This was an exploratory Phase I, randomized, observer-blind, active-controlled, dose-escalation trial to evaluate four dose levels (DLs) of BNT162b4 given in combination with BNT162b2 Bivalent (original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5) to select a safe and tolerable dose and to evaluate BNT162b4 + BNT162b2 Bivalent (original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5) when given as Dose 1 and Dose 2 (booster) in Cohorts 1 and 2 and BNT162b4 + BNT162b2 Monovalent (OMI XBB.1.5) when given as Dose 2 (booster) in Cohorts 3a, 3b, 4a, and 4b, and 30 microgram (mcg) BNT162b4 when given alone as Dose 1 and Dose 2 in Cohort 5. The trial used a staggered dosing process schema, i.e., enrollment into the next higher dose level was done sequentially and subject to safety data from the previous dose levels, with sentinel participants in Cohorts 1, 2, 3a, and 4a. Cohort 3b investigating the same dose level as cohort 3a but in participants aged \>55 years was opened after safety data for participants aged 18-55 years in Cohort 3a had been reviewed. Enrollment into Cohorts 4a and 4b was opened after safety data for Cohort 3a and 3b had been reviewed. Cohort 5 participants were not randomized and received two doses of BNT162b4 alone after which a safety review was performed after all participants received Dose 2 in this cohort. BNT162b4 plus BNT162b2 Bivalent (original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5)/Monovalent (OMI XBB.1.5) was co-administered (as a single injection). BNT162b4 alone was administered as a single injection.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
383
Anti-viral RNA vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 administered as intramuscular injection.
Anti-viral RNA vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 administered as intramuscular injection.
Anti-viral RNA vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 administered as intramuscular injection.
Anti-viral RNA vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 administered as intramuscular injection.
Anti-viral RNA vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 administered as intramuscular injection.
Anti-viral RNA vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 administered as intramuscular injection.
Alliance for Multispecialty Research, LLC
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Hoag Hospital
Newport Beach, California, United States
California Research Foundation
San Diego, California, United States
Diablo Clinical Research, Inc.
Walnut Creek, California, United States
Clinical Research Consulting, LLC
Milford, Connecticut, United States
Cenexel RCA (Research Centers of America)
Hollywood, Florida, United States
Research Institute of South Florida, Inc.
Miami, Florida, United States
Great Lakes Clinical Trials LLC - Andersonville
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Johnson County Clin-Trials, Inc. (JCCT)
Lenexa, Kansas, United States
University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (outpatient clinic)
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
...and 7 more locations
Number of Participants With Solicited Local Reactions- Post Dose 1
A solicited reaction was defined as an adverse reaction observed and reported under the conditions (symptom and onset) and pre-listed (that is, solicited) in the e-diary. Solicited local reactions included: pain, erythema/redness, and induration/swelling.
Time frame: Up to 7 days post-dose1
Number of Participants With Solicited Local Reactions- Post Dose 2
A solicited reaction was defined as an adverse reaction observed and reported under the conditions (symptom and onset) and pre-listed (that is, solicited) in the e-diary. Solicited local reactions included: pain, erythema/redness, and induration/swelling. Data for this outcome measure was not collected and analyzed for Cohort 1, and Comparator Cohorts A and B, as these Cohorts did not receive Dose 2 of the study drugs.
Time frame: Up to 7 days post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Solicited Systemic Events- Post Dose 1
A solicited reaction was defined as an adverse reaction observed and reported under the conditions (symptom and onset) pre-listed (i.e., solicited) in the e-diary. Solicited systemic reactions included: vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, chills, and fever.
Time frame: Up to 7 days post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Solicited Systemic Events- Post Dose 2
A solicited reaction was defined as an adverse reaction observed and reported under the conditions (symptom and onset) pre-listed (i.e., solicited) in the e-diary. Solicited systemic reactions included: vomiting, diarrhea, headache, fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, chills, and fever.
Time frame: Up to 7 days post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)-Post Dose 1
An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered with a pharmaceutical product, and which did not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment.
Time frame: Up to 28 days post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)-Post Dose 2
An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered with a pharmaceutical product, and which did not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment.
Time frame: Up to 28 days post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)-Post Dose 1
An SAE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence that, at any dose, resulted in death and was life-threatening. It also included any event requiring hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent disability/incapacity, caused a congenital anomaly or birth defect, or any other event determined as SAE as per medical or scientific judgment.
