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BCG Vaccination to Prevent COVID-19
NUEVA
Novel Use of an Existing Vaccine (BCG) Alliance: The NUEVA Trial
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Brief Summary
The current COVID-19 epidemic threatens to overwhelm the capacity of many countries to meet their populations' health care needs. Although several vaccines specific for SARS-CoV-2 have been or are being developed, these require testing in animal and human safety studies and they are unlikely to be available during the expected peak periods of the growing epidemic. Two groups at especially high risk of infection and disease are front line health care workers working directly with COVID-19 patients and elderly residents of group homes or facilities that provide skilled nursing care to this frail population. Interim measures to protect these groups while we await a high efficacy vaccine are desperately needed. Based on the capacity of BCG to (1) reduce the incidence of respiratory tract infections in children and adults; (2) exert antiviral effects in experimental models; and (3) reduce viremia in an experimental human model of viral infection, we hypothesize that BCG vaccination may induce (partial) protection against susceptibility to and/or severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study will evaluate the efficacy of BCG to reduce risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2 and mitigate COVID-19 disease severity in at risk health care providers. A phase III randomized controlled trial provides the highest validity to answer this research question. Given the immediate threat of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic the trial has been designed as a pragmatic study with a highly feasible primary endpoint, which can be continuously measured. This allows for the most rapid identification of a beneficial outcome that would allow other at-risk individuals, including the control population, to also benefit from the intervention if and as soon as it has demonstrated efficacy and safety.
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Started Dec 2020
Shorter than P25 for phase_3 covid19
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 4, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 17, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 7, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 23, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 23, 2021
CompletedMarch 26, 2021
March 1, 2021
4 months
November 4, 2020
March 23, 2021
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Incidence of symptomatic rt-PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection
The primary outcome measure is the development of symptomatic COVID 19 infections. We will use the Cox proportional-hazards model to calculate hazard ratios for the development of COVID-19. This will be reported as the incidence of rt-PCR-confirmed symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection following BCG vaccination compared to that following placebo, starting from 3 days post-vaccination through 6 months.
6 months
Secondary Outcomes (4)
incidence of Serology-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2
6 months
severity of COVID-19 disease
6 months
symptomatic respiratory infection
6 months
effect of prior adult immunization with other vaccines associated with trained immunity
6 months
Study Arms (2)
TICE BCG (for intravesical use, Merck) BCG LIVE
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants randomized to the BCG arm will receive Tice® BCG (for intravesical use) BCG LIVE is a live freeze-dried vaccine made from an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. The freeze-dried vaccine will be delivered in vials, each containing 1 to 8 x108 colony forming units (CFU). Tice® BCG (for intravesical use) BCG LIVE will be reconstituted in \~5 mL of preservative-free saline, as needed for yielding 2- x107 CFU/ mL. \[34\] Administration of 0.1 mL will contain 2x106 CFU, which accounts for approximately 0.1 mg of the attenuated Mycobacterium bovis. Administration of 0.1 mL of diluted vaccine will be given per dose, intradermally. A sterile tuberculin 1mL syringe and sterile fine short needle (25 or 26 gauge with 3/8-3/4 length), will be used for each injection. The injection should be made slowly after inserting the needle \~2 mm into the superficial layer of the dermis of the upper arm (usually deltoid area), to make a symmetrical superficial bleb.
placebo vaccine
PLACEBO COMPARATORPlacebo will be administered in an intradermal route in the same location as the BCG vaccines: upper arm. Placebo will comprise 0.1 mL of the diluent (preservative-free saline) to ensure the same quantity and same color as the resuspended BCG vaccine, rendering the two indistinguishable.
Interventions
Tice® BCG (for intravesical use) BCG LIVE strain of the BCG (Merck) vaccine will be diluted in preservative-free saline and given intradermally (0.1mL) in the deltoid area.
Placebo will be administered in an intradermal route in the same location as the BCG vaccines: upper arm. Placebo will comprise 0.1 mL of the diluent (preservative-free saline) to ensure the same quantity and same color as the resuspended BCG vaccine, rendering the two indistinguishable.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, medics, respiratory therapists and other HCWs who are likely to care for patients with COVID-19 illness
- Eligible for care in DoD facilities (DEERS eligible)\*
- years old
- Willingness to permit review of medical records
- Women of childbearing potential must be willing to use an effective form of birth control for 30 days post vaccination
You may not qualify if:
- Previously (medical history) or currently infected or ill with COVID-19
- Previous TB disease
- Fever (\>38 C) within the past 24 hours
- Currently pregnant or breastfeeding or planning on becoming pregnant within 30 days of enrollment
- Current serious underlying medical conditions including: diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, or any other immunocompromising condition:
- Known infection by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- History of solid organ or bone marrow transplantation
- Currently under chemotherapy
- Currently on any anti-cytokine therapy
- History of immunodeficiency (including history of anti B cell therapy)
- Currently taking immunosuppressive drugs
- Treatment with oral or intravenous steroids, defined as daily doses of 10mg prednisone or equivalent for longer than 3 months
- Active solid or non-solid malignancy or lymphoma within the past two years
- Suspicion of active viral or bacterial infection
- Living with someone HIV+, who is immunocompromised, or is taking an immunosuppressive drug
- +4 more criteria
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jeffrey R Livezey, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- STUDY CHAIR
Naomi E Aronson
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- TRIPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 4, 2020
First Posted
November 17, 2020
Study Start
December 7, 2020
Primary Completion
March 23, 2021
Study Completion
March 23, 2021
Last Updated
March 26, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share