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CompletedNCT06283459Updated Jul 23, 2025

Study to Evaluate the Safety & Immunogenicity of IMNN-101 Administered in Healthy Adults Previously Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of IMNN-101 in SARS CoV 2 Infection, sponsored by Imunon. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-23.

Sponsored by Imunon · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Mar 2025, 1 year 8 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.

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Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 1,859 studies in COVID-19 with a site in United States — 120 open to participants now, 210 under way, 16 of them phase 3. COVID-19 · United States.

Enrollment
994th of 1,321
24 · median 91
Started
2024
with 73 others
Phase 1/2
62 of 1,859
4 open now
Registered
1,738th of 1,859
by date

Among the 1,859 studies in COVID-19 with a site in United States, this one is the 994th largest by enrollment of the 1,321 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 74 that started in 2024, is one of 62 in phase 1/2, and was the 1,738th registered.

COVID-19

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Study summary

This is an open-label phase 1/2, dose-escalation study. Participants will receive a single intramuscular (IM) dose of IMNN-101 on Day 0 in the deltoid muscle and will be followed through 12 months post-vaccination (through Study Day 365).

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This is an open-label phase 1/2, dose-escalation study. Participants will receive a single intramuscular (IM) dose of IMNN-101 on Day 0 in the deltoid muscle and will be followed through 12 months post-vaccination (through Study Day 365).

Phase 1: A total of twenty-four (24) participants will be enrolled into one of three groups listed below:

Group 1 (8 participants) - 0.25 mL at 2 mg/ml of IMNN-101 DNA to be administered as 0.5 mg dose intramuscularly (IM) at Day 0

Group 2 (8 participants) - 0.50 mL at 2 mg/ml of IMNN-101 DNA to be administered as 1.0 mg dose intramuscularly (IM) at Day 0

Group 3 (8 participants) - 1.0 mL at 2 mg/ml of IMNN-101 DNA to be administered as 2.0 mg dose intramuscularly (IM) at Day 0

To assess early safety signals for this Phase 1 study, vaccination will proceed in a staged fashion. Sentinel participant dosing will begin with 4 participants in Group 1 (0.25 mL). If no halting rules have been met after Group 1 sentinels complete Day 7, then the remaining 4 participants in Group 1 may enroll and sentinel dosing will begin with 4 participants in Group 2 (0.5 mL). If no halting rules have been met after Group 2 sentinels complete Day 7, then the remaining 4 participants in Group 2 may enroll and sentinel dosing will begin with 4 participants in Group 3 (1.0 mL). If no halting rules have been met after Group 3 sentinels complete Day 7, then the remaining 4 participants in Group 3 may enroll.

Phase 2: Once a review of the safety and immunogenicity is completed in Phase 1 then an expansion Phase 2 will commence utilizing the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D). Fifty (50) healthy participants meeting eligibility criteria will be enrolled.

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Conditions studied

  • SARS CoV 2 Infection

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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. Able and willing to complete the process, including an Assessment of Understanding: volunteer demonstrates understanding of this study; completes a questionnaire prior to first vaccination with verbal demonstration of understanding of all questionnaire items answered correctly.
  2. 18-65 years old, inclusive, on day of enrollment.
  3. Agrees to comply with planned study procedures and be available for clinic follow-up through the last clinic visit.
  4. Willing to disclose prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or prior vaccination (via COVID-19 vaccination card or other reliable record).
  5. Previously received at least one COVID-19 immunization with the last dose > 4 months prior to enrollment.
  6. Willing to forego any non-study vaccinations from time of study enrollment to at least 28 days from the dose of study vaccination.
  7. Agrees not to enroll in another study of an agent during participation in the trial. If a potential participant is already enrolled in another clinical trial, approvals from the other trial sponsor and the 302-23-101 study team are required.
  8. In good general health according to the clinical judgement of the site investigator.
  9. Physical examination and laboratory results without findings that would interfere with assessment of safety or reactogenicity in the clinical judgement of the site investigator. Clinically significant hematology and/or blood chemistry laboratory results that meet the definition of Grade ≥2 abnormality will prevent the inclusion in the trial. Investigators should reference Appendix D, FDA guidance, Toxicity Grading Scale for Healthy Adult and Adolescent Volunteers Enrolled in Preventive Vaccine Clinical Trials.
  10. of 18-35 kg/m2, inclusive, at screening
  11. Negative results for infection by an (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA).
  12. Negative for anti- antibodies (anti-HCV) or negative HCV nucleic acid test (NAT) if anti-HCV antibodies are detected.
  13. Negative for surface antigen.
  14. For a volunteer assigned female sex at birth and capable of becoming pregnant or a volume assigned male sex at birth:

Volunteers who were assigned female sex at birth and are of must agree to use an acceptable method of from at least 21 days prior to study Day 0 until at least 90 days after vaccination. Volunteers who are physically capable of pregnancy (not sterilized and still menstruating or within 1 year of the last menses if menopausal) in sexual relationships with individuals born male must use an acceptable method of contraception during this period. Acceptable methods of contraception include a sterile sexual partner, hormonal contraceptives (combined estrogen and progestogen containing), hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable or implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner, sexual abstinence.

Has negative β-HCG (beta human chorionic gonadotropin) pregnancy test (urine or serum) at screening and prior to study product administration.