Time frame: Up to 6 to 7 months post-dose 1 for Cohorts 1 to 4 and Comparator Cohorts; and up to 2 months post-dose 1 for Cohort 5
Number of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)-Post Dose 2
An SAE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence that, at any dose, resulted in death and was life-threatening. It also included any event requiring hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent disability/incapacity, caused a congenital anomaly or birth defect, or any other event determined as SAE as per medical or scientific judgment.
Time frame: Up to 6 to 7 months post-dose 2 for Cohorts 2 to 4; and up to 3 months post-dose 2 for Cohort 5
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities: Hematological Parameters-Post Dose 1
Participants with hematological abnormalities for basophils, eosinophils, erythrocytes, hematocrit, hemoglobin, leukocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils and platelets were analyzed and only clinically significant abnormal data was reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 3 post-Dose 1; at Day 7 post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities: Hematological Parameters-Post Dose 2
Participants with hematological abnormalities for basophils, eosinophils, erythrocytes, hematocrit, hemoglobin, leukocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils and platelets were analyzed and only clinically significant abnormal data was reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 7 post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities: Clinical Chemistry-Post Dose 1
Participants with laboratory abnormalities (clinical chemistry) for alanine aminotransferase, albumin, alkaline phosphatase, amylase, aspartate aminotransferase, C-reactive protein, creatinine, direct bilirubin, gamma glutamyl transferase, glucose, high sensitivity C reactive protein, indirect bilirubin, lipase, total bilirubin, troponin I type 3 and urea nitrogen were analyzed and only abnormal clinically significant data was reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 3 post-Dose 1; at Day 7 post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities: Clinical Chemistry-Post Dose 2
Participants with laboratory abnormalities (clinical chemistry) for alanine aminotransferase, albumin, alkaline phosphatase, amylase, aspartate aminotransferase, C-reactive protein, creatinine, direct bilirubin, gamma glutamyl transferase, glucose, high sensitivity C reactive protein, indirect bilirubin, lipase, total bilirubin, troponin I type 3 and urea nitrogen were analyzed and only clinically significant abnormal data was reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 7 post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant New Electrocardiogram (ECG) Abnormalities -Post Dose 1
Participants with only clinically significant new ECG abnormalities were reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 3 post-Dose 1; at Day 7 post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant New ECG Abnormalities -Post Dose 2
Participants with only clinically significant new ECG abnormalities were reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 7 post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Shift of Laboratory Parameters (Hematology) From Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade >=3: Post-dose 1
The intensity of AEs and laboratory parameters was graded by the investigator. Grades were defined as: Grade 1 - Mild; does not interfere with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 2 - Moderate; interferes to some extent with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 3 - Severe; interferes significantly with the trial participant's usual function and Grade 4 - Potentially life-threatening; life-threatening consequences, urgent intervention required. Participants with shift change from Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade \>=3 were reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 3 post-dose 1; at Day 7 post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Shift of Laboratory Parameters (Hematology) From Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade >=3: Post Dose 2
The intensity of AEs and laboratory parameters was graded by the investigator. Grades were defined as: Grade 1 - Mild; does not interfere with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 2 - Moderate; interferes to some extent with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 3 - Severe; interferes significantly with the trial participant's usual function and Grade 4 - Potentially life-threatening; life-threatening consequences, urgent intervention required. Participants with shift change from Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade \>=3 were reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 7 post-dose 2
Number of Participants With Shift of Laboratory Parameters (Clinical Chemistry) From Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade >=3: Post Dose 1
The intensity of AEs and laboratory parameters was graded by the investigator. Grades were defined as: Grade 1 - Mild; does not interfere with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 2 - Moderate; interferes to some extent with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 3 - Severe; interferes significantly with the trial participant's usual function and Grade 4 - Potentially life-threatening; life-threatening consequences, urgent intervention required. Participants with shift change from Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade \>=3 were reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 3 post-dose 1; at Day 7 post-dose 1
Number of Participants With Shift of Laboratory Parameters (Clinical Chemistry) From Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade >=3: Post-dose 2
The intensity of AEs and laboratory parameters was graded by the investigator. Grades were defined as: Grade 1 - Mild; does not interfere with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 2 - Moderate; interferes to some extent with the trial participant's usual function; Grade 3 - Severe; interferes significantly with the trial participant's usual function and Grade 4 - Potentially life-threatening; life-threatening consequences, urgent intervention required. Participants with shift change from Baseline Grade 0 to Worst Grade \>=3 were reported in the outcome measure.
Time frame: At Day 7 post-dose 2
Geometric Mean Titers (GMTs) for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Ancestral Strain-Post Dose 1
GMTs for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) neutralizing antibody ancestral strain were measured by valid assay method. Data for this outcome measure was not planned to be collected and analyzed for Cohort 5.
Time frame: At Pre-dose and Day 28 post dose-1
Geometric Mean Titers (GMTs) for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Ancestral Strain-Post Dose 2
GMTs for SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody ancestral strain were measured by valid assay method. Data for this outcome measure was not planned to be collected and analyzed for Cohort 5.
Time frame: At Pre-dose 2 and Day 28 post-dose 2
Geometric Mean Titers (GMTs) for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Omicron Strains (SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4/BA.5)- Post Dose 1
GMTs for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4/BA.5 strain were measured by valid assay method.
Time frame: At Pre-dose and Day 28 post-dose 1
Geometric Mean Titers (GMTs) for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Omicron Strains (SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4/BA.5)- Post Dose 2
GMTs for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4/BA.5 strain were measured by valid assay method. Data for this outcome measure was not planned to be collected and analyzed for Cohort 5.
Time frame: At Pre-dose 2 and Day 28 post-dose 2
Geometric Mean Titers (GMTs) for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Omicron Strains (SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB1.5)- Post Dose 2
GMTs for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB1.5 strain were measured by valid assay method.
Time frame: At Pre-dose 2 and Day 28 post-dose 2
Geometric Mean Fold Rise (GMFR) for SARS-CoV-2 Ancestral Strain-Post Dose 1
GMFRs are defined as ratios of the results after vaccination (that is 28 days post-dose 1) to the results before vaccination (that is pre-dose 1).
Time frame: From pre-dose 1 to 28 days post-dose 1
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Geometric Mean Fold Rise (GMFR) for SARS-CoV-2 Ancestral Strain-Post Dose 2
GMFRs are defined as ratios of the results after vaccination (that is 28 days post-dose 2) to the results before vaccination (that is pre-dose 2). Data for this outcome measure was not planned to be collected and analyzed for Cohorts 1, 5 and Comparator Cohorts A and B.
Time frame: From pre-dose 2 to 28 days post-dose 2
Geometric Mean Fold Rise (GMFR) for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Strain (OMI BA.4/BA.5)-Post Dose 1
GMFRs are defined as ratios of the results after vaccination (that is 28 days post-dose 1) to the results before vaccination (that is pre-dose 1).
Time frame: From pre-dose 1 to 28 days post-dose 1
Geometric Mean Fold Rise (GMFR) for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Strain (OMI BA.4/BA.5)-Post Dose 2
GMFRs are defined as ratios of the results after vaccination (that is 28 days post-dose 2) to the results before vaccination (that is pre-dose 2).
Time frame: From pre-dose 2 to 28 days post-dose 2
Geometric Mean Fold Rise (GMFR) for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Strain (Omicron XBB1.5)-Post Dose 2
GMFRs are defined as ratios of the results after vaccination (that is 28 days post-dose 2) to the results before vaccination (that is pre-dose 2).
Time frame: From Pre-dose 2 to Day 28 post-dose 2
Percentage of Participants With Seroresponse to SARS-CoV-2 Ancestral Strain-Post Dose 1
Seroresponse was defined as achieving \>=4-fold rise from baseline (that is, pre-dose).
Time frame: At Day 28 post-dose 1
Percentage of Participants With Seroresponse to SARS-CoV-2 Ancestral Strain-Post Dose 2
Seroresponse was defined as achieving \>=4-fold rise from baseline (that is, pre-dose).
Time frame: At Day 28 post-dose 2
Percentage of Participants With Seroresponse to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Strains (OMI BA.4/BA.5)- Post Dose 1
Seroresponse was defined as achieving \>=4-fold rise from baseline (that is, pre-dose).
Time frame: At Day 28 post-dose 1
Percentage of Participants With Seroresponse to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Strains (OMI BA.4/BA.5)- Post Dose 2
Seroresponse was defined as achieving \>=4-fold rise from baseline (that is, pre-dose).
Time frame: At Day 28 post-dose 2
Percentage of Participants With Seroresponse to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Strains (SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB1.5)- Post Dose 2
Seroresponse was defined as achieving \>=4-fold rise from baseline (that is, pre-dose).
Time frame: At Day 28 post-dose 2