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
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).
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.
Volunteers who were assigned female sex at birth and are of reproductive potential must agree to use an acceptable method of contraception 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:
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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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