A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of Vaccine CVSQIV in Healthy Adults

A Phase 1, Open-label, Dose-escalation, First-in-human, Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of the Investigational Seasonal Quadrivalent Influenza mRNA Vaccine CVSQIV Administered Intramuscularly in Healthy Younger and Older Adults

This study aims to evaluate the safety and reactogenicity profile of CVSQIV at different dose levels.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Influenza
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: CVSQIV

Detailed Description

This is a Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation FIH trial to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of different dose levels of CVSQIV using an adaptive dose-finding design.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 240
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Panama
  • Panama, Panama
    • International Vaccination and Research Center (CEVAXIN) Panama Clinic, Ramon H Jurado Street, Pacific Center, Level 12
  • Panama, Panama
    • Unidad de Investigación Clínica INDICASAT AIP / Hospital Paitilla
  • Calidonia, Panama City
    • Panama, Calidonia, Panama City, Panama
      • International Vaccination and Research Center (CEVAXIN) Avenida Mexico, 33 Street

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy male or female subjects between the ages of 18 and 55 years, inclusive, at enrollment (Younger Adults groups) or aged ≥65 years at enrollment (Older Adults groups). A healthy subject is defined as an individual who is in good general health, according to the Investigator's assessment. Chronic health conditions are acceptable if the condition is considered stable and well controlled with treatment according to the discretion of the Investigator.
• Signed informed consent obtained before any trial procedures.
• Expected to be compliant with protocol procedures and available for clinical follow-up through the last planned contact.
• Physical examination without clinically significant findings according to the Investigator's assessment.
• Body mass index (BMI) ≥18.0 and ≤32.0kg/m2.
• Females: At the time of enrollment, negative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test (serum) for women presumed to be of childbearing potential on the day of enrollment. On Day 1 (pre-vaccination): negative urine pregnancy test (hCG), (only required if serum pregnancy test was performed more than 3 days before). Note: Women that are postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea for ≥12 consecutive months prior to enrollment without an alternative medical cause) or permanently sterilized will be considered as not having reproductive potential.

• Females of childbearing potential must use highly effective methods of birth control from 1 month before until 3 months after the trial vaccine administration. The following methods of birth control are considered highly effective when used consistently and correctly:

  • Combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal or transdermal);
  • Progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable or implantable);
  • Intrauterine devices;
  • Intrauterine hormone-releasing systems;
  • Bilateral tubal occlusion;
  • Vasectomized partner;
  • Same sex relationships.

Sexual abstinence (periodic abstinence [e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal and post-ovulation methods] and withdrawal) are not acceptable methods.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of any investigational or non-registered product (vaccine or drug) other than the trial vaccine within 28 days preceding the trial vaccine administration, or planned use during the trial.
• Receipt of any influenza vaccine within 90 days of enrollment.
• Receipt of any mRNA vaccine within 2 months of enrollment.
• Receipt of any other vaccines within 28 days prior to enrollment or planned receipt of any vaccine within 28 days of trial vaccine administration.
• Any treatment with immunosuppressants or other immune-modifying drugs (including, but not limited to, corticosteroids, biologicals and methotrexate) for >14 days total within 6 months prior to the trial vaccine administration or planned use during the trial, with the exception of inhaled or topically-applied steroids. For corticosteroid use, this means prednisone or equivalent, 0.5 mg/kg/day for 14 days or more.
• Any medically diagnosed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition based on medical history and physical examination, including known human immunodeficiency virus infection.
• Chronic hepatitis B virus infection and chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
• History of pIMD
• History of angioedema.
• History of any neurological disorders or seizures including Guillain-Barré syndrome, with the exception of febrile seizures during childhood.
• History of allergy to any component of CVSQIV, or to aminoglycoside or beta-lactam antibiotics.
• History of any severe allergic reaction or anaphylactic reaction.
• History of or current alcohol and/or drug abuse.
• Administration of immunoglobulins and/or any blood products within the 3 months preceding the trial vaccine administration.
• Presence or evidence of significant acute or chronic medical or psychiatric illness.
• Current or past malignancy, unless completely resolved without sequelae for >5 years.
• For females: pregnancy or lactation.
• Subjects with impaired coagulation or any bleeding disorder in whom an intramuscular injection or a blood draw is contraindicated.
• Subjects employed by the Sponsor, Investigator or trial site, or relatives of research staff working on this trial.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Younger Adults group aged 18-55 years; Subjects will be enrolled in a staggered manner in up to 5 dose levels (provisional dose levels of 3, 6, 12, 20 and 28µg). All subjects will receive a single dose of CVSQIV on Day 1.	Biological: CVSQIV; Participants will receive an intramuscular injection by needle in the deltoid area.
Experimental: Adults group aged ≥65 years; Subjects will be enrolled in a staggered manner in up to 5 dose levels (provisional dose levels of 3, 6, 12, 20 and 28µg). All subjects will receive a single dose of CVSQIV on Day 1.	Biological: CVSQIV; Participants will receive an intramuscular injection by needle in the deltoid area.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
The frequencies of Grade 3 ARs and any SAR within at least 20 hours after the trial vaccine administration by dose level, for decisions on subsequent vaccination of additional sentinel subjects with the same dose level.	up to day 2
The frequencies of Grade 3 ARs and any SAR within at least 60 hours after the trial vaccine administration by dose level, for decisions on dose escalation as well as continuation of enrollment at the same dose level.	up to day 3
The frequencies, intensities and duration of solicited local ARs on the day of vaccination and the following 7 days by dose level, for the characterization of the safety and reactogenicity profile.	up to day 8
The frequencies, intensities, duration and relationship to trial vaccination of solicited systemic AEs on the day of vaccination and the following 7 days by dose level, for the characterization of the safety and reactogenicity profile.	up to day 8
The occurrence, intensities and relationship to trial vaccination of unsolicited AEs on the day of vaccination and the following 28 days by dose level, for the characterization of the safety and reactogenicity profile.	up to day 29
The occurrence and relationship to trial vaccination of SAEs and AESIs throughout the trial, for the characterization of the safety and reactogenicity profile.	through study completion, an average of 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
For each antigen, the proportion of subjects with antigen-specific serum HAI assay titers.	On Day 22 and Day 183
For each antigen, geometric mean titers (GMTs) of antigen-specific HAI antibody titers.	On Day 22 and Day 183
For each antigen, the proportion of subjects with antigen-specific seroconversion measured by HAI assay.	On Day 22 and Day 183
For each antigen, the percentage of subjects with a post-vaccination HAI antibody titer ≥1:20, ≥1:40 and ≥1:80.	On Day 22 and Day 183

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: CureVac
• Collaborators: GlaxoSmithKline

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 7, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 27, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): September 27, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 26, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): February 23, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 6, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 5, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Safety; Vaccine; Immunogenicity; Reactogenicity
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; Influenza, Human
• Other Study ID Numbers: CV-SQIV-001

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No