This is a phase 1 study in healthy volunteers who have received at least three doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, to evaluate the safety and immune responses that develop in the blood and lungs following the administration by aerosol of either Ad5-triCoV/Mac or ChAd-triCoV/Mac, new experimental adenovirus-based vaccines expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike, nucleocapsid and RNA polymerase proteins.
This is a phase 1, dose-escalating study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a single dose of either Ad5-triCoV/Mac, a replication deficient human adenovirus vector, or ChAd-triCoV/Mac, a replication deficient chimpanzee adenovirus 68 vector, delivered to the respiratory tract by aerosol, in healthy volunteers who have received at least three doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Both vectors have been engineered to express the spike, nucleocapsid and RNA polymerase proteins. Up to 36 healthy volunteers will be enrolled in this dose escalation study. The first cohort (n=6) will receive Ad5-triCoV/Mac (n=3) or ChAd-triCoV/Mac (n=3) at the lowest dose of 10e5 TCID50, administered using the AeroNeb Solo Vibrating Mesh Nebulizer. Assuming no safety concerns, participants will then be administered Ad5-triCoV/Mac (n=3) or ChAd-triCoV/Mac (n=3) at a dose of 10e6. Assuming no safety signals we will move to vaccinate at the next dose level of 1x10e7 TCID50. Decisions about dose escalation will be made independently for each vaccine based on safety and immunogenicity profile. If the immunogenicity endpoints are not reached, in the absence of a safety signal, at the 10e7 dose level, we will move to the next dose level of 3x10e7 TCID50 and enrol three participants/vaccine group. Similarly, if all of the immunogenicity endpoints in the BAL are not met at 3x10e7, and in the absence of any safety signal, we will further escalate to 6x10e7, then 1x10e8 TCID50 and enrol three participants/vaccine group, if required. Once safety has been shown in participants without a history of COVID, we will proceed to enrol participants with a history of COVID infection to receive ChAd-triCoV/Mac, beginning with a dose of 3x10e7 (n=3) and, in the absence of any safety signal, escalating to 6x10e7 and, if required, 1x10e8 and, once the optimal dose has been determined based on immunogenicity outcomes, continue to enrol participants at this dose level to complete enrolment of the cohort (n=6). Antibody and specific T cell responses will be measured in lung from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid collected at bronchoscopy at baseline and at 4 weeks following vaccination and in blood at several time points up to week 48 following vaccination. Safety endpoints will include the nature of any adverse events, their severity and the probability of a relationship to study procedures and administration of vaccine.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
Ad5-triCoV/Mac is a recombinant type 5 human adenovirus vector which has been engineered to express our trivalent SARS-CoV-2 transgene cassette under the control of an MCMV promoter, and is followed by an SV40 polyA signal. The adenovirus construct is E1 and E3 deleted.This trivalent transgene cassette consists of the S1 region of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (aa 47-716), full-length SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein (N) fused to a highly conserved portion of the SARS-CoV-2 polymerase (RdRp or POL).
ChAd-triCoV/Mac is an E1 and E3 deleted chimpanzee adenovirus serotype 68 where the trivalent SARS-CoV-2 transgene cassette is under the control of an HCMV promoter and is followed by an SV40 polyA signal. The trivalent transgene cassette consists of the S1 region of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (aa 47-716), full-length SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein (N) fused to a highly conserved portion of the SARS-CoV-2 polymerase (RdRp or POL).
McMaster University Medical Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Number of participants reporting adverse events and severity of adverse events following Ad5-triCoV/Mac vaccination
Adverse events will be assessed according to the CTCAE Expanded Common Toxicity Criteria at 48-72 hours after vaccination, and at weeks 2, 4, 8, 12,16, 24, 32, 40 and 48
Time frame: Over 48 weeks post vaccination
Number of participants reporting adverse events and severity of adverse events following ChAd-triCoV/Mac vaccination
Adverse events will be assessed according to the CTCAE Expanded Common Toxicity Criteria at 48-72 hours after vaccination, and at weeks 2, 4, 8, 12,16, 24, 32, 40 and 48
Time frame: Over 48 weeks post vaccination
Immunogenicity of Ad5-triCoV/Mac administered by aerosol
Change from baseline in: 1) spike-specific and anti-RBD antibodies including neutralizing antibodies both in the blood and airways; 2) spike/N/POL-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in the airways (BAL fluid) four weeks post vaccination and 3) spike/N/POL-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in the blood up to the last timepoint of examination.
Time frame: Over 48 weeks post vaccination
Immunogenicity of ChAd-triCoV/Mac administered by aerosol
Change from baseline in: 1) spike-specific and anti-RBD antibodies including neutralizing antibodies both in the blood and airways; 2) spike/N/POL-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in the airways (BAL fluid) four weeks post vaccination and 3) spike/N/POL-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in the blood up to the last timepoint of examination.
Time frame: Over 48 weeks post vaccination
Immune response to Ad5-triCoV/Mac and ChAd-triCoV/Mac correlated with pre-existing adenovirus antibodies
Change from baseline in: 1) spike-specific and anti-RBD antibodies including neutralizing antibodies both in the blood and airways; 2) spike/N/POL-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in the airways (BAL fluid) four weeks post vaccination and 3) spike/N/POL-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells in the blood up to the last timepoint of examination, correlated with baseline Ad5 antibodies
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Time frame: Over 48 weeks
Correlation of antibodies measured in saliva with antibodies measured in BAL fluid and blood
Change from baseline in spike-specific and anti-RBD antibodies including neutralizing antibodies both in the blood and airways the airway (BAL fluid), correlated with antibodies measured in saliva
Time frame: Over 12 weeks