7

  4. immunogenicity

    GMT and four-fold seroconversion rate (SCR) of neutralizing antibodies (NAb's) by MNT/PRNT assays across the four groups.

    Time frame: Day90±7

  5. immunogenicity

    GMT and four-fold seroconversion rate (SCR) of neutralizing antibodies (NAb's) by MNT/PRNT assays across the four groups.

    Time frame: Day180 ±7

Secondary outcomes

  1. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of immediate adverse events

    Time frame: within 30 minutes post each vaccination

  2. immediate adverse events

    The occurrence of immediate adverse events

    Time frame: within 30 minutes post each vaccination

  3. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of solicited adverse events

    Time frame: within seven days of vaccination

  4. solicited adverse events

    The occurrence of solicited adverse events

    Time frame: within seven days of vaccination

  5. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Time frame: throughout the study duration 7 Months

  6. serious adverse events

    The occurrence of serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Time frame: throughout the study duration 7 Months

  7. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 0 from the 1st dose vaccination

  8. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 9 +2

  9. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 28 +2

  10. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 37±2

  11. reactogenicity

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 56+7

  12. unsolicited adverse events

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 0 from the 1st dose vaccination

  13. unsolicited adverse events

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 9 from the 1st dose vaccination

  14. unsolicited adverse events

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 28 from the 1st dose vaccination

  15. unsolicited adverse events

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 37 from the 1st dose vaccination

  16. unsolicited adverse events

    The occurrence of any unsolicited adverse events

    Time frame: Day 56 from the 1st dose vaccination

  17. vaccine-induced Cell mediated immune response (Subset n=160)

    Vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunogenicity and antigen-specific T-cell responses across the groups

    Time frame: day 9+2 (Group 1, 3 and 4)

  18. vaccine-induced Cell mediated immune response (Subset n=160)

    Vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunogenicity and antigen-specific T-cell responses across the groups

    Time frame: days 28+2

  19. vaccine-induced Cell mediated immune response (Subset n=160)

    Vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunogenicity and antigen-specific T-cell responses across the groups

    Time frame: 37±2 (Group 2 and 4)

  20. vaccine-induced Cell mediated immune response (Subset n=160)

    Vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunogenicity and antigen-specific T-cell responses across the groups

    Time frame: 56±7

  21. vaccine-induced Cell mediated immune response (Subset n=160)

    Vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunogenicity and antigen-specific T-cell responses across the groups

    Time frame: day 90±7

  22. vaccine-induced Cell mediated immune response (Subset n=160)

    Vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunogenicity and antigen-specific T-cell responses across the groups

    Time frame: Day 180±7.

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Study locations

11 sites
  • All India Institute of Medical Scienecs
    New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India
  • The INCLEN Trust International/Guru Nanak Hospital
    Gurgaon, Haryana, India
  • JSS Medical College & Hospital
    Mysore, Karnataka, India
  • Gillurkur Multispeciality Hospital
    Nagpur, Maharastra, India
  • Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital,Odisha
    Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Malla Reddy Narayana Multispeciality Hospital
    Hyderabad, Telangana 500010, India
  • Gleneagles Global Hospitals,Hyderabad
    Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • St Theresas Hospital
    Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Prakhar Hospital Pvt Limited
    Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • The Medicity Hopsital
    Rudrapur, Uttaranchal, India
  • Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences,New Delhi
    Delhi, India
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 7, 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
NCT05639998
Lead sponsor
Bharat Biotech International Limited
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 7, 2022
Start date
Sep 1, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2022
Completion
Jul 31, 2022
Last update
Dec 7, 2022

Oversight

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