Investigating a Vaccine Against COVID-19 (COV002) [COVID-19] [UPH]

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    A phase 2/3 study to determine the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of the candidate Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19

  • IRAS ID

    281904

  • Contact name

    Andrew J Pollard

  • Contact email

    andrew.pollard@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    CTRG

  • Eudract number

    2020-001228-32

  • ISRCTN Number

    ISRCTN90906759

  • Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

    CPMS 45551, ; ,

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 8 months, 31 days

  • Research summary

    There are no currently licensed vaccines or specific treatments for COVID-19. This study will enable us to assess how well people of all ages can be protected from COVID-19 with this new vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. It will also give us valuable information on safety aspects of the vaccine and its ability to generate good immune responses against COVID-19. We will enrol small numbers of older adults (56-70 years, then 70+ years) before expanding to large numbers of adults across all ages (18+ years). After this we will also assess the vaccine in a small group of children (5-12 years). In total we will enrol up to 5260 volunteers. There will be between 9 and 14 visits over 12 months with a blood test at each visit. Participants will receive one or two doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine or a licensed vaccine which has been given routinely to teenagers in the UK since 2015 to protect against meningitis and sepsis. Some participants may be asked to complete an electronic diary for 7 days after each vaccine and update the diary if they have any illness for a month after vaccination.

  • REC name

    South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    20/SC/0179

  • Date of REC Opinion

    8 Apr 2020

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion