A Study of TAK-019 in Healthy Japanese Adults (COVID-19)

A Phase 1/2, Randomized, Observer-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of TAK-019 by Intramuscular Injection in Healthy Japanese Male and Female Adults Aged 20 Years and Older (COVID-19)

TAK-019 is a vaccine in development to protect people against Covid-19. The main aims of the study are to learn if TAK-019 can protect people from Covid-19 and to check for side effects from TAK-019.

At the first visit, the study doctor will check if each person can take part. Those who can take part will be chosen for 1 of 2 treatments by chance. Participants will either receive an injection of TAK-019 or a placebo in their arm. In this study, a placebo will look like the TAK-019 vaccine but will not have any medicine in it. 3 times as many participants will receive TAK-019 than placebo. Participants will receive 2 injections of TAK-019 or placebo, 21 days apart.

Participants will be asked to record their temperature and any medical problems in an electronic diary for up to 7 days after each injection.

During the study, participants will visit the clinic for regular check-ups, blood tests, and sometimes for nose swab samples. When all participants have attended a clinic visit 28 days after their 2nd injection, the study sponsor (Takeda) will check how many participants have made enough antibodies to protect them against Covid-19.

The participants will stay in the study for up to 12 months after they have had their 2nd injection. During this time, the study doctors will continue to check how many participants have made enough antibodies to protect them against Covid-19. Also, they will check if participants have any more side effects from TAK-019 or the placebo.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Prevention of Infection Disease Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: TAK-019; Biological: Placebo

Detailed Description

The drug being tested in this study is called TAK-019. TAK-019 is being tested to prevent infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study will look at the evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of 2 doses of TAK-019 by intramuscular (IM) injection 21 days apart in healthy Japanese male and female adults.

The study will enroll approximately 200 healthy volunteers. Participants will be randomly assigned (by chance, like flipping a coin) to one of the two treatment groups-which will remain undisclosed to the participant and study doctor during the study (unless there is an urgent medical need):

• TAK-019 0.5 mL
• Placebo- this is an injection that looks like the study drug but has no active ingredient

All participants will be asked to take intramuscular injection in the upper arm twice throughout the study.

This multi-center trial will be conducted in Japan. The overall time to participate in this study is 12 months from the second vaccination (totally 387 days). Participants will make multiple visits to the clinic and will be contacted by telephone or a final visit after the last vaccination for a follow-up assessment.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 200
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Japan
  • Kumamoto, Japan
    • Nishi Kumamoto Hospital
  • Tokyo
    • Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
      • Sumida Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy Japanese male and female adult participants aged >= 20 years of age at the time of signing of informed consent.
2. Participants who understand and are willing to comply with trial procedures and are available for the duration of follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants who received any other SARS-CoV-2 or other experimental novel coronavirus vaccine prior to the trial.
2. Participants who have close contact of anyone known to have COVID-19 within 30 days prior to the trial vaccination.
3. Participants who were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 prior to the trial or before the trial vaccination.
4. Participants who are on current treatment with other investigational agents for prophylaxis of COVID-19.
5. Participants who have traveled outside of Japan in the 30 days prior to the trial participation.
6. Participants with a clinically significant active infection (as assessed by the Investigator) or oral temperature >= 38 degree Celsius within 3 days of the intended date of vaccination.
7. Participants with known hypersensitivity or allergy to any of the investigational vaccine components.
8. Participants with history or any illness that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might interfere with the results of the trial or pose additional risk to the participants due to participation in the trial.
9. Participants with known or suspected impairment/alteration of immune function, including history of any autoimmune disease or neuro-inflammatory disease.
10. Abnormalities of splenic or thymic function.
11. Participants with a known bleeding diathesis, or any condition that may be associated with a prolonged bleeding time.
12. Participants with any serious chronic or progressive disease (eg, neoplasm, insulin dependent diabetes, cardiac, renal or hepatic disease).
13. Participants with body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m^2 (BMI= weight in kg/ height in meters^2).
14. Participants participating in any clinical trial with another investigational product within 30 days prior to the trial vaccination or intend to participate in another clinical trial at any time during the conduct of this trial.
15. Participants who received or plan to receive any other licensed vaccines within 14 days (for inactivated vaccines) or 28 days (for live vaccines) prior to trial dose administration.
16. Participants with acute or chronic clinically significant disease including pulmonary, cardiovascular, hepatic or renal abnormality evaluated by physical examination.
17. Participants involved in the trial conduct or their first degree relatives.
18. Participants who have history or infection of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
19. Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: TAK-019; TAK-019 0.5 mL, intramuscular injection in the upper arm	Biological: TAK-019; TAK-019 intramuscular injection
Placebo Comparator: Placebo; TAK-019 Matching Placebo, intramuscular injection in the upper arm	Biological: Placebo; Placebo intramuscular injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Solicited Local Adverse Events (AEs) for Six Subsequent Days Following First Vaccination	Solicited local AEs were pre-defined local (at the injection site) AEs for which participants were specifically questioned and which were noted by participants in their diary for six subsequent days following first vaccination. Solicited local AEs included injection site pain, tenderness, erythema/redness, induration, and swelling.	Up to Day 7 (6 subsequent days after first vaccination on Day 1)
Percentage of Participants With Solicited Local AEs for Six Subsequent Days Following Second Vaccination	Solicited local AEs were pre-defined local (at the injection site) AEs for which participants were specifically questioned and which were noted by participants in their diary for six subsequent days following second vaccination. Solicited local AEs included injection site pain, tenderness, erythema/redness, induration, and swelling.	Up to Day 28 (6 subsequent days after second vaccination on Day 22)
Percentage of Participants With Solicited Systemic AEs for Six Subsequent Days Following First Vaccination	Solicited systemic AEs were pre-defined AEs for which participants were specifically questioned and which were noted by participants in their diary for six subsequent days following first vaccination. Solicited systemic AEs included fever, fatigue, malaise, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea/vomiting and headache.	Up to Day 7 (6 subsequent days after first vaccination on Day 1)
Percentage of Participants With Solicited Systemic AEs for Six Subsequent Days Following Second Vaccination	Solicited systemic AEs were pre-defined AEs for which participants were specifically questioned and which were noted by participants in their diary for six subsequent days following second vaccination. Solicited systemic AEs included fever, fatigue, malaise, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea/vomiting and headache.	Up to Day 28 (6 subsequent days after second vaccination on Day 22)
Percentage of Participants With Unsolicited AEs for 20 Days Following First Vaccination	Unsolicited AEs were all AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary.	Up to Day 21 (20 days after first vaccination on Day 1)
Percentage of Participants With Unsolicited AEs for 27 Days Following Second Vaccination	Unsolicited AEs were all AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary.	Up to Day 49 (27 days after second vaccination on Day 22)
Percentage of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Until Day 50	Only unsolicited SAEs data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this outcome measure (OM) and solicited SAE was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited SAEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with unsolicited SAEs until Day 50 were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 50
Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) Until Day 50	AESIs were defined as AEs that were specifically highlighted to the Investigator. Only unsolicited AESI data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited AESI was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited AESIs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with unsolicited AESIs until Day 50 were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 50
Percentage of Participants With Medically-Attended Adverse Events (MAAEs) Until Day 50	MAAEs are defined as AEs leading to an unscheduled visit to or by a healthcare professional including visits to an emergency department, but not fulfilling seriousness criteria. Only unsolicited MAAEs data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited MAAE was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited MAAEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with unsolicited MAAEs until Day 50 were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 50
Percentage of Participants With Any AE Leading to Discontinuation of Vaccination	Only any unsolicited AE leading to discontinuation of vaccination data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited AE leading to discontinuation of vaccination was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited AEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with any unsolicited AE leading to discontinuation of vaccination until Day 22 were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 22
Percentage of Participants With Any AE Leading to Participant's Withdrawal From the Trial Until Day 50	Only any unsolicited AE leading to participant's withdrawal from the trial data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited AE leading to participant's withdrawal from the trial was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited AEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with any unsolicited AE leading to participant's withdrawal from the trial until Day 50 were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 50
Percentage of Participants With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection Until Day 50		Day 1 up to Day 50
Geometric Mean Titers (GMT) of Serum Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 Recombinant Spike (rS) Protein on Day 36	GMT was the immunogenicity outcome expressed as reciprocal antibody titer with average for each group. Titer values was measured as below lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) were imputed to a value that was half of the LLOQ. LLOQ was equal to 200. Here, ELISA is Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.	At Day 36
Geometric Mean Fold Rise (GMFR) of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Day 36	GMFR was calculated as the ratio of the post-vaccination titer level to the baseline titer level. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Day 36
Seroconversion Rate (SCR) of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Day 36	SCR was defined as percentage of participants with 4-fold or more rises in titer if naive at baseline OR percentage of participants with 2-fold or more rises in titer if seropositive at baseline. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Day 36
Seroresponse Rate (SRR) of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Day 36	SRR was defined as percentage of participants with greater than or equal to (>=) 95 percentile in titer at Baseline for all participants. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Day 36