Sexually active participants assigned male sex at birth must be willing to use an effective method of contraception (i.e., condoms or be anatomically sterile) from Day of Injection through Day 28.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 within two days of screening.
  2. Known history of SARS-CoV-2 infection within 3 months of screening.
  3. COVID-19 monoclonal antibody-based treatment within 3 months of screening.
  4. Is currently participating in another COVID-19 vaccine study and is in the 12-month follow up period for that vaccine or has participated in a study with an product within 30 days preceding Day 0.
  5. Fever (tympanic temperature > 37.5°C), dry cough, fatigue, nasal obstruction, runny nose, sore throat, myalgia, diarrhea, shortness of breath or dyspnea within 14 days prior to vaccine administration.
  6. Volunteers with abnormal indicators at screening, such as blood biochemistry, blood routine and urine routine deemed to be by the investigator.
  7. Volunteers with a history of myocarditis or pericarditis and/or a history of cardiac insufficiencies class III and IV of the (NYHA) Classification.
  8. History of severe allergic reactions (such as acute anaphylaxis, urticaria, skin eczema, dyspnea, angioneurotic edema or abdominal pain) or allergy to any pertinent components of IMNN-101.
  9. History of significant CNS disease such as prior convulsions, epilepsy, encephalopathy, or a history of severe mental illness.
  10. Diagnosed with severe liver and/or kidney diseases, uncontrollable hypertension, diabetic complications, malignant tumors, acute viral or bacterial infections or acute onset of any chronic disease.
  11. Diagnosed with congenital or acquired immune deficiency, infection, lymphoma, leukemia, or other diseases.
  12. History of coagulation dysfunction (e.g., coagulation factor deficiency, coagulation disease).
  13. Received any vaccine within 28 days prior to the study vaccine.
  14. Receiving immunotherapy or inhibitor therapy within 3 months (consistently oral or infusion for more than 14 days).
  15. Received systemic within 4 months prior to vaccination or anticipating the need for immunosuppressant at any time during participation in the study. Topical or inhaled treatment is allowed if not used within 14 days prior to vaccination.
  16. Received any blood products within 3 months before IMNN-101 administration.
  17. History of alcohol or drug abuse within 3 years before first vaccination.
  18. Has donated >450 mL of whole blood within 28 days prior to vaccination.
  19. History of anaphylaxis or angioedema, including but not limited to a history of anaphylaxis after receipt of any vaccine.
  20. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would (a) pose a health risk to the volunteer if enrolled or (b) could interfere with evaluation of the study vaccine or interpretation of study results (including neurologic or psychiatric conditions deemed likely to impair the quality of safety reporting).
  21. Volunteer who is breast-feeding or pregnant.
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Informed consent

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
24 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    IMNN-101

    Participants will receive a single intramuscular (IM) dose of IMNN-101 on Day 0 in the deltoid muscle. IMNN-101 is for intramuscular injection only.

    Biological: IMNN-101

Interventions

  • BiologicalIMNN-101

    IMNN-101 is a DNA vaccine encoding SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 spike antigen. The drug product is a suspension of the DNA plasmid formulated with the facilitating agent, bis-(aza-18-crown-6)-poloxamer (Crown poloxamer, CP), and adjuvant AlPO4.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with local and systemic reactogenicity adverse events and all adverse events

    Local and systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms for a minimum of seven days following receipt of study product. Laboratory measures of safety. All adverse events (AEs) for thirty days after receipt of study vaccination. All serious adverse events (SAEs), medically attended adverse events (MAAEs), adverse events of special interest (AESIs), and AEs leading to early participant withdrawal or permanent discontinuation will be collected throughout the study.

    Time frame: 1 month

  2. Number of participants with geometric mean titer (GMT) of the serum neutralizing antibody (Nab) against the Omicron XBB.1.5 strain.

    Geometric mean titer (GMT) of the serum neutralizing antibody (Nab) against the Omicron XBB.1.5 strain at baseline and at 0.5, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months.

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with GMT of serum spike binding IgG antibodies

    GMT of serum spike binding IgG antibodies at baseline and at 0.5, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months.

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Number of participants with a magnitude and phenotype of cytokine producing S protein-specific T cells, as measured by flow cytometry and/or ELISpot.

    Magnitude and phenotype of cytokine producing S protein-specific T cells, as measured by flow cytometry and/or ELISpot at baseline and at 1 month, 3 months, 9 months (Phase-1) and at baseline and at 1 month, 9 months (Phase-2).

    Time frame: 9 months

  3. Number of participants with seroresponse rate (SRR).

    Seroresponse rate (SRR), defined as a ≥ 4-fold increase of Nab or binding antibody titers 28 days after vaccine administration (relative to pre-vaccination baseline). The geometric mean fold rise (GMFR) in IgG titers of 28 days after vaccine administration, relative to baseline, for both Nab and binding antibodies.

    Time frame: 28 days

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
  • DM Clinical Research
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, United States
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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

Ran from Jun 2024 to primary completion in Mar 2025, 9 months.

Of 80 industry-sponsored phase 1/2 interventional studies under COVID-19, half reached primary completion within 10 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 19. This study's 9 months is close to that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 187 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 20.

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

Registered
Feb 22, 2024
First posted
Feb 28, 2024
StartActual
Jun 4, 2024
Primary completionActual
Mar 7, 2025
CompletionActual
Mar 7, 2025
Last update
Jul 23, 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 Jul 23, 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
NCT06283459
Lead sponsor
Imunon
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 28, 2024
Start date
Jun 4, 2024
Primary completion
Mar 7, 2025
Completion
Mar 7, 2025
Last update
Jul 23, 2025

Study contacts

Douglas Faller, MD
study director · Imunon

Oversight

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