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With SAE Throughout the Trial	Only unsolicited SAEs data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited SAE was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited SAEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with unsolicited SAEs throughout the trial were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 387
Percentage of Participants With AESI Throughout the Trial	AESIs were defined as AEs that were specifically highlighted to the Investigator. Only unsolicited AESI data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited AESI was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited AESI were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with unsolicited AESIs throughout the trial were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 387
Percentage of Participants With MAAEs Throughout the Trial	MAAEs are defined as AEs leading to an unscheduled visit to or by a healthcare professional including visits to an emergency department, but not fulfilling seriousness criteria. Only unsolicited MAAEs data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited MAAE was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited MAAEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with unsolicited MAAEs throughout the trial were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 387
Percentage of Participants With Any AE Leading to Participant's Withdrawal From the Trial From the Day of Vaccination Throughout the Trial	Only any unsolicited AE leading to participant's withdrawal from the trial data was planned to be collected and assessed for the assessment of this OM and solicited AE leading to participant's withdrawal from the trial was out of the scope of assessment. Unsolicited AEs were those AEs that were not pre-defined for which the participant was not specifically questioned in the participant diary. Percentage of participants with any unsolicited AE leading to withdrawal from the trial from the day of vaccination throughout the trial were reported in this outcome measure.	Day 1 up to Day 387
Percentage of Participants With SARS-CoV-2 Infection Throughout the Trial		Day 1 up to Day 387
GMT of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Days 22, 50, 202, and 387	GMT was the immunogenicity outcome expressed as reciprocal antibody titer with average for each group. Titer values was measured as below LLOQ were imputed to a value that was half of the LLOQ. GMT of serum IgG antibody levels to the SARS-CoV-2 rS protein was measured where LLOQ was equal to 200.	At Days 22, 50, 202, and 387
GMFR of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Days 22, 50, 202, and 387	GMFR was calculated as the ratio of the post-vaccination titer level to the baseline titer level. Where baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Days 22, 50, 202, and 387
SCR of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Days 22, 50, 202, and 387	SCR was defined as percentage of participants with 4-fold or more rises in titer if naive at baseline OR percentage of participants with 2-fold or more rises in titer if seropositive at baseline. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Days 22, 50, 202, and 387
SRR of Serum IgG Antibody Levels to SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein on Days 22, 50, 202, and 387	SRR was defined as percentage of participants with >=95 percentile in titer at Baseline for all participants. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Days 22, 50, 202, and 387
GMT of Serum Neutralizing Antibody (nAb) Titers to Wild Type Virus on Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and Day 387	The neutralization titer was expressed as the reciprocal of the highest dilution at which greater than or equal to (>=) 50% of the replicate wells were protected from infection (MN50). GMT was the immunogenicity outcome expressed as reciprocal antibody titer with average for each group. Titer values was measured as below LLOQ were imputed to a value that was half of the LLOQ. GMT of serum IgG antibody levels to the SARS-CoV-2 rS protein was measured where LLOQ was equal to 20.	At Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387
GMFR of Serum nAb Titers to Wild Type Virus on Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387	The neutralization titer was expressed as the reciprocal of the highest dilution at which >=50% of the replicate wells were protected from infection (MN50). GMFR was calculated as the ratio of the post-vaccination titer level to the baseline titer level. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387
SCR to Serum nAb Titers to Wild Type Virus on Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387	The neutralization titer was expressed as the reciprocal of the highest dilution at which >=50% of the replicate wells were protected from infection (MN50). SCR was defined as percentage of participants with 4-fold or more rises in titer if naive at baseline OR percentage of participants with 2-fold or more rises in titer if seropositive at Baseline. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387
SRR to Serum nAb Titers to Wild Type Virus on Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387	The neutralization titer was expressed as the reciprocal of the highest dilution at which >=50% of the replicate wells were protected from infection (MN50). SRR was defined as percentage of participants with >=95 percentile in titer at Baseline for all participants. Baseline was defined as the last measurement taken before the first dose of study intervention.	At Days 22, 36, 50, 202 and 387

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Takeda
• Investigators: Study Director: Study Director, Takeda

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Masuda T, Murakami K, Sugiura K, Sakui S, Schuring RP, Mori M. Safety and immunogenicity of NVX-CoV2373 (TAK-019) vaccine in healthy Japanese adults: Interim report of a phase I/II randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2022 May 26;40(24):3380-3388. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.035. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

Helpful Links

• To obtain more information on the study, click here/on this link

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 12, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 28, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 28, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 14, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 14, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 15, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 6, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 12, 2023
• Last Verified: May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; COVID-19
• Other Study ID Numbers: TAK-019-1501; U1111-1262-6244 (Other Identifier: WHO); jRCT2071200084 (Registry Identifier: jRCT)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Takeda provides access to the de-identified individual participant data (IPD) for eligible studies to aid qualified researchers in addressing legitimate scientific objectives (Takeda's data sharing commitment is available on https://clinicaltrials.takeda.com/takedas-commitment?commitment=5). These IPDs will be provided in a secure research environment following approval of a data sharing request, and under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: IPD from eligible studies will be shared with qualified researchers according to the criteria and process described on https://vivli.org/ourmember/takeda/. For approved requests, the researchers will be provided access to anonymized data (to respect patient privacy in line with applicable laws and regulations) and with information necessary to address the research objectives under the terms of a data sharing agreement.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